Vignesh Raghavan
PhD Candidate
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Top SchoolVignesh Raghavan is a robotics researcher and PhD-trained engineer with nine years of experience specializing in real-time autonomous navigation for humanoid and hybrid legged-wheeled robots. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa, he developed reconfigurable search-based planning algorithms that let robots adapt their footprint to squeeze through tight spaces and push aside obstacles obstructing planned paths. His background spans sensor fusion for human motion estimation, ROS-based real-time systems, and practical deployment on platforms like the CENTAURO robot and a robotic stroller, reflecting a strong bridge between academic research and applied robotics. Trained at TU Delft and the University of Pisa, he brings a systems-and-controls mindset to perception and planning, with hands-on experience in OpenCV, EKFs, and neural-network aided state estimation. An interesting facet of his work is combining geometric footprint adaptation with physics-aware obstacle manipulation—enabling robots to both plan around and actively clear their environment.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, 7.45/10, Bachelor's Degree, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, 7.45/10 at National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliMaster’s Degree, Systems and Control, Master’s Degree, Systems and Control at Delft University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Università di Pisa
English, Hindi, Tamil
Github Skills (10)
esxi6
vcenter6
ocs5
robot4
collector4
simulator3
robotframework2
robotics2
planning2
simulation2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hsp-iit/ergocub-bimanual
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
Two-hand control of the ergoCub robot.
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 5 months
hsp-iit/ergocub_navigation
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
ErgoCub Navigation Stack
Contributions:1 PR, 32 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 5 months
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