Raffaello D’Andrea

Quick Facts

Full Name	Raffaello D'Andrea
Occupation	Academic
Date Of Birth	Aug 13, 1967(1967-08-13)
Age	57
Birthplace	Pordenone
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Italy
Horoscope	Leo

Raffaello D'Andrea Biography

Raffaello D'Andrea is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on August 13, 1967 in Pordenone, Italy, United Kingdom. D’Andrea was conceived in Pordenone (Italy) on August 13, 1967. In 1976, he moved to Canada, and in 1976, he was named valedictorian at Anderson Collegiate, Whitby, Ontario. He graduated in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto in 1991, and was awarded the Wilson Medal for being the best graduating student. Under the guidance of John Doyle, Richard Murray and Richard Murray, he earned a Ph.D. (Department of Electrical Engineering) from the California Institute of Technology in 1997.

D’Andrea was appointed professor at ETH Zurich 2007 and established a research program that combined his diverse interests with his hands-on teaching style. His team is engaged in cutting-edge research, designing and building innovative experimental platforms that allow them explore the fundamental principles and control of robotics, automation, and control. The Flying Machine Arena is a place where flying robots can perform aerial acrobatics and balance poles and work together to build structures.

D’Andrea and Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler created Flight Assembled Architecture, the first architectural installation assembled by flying robots. It took place at the FRAC Centre Orléans in France in 2011-2012. The installation consists of 1,500 modules put into place by a multitude of quadrotor helicopters. Within the build, an architectural vision of a 600-metre high “vertical village” for 30,000 inhabitants unfolds as a model in 1:100 scale. It is in the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre.

The Robotic Chair was created by D’Andrea, Max Dean, and Canadian artist Matt Donovan. It is an ordinary looking chair that falls apart and re-assembles itself. It was first unveiled to the general public at IdeaCity in 2006. It is part of the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada (NGC).

In 1997, he joined Cornell’s faculty. He co-founded Kiva Systems in 2003 with Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, while on sabbatical. In 2007, he became Kiva Systems’ chief tech advisor after he was named professor of dynamic systems control at ETH Zurich. He co-founded Verity in 2014 with Markus Waibel, Markus Hehn.

Raffaello D'Andrea Net Worth

Raffaello D'Andrea is one of the richest Academic from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raffaello D'Andrea 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Raffaello D’Andrea (born August 13, 1967 in Pordenone, Italy) a Canadian- Italian-Swiss engineer, artist, and entrepreneur. He is ETH Zurich’s professor of dynamic systems control. He was a co-founder and founder of Kiva Systems, now known as Amazon Robotics. He was the Cornell Robot Soccer Team’s faculty advisor and system architect, which were four-time RoboCup world champions. He is a media artist who has worked on The Table, Robotic Chair and Flight Assembled Architecture.

He received his PhD in 1997 and joined Cornell as an assistant professor. There he founded the Systems Engineering program. Robot soccer was the main, multidisciplinary team project. He was also a pioneer in semi-definite programming to design distributed control systems. His Cornell Robot Soccer Team won four international RoboCup championships in Australia, Japan, Italy, Sweden and Australia.

He was a speaker at TED Global 2013 and spoke at TED 2016 held in February. He has won the 2016 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award.

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