Intro 02:28 - Early steps in Italy and California 13:00 - From Riemannian geometry … 17:01 - … to geometric control, robotics and locomotion 34:54 - Academic environment at Caltech 35:06 - From single robots to robotic networks 53:51 - Art gallery problem 1:01:37 - Networked and cyber-physical systems 1:21:47 - Contracting dynamics 1:33:07 - Coupled oscillators and power grids 1:47:20 - On mathematical sociology 1:56:44 - Writing and publishing 2:02:14 - About professional ser...