Nicola Piccinelli
Postdoctoral Researcher at Università degli Studi di Verona
Montichiari, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolNicola Piccinelli is a postdoctoral researcher and robotics engineer with 11 years of experience blending academic research and industry-grade development across robotics, 3D graphics, networking and signal processing. He leads integration of advanced AI into assistive surgical robotics through the EU-funded GEYE DANCE and previously developed autonomous systems for robotic minimally invasive surgery during his PhD at the University of Verona. As founder of Nulltech S.r.l., he shipped mixed-reality visualization and multi-touch interactive products, bridging research prototypes and commercial applications. His background spans thermal and multimodal 3D reconstruction, multi-agent navigation, and practical web and plugin development, reflecting strong full-stack technical versatility. Based in Lombardy, he pairs rigorous PhD-level research output with hands-on product experience, aiming to reduce cognitive load and training needs for medical professionals.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer science and Engineering at Università degli Studi di Verona
English, Italian
Github Skills (79)
shader10
control-theory10
mpc10
unity3d9
control-systems9
cpp9
nonlinear-optimization9
point-cloud9
robotics8
algorithms8
testing7
drake7
ros7
bdd7
test-framework7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nicolapiccinelli/libmpc
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
libmpc++ is a C++ header-only library to solve linear and non-linear MPC
Contributions:13 releases, 6 reviews, 20 commits in 2 years 11 months
cppmodel-predictive-controllermpccontrol-systemsheader-only
nicolapiccinelli/FrankaEmikaPandaDynModel
Aug 2023 - Jul 2024
Dynamic model of the Franka Emika Panda robot
Contributions:3 pushes in 10 months
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