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13 November 2020 Professor Siciliano is appointed IFAC Pavel J. Nowacki Distinguished Lecturer for the 2020–2023 Triennium

10 June 2020 Professor Siciliano's invited entry on Robotics (in Italian) for the Culture Dictionary of the prestigious Treccani Encyclopedia

Budapest, 30 August 2019 During the Senate Opening Ceremony of the academic year 2019/2020 at the Palace of Arts (MÜPA) in Budapest, Professor Siciliano (Honorary Professor of Óbuda University) receives the prestigious "Rudolf Kálmán Professor Title" by the Rector and the President of IEEE Hungary Section Local press coverage

10 July 2018 Professor Siciliano shares his story about how sticking to his roots impacted his career as a roboticist in the podcast "From Pizza Making to Human Care: Robot’s Promising Skill" as part of the Springer Nature storytelling project "Before the Abstract" Press coverage

Barcelona, 7 February 2017 Professor Siciliano is a keynote speaker at the One Springer Nature event. Click here to watch his talk "Robotics & The Handbook" and the follow-up interview

Napoli, 24 September 2016 Professor Siciliano is an invited speaker at the TEDx Napoli event held in the Court Theater of the Royal Palace in Napoli. Click here to watch his talk "Robotics & Napoli: The Art of Work & Play" Press coverage

Budapest, 5 September 2016 During the inauguration of the academic year 2016/2017 at Liszt Academy in Budapest, Professor Siciliano receives the title of Honorary Professor of Óbuda University "for his outstanding achievements in improving and increasing the international quality of education, scientific research and academic activities of Óbuda University" Local press coverage

Roma, 15 October 2015 At Palazzo Giustiniani of the Senate of the Republic in Rome Professor Siciliano receives the 2015 Guido Dorso Prize for the "University" section from the Rector of University of Naples Federico II Click here for the video of the award ceremony (min. 29) Press coverage

Seattle, 28 May 2015 At the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Professor Siciliano receives the 2015 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation for his outstanding leadership in the robotics and automation community as a research innovator, an inspired educator, a dedicated contributor of professional service, an ambassador of science and technology Press coverage

Brussels, March 2013 Professor Siciliano receives a prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. The project "Robotic Dynamic Manipulation (RoDyMan)" is focused on the mobile dynamic non-prehensile manipulation of deformable objects. It will be kicked off in June 2013 for a duration of 5 years and a funding of 2.5 million Euro Press coverage

Milano, 1 September 2011 At the 18th IFAC World Congress, Professor Siciliano receives the 2009 IFAC Fellow Certificate for outstanding contributions to research and education on theory and application of automatic control to robotic systems, and for professional leadership in the field

June 2011 In Pietro Greco's book, Bruno Siciliano is a nephew of Galileo's Press coverage

Anchorage, 6 May 2010 At the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Professor Siciliano receives the 2010 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding leadership and commitment in promoting robotics and automation and RAS as the number one Society in the field Press coverage

Napoli, 19 November 2009 Professor Siciliano receiving a glass of water from ASIMO at Futuro Remoto opening event Click here for a video Press coverage

Washington, 5 February 2009 The PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics is given to the Springer Handbook of Robotics, which is also the winner in the subcategory Engineering & Technology. The Handbook was the Springer bestselling title in engineering in 2008 Press coverage

My 2008–2009 IEEE RAS President's messages