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Carmelo Sferrazza
Assistant Professor
Department Research Areas
Computational Engineering
Robotics and Intelligent Mechanical Systems
Joining August 2026
Bio
Carmelo (Carlo) Sferrazza is an incoming Assistant Professor at UT Austin. Until recently, he was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley with Prof. Pieter Abbeel. His research focuses on advancing humanoid robots’ intelligence and loco-manipulation capabilities by incorporating priors, inductive biases, and multi-sensory feedback. He earned his Ph.D. from ETH Zurich under the supervision of Prof. Raffaello D’Andrea, where he developed vision-based, data-driven tactile sensors and explored their applications in robot control and dexterous manipulation. Carlo is a recipient of the Best Demo Paper Award at RSS 2025, the 2022 ETH Medal, and the Best Paper Award at RoboSoft 2022. He was selected as a Rising Star at RoboSoft 2025 and as an RSS Pioneer in 2022.
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