Francesco MondadaDr. Mondada received his M.Sc. in micro-engineering in 1991 and his Doctoral degree in 1997 at EPFL. During his thesis he co-founded the company K-Team, being both CEO and president of the company for about 5 years. He is one of the three main developers of the Khepera robot, considered as a standard in bio-inspired robotics and used by more than 1,000 universities and research centers worldwide. Fully back in research in 2000 and after a short period at CALTECH, he participated to the SWARM-BOTS project as the main developer of the s-bot robot platform, which was ranked on position 39 in the list of The 50 Best Robots Ever (fiction or real) by the Wired Journal in 2006. The SWARM-BOTS project was selected as FET-IST success story by the EU commission. He is author of more than 100 papers in the field of bio-inspired robotics and system level robot design. He is co-editor of several international conference proceedings. In November 2005 he received the EPFL Latsis University prize for his contributions to bio-inspired robotics. In 2011 he received the "Crédit Suisse Award for Best Teaching" from EPFL and in 2012 the "polysphère" award from the students as best teacher in the school of engineering. His interests include the development of innovative mechatronic solutions for mobile and modular robots, the creation of know-how for future embedded applications, and making robot platforms more accessible for education, research, and industrial development.
Sophia Reyes MurySophia a commencé en juillet 2019 au centre LEARN. Elle est la responsable de la communauté pour le projet One Thymio par Class ainsi que de la plateforme Roteco.
Elle a fait une licence en science de l’éducation et une maîtrise en formation des adultes à l'Université de Genève. Elle travaille également comme remplaçante dans les écoles primaires au DIP et en classe intégrée (éducation spéciale à l’OMP). Elle s'intéresse également à l'entrepreneuriat (Prix de la meilleure idée UNIGE, ancienne membre d’Impact hub Genève, ancienne membre de Geneus, formation chez Innosuisse...).
