Sebastiano Taddei

Research fellow

PhD researcher in autonomous systems working on real-time motion planning and control for autonomous racing.

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I am a PhD researcher in autonomous systems focusing on real-time motion planning and control for autonomous racing. My work combines model-based approaches and learning-based methods, with a strong emphasis on full-system integration and practical validation in simulation and on real platforms. I am particularly interested in building complete, real-time software systems that connect theory with experimental results.

Education

Ph.D. in Autonomous Systems | Polytechnic University of Bari | 2026 MSc in Autonomous Systems | University of Trento | 2022 BSc in Industrial Engineering | University of Trento | 2020

Sebastiano’s Group Publications

A Physics-Driven Artificial Agent for Online Time-Optimal Vehicle Motion Planning and Control

Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Matteo Larcher, Mattia Piazza, Francesco Biral

IEEE Access, Volume 11, pp. 46344-46372 (2023)

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Artificial Race Driver

Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Francesco Biral

Industrial Engineering Day, University of Trento, Italy (2023)

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A Physics-Driven Artificial Agent for Online Time-Optimal Vehicle Motion Planning and Control

Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Matteo Larcher, Mattia Piazza, Francesco Biral

Industrial Engineering Day, University of Trento, Italy (2023)

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MPTree: A sampling-based vehicle motion planner for real-time obstacle avoidance

Mattia Piazza, Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Francesco Biral

IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 146-153 (2024)

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Impacts of ggv constraints formulations on online minimum-time vehicle trajectory planning

Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Mattia Piazza, Francesco Biral

IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 87-93 (2024)

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Real-Time Velocity Profile Optimization for Time-Optimal Maneuvering With Generic Acceleration Constraints

Mattia Piazza, Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Francesco Biral, Enrico Bertolazzi

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1674-1681 (2025)

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How optimal is the minimum-time manoeuvre of an artificial race driver?

Mattia Piccinini, Sebastiano Taddei, Edoardo Pagot, Enrico Bertolazzi, Francesco Biral

Vehicle System Dynamics, Taylor & Francis, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 2213-2240 (2025)

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Biasing the Driving Style of an Artificial Race Driver for Online Time-Optimal Maneuver Planning

Sebastiano Taddei, Mattia Piccinini, Francesco Biral

2025 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), pp. 640-647 (2025)

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