
Carlo Pinciroli
Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering and Assistant Professor of Fire Protection Engineering
Affiliated Department or Office:
Education:
MS Computer Science Politecnico di Milano, Italy 2005
MS Computer Science University of Illinois at Chicago 2005
PhD Robotics Engineering Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 2014
Postdoc Robotics Engineering École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada 2015
The focus of my research is designing innovative tools for swarm robotics. I am developing Buzz, a programming language specifically designed for real-world robot swarms. During my Ph.D., I have designed ARGoS, which is currently the fastest general-purpose robot simulator in the literature. Recent work focuses on human-swarm interaction and multi-robot learning. I am also working on swarm robotics solutions for disaster response scenarios, such as search-and-rescue and firefighting.
Email
cpinciroli@wpi.edu
Office Location
85 Prescott 223B
Contact
Phone:
+1 (508) 8316853
Research Lab
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Swarm robotics
Swarm intelligence
Multi-robot systems
Software engineering
Modeling and simulations
Algorithm design
Human-robot interaction
Scholarly Work
Professional Affiliations
Professional Affiliations:
Professional Highlights & Honors
Professional Highlights & Honors:
Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
2020
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Amazon Research Award
2019
Amazon Science
Rho Beta Epsilon Award for Excellence in Robotics Education
2018
Rho Beta Epsilon
Chargé des Recherches
2015
Belgian National Science Foundation (F.R.S. FNRS)
Most Innovative Technology Award
2012
Robot Film Festival
Winner of the AAAI Video Competition
2011
AAAI
News

The excavator robot (foreground) prepares to place a lunar sample in the hauler robot to transport to the processing plant (orange).
January 15, 2021