Fabio Ruggiero
Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Introduction
Fabio Ruggiero is an Associate Professor of Automatic Control and Robotics in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Naples Federico II, where he is responsible for the DynLeg (Dynamic manipulation and Legged robotics) research area. In particular, his studies specialise in control strategies for dexterous, dual-hand and nonprehensile robotic manipulation, unmanned aerial vehicles (also equipped with small-scale robot manipulators), legged robots, and human-robot force interaction. He is Chair of the IEEE Italy RAS Chapter. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Robotics and has been a Program Committee member of some international conferences. He has published over 100 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. He has participated in several European research projects. He has been the principal investigator of three projects funded by the Italian Ministry of Research.
