Vadim Tikhanoff
CTO - Managing Partner Lab0 S.r.l.
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Top SchoolVadim Tikhanoff is a robotics engineering leader and CTO with 12+ years of experience building AI-driven, production-ready robotic systems for logistics and industrial automation. Trained in cognitive robotics (PhD, University of Plymouth) and grounded in AI and multi-agent systems from the University of Essex, he blends deep research in humanoid perception and cognitive architectures with hands-on product delivery. He has led cross-functional teams at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and now guides Lab0’s efforts from real-time computer vision and sensorimotor learning to full-stack autonomy and deployment on warehouse floors. Vadim is skilled at translating complex academic research into robust, reliable systems that operate under the constraints of speed, safety, and real-world variability. Colleagues know him for combining rigorous technical depth with pragmatic product ownership—often acting as scrum master and product owner while still contributing to core engineering. Based in Genoa but born in Athens, he brings a multicultural perspective to building scalable robotics solutions for global customers.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at University of EssexBaccalaureat, Baccalaureat at Lycee Franco Helenique d'Athenes (Athens Greece)PhD Development of Cognitive Capabilities in Humanoid Robots, PhD Development of Cognitive Capabilities in Humanoid Robots at University of Plymouth
English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (70)
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robotics10
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artificial-intelligence10
network10
interprocess-communication10
robot10
yarp10
simplify9
assistive9
computer-vision8
autonomous-robots8
chessboard8
ros8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
robotology/human-sensing
Apr 2018 - Jun 2022
This repository contains software related to human sensing
Contributions:4 reviews, 44 commits, 21 PRs in 4 years 1 month
computer-visionsensing
vtikha/appsAway
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
This repository will contain all the applications deployment files
Contributions:17 PRs, 6 pushes in 11 months
deploymentdockerdevops
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