Claudio Zito
Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolClaudio Zito is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University with a decade of experience researching and teaching intelligent robotics, machine learning for perception and control, and decision-making in stochastic environments. His career spans academic and R&D roles—from a PhD on simultaneous perception and manipulation to leading AI & Robotics research at the Technology Innovation Institute’s Autonomous Robotics Research Centre—focusing on bringing perception into actionable control for real-world robot manipulation. He has a strong foundation in applied ML and TTS from early industry internships in Japan and Europe, and a track record of translating theory into systems that enable robots to grasp, push, and assemble in complex settings. Based in the UK, Claudio blends rigorous academic training with hands-on lab and industry leadership, and often bridges multidisciplinary teams to push next-generation intelligent robotics toward deployable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Intensive Japanese language course, Intensive Japanese language course at KAI Nihongo School109/110 M.Phil in Informatic Tecnologies, 109/110 M.Phil in Informatic Tecnologies at Università di PisaFull marks First level degree in Computer science, Full marks First level degree in Computer science at Università di SienaTechnical Istitute "L. Einaudi"Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics Planning Algorithms for Stochastic Environments Robot Grasping Robot Pushing, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics Planning Algorithms for Stochastic Environments Robot Grasping Robot Pushing at University of Birmingham
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Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
CentroEPiaggio/pacman-DR54
Feb 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 16 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 11 months
memnone/CodingRampage
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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