Benedict Allotta

Biography

Benedetto Allotta was born in Agrigento in 1963. In 1987 he received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pisa. In 1992 he received the Ph.D. degree in Robotics from the Sant'Anna High School, Pisa (http://www.sssup.it), where he was an assistant professor of Applied Mechanics from 1993 to 2001 first within the ARTS Lab and then within the PERCRO Lab (http://www-percro.sssup.it). Since 2001 he is an associate professor within the Department of Applied Mechanics of the Department of Energetics of the University of Florence, Italy. Since 2005 he is full professor. From 2010 he is the dean's delegate for student counseling, orientation and jop placement of the School of Engineering. From 1996/97 to 1999-2000 he has given courses at the School of Engineering of the University of Pisa and since 1998/99, also at the University of Florence. He currently provides courses in the field of Automation and Robotics within the 3 year study programs of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Engineering, as well as the specialty study programs of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Engineering. His current research interests are: automation in transport systems, hardware in the loop (HIL) simulation, control of robots, mechatronics, sensor fusion in navigation systems. He is author of about 80 publications, including more than 30 papers on international journals, 2 international patents and 3 Italian patents (see http://www.dief.unifi.it). He is responsible for several research grants and contracts coming from public agencies as well as private companies for a total amount of several hundred thousand Euros.

Research Interest

Marine Robotics. Technologies for underwater archeology. Modeling and control of electromechanical systems. Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation. Robotics. Railway vehicles and systems.Marine Robotics. Technologies for underwater archeology. Modeling and control of electromechanical systems. Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation. Robotics. Railway vehicles and systems.