About us

DRAFT PoliTo is a student team at Politecnico di Torino that researches and develops innovative solutions infused with Artificial Intelligence with the goal of increasing the autonomy of current drone technology. The Team was founded in 2019 to promote the technical and social growth of students by engaging in challenging projects and competitions. The Team is a wide multicultural and multidisciplinary community whose members come from several education levels and fields of study. The Team is organized into the following groups, managed by Group Leaders (GLs) and conducting R&TD (Research and Technology Development) activities under the supervision of Squad Leaders (SLs).

Groups

Robotic Systems
Engineering

Handles the analysis, design, fabrication, assembly, integration, and test of aeromechanic and avionic systems. Performs software DevOps and develops virtual environments for the integrated simulation of robotic systems.

Deep Learning
and Computer Vision

Focuses on proximity obstacle avoidance, decision making processes and strategy policy identification.
Performs environment perception and mission target localization by exploiting stereovision.

Obstacle Avoidance
and Motion Planning

Oversees path optimization, including computational mapping, motion planning, optimal control and path tracking.
Performs behavioral prediction by exploiting real time data elaboration, data skimming and selective attention.

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Addresses architecture design and integration of sensors suite for detection, localization and mapping. Performs sensor data acquisition, analysis and fusion to perform state estimation.

Business & Outreach

Supports the Team through administration activities such as business development, finances and outreach.

Members


Academic Advisors

Prof. Giorgio Guglieri
Prof. Fabio Dovis


Team Leader

PhD. Luigi Mascolo


Technical Lead

Francesco Marino

Robotic Systems
Engineering

Alessandro Peiretti – SL
Francesco Rosati – SL
Nicholas Filippini – SL
Giorgia Casadei – SL

Maradon Hasanaj
Gabriele Angelo Pelissero
Davide Di Santis
Giovanni Rubino
Francesco Piccionello
Matteo Gasparini
Federico Calabrese
Francesco Caporusso
Diletta Compagnone
Claudio Briganti

Mattia Bracci 
Stefano Bassino
Feliciano Scarcelli
Gaetano Ferraro
Lorenzo Boglione
Mattia Modenese
Maria Di Gregorio
Alberto Cerutti
Samuele Rossin
Claudia Galliano

Davide Masci 
Gerardo De Chiara
Michele Della Vecchia
Umberto Minasola
Ahmad Rahmani Javinani
Francesco Mitrugno
Luca Florio
Paolo Favella

Deep Learning
and Computer Vision

Matteo Bevione – SL 
Carlo Cena – SL
Jean Carlos Quito Casas  – SL
Nunzio Villa – SL
Vincenzo Pio Ruotolo – SL

Stefano Gioda
Davide Fassio
Davide Buoso
Alberto Cavallo
Afshin Zeinaddini Meymand

Lorenzo Scarciglia 
Paolo Emmanuel Ilario Dimasi
Samuele Pino
Ronald Cristian Dutu
Giacomo Zuliani

Claudio Giuseppe Messina 
Leonardo Nitti
Alessandro Molinar Roet
Filippo Aisa
Arif Ege Onder

Obstacle Avoidance
and Motion Planning

Antonino Gandolfo – SL
Andrea Fasano – SL

Consiglia Greco
Mirko Giordano
Anna Laura di Pierno
Samuele Giannetto

Loris Boja
Riccardo Foglio Para
Riccardo Colia

Simultaneous Localization
and Mapping

Simone Godio – SL
Alessandro Minervini – SL 

Francesco Vultaggio
Francesco Gallareto

Tiziano Allara 
Giulio Chinnici

Business & Outreach

Alessandra Caporale – SL
Chiara Campanale – SL 

Virginia Mencarelli
Alberto Lamura
Francesca Sacco
Dario Schembari

Alessio Sorrentino
Francesco Perasole
Petra Bachiorrini

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