In February 2025, I defended my Ph.D. thesis and was awarded a doctorate in Robotics and Bioengineering from Università di Genova. I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Industrial Robotics Facility of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), where I continue my research in robot control, deep learning for dynamic modeling, and human-robot interaction. My work builds on contributions made during my Ph.D. within the EU Horizon 2020 SoftManBot project, focused on developing dexterous robotic grippers for industrial applications.
I hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), where I graduated in 2016 with a thesis on parallel kinematic robots for additive manufacturing. Between 2016 and 2018, I taught classical mechanics at UCV and worked as a project engineer, developing process improvements and a Virtual Reality digital twin application for industrial use.
In 2018, I moved to France to pursue a master’s degree in robotics at École Centrale de Nantes, completing my thesis at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. There, I developed a control framework for robotic assembly using model-based control, compliance control, and visual servoing. This international academic background laid the foundation for my current research in advanced robotic manipulation and adaptive control strategies.