June 5 – He is the first Italian to win the “George Saridis” award, one of the world’s most important awards in the field of robotics, given to researchers who distinguished themselves “for exceptional leadership, innovation and commitment to the development of robotics and automation.” And today, Paolo Dario, director of the School of Biorobotics at the Sant’Anna of Pisa, received the award during the International conference on robotics and automation in Hong Kong. The prize is awarded on an annual basis by the IEEE Robotics and Automation, born out of the IEEE, the largest association for technology development that brings together scientists, academia, researchers, and professionals. In 2014, the George Saridis leadership award in robotics and automation, named after the founder and president of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Council, went to the Italian scientist and Oussama Khatib of Stanford University. In particular, Paolo Dario received it for his “pioneering spirit in consolidating robotics as a pervasive technology” and for his ” interdisciplinary and visionary ideas.”
