ALTAIR Robotics Laboratory is an Italian Center of Excellence in the research and development of advanced robotic systems that can interact with the surrounding environment in multiple ways from teleoperation to autonomous behaviours. The Lab was founded in 2001 by computer science Professor Paolo Fiorini and has focused since the beginning on the areas of robotic surgery, human-robot interaction service robotics for elderly and disabled care search and rescue robotics. ALTAIR Robotics Laboratory has been awarded several EU and Italian grants including projects on robotic surgery such as AccuRobAs, SAFROS, I-SUR, and EuRoSurge and has developed over the years a wide knowledge in the field of robotic surgery. The lab currently hosts about 25 researchers.