Meet the Team
We are a passionate team of world-class engineers, researchers, and designers dedicated to building AI that respects humanity.
Lorenzo Cominelli
Founder & Social Robotics Expert
Post-doc researcher in social robotics at the University of Pisa and PhD in Bioengineering. He is an expert in human-robot interaction and cognitive architectures. As a visionary entrepreneur for CartesIA, he combines deep scientific skill with a drive for industrial development.
Federico Andrea Galatolo
Founder & AI Expert
Researcher and lecturer at the University of Pisa, specializing in computer vision and multimodal NLP. His internationally recognized work in deep learning ensures the technological robustness and scalability of CartesIA’s proprietary AI engines.
Gualtiero Fantoni
President
Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Pisa and an expert in product design and technology transfer. He brings proven managerial and commercial skills to CartesIA, transforming scientific results into market-ready industrial products.
Alberto Greco
Laboratory Director
Associate Professor at the 'E. Piaggio' Center, specializing in bioengineering and wearable systems. He has extensive experience managing research labs. At CartesIA, he leads internal organization and scientific quality.
Mario G.C.A. Cimino
Technical Committee Head
Associate Professor of AI at the University of Pisa and author of over 100 scientific publications. An expert in decision support and information systems, he provides methodological solidity and strategic technical supervision for CartesIA.
Enzo Pasquale Scilingo
Scientific Committee Head
Full Professor of Biophysical Engineering at the University of Pisa and a leading expert in affective computing with over 12,000 citations. In CartesIA, he leads the development of the emotional engine, ensuring scientific leadership.
Marco Pardini
PhD Student
PhD student in Smart Industry at the University of Pisa, specializing in Large Language Models and social robotics. He focuses on intuitive human-robot collaboration. At Cartesia, he integrates LLMs to enhance the communicative capabilities and reasoning of cognitive architectures.
Abel
Humanoid Social Robot
A hyper-realistic humanoid designed to perceive, process, and express human emotions. With the appearance of an adolescent, he bridges the gap between artificial intelligence and human empathy. He acts as the physical embodiment of Cartesia’s ecosystem, testing our cognitive architectures in the real world.