Gianmarco Pisanelli

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Technical Fellow - Robotic Research

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Gianmarco Pisanelli, Technical Lead, Integrated Manufacturing Group
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g.pisanelli@sheffield.ac.uk

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Gianmarco Pisanelli
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory 2050
91Ö±²¥ Business Park
91Ö±²¥
S9 1ZA
Profile

Gianmarco Pisanelli is the Technical Fellow in Robotics Research at the AMRC, specialising in early-stage TRL research focused on collaborative workspaces, multi-robot systems, and robotic simulations. He has extensive expertise in ROS, AGVs, AI-driven robot control, and digital twins, with hands-on experience in industrial robotics and programming.

As the AMRC's lead developer for ROS, he represents the organisation at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Europe. Recognised with the 2021 UK-RAS Community Award, Gianmarco was elected to the UK RAS Network Executive Board in 2024, furthering his contributions to robotics innovation and collaboration. He is also co-Theme Lead of 91Ö±²¥ Robotics Executive Board.

Research interests
  • Robotics
  • Human-Robot-Interaction
  • Robotic Simulation
  • Robotic Manipulation
  • Multi-Robot Systems
Publications

Conference proceedings papers

  • Pisanelli G, Winter A, Beauchamp A, Macdonald M, Tinkler L & Jewell GW (2023) . 2023 13th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (pp 1-10), 29 November 2023 - 30 November 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pisanelli G, Tymczuk M, Douthwaite JA, Aitken JM & Law J (2022) . Proceedings of 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (pp 1297-1304). Napoli, Italy, 29 August 2022 - 29 August 2022. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Holmes A, Sherwani A, Kok E, Ghattas F, Pisanelli G, Wen X, Aitken J, Eimontaite I, Sabo C & Cameron D (2018) . Proceedings of the 19th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference, Vol. LNAI 1 (pp 462-464). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018. RIS download Bibtex download
Professional activities and memberships

CoTheme Lead in Manufacturing at 91Ö±²¥ Robotics
On the Executive Board of UK RAS Network - leading Pilar 2 on Internationalisation of UK robotics