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Nicola Scianca

Senior Robotics Research Scientist @ AIRoA (2026 - now)

I am currently a Robotics Research Scientist at AIRoA, where we work on developing robot foundation models.

Previously...

Researcher @ Sapienza University of Rome (2023 - 2026)

PostDoc @ Sapienza University of Rome (2020 - 2023)

I have been a Ph.D student at the Robotics Lab of Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale (DIAG), "Sapienza University of Rome" since November 2016, under the supervision of prof. Giuseppe Oriolo.

I have been a researcher at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale (DIAG), "Sapienza University of Rome" between April 2023 and April 2026. My research interests focused mainly on humanoid robot locomotion, with particular emphasis on Model Predictive Control approaches.