Carmelo Sferrazza
Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolCarmelo Sferrazza is a Senior Applied Scientist in San Francisco with eight years of experience at the intersection of robotics, AI, and tactile sensing, now working at Amazon after postdoctoral roles at UC Berkeley and ETH Zürich. He completed a PhD at ETH Zürich on high-resolution robotic tactile sensing, combining hardware design, simulation, and learning—work that reflects a rare end-to-end fluency from sensors to algorithms. His background spans humanoid robotics, control and navigation software, and hands-on systems development dating back to industrial internships and teaching roles. Carmelo’s profile signals a strong academic pedigree (MSc with distinction and a top-ranked Italian engineering degree) paired with applied research that has been trusted by leading labs in robotics. Notably, he brings practical experience turning tactile sensing concepts into deployable systems, an expertise that uniquely positions him to bridge research prototypes and production robot capabilities. Based in the Bay Area, he blends rigorous theory with product-minded engineering to advance robot perception and manipulation.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Double Bachelor's Degree - Exchange Programme Politong, Information Technology Engineering (ITE), Double Bachelor's Degree - Exchange Programme Politong, Information Technology Engineering (ITE) at Tongji UniversityLiceo Scientifico "A. Sciascia"MSc, Robotics, Systems and Control, Graduated with distinction, MSc, Robotics, Systems and Control, Graduated with distinction at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichAthens Programme, Manipulation of time series in time and frequency spectrum, A, Athens Programme, Manipulation of time series in time and frequency spectrum, A at Technische Universität MünchenBachelor's Degree, Automation Engineering, 110/110 with honors, Bachelor's Degree, Automation Engineering, 110/110 with honors at Politecnico di MilanoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at ETH Zürich
English, Chinese, Italian, German
Github Skills (23)
python9
gpu9
robotics-simulation8
deep-learning8
robot-simulator8
physics8
machine-learning8
dynamics8
robotics8
mujoco8
deterministic8
simulator7
simulation7
neural-network7
numpy7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
carlosferrazza/carlosferrazza.github.io
Sep 2020 - Mar 2025
A simple template for an academic website using Bootstrap
Contributions:81 pushes in 4 years 7 months
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carlosferrazza/Python-Calibration
Oct 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 5 pushes in 2 years
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