About Me
Chiara is an Assistant Professor in the Robotics and Mechatronics (RaM) group at the EEMCS Faculty of the University of Twente. She is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. In 2021, She was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project Flyflic. She received, from the University of Pisa, her Ph.D. in Information Engineering in 2021 with a thesis in Physically Interacting Robotics for Logistic Applications; from the same institution, she received her MSc in Robotics and Automation Engineering with honors in 2017, and her BSc in Bioengineering in 2014. She was at LAAS-CNRS from November 2017 to May 2018 and a visiting Ph.D. student at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) from November 2019 to May 2020. Her research interests include aerial robotic manipulation and environmental robotics.
Organisations
Research
Publications
UT Research Information System
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Projects
Chiara is currently the grant recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship with her project,Flyflic (FLYing companion for Floating LItter Collection), Grant agreement ID: 101059875. She is also a work package leader within the Horizon Europe AeroSTREAM project for Strengthening Research and Innovation Excellence in Autonomous Aerial Systems, Grant agreement ID: 101071270.
Current Projects
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Flyflic
FLYing companion for Floating LItter Collection
Plastic pollution is considered one of the most challenging environmental risks globally, and rivers have been identified as a dominant pathway for the accumulation of plastic in the oceans. The Flyflic (FLYing companion for Floating LItter Collection) project addresses this global challenge by deploying a first-of-its-kind robotic platform composed of multiple unmanned aerial robots to effectively collect litter from rivers and canals, thus preventing such litter from reaching our oceans.
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AeroSTREAM
Strengthening Research and Innovation Excellence in Autonomous Aerial Systems
The project objectives are i) integrated and long term cooperation between HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with partners from Spain, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, ii) increased scientific excellence profiles of HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of autonomous aerial systems, and shared capacities with partners from Spain, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, and iii) improved quality of innovation management, technology transfer and citizen involvement of HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Particular set of actions is planned for achieving those objectives, such as common innovation strategy, staff exchange, experts visits, workshops and tutorials, hands‐on trainings, and PhD students co-mentoring.
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Carré
(building no. 15), room 3605
Hallenweg 21
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Carré
3605
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands