Davide Scaramuzza Explained

Davide Scaramuzza
Birth Place:Terni, Umbria, Italy
Birth Date:2 April 1980
Nationality:Italian
Fields:Mobile Robotics, Drones, Computer vision
Workplaces:EPFL Lausanne
ETH Zurich
Stanford University
University of Zurich
Alma Mater:University of Perugia
Academic Advisors:Roland Siegwart
Known For:visual odometry, Simultaneous localization and mapping, event cameras, Unmanned aerial vehicle

Davide Scaramuzza (born 2 April 1980) is an Italian professor of robotics at the University of Zurich, specialising in micro air vehicles.

Education

Scaramuzza 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.[1]

Career

In 2012, Scaramuzza became a professor at the University of Zurich, where he founded the "Robotics and Perception Group".[1]

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.[1]

In 2015, Scaramuzza cofounded Zurich-Eye,[2] which later became Facebook Zurich,[3] [4] [5] which uses Zurich Eye's technology in Oculus Quest.[6]

Scaramuzza's research has appeared in The New York Times,[7] BBC News,[8] [9] [10] la Repubblica,[11] and Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[12] MIT Technology Review,[13] Wired,[14] [15] and IEEE Spectrum.[16] [17] [18]

Awards

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davide Scaramuzza. . 2 May 2020.
  2. News: Zurich Eye: Visual navigation for robots . WyssZurich . September 2015 .
  3. News: Report: Oculus Acquires Computer Vision Company Zurich Eye . . November 2016 .
  4. News: Report: Facebook baut in der Schweiz aus . . November 2016 .
  5. News: Report: Facebook intensifying work in Zurich . . November 2016 .
  6. News: Report: From the lab to the living room: The story behind Facebook's Oculus Insight technology and a new era of consumer VR . . August 2019 .
  7. News: A.I. Is Flying Drones (Very, Very Slowly) . Jake Swearingen . . March 2019 . 3 January 2020.
  8. News: Drones are able to change shape while flying . . August 2019 . August 13, 2019.
  9. News: Tech gives drone the ability to avoid mid-air crashes . . May 2019 . 30 May 2019.
  10. News: Drone under control . . April 2019 . April 21, 2015.
  11. News: Droni con 'ali pieghevoli' per passare ovunque. "I soccorsi anche dove è impossibile" . 14 December 2018 . . Rosita Rijtano . Drones with 'folding wings' to go anywhere. "Rescue even where it is impossible" . 3 January 2020.
  12. News: [TRANSLATED] The University of Zurich is at the forefront of research on autonomously flying drones worldwide.]. . 27 December 2019 . Gian Andrea Mart . 3 January 2020 .
  13. News: Watch This Robotic Quadcopter Fly Aggressively Through Narrow Gaps . . December 2016 . December 9, 2016.
  14. News: Drones Just Learned to Fly Solo, Which Means Pro Racers May Soon Meet Their Match . . June 2018 . June 27, 2018.
  15. News: This drone uses AI to find its way through a forest . . February 2016 . February 11, 2016.
  16. News: To Fly Solo, Racing Drones Have a Need for AI Speed Training . . June 2019 . June 4, 2019.
  17. News: Event Camera Helps Drone Dodge Thrown Objects . . May 2019 . May 13, 2019.
  18. News: Foldable Drone Changes Its Shape in Mid-Air . . December 2018 . December 13, 2018.

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