Nicola Pedrocchi
Research Director at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolNicola Pedrocchi is a Research Director at the Italian National Research Council with a PhD in Applied Mechanics and over a decade leading industrial robotics research focused on safe human-robot collaboration, dynamic calibration and elastic modeling of manipulators. He has coordinated and led multiple large EU projects (including CleanSky2, ShareWork and FP7 initiatives) and managed research teams and budgets while translating advanced control techniques into industrially relevant solutions. Known for bridging rigorous modeling with practical automation-as-needed strategies, he has driven projects that make robots more ergonomic and adaptable on real assembly lines. Based in Milan, he combines deep academic credentials with hands-on project leadership and a track record of securing and executing over 40 funded research programs. An understated strength is his sustained role as CNR representative in ROS-Industrial consortia, reflecting influence on open robotic software standards as well as hardware integration.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mechanics, Robotics Track, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mechanics, Robotics Track at Università degli Studi di Brescia
English
Github Skills (37)
core-library10
hardware-interface10
dynamics10
ros-control10
robot10
driver10
ros10
logging9
windows-subsystem-for-linux8
linear-models8
gmm8
resampling8
diffraction7
brain-computer-interface7
eigen7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CNR-STIIMA-IRAS/cnr_control_toolbox
Mar 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:3 PRs, 76 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 3 months
CNR-STIIMA-IRAS/cnr_ros_controllers
Jul 2020 - Jun 2023
Repository extending ros_controllers and full compliant with cnr_ros_control framework
Contributions:3 reviews, 8 PRs, 67 pushes in 2 years 11 months
roboticsros-controlcontrollersros2cnr
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