Samuele Mara

About Me

I'm a PhD Candidate at IDSIA (Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale), passionate about robotic systems, 3D perception, and AI for real-world applications.
My background is in Mechanical Engineering, with a strong focus on Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Vision, and Radiance Field-based techniques for robotic manipulation.

Experience

• PhD Candidate — IDSIA, Università della Svizzera italiana (Jan 2026–present)
• Research Assistant — IDSIA, Università della Svizzera italiana (June–Dec 2025)
• Visiting Research Intern — IDSIA (Feb–Mar 2025)
• Peer Tutor — Politecnico di Milano (2020–2022)

Education

• MSc Mechanical Engineering — Final grade: 110/110 — Politecnico di Milano (2022–2025)
• BSc Mechanical Engineering — Final grade: 108/110 — Politecnico di Milano (2019–2022)
• Scientific High School Diploma — Final grade: 100/100 — Liceo Arturo Tosi (2013–2019)

Gallery

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3D Reconstruction

2 / 7

Fruit Detection

3 / 7

AI Pipeline

4 / 7

3 DOFs Robot

5 / 7

Esploso

6 / 7

Movyon Project

7 / 7

Autonomous Vehicles

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Publications & Thesis

• MSc Thesis: An improved computer vision-based approach for automatic fruit picking (2025)
• Conference Paper: Indirect Bridge Health Monitoring – IOMAC 2024 Proceedings

Awards & Honors

• Alta Scuola Politecnica – Top 3 Projects (2025)
• Best Freshmen Award – Politecnico di Milano Top 1000 (2022)

Extracurricular

• Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP) – Advanced interdisciplinary program (2023–2025)
• Blood Donor – AVIS, Busto Arsizio (2019–present)
• Volunteer – Orto Amico: inclusive agriculture project (2024–present)

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