Lorenzo Rapetti
Lorenzo Rapetti

Researcher & Roboticist

I am a researcher and roboticist with 8+ years of experience across cutting-edge research and real-world deployment, driven by one core challenge: making robots that can operate intelligently alongside humans.

My focus has been on humanoid robotics in its broadest sense, spanning whole-body control, locomotion, teleoperation, manipulation, hardware co-design, sensing technologies, and wearables. I am currently working as Team Lead and Product Owner at Generative Bionics, developing a new generation of humanoid robot platforms.

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Towards a Shared Embodied Intelligence of Humanoid Robots: Optimization, Development, and Testing of the Human-Aware ergoCub Robot featured image

Towards a Shared Embodied Intelligence of Humanoid Robots: Optimization, Development, and Testing of the Human-Aware ergoCub Robot

Collaboration is an inherent aspect of human behavior, enabling tasks that are otherwise impossible for individuals alone. This collaborative ability stems from the capacity of …

Carlotta Sartore
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iCub3 avatar system: Enabling remote fully immersive embodiment of humanoid robot

We present an avatar system designed to facilitate the embodiment of humanoid robots by human operators, validated through iCub3, a humanoid developed at the Istituto Italiano di …

Stefano Dafarra
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A Control Approach for Human-Robot Ergonomic Payload Lifting featured image

A Control Approach for Human-Robot Ergonomic Payload Lifting

Collaborative robots can relief human operators from excessive efforts during payload lifting activities. Modelling the human partner allows the design of safe and efficient …

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Lorenzo Rapetti
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Shared Control of Robot-Robot Collaborative Lifting with Agent Postural and Force Ergonomic Optimization featured image

Shared Control of Robot-Robot Collaborative Lifting with Agent Postural and Force Ergonomic Optimization

Humans show specialized strategies for efficient collaboration. Transferring similar strategies to humanoid robots can improve their capability to interact with other agents, …

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Lorenzo Rapetti
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