1. Paper on 'safe decentralized density control of multi-robot systems' accepted at MRS 2025
2. Paper on 'haptic-shared autonomy of two-wheeled drones' accepted at IECON 2025
3. Paper on 'energy-aware control of multi-mode robots' accepted for publication in L-CSS
4. Paper on 'boundary control barrier functionals for traffic flow dynamics' accepted for publication in L-CSS
5. Paper on 'music-driven robot swarm painting' accepted at ARSO 2025
6. Three papers accepted at MED 2025:
- Energy-aware coordination of heterogeneous robotic systems
- Density control of robotic swarms
- Optimal haptic feedback for passive human-multi-robot interaction
7. Paper on 'decentralized swarm density control' accepted for publication in RA-L
8. Paper on 'learning concurrently executable robotic tasks' accepted at AAMAS 2025
9. Paper on 'robot navigation using quasi-conformal mappings and control barrier functions' accepted for publication in T-CST
10. Paper on 'design and density control of robotic swarms' accepted at DARS 2024
11. Paper accepted at ICRA 2024 on 'safe teleoperation of multi-robot systems'
12. Paper accepted at ACC 2024 on 'safe control of autonomous vehicles'
13. Workshop organized at CDC 2023: 'Control Barrier Functions: Recent Developments and Future Directions'
14. Tutorial organized at IFAC WC 2023: 'Ecologically-Inspired Multi-Robot Systems'
15. T-RO paper published on 'controlling aggregations of swarms of micro brushbots'
Research Experience
1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo
2. Varma Family Professor in Robotics
3. Director of the Ecological and Resilient Autonomous roBots Lab (ERABLab)
Education
1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering - Naples, Italy
2. Master's degree in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering - Ingolstadt, Germany
3. PhD in Robotics - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
4. Post-doctoral researcher - CNRS, Rennes, France
Background
Research interests: robot design and control for long-duration autonomy with applications to sustainable environmental monitoring for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Professional field: Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Miscellany
Personal interests: Always looking for motivated students (PhD, MASc, undergraduate researchers) in designing novel energy-efficient robotic platforms, closing the loop with optimization programs, or using robots for climate change ecological studies.