Filippo Sanfilippo, University of Agder, Norway
Short Bio: Filippo Sanfilippo holds a PhD in Engineering Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, with a focus on intelligent control approaches for robotic manipulators. His research interests include robotics, wearables, human-robot teaming, artificial intelligence, and control theory. He is currently appointed as a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder (UiA), Grimstad, Norway. He is also an adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania. He is also the Director of Science at Twilligent AS, Norway, a company that is at the forefront of creating intelligent digital twins to visualise, simulate and optimise the operation of complex facilities, production lines and processes. He carries a vast experience in participating in European research programs and various national projects from the Research Council of Norway (RCN). He is an IEEE Senior Member. He is the former Chair of the IEEE Norway Section. He is the Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation, Control Systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Chapter. He is the Chair of the Norway Section Life Members Affinity Group. He is currently a member of the IEEE Region 8 Chapter Coordination Committee, of the Conference Coordination Committee, of the IEEE Public Visibility Committee, of the IEEE R8 Awards and Recognitions Committee, and of the Professional and Educational Activities Committee. He is also the Treasurer of the Norsk Forening for Kunstig Intelligens (NAIS), the Norwegian Association for Artificial Intelligence. He has authored and co-authored several technical papers in various journals and conferences. He is a reviewer for several international conferences and journals.
Title: Human-Robot Teaming, a Forward Leap into Real Life Applications
Abstract: Human-robot interaction (HRI) is the study of how humans and robots interact, as well as how to develop robots that can adapt to human behavior. Human-robot cooperation (HRC) expands on this by creating new approaches and technologies that allow robots to collaborate with people in shared environments. The field of human-robot teaming (HRT) goes one step further, by studying how to create teams of humans and robots that can work together effectively and efficiently to achieve common goals. In this talk, an overview of the possible real-life applications for HRT will be presented.