Roberto Naldi was born in Bologna on March, 1 1980. He attended the high school in Liceo Scientifico "Enrico Fermi" in Bologna. Starting from September 1999 he began the three years course in Computer Science Engineering, at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. He graduated cum laude on November, 13 2002, with a bachelor thesis entitled "Study of Control Algorithms For Magnetic Levitation Systems". Then he began the specialist course in Computer Science at the same University, graduating cum laude on October, 12 2004 with a master thesis entitled "Implementation of a Control Algorithm for Helicopter Control". On January 2005, he began the Ph.D. course in Control Systems and Operation Research (XX cycle) within D.E.I. under the supervision of prof. Lorenzo Marconi. He is currently a member of the Center for Research on Complex Automated Systems CASY "Giuseppe Evangelisti". Since December 2011 he is an assistant professor at D.E.I. 

From August 2007 to February 2008 he visited the ARES (LIDS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2011 and 2013 he has been visiting scholar at University of Arizona (UoA), Tucson. Since december 2011, he is an assistant professor at  D.E.I..

• Nonlinear control.

• Aerial Robotics (Watch our outdoor VIDEO, the AIRobots videos and the SHERPA videos).

• Path planning (in collaboration with prof. Emanuele Garone, ULB, Bruxelles)

• Hybrid systems (in collaboration with prof. Ricardo Sanfelice, UoA, Tucson)