Robotics Expert and Educational Innovator
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ETH ZurichAndrea Censi serves as the Deputy Director for the Chair of Dynamic Systems and Control under Professor Emilio Frazzoli at ETH Zürich's Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. After completing his M.Eng. in control and robotics from Sapienza University in Italy, he earned his Ph.D. in Control & Dynamical Systems from Caltech in 2012 under Richard Murray's supervision. His work focuses on systems and robotics, specifically in embodied artificial intelligence. Beyond his research role, Censi is the president of the Duckietown Foundation, a significant robotics education initiative, and founder of Züpermind, a computational design startup. He has made substantial contributions to robotics education through the development of the "Self-driving Cars with Duckietown" MOOC, a comprehensive 14-week course that introduces students to autonomous vehicle technology through practical, hands-on learning experiences. This innovative course, supported by ETH Zürich and international collaborators, has attracted over 10,700 enrollments and uses the Duckietown robotic ecosystem to teach fundamental concepts in autonomous systems, computer vision, and robotics control.