Students Supervision

This page lists Bachelor, Master, PhD theses and internships supervised over the years, including main and co-supervision roles.

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PhD Theses

• Francesco Roscia (2020–2024)
  PhD Tutoring — Main supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Towards Safe and Stable Landing Control for Quadruped Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Abdulrahman Abdallah (2020–2024)
  PhD Tutoring — Co-supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Feasible Wrench Based Locomotion Strategy for Legged Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Angelo Bratta (2019–2022)
  PhD Tutoring — Main supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Online Optimization-based Gait Adaptation of Quadruped Robot Locomotion
  Thesis PDF

• Niraj Rathod (2018–2022)
  PhD Tutoring — Co-supervisor (with A. Bemporad)
  IMT Lucca & IIT
  Thesis: Model Predictive Control for Legged Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Shamel Fahmi (2017–2021)
  PhD Tutoring — Main supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: On Terrain-Aware Locomotion for Legged Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Romeo Orsolino (2016–2019)
  PhD Tutoring — Main supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Actuation-Aware Simplified Dynamic Models for Robotic Legged Locomotion
  Thesis PDF

• Yifu Gao (2015–2018)
  PhD Tutoring — Co-supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Towards the Design and Evaluation of Robotic Legs of Quadruped Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Marco Camurri (2014–2017)
  PhD Tutoring — Co-supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Multisensory State Estimation and Mapping on Dynamic Legged Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Carlos Mastalli (2014–2017)
  PhD Tutoring — Co-supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Planning and Execution of Dynamic Whole-Body Locomotion on Challenging Terrain
  Thesis PDF

• Bilal Ur Rehman (2013–2016)
  PhD Tutoring — Co-supervisor
  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  Thesis: Design and Control of a Compact Hydraulic Manipulator for Quadruped Robots
  Thesis PDF

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MSc Theses

• Simone Sangiorgio (2025-2026)
  MSc Thesis — Co-supervisor University of Rome La Sapienza
  Thesis: Cooperative Optimization for Reconfigurable Dynamic Aerial Manipulation
  Thesis PDF

• Ruben Malacarne (2025-2026)
  MSc Thesis — Main supervisor Università di Trento
  Thesis: Bi-Level Optimization for Contact and Motion Planning in Rope-Assisted Legged Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Riccardo Bussola (2022–2024)
  BSc/MSc Thesis — Main supervisor Università di Trento
  Thesis: RL-Based Omnidirectional 3D Jumping Quadrupeds
  Thesis PDF

• Andrea Cumerlotti (2021–2022)
  Internship + MSc Thesis — Main supervisor Università di Trento
  Thesis: Reaction Wheels: Enhancing Aerial Maneuvers for Legged Robots
  Thesis PDF

• Jhonny Hueller (2023)
  MSc Thesis — Co-supervisor
  Università di Trento

• Abdulrahman Abdallah (2019–2020)
  MSc Thesis — Main supervisor Università La Sapienza
  Thesis: Motion Feasibility Analysis in Quadruped Robots

• Sven Hubacher (2013–2014)
  MSc Thesis — Main supervisor ETH Zurich
  Thesis PDF

• Fabio Mottini (2012, sporadic)
  MSc Thesis — Co-supervisor
  Politecnico di Milano

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BSc Theses

• Alessandro Chen (2026)
  BSc Thesis — Main supervisor
  Università di Trento

  Thesis: Energy-Aware Trajectory Optimization of Tracked Vehicles

  Thesis PDF

• Andrea Dalla Villa (2026)
  BSc Thesis — Main supervisor
  Università di Trento

  Thesis: Orientation Control and Experimental Integration of the ALPINE Climbing Robot

  Thesis PDF

• Luca Hardonck (2025)
  BSc Thesis — Main supervisor

  Università di Trento

  Thesis: Mechatronics Design of the ALPINE Climbing Robot

  Thesis PDF

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Internships

• Guido Turnois (2014–2015)
  Internship + MSc Thesis — Main supervisor
  TU Delft

• Hiroaki Kuwahara (2014–2015)
  Internship + MSc Thesis — Co-supervisor
  Toshiba Corporation

• Tomoo Yoneda (2014–2015)
  Internship + MSc Thesis — Co-supervisor
  Ritsumeikan University

• Marco Locarno (2013)
  Internship — Main supervisor
  Technical School Italo Calvino, Genova