Francesco Ferro

Francesco Ferro has extensive work experience in the field of robotics. Francesco began their career as an Artificial Vision Engineer at Reer in 2002 and then worked at Pal Technology in the same role from 2004 to 2006. Francesco later joined Icarus Technology S.L. as an Artificial Vision Engineer from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, they became the Software Department Manager at Pal Robotics, where they also served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to the present. In 2015, they took on the role of Industry Director at euRobotics aisbl. In 2022, they became the Chair of the IFR Service Robot Group at the International Federation of Robotics and in 2023, they became the Industry Robotics Director at Adra - AI-Data-Robotics-Association. In 2020, they also became the President of TOWARD SAS, a company dedicated to research and development in robotics.

Francesco Ferro has a Bachelor Degree of Science from Liceo Scientifico De Giorgi, which they obtained from 1991 to 1996. Later, they pursued Ingegneria delle Telecomunicazioni at Politecnico di Torino from 1996 to 2002. In 2001-2002, they also completed a Master Degree at Institut supérieur d'électronique et du numérique as part of their Erasmus program. Finally, they earned a Master Executive MBA in Máster en Gestión y Técnicas Superiores de la Empresa - Executive MBA from Universitat de Barcelona in 2010-2011. No information is available about their education before attending scuola media Zingarelli.