Filippo Sanfilippo
Professor at Inspitivity
Grimstad, Agder, Norway
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Top SchoolFilippo Sanfilippo is a Professor and robotics researcher with 12 years of experience bridging academic leadership and applied software/robotics entrepreneurship from Grimstad, Norway. He leads the Artificial Intelligence, Biomechatronics, and Collaborative Robotics group and holds a PhD in Engineering Cybernetics from NTNU, with past roles including postdoc on snake-robot locomotion and visiting fellowships in modular robotics and virtual-physical integration. As co-founder of Inspitivity he has translated research into commercial software and mobile products with a persistent interest in robotics-enabled applications. His career blends teaching, research and IEEE service—former Section Chair and Membership Development Officer—demonstrating both organizational and technical stewardship. Filippo’s background reveals a pattern of moving between deep control-theory research and pragmatic software/consulting delivery, making him adept at turning complex robotic control concepts into deployable systems. He maintains an active public presence through a personal homepage that showcases his cross-disciplinary projects and company initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, Computer Science at Università di CataniaMaster of Science degree in computer science, Computer Science, Master of Science degree in computer science, Computer Science at Università di SienaNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Italian, English
Github Skills (18)
tcp9
usb8
firmware8
tcp-server6
avr5
platformio5
qmk4
continuous-integration4
stm4
arduino4
atmel3
continuous-deployment2
ros-driver2
iot2
nao-robot1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aauc-mechlab/ModGrasp
Feb 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 3 pushes in 11 months
aauc-mechlab/WaveSimulator
Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
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