In recent years, mixed-reality (MR) interfaces in robotics have gained much traction, with applications in immersive remote telepresence and telerobotics. One critical component is capturing 3D environments in real-time using sensors like RGB-D/LIDAR and streaming them to MR interfaces. However, achieving optimal performance in this context entails meeting demanding latency, throughput, and quality criteria.
I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genova, Italy, in the Advanced Robotics research line. My research focuses on creating immersive telepresence and telerobotics interfaces that enhance users' sense of presence by designing dynamic 3D reconstruction, perception-driven rendering, and advanced compression and streaming techniques.