Projects

Argo - AI Home Personal Robot

Founder | 2023 - 2024

website: argorobot.it

Argo is a (really) smart companion robots that combine conversational AI with movement, animations and sound for a more immersive experience wrt traditional static devices. Argo is able to enhance everyday interactions, starting with conversational AI and expanding into broader daily applications (Domotics, Autonomous Navigation,  24H Video-Surveillance, High-Quality speakers for music, Entertainment, ..). Our vision is to start bringing companion robots in your homes. Starting small, and eventually making them evolve into humanoids doing chores and freeing up your time!

“Having people talk to a brick doesn’t work, which is why Siri hasn’t succeeded” - Tomotaka Takahashi

Argo is a (really) smart companion robots that combine conversational AI with movement, animations and sound for a more immersive experience wrt traditional static devices. Argo is able to enhance everyday interactions, starting with conversational AI and expanding into broader daily applications (Domotics, Autonomous Navigation,  24H Video-Surveillance, High-Quality speakers for music, Entertainment, ..). Our vision is to start bringing companion robots in your homes. Starting small, and eventually making them evolve into humanoids doing chores and freeing up your time!

“Having people talk to a brick doesn’t work, which is why Siri hasn’t succeeded” - Tomotaka Takahashi

Humanoid Robotics

Open-Source | 2025

github: humanoid_robotics

Researched and prepared deep-dive tutorials on locomotion and manipulation. Best way to learn about:

  • Footsteps Planning: Algorithms for planning footstep trajectories for a biped given a global path.
  • Locomotion Policy for Quadrupeds: Reinforcement Learning policy for quadrupedal robots, enabling adaptive and smooth motion in Genesis simulator using PPO.
  • Foundation Models for Manipulation: Overview about state-of-art models and techniques for general-purpose robotic manipulation.
  • Wake-word detection: Wake-word detection module for conversational AI.

Researched and prepared deep-dive tutorials on locomotion and manipulation. Best way to learn about:

  • Footsteps Planning: Algorithms for planning footstep trajectories for a biped given a global path.
  • Locomotion Policy for Quadrupeds: Reinforcement Learning policy for quadrupedal robots, enabling adaptive and smooth motion in Genesis simulator using PPO.
  • Foundation Models for Manipulation: Overview about state-of-art models and techniques for general-purpose robotic manipulation.
  • Wake-word detection: Wake-word detection module for conversational AI.

STA - Sample Transfer Arm

Space Robotics Engineer | 2021 - 2023

Space Robotics Engineer
2021 - 2023

Worked on STA (Sample Transfer Arm), a 7DoF and 2.5 meter-long space robotic arm for Nasa/ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign, a mission which will bring back to Earth the first samples of Mars soil. Designed and implemented motion planning and manipulation algorithms, as well as force and impedance control.

Worked on STA (Sample Transfer Arm), a 7DoF and 2.5 meter-long space robotic arm for Nasa/ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign, a mission which will bring back to Earth the first samples of Mars soil. Designed and implemented motion planning and manipulation algorithms, as well as force and impedance control.

Driverless cars

Autopilot Engineer | 2020 - 2021

Dynamis PRC partecipates to Formula Student competition, where international Teams from all over Europe design and build a driverless Formula style racing car. Developed motion planning (RRT) and trajectory tracking (LQR, MPC) modules.

Dynamis PRC partecipates to Formula Student competition, where international Teams from all over Europe design and build a driverless Formula style racing car. Developed motion planning (RRT) and trajectory tracking (LQR, MPC) modules.

Rockets

Control Engineer | 2020 - 2021

Skyward Experimental Rocketry partecipates to EuRoc–European Rocketry Challenge, a university rocket launch competition in Europe which stimulates engineering students to design, build and launch their own rockets. Designed the altitude control of the rocket exploiting an air-brakes system.

Skyward Experimental Rocketry partecipates to EuRoc–European Rocketry Challenge, a university rocket launch competition in Europe which stimulates engineering students to design, build and launch their own rockets. Designed the altitude control of the rocket exploiting an air-brakes system.

Robotic Arm playing tic-tac-toe

Robotic Arm playing game
tic-tac-toe

Open-Source | 2018 - 2020

github: smart_robotic_arm

Designed and built in my spare time a robotic arm playing tic-tac-toe autonomously against humans. Thanks to computer vision, the robot is able to understand the opponent move, think about its move, grab a piece and put it on the chess autonomously.

Designed and built in my spare time a robotic arm playing tic-tac-toe autonomously against humans. Thanks to computer vision, the robot is able to understand the opponent move, think about its move, grab a piece and put it on the chess autonomously.

Ball & Beam PID control

Ball & Beam
PID control

Open Source | 2018

github: ball_and_beam

Designed and built in my spare time a Ball & Beam system controlled by a PID algorithm.

Designed and built in my spare time a Ball & Beam system controlled by a PID algorithm.

Memento

Founder | 2023 - 2024

website: memento-card.it

Memento is a webapp to send personalized postcards all over the world directly from your smartphone. The perfect, hussle-free souvenir. It's called Memento, to make any moment last forever. Our values? Adventure, memories and sharing. Adventure as a lifestyle. Desire to discover the world and live unique emotions. Memory as willingness to capture the moment and make it indelible over time. Sharing as desire to share special moments with the important people in your life.

Memento is a webapp to send personalized postcards all over the world directly from your smartphone. The perfect, hussle-free souvenir. It's called Memento, to make any moment last forever. Our values? Adventure, memories and sharing. Adventure as a lifestyle. Desire to discover the world and live unique emotions. Memory as willingness to capture the moment and make it indelible over time. Sharing as desire to share special moments with the important people in your life.