Vittorio
Pastore

Robotics Researcher at Virginia Tech.
Passionate about Reinforcement Learning, Music, and Photography.

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Vittorio Pastore with robots
01 publications

A Nonlinear MPC Framework for Loco-Manipulation of Quadrupedal Robots with Non-Negligible Manipulator Dynamics

IEEE RA-L

A real-time NMPC framework for quadrupedal loco-manipulation that couples simplified locomotion templates with full-order manipulator dynamics to effectively handle non-negligible arm mass.

ADMM-Based Distributed MPC with Control Barrier Functions for Safe Multi-Robot Quadrupedal Locomotion

Under Review

A fully decentralized MPC framework using ADMM and control barrier functions to enable real-time, safe trajectory planning for multi-agent quadrupedal teams with significantly reduced computational overhead.

Multi-Agent Navigation via Distributed Consensus-Based Optimization and Learned Locomotion

In Progress

A hierarchical control architecture for multi-agent legged navigation that integrates high-level distributed NMPC using ADMM for scalable collision avoidance with a low-level reinforcement learning policy for robust real-time locomotion.

Master's Thesis

In Progress

Thesis research focused on multi agent locomotion via blending of classical and learning-based controls.

02 projects

Senior Design: NAWCAD

Integrated test stand system design connecting mechanical engineering with a drone's flight stack using a custom Matlab GUI.

Controls TheoryMatlab
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Controls IOS Application

A personal project experimenting with PID control, Apple's Swift language, and custom UI design for simulating control systems.

Controls TheorySwift
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Prysm Mail

A new type of email client leveraging local LLMs for enhanced privacy and user experience.

SwiftCoreMLEmbodied AINatural Language Processing
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Neural Trader (AI Project)

A neural network based financial advisor built with Matlab's Neural Network Toolbox and Python for data scraping and analysis.

PythonPyTorchTensorFlow
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This Website

Yes, I made this website from scratch! No online website builders here. Check out the source code on GitHub.

Web DevelopmentJavaScriptAstro
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03 skills
bash
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[+] Python & C++
squeaky greyhound, neural trader
[+] PyTorch & TensorFlow
neural trader
[+] ROS 2
squeaky greyhound
[+] Isaac Lab, MuJoCo & Raisim
squeaky greyhound
[+] Distributed NMPC
controls ios application, nawcad
[+] Multi-Agent RL
neural trader
[+] Embodied AI
mailclient
[+] MATLAB & Simulink
nawcad, neural trader
[+] Swift & Core ML
mailclient, controls ios application
[+] Linux, Git & Docker
sys_level_dependency
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