Exciting news! Our team has just published a new article titled "Improved Reptile Search Optimization Algorithm: Application on Regression and Classification Problems" in the journal of Applied Sciences. I am grateful to all my co-authors for their incredible contributions! Khan, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Hamza Zafar, Saad Rashid, Majad Mansoor, Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, and Filippo Sanfilippo. "Improved Reptile Search Optimization Algorithm: Application on Regression a

Our team has exciting news to share today! The following article was proudly presented at the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences by the authors: Filippo Sanfilippo, Even Falkenberg Langås, Halima Bukhari and Stian Robstad. Pervasive and Connected Digital Twins for Edge Computing Enabled Industrial Applications. In Proceeding of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2023), Maui, Hawaii, United States of America. 2023. I am especially p

A new paper has been published in the journal of Robotics. The selected article is: Filippo Sanfilippo, Martin Økter, Tine Eie and Morten Ottestad. Teaching Motion Control in Mechatronics Education Using an Open Framework Based on the Elevator Model. Machines 10(10), 2022. URL, DOI BibTeX This work was supported by the Top Research Centre Mechatronics (TRCM), University of Agder (UiA), Norway. I really thank all my co-authors and I congratulate all of t

I am very glad that our team, UiA - University of Agder, UiA - Mechatronics / Mekatronikk, Collaborative Robots team, is going to participate to TIGHT - Tactile InteGration for Humans and arTificial systems (III Edition) IEEE RO-MAN 2022, Full Day Workshop Hybrid format, Sept. 2nd, 2022. Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, social and work activities have become mostly virtual, and haptic interaction with people (and things) have become in most cases impossible, due to lock-downs and l

During Arendalsuka, I had the pleasure to represent the University of Agder (UiA) by participating to an interesting panel discussion organised by Tvillingfabrikken. Other contributors to the panel were Innovation Norway, the SIVA incubator Proventia, the software tech company Dimension Four, as well as one of our customers Slamrensing. The panel discussion was entitled "How startups digitise SMEs in the industry". This is an interesting series of contributors that has led to innovation and digi

Best Paper Award at the 7th International STEM Education Conference (iSTEM-Ed 2022). I am very glad to announce that our work has won the "Best Paper Award" at the 7th International STEM Education Conference (iSTEM-Ed 2022). The awarded scientific article is: Filippo Sanfilippo, Martin Økter, Tine Eie and Morten Ottestad. An Open Framework for teaching Motion Control for Mechatronics Education. In Proc. of the 7th International STEM Education Conference (iSTEM-Ed 2022), Sukhothai, Thaila

I am honoured to represent IEEE Norway Section at the IEEE R8 Conference Leadership Workshop, held in Palermo (Italy), on 13 June 2022.

Looking forward to presenting my keynote titled “AI- and Robotics-enabled systems, a forward leap into real life applications” at the 2022 symposium of the Norwegian AI Society on May 31 - June 1, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University. AI- and Robotics-enabled systems are becoming more and more relevant for real life applications. This technology may enable society to a conceptual leap forward especially concerning demanding real-life scenarios. In this talk, different scenarios wi

Our work has been selected by the editors as the cover of the forthcoming issue of the Robotics journal. Cover Story (view full-size image): With the introduction of the metaverse, the virtual digital world is going to take a conceptual leap forward. As technology progresses, bringing us new immersive worlds, we must adapt how we educate students and equip teachers to face these new challenges. In this perspective, hands-on laboratory work and practical experience are currently under-

A new paper has been published in the journal of Robotics. The selected article is: Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, Muhammad Hamza Zafar and Filippo Sanfilippo. Forward Kinematic Modelling with Radial Basis Function Neural Network Tuned with a Novel Meta-Heuristic Algorithm for Robotic Manipulators. Robotics 11(2), 2022. URL, DOI BibTeX This research is supported by the Top Research Centre Mechatronics (TRCM), University of Agder (UiA), Norway, https://www.uia.n

A new paper has been published in the journal of Robotics. The selected article is: Askan Duivon, Pino Kirsch, Boris Mauboussin, Gabriel Mougard, Jakub Woszczyk and Filippo Sanfilippo. The Redesigned Serpens, a Low-Cost, Highly Compliant Snake Robot. Robotics 11(2), 2022. URL, DOI BibTeX I am particularly proud of this work as it is the result of my students' effort. This research is funded by the Department of Mechanical, Electronic and Chemical Engineeri