Visiting Research — Tohoku University 🇯🇵
Visiting Research
Tohoku University 🇯🇵 June–July 2025
Visiting researcher in the Space Robotics Lab (Sendai, Japan 🇯🇵) under Prof. Kazuya Yoshida. Built autonomous lunar navigation and interaction for a rover: Dijkstra-based path planning, camera-based object detection for perception, and custom hardware integration for gripper control and onboard planning.
- I was selected as the top-1 student from Sapienza University of Rome for partecipating to the exchange.
- Led MoonBot Navigation project.
- Project won the TESP 2025 Competition
- Won a Research Certificate of Excellence
MoonBot Navigation
An autonomous navigation and object-interaction stack for a lunar rover prototype.
Project page 
GitHub Repository - Planner: Dijkstra-based waypoint navigation with dynamic obstacle handling.
- Perception: Visual object detection and tracking to trigger tasks and avoid hazards.
- Hardware: Custom gripper actuation and onboard execution for reliable field operation.
Research Certificate of Excellence
View or Download the certificate of Completion + Research Certificate of Excellence.