Invited to give a keynote talk at IEEE ICRA 2024; Awarded the 'Fabrizio Flacco' Young Author Best Paper Award by the Italian Chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2018; The technical committee on Multi-robot System, for which he was serving as the founding corresponding co-chair, was awarded the IEEE RAS most active technical committee award in 2018; Awarded as Senior Member of the IEEE in 2017; Served as an editor or associate editor for multiple journals and conferences.
Research Experience
Assistant Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 2012 to 2017; Founding co-chair of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Multi-Robot Systems from 2014 to 2021.
Education
Received B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechatronic Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 2005 and 2007 respectively, and Ph.D. in Control Systems and Operational Research from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2012. Visiting Researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD (USA) in 2010. Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 2012 to 2017.
Background
Main research activities focus on multi-robot systems, decentralized estimation and control, and human interaction with robots and multi-robot systems.