Alessio Rocchi
Papers
16
Total Citations
685
H-Index
11
About
Alessio Rocchi is a leading roboticist whose work lies at the intersection of humanoid robotics, real-time control, and whole-body manipulation. His major contributions center on enabling humanoid robots to operate robustly in unstructured, real-world environments—particularly for search and rescue scenarios. He is the architect of key open-source software frameworks that have become foundational in the field. His most cited work, the WALK‐MAN humanoid platform (266 citations), demonstrated a high-performance robot capable of powerful manipulation and balanced locomotion in realistic settings. Rocchi also created XBotCore (78 citations), a real-time software platform that ensures 1 kHz control for EtherCAT-based robots, and OpenSoT (71 citations), a whole-body control library that simplifies complex task generation for compliant robots like COMAN. His research on self-collision avoidance (42 citations) and impedance control for door opening (28 citations) further showcases his focus on practical, safe interaction. With over 650 total citations across his top works, Rocchi’s open-source tools and platforms have empowered researchers worldwide to advance humanoid autonomy, bridging the gap between theoretical control and real-world deployment.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1WALK‐MAN: A High‐Performance Humanoid Platform for Realistic Environments266 citations · 2017
- 2XBotCore: A Real-Time Cross-Robot Software Platform78 citations · 2017
- 3OpenSoT: A whole-body control library for the compliant humanoid robot COMAN71 citations · 2015
- 4Robot control for dummies: Insights and examples using OpenSoT49 citations · 2017
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- 6Yarp Based Plugins for Gazebo Simulator42 citations · 2014
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- 8Upper-body impedance control with variable stiffness for a door opening task28 citations · 2014
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