Pietro Califano.

Pietro Califano is a PhD candidate at DART Lab, Politecnico di Milano, and a guest researcher at the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center. His research focuses on the development of autonomous navigation and computer vision algorithms and software for space applications, with particular emphasis on challenging scenarios involving uncooperative and poorly characterized targets, especially in small-body missions. Previously, he worked on guidance, navigation, and control for ESA's Hera mission during a six-month internship at ESTEC and contributed to the PoliSpace 6S CubeSat project during his MSc studies.