Davide De Benedittis

Davide De Benedittis – Robotics Engineer

Résumé (PDF)
I am a postdoctoral researcher in Robotics Engineering at the University of Pisa. I have experience with robotics, control techniques, and sensor fusion. My research focuses on planning and control of legged robots and multi-robot systems.

Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

July to October 2026 at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Topic: motion planning and control of multi-robot systems.

Founding Robotics Engineer

November 2024 to present at Cyber Fusion, Remote

Topic: robotics software stack for the company's accessible, open-source quadrupedal robots — ROS 2 control architecture, RL-based locomotion policies trained in Isaac Lab, EKF-based state estimation, safety and fall recovery, and visual and lidar SLAM.

Research Stay

June to November 2025 at TUD, Delft, Netherlands

Topic: differentiable convex optimization layers for motion planning.
Supervisor: Javier Alonso-Mora.

Legged Robots Research

April 2023 at CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Topic: control and benchmarking of quadrupedal robots.

Intern - Digital Academy

May to July 2020 at Siemens, Milan, Italy

Topic: system design using SIMIt and PLC programming.

Education

Ph.D. in Robotics Engineering

2022 to 2026 at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Thesis: Optimization Methods for Prioritized Control, Sampling Design, and Motion Planning in Robotics (defense slides).
Other activities: students supervision, dissemination activities, guest lecturer.
Supervisors: Lucia Pallottino, Manolo Garabini.

Master's Degree in Robotics and Automation Engineering

2018 to 2022 at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.

Engineering Student

2014 to 2017 at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

Full scholarship winner.

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

2014 to 2018 at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Final grade: 110/110.

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