Davide Scaramuzza (born in Terni) is an Italian professor of robotics at the University of Zurich, specialising on micro air vehicles.
Davide Scaramuzza | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Perugia |
Known for | visual odometry, Simultaneous localization and mapping, event cameras, Unmanned aerial vehicle |
Awards | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mobile Robotics, Drones, Computer vision |
Institutions | EPFL Lausanne ETH Zurich Stanford University University of Zurich |
Academic advisors | Roland Siegwart |
Website | Davide Scaramuzza |
Education
editScaramuzza earned his master's degree from the University of Perugia in 2004 and a Ph.D. in robotic perception from ETH Zurich in 2008, where he worked with Roland Siegwart. He completed further postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania under roboticists, Vijay Kumar, and Kostas Daniilidis.[6]
Career
editIn 2012, Scaramuzza became a professor at the University of Zurich, where he founded the "Robotics and Perception Group".[6]
Scaramuzza's research focuses on the autonomous navigation of micro air vehicles (or miniature drones) via onboard cameras and computation, and on drone racing, as well as on event cameras.[6]
In 2015, Scaramuzza cofounded Zurich-Eye,[7] which later became Facebook Zurich,[8][9][10] which uses Zurich Eye's technology in Oculus Quest.[11]
Scaramuzza's research has appeared in The New York Times,[12] BBC News,[13][14][15] la Repubblica,[16] and Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[17] MIT Technology Review,[18] Wired,[19][20] and IEEE Spectrum.[21][22][23]
Awards
editPublications
edit- Siegwart, Roland; Reza Nourbakhsh, Illah; Scaramuzza, David (2011). Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots. MIT Press. ASIN B00E12AF1C.
References
edit- ^ a b "Nearly 12 Million Euros for Outstanding UZH Research". University of Zurich. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b "IEEE RAS Early Career Award". IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
2014 Davide Scaramuzza: "For his major contributions to robot vision and visually-guided micro aerial vehicles"
- ^ a b "Google Faculty Research Award 2014" (PDF). Google. February 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b "EuroScience EYRA 2012 laureate". EuroScience. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Group of Prof. Davide Scaramuzza at University of Zurich wins 2017 Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering". mahowaldprize.org. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Davide Scaramuzza". University of Zurich. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Zurich Eye: Visual navigation for robots". WyssZurich. September 2015.
- ^ "Report: Oculus Acquires Computer Vision Company Zurich Eye". uploadVR. November 2016.
- ^ "Report: Facebook baut in der Schweiz aus". uploadVR. November 2016.
- ^ "Report: Facebook intensifying work in Zurich". uploadVR. November 2016.
- ^ "Report: From the lab to the living room: The story behind Facebook's Oculus Insight technology and a new era of consumer VR". uploadVR. August 2019.
- ^ Jake Swearingen (March 2019). "A.I. Is Flying Drones (Very, Very Slowly)". New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Drones are able to change shape while flying". BBC News. August 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ "Tech gives drone the ability to avoid mid-air crashes". BBC News. May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Drone under control". BBC News. April 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ Rosita Rijtano (14 December 2018). "Droni con 'ali pieghevoli' per passare ovunque. "I soccorsi anche dove è impossibile"" [Drones with 'folding wings' to go anywhere. "Rescue even where it is impossible"]. la Repubblica. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Gian Andrea Mart (27 December 2019). "[TRANSLATED] The University of Zurich is at the forefront of research on autonomously flying drones worldwide". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Watch This Robotic Quadcopter Fly Aggressively Through Narrow Gaps". MIT Technology Review. December 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Drones Just Learned to Fly Solo, Which Means Pro Racers May Soon Meet Their Match". Wired. June 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "This drone uses AI to find its way through a forest". Wired. February 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ "To Fly Solo, Racing Drones Have a Need for AI Speed Training". IEEE Spectrum. June 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "Event Camera Helps Drone Dodge Thrown Objects". IEEE Spectrum. May 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Foldable Drone Changes Its Shape in Mid-Air". IEEE Spectrum. December 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.