Davide De Benedittis
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I'm Davide De Benedittis

Robotics Engineer and Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoc by day, robotics engineer by night. I work on planning and control of multi-robot systems and on legged locomotion, building algorithms that guarantee safety without sacrificing performance on real robots.

I like... robots, basketball, programming, gym, and sushi.

Davide De Benedittis

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swarp: Swarm Simulation on NVIDIA Warp

Warp

GPU-resident, differentiable, vectorized 2D multi-robot simulator with zero-copy PyTorch interop.

Latest publications

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Keep It Cool: Optimal Control of Robotic Systems Under Temperature Constraints

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology —

Hierarchical quadratic programming and MPC that fold motor driver temperature dynamics into the system model to prevent overheating.

Hierarchical QP

Citation

@article{debenedittis2026keep,
 author={De Benedittis, Davide and Angelini, Franco and Incerpi, Riccardo and Pallottino, Lucia and Garabini, Manolo},
 journal={IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology}, 
 title={Keep It Cool: Optimal Control of Robotic Systems Under Temperature Constraints}, 
 year={2026},
 volume={},
 number={},
 pages={1-13},
 doi={10.1109/TCST.2026.3721130}}

Botany Meets Robotics in Alpine Scree Monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics —

Autonomous monitoring framework for alpine screes using a quadrupedal robot equipped with cameras.

Quadrupeds

Citation

@article{debenedittis2025botany,
 author={De Benedittis, Davide and Di Lorenzo, Giovanni and Angelini, Franco and Valle, Barbara and Borgatti, Marina Serena and Remagnino, Paolo and Caccianiga, Marco and Garabini, Manolo},
 journal={IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics}, 
 title={Botany Meets Robotics in Alpine Scree Monitoring}, 
 year={2025},
 volume={2},
 number={},
 pages={920-936},
 doi={10.1109/TFR.2025.3632773}}

Robotic Monitoring of European Habitats: a Labeled Dataset for Plant Detection in Annex I Habitats of Italy

Scientific Data —

A labeled image dataset acquired by a quadrupedal robot for plant species detection across Annex I habitats of Italy.

Quadrupeds

Citation

@article{dilorenzo2025robotic,
 author={Di Lorenzo, Giovanni and Angelini, Franco and Pierallini, Michele and Tolomei, Simone and De Benedittis, Davide and Denaro, Agnese and Rivieccio, Giovanni and Caria, Maria Carmela and Bonini, Federica and Grassi, Anna and de Simone, Leopoldo and Fanfarillo, Emanuele and Fiaschi, Tiberio and Maccherini, Simona and Valle, Barbara and Borgatti, Marina Serena and Bagella, Simonetta and Gigante, Daniela and Angiolini, Claudia and Caccianiga, Marco and Garabini, Manolo},
 journal={Scientific Data}, 
 title={Robotic monitoring of European habitats: a labeled dataset for plant detection in Annex I habitats of Italy}, 
 year={2025},
 volume={12},
 number={1},
 pages={822},
 doi={10.1038/s41597-025-05182-7}}

Managing Conflicting Tasks in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems Through Hierarchical Optimization

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters —

Leverage hierarchical optimization (or hierarchical quadratic programming) for multi-robot coordination and guaranteed prioritized task execution.

Multi-RobotsHierarchical QP

Citation

@article{debenedittis2025managing,
 author={De Benedittis, Davide and Garabini, Manolo and Pallottino, Lucia},
 journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
 title={Managing Conflicting Tasks in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems Through Hierarchical Optimization}, 
 year={2025},
 volume={10},
 number={6},
 pages={5305-5312},
 doi={10.1109/LRA.2025.3559843}}

A Reproducible Benchmarking Methodology to Assess Robotic Locomotion Over Irregular Terrains: A Practical and Scalable Approach

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine —

A modular, replicable testbed, standardized protocol, and performance indicators to objectively benchmark legged locomotion over irregular and sloped terrains.

Quadrupeds

Citation

@article{rodriguezcianca2025reproducible,
 author={Rodriguez-Cianca, David and Sendin, Paulino and Alfonso, Giuseppe and De Benedittis, Davide and Tolomei, Simone and Angelini, Franco and Garabini, Manolo and Torricelli, Diego},
 journal={IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine}, 
 title={A Reproducible Benchmarking Methodology to Assess Robotic Locomotion Over Irregular Terrains: A Practical and Scalable Approach}, 
 year={2025},
 volume={},
 number={},
 pages={2-12},
 doi={10.1109/MRA.2025.3631570}}