Add author profile (Focchi)

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+---
+# Display name
+title: Michele Focchi
+
+# Full name (for SEO)
+first_name: Michele
+last_name: Focchi
+
+# Username mfocchi
+authors:
+  - michelefocchi
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+# Role/position
+role: Assistant Professor (RTD-A) 
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+  - name: University of Trento
+    url: 'https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0221571/'
+
+# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts)
+bio: Passionate researcher in legged robotics, with applications to inspection, load handling and maintenance.
+
+interests:
+  - Control, 
+  - Numerical Optimization 
+  - Motion Planning
+  - Legged Robots
+  - Mobile Robots
+  - Machine Learning 
+  - Climbing Robots
+
+education:
+  courses:
+    - course: PhD in Robotics
+      institution: University of Genova/Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
+      year: 2013
+    - course: MSc in Automation Engineering
+      institution: Politecnico di Milano
+      year: 2007
+    - course: BSc in Automation Engineering
+      institution: Politecnico di Milano
+      year: 2004
+
+# Social/Academic Networking
+# For available icons, see: https://docs.hugoblox.com/getting-started/page-builder/#icons
+#   For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the
+#   form "mailto:[email protected]" or "#contact" for contact widget.
+social:
+  - icon: envelope
+    icon_pack: fas
+    link: 'mailto:[email protected]'
+  - icon: linkedin
+    icon_pack: fab
+    link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelefocchi/
+  - icon: google-scholar
+    icon_pack: ai
+    link: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=gjs3ubsAAAAJ&hl=it
+  - icon: github
+    icon_pack: fab
+    link: https://github.com/mfocchi
+# Link to a PDF of your resume/CV from the About widget.
+# To enable, copy your resume/CV to `static/files/cv.pdf` and uncomment the lines below.
+  - icon: cv
+    icon_pack: ai
+    link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jj9twqwkkqseul80j9t80/cv.pdf?rlkey=hu33y06nqaashd35uz0g1zm4c
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: ''
+
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.
+user_groups:
+  - Researchers
+---
+
+```
+Michele Focchi is a world recognized expert in motion planning and control of quadruped robots, with 16 years of experience in the field of robotics. He is particularly known for his pioneering work on heuristic locomotion in unstructured terrains. Currently, he holds the position of scientific advisor for ALL3 and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Trento. In 2013 he got a PhD in robotics at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia where he was co-founder of the Dynamic Legged System (DLS) lab, an international research team dedicated to the development of quadruped robots and the study of their locomotion. His research interests lie  at the intersection between control, optimization and machine learning with a focus on enhancing the performance of quadruped robots in challenging environments, by using optimization-based techniques. He explored innovative robotic platforms, such as a rappelling robot, to address specific challenges like hydro-geological risk reduction. Michele joined the Interdepartmental Robotics Lab (IDRA) where he is the leading researcher of the digital agriculture robotics group.
+
+More information are available at [Michele](https://mfocchi.github.io/)’s webpage.
+```
+