I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in multi-robot systems at the Multi-Robot Planning and Control Laboratory, Örebro University. I received my Ph.D.’s (2020) and master’s degrees (2016) in Robotics & Automation Engineering at the University of Pisa. My research interests lie at the intersection of planning and control for mobile robots. Specifically, I’m interested in developing efficient algorithms for online, safe, and reliable multi-agent orchestration.
Together with Federico Pecora, I am one of the developers and principal maintainers of the coordination_oru library, a general-purpose tool for integrated motion planning, coordination, and control for fleets of autonomous robots. The library is used in industrial research and development by third parties such as Volvo, Scania, and Epiroc.
Projects
- TeamRob – Teams of Robots working with and for humans, Swedish Knowledge Foundation, Nov, 2021 – Nov, 2025
- ILIAD – Intra-Logistics with Integrated Automatic Deployment, EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under agreement no. 732737, Jan 2017 – Jun 2021
- AutoHauler – Automated Planning and Coordination of Autonomous Haulers in Underground Mines, Vinnova, 2020 – 2023
- Semantic Robots, Swedish Knowledge Foundation, Nov 2019 – Nov 2020
- Jobot: a low-cost autonomous mobile robot for officies and warehouses, partnership between Pisa University and Eutronica s.r.l., Aug 2016 – Dec 2017
Teaching
- Guest Lectures in Distributed System, “Online multi-robot coordination: a problem for robots and distributed systems.”, Örebro University, Dec 2020 and Oct 2021
- Teaching Assistant in Parallel programmering, Örebro University, Oct – Dec 2020
- Teaching Assistant (20 hours) in Distributed Robot Systems for Robotics and Automation Engineering, “Introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS)”, University of Pisa, AY 2017-2018
- Lego Mindstorm: Introduction to robotics for high schools, University of Pisa and Technincal School G. Galilei of Livorno, 20 hours lessons and labs
Alumni
- Paolo Forte, PhD Student in Computer Science at Örebro University, cosupervised with Prof. Federico Pecora and Prof. Henrik Andreasson (both ORU)
- Lukas Heuer, Industrial PhD Student in Computer Science at Örebro University, cosupervised with Prof. Federico Pecora (ORU) and Dott. Luigi Palmieri (Bosch)
- Raffaele Giannattasio, Master Student in Robotics & Automation Engineering at Pisa University, master thesis on sampling-based motion planning in partially-cluttered environments, cosupervised with Prof. Pallottino Lucia (UNIPI)
- Michele Cecchi, Master Student in Robotics & Automation Engineering at Pisa University, master thesis on planning and control of a 4ws hauler (Volvo), cosupervised with Prof. Lucia Pallottino (UNIPI)
- Olivia Nocentini, Master Student in Robotics & Automation Engineering at Pisa University, master thesis on planning and control for autonomous drones, cosupervised with Prof. Lucia Pallottino (UNIPI) and Dott. Simone Nardi (previously SE @ IDS, now Cofounder of EikonTech srl)
- Andrea Timpani, Master Student in Robotics & Automation Engineering at Pisa University, master thesis on designing the Jobot navigation stack, cosupervised with Prof. Lucia Pallottino (UNIPI) and Dott. Alessandro Settimi (CEO @ Proxima Robotics s.r.l.)
Patents
- “Logistic Device”, M. Garabini, D. Caporale, A. Settimi, L. Pallottino, M. G. Catalano, G. Grioli, V. Tincani, A. Bicchi, C. Gabellieri, A. Mannucci, M. Barbarossa. Application Number: WO2020IB57324 (2019-08-07) [Submitted]