I was born in Rome, January 9th 1978. I received the "Laurea" degree (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and the MSc in Control Systems in 2003 from the University of Sheffield, U.K. From 2004 to 2007, I was a PhD student at the Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome "La Sapienza", under the supervision of Prof. Giuseppe Oriolo. From March 1-st to October 30-th 2007, I worked at the Lagadic group. I received the PhD degree in Systems Engineering in April 2008. I am currently working as post-doctoral fellow at Lagadic. Feel free to download my curriculum vitae (pdf).
My research interests include: visual servoing for mobile robotic applications, assistive robotics, legged locomotion, nonholonomic robot navigation, and evolutionary robotics. As part of my Ph.D. course, I have designed the robot navigation system for ASPICE, a two-year joint-research project developed by the Robotics Laboratory along with the Fondazione Santa Lucia. The project aimed at developing a multimode robot navigation system allowing neuromotor disabled persons to improve or recover their mobility and communication. Along with ASPICE, I am also working on multi-agent applications such as robotic soccer. In fact, I participated with the SPQR Legged Team at the Robocup World Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006,and at the Robocup German Open in 2005. In this field, I have developed task learning algorithms aimed at improving Sony AIBO's soccer skills. During my 8 months stay in France at the Rennes-based Lagadic IRISA/INRIA Research Group, I have developed a visual servoing controller for following paths with non-holonomic mobile robots. I am currently working on vision-based techniques for nonholonomic navigation.
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