Stefano Saliceti
Research Engineer (Hardware) at Google DeepMind
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolStefano Saliceti is a research engineer focused on hardware with 15 years of hands-on experience designing and maintaining mobile and humanoid robotic systems across research institutions and industry. Currently at Google DeepMind after leading mechanical design and support teams for the iCub platform and contributing to PAL Robotics, he blends rigorous academic training with practical field engineering and project management. His background spans service engineering for medical devices to co-founding a FabLab, giving him uncommon depth in customer-facing support, remote diagnostics, and knowledge transfer. Passionate about anything that moves—wheels, wings, human-powered or electric—he excels at turning ambitious prototypes into reliable, maintainable systems. Known for juggling design, maintenance, and team leadership, he brings a maker’s curiosity together with institutional rigor in safety- and compliance-sensitive environments. Based in London, he leverages international experience to bridge research goals and real-world deployment.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, MSc, Mechanical Engineering at Università degli Studi di GenovaMechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu
English, Italian, French, Spanish
Github Skills (16)
robot10
robotics10
urdf4
agile4
sdf4
yarp4
cad3
questions-and-answers3
robotframework3
mujoco3
autonomous-robots2
hosting2
marine2
container1
csg1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
super-ste/super-ste
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:4 pushes in 7 days
robotology/icub-main
Mar 2011 - Jun 2012
The iCub Main Software Repository
Contributions:18 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
roboticshumanoidsroboticubrobotics-libraries
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