{"id":4773,"date":"2024-01-12T09:46:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T08:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/?page_id=4773"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:42:01","slug":"mario-malizia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/people\/mario-malizia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Malizia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-278580 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-39888 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-741280\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-144201 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-553575 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-277456 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mario_linkedin-002.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-334775 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 1.25em; font-style: inherit;\">Researcher<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Robotics &#038; Autonomous Systems,<br \/>Royal Military Academy<\/p>\n<h4>Address<\/h4>\n<p>Avenue De La Renaissance 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n<h4>Contact Information<\/h4>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Email<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">: <a href=\"mailto:Mario.Malizia@mil.be\">Mario.Malizia@mil.be<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-959537 kc_col-sm-7 kc_column kc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-487687 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Mario is a robotic researcher at the Robotics &#038; Autonomous Systems unit of the Department of Mechanics of the Belgian Royal Military Academy. His research focuses on developing solutions for assisted teleoperation in semi-autonomous demining contexts.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">He earned his Bachelor&#8217;s and Master&#8217;s degrees from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polimi.it\/en\">Politecnico di Milano<\/a> in 2020 and 2023, respectively, with a thesis focused on developing a simulator-in-the-loop for autonomous navigation stack validation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He then worked as a researcher at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.move.deib.polimi.it\/\">mOve Research Team<\/a> focusing on autonomous driving applications in on-road and off-road contexts.<\/p>\n<p>He was involved in the<a href=\"https:\/\/1000mad.deib.polimi.it\/en\/\"> development of an autonomous vehicle<\/a> that took part in the 1000Miglia 2023 race in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Mario joined the Belgian Royal Military Academy to contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/projects\/belgian-2\/\">BELGIAN project<\/a> responsible for developing a new concept of semi-autonomous assisted teleoperation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mil.be\/fr\/nos-missions\/belgique-sedee\/\">Belgian Army EOD Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-895957 kc_col-sm-1 kc_column kc_col-sm-1\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-78463 kc-raw-code\"><script src=\"https:\/\/kit.fontawesome.com\/5feed4ac07.js\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.rawgit.com\/jpswalsh\/academicons\/master\/css\/academicons.min.css\">\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 36px; color: Dodgerblue;\">\r\n<center>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:Mario.Malizia@mil.be\"> <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fas-3x\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"> <i class=\"fab fa-skype fab-3x\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"> <i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mario-malizia-5590b3161\/\"> <i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"> <i class=\"ai ai-cv-square ai\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<\/center>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 36px; color: Dodgerblue;\">\r\n<center>\r\n<a href=\"#\"><i class=\"ai ai-google-scholar-square ai\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"><i class=\"fab fa-researchgate\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"><i class=\"fab fa-mendeley\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"><i class=\"ai ai-researcherid-square ai\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"#\"><i class=\"ai ai-orcid-square ai\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n<\/center>\r\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-361209 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-807086 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-462725\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-116578 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-763897 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-171626 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-925497 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"papercite\">2026<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"papercite_bibliography\">\n<li>    M. Malizia, C. Hamesse, K. Hasselmann, G. De Cubber, N. Tsiogkas, E. Demeester, and R. Haelterman, &#8220;MineInsight: A Multi-sensor Dataset for Humanitarian Demining Robotics in Off-Road Environments,\" <span style=\"font-style: italic\">IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters<\/span>, vol. 11, iss. 2, pp. 1650-1657, 2026.    <br \/>   <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"papercite_1\" class=\"papercite_toggle\">[BibTeX]<\/a>         <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2506.04842\" title='Download PDF' class='papercite_pdf'>[Download PDF]<\/a>         <a href='http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1109\/LRA.2025.3643265' class='papercite_doi' title='View on publisher site'>[DOI]<\/a>\n<div class=\"papercite_bibtex\" id=\"papercite_1_block\">\n<pre><code class=\"tex bibtex\">@article{11297788,\nauthor={Malizia, Mario and Hamesse, Charles and Hasselmann, Ken and De Cubber, Geert and Tsiogkas, Nikolaos and Demeester, Eric and Haelterman, Rob},\njournal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},\ntitle={MineInsight: A Multi-sensor Dataset for Humanitarian Demining Robotics in Off-Road Environments},\nyear={2026},\nvolume={11},\nnumber={2},\npages={1650-1657},\ndoi={10.1109\/LRA.2025.3643265},\nurl={https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2506.04842},\nunit= {meca-ras},\nproject= {BELGIAN}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"papercite\">2025<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"papercite_bibliography\">\n<li>    M. Malizia, K. Hasselmann, A. Miuccio, R. Haelterman, N. Tsiogkas, and E. Demeester, &#8220;PFM-1 Landmine Detection in Vegetation Using Thermal Imaging with Limited Training Data,\" in <span style=\"font-style: italic\">2025 25th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)<\/span>,  2025, pp. 1864-1869.    <br \/>   <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"papercite_0\" class=\"papercite_toggle\">[BibTeX]<\/a>         <a href=\"https:\/\/ras.papercept.net\/conferences\/conferences\/ICCAS25\/program\/ICCAS25_ContentListWeb_4.html\" title='Download PDF' class='papercite_pdf'>[Download PDF]<\/a>         <a href='http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.23919\/ICCAS66577.2025.11301116' class='papercite_doi' title='View on publisher site'>[DOI]<\/a>\n<div class=\"papercite_bibtex\" id=\"papercite_0_block\">\n<pre><code class=\"tex bibtex\">@inproceedings{malizia2025pfm,\nauthor = {Malizia, Mario and Hasselmann, Ken and Miuccio, Alessandra and Haelterman, Rob and Tsiogkas, Nikolaos and Demeester, Eric},\ntitle = {{PFM}-1 Landmine Detection in Vegetation Using Thermal Imaging with Limited Training Data},\nbooktitle = {2025 25th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)},\nyear = {2025},\npages={1864-1869},\nunit= {meca-ras},\nurl={https:\/\/ras.papercept.net\/conferences\/conferences\/ICCAS25\/program\/ICCAS25_ContentListWeb_4.html},\ndoi={10.23919\/ICCAS66577.2025.11301116},\nproject= {BELGIAN, DREAM}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"papercite\">2024<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"papercite_bibliography\">\n<li>    A. M. Casado Fauli, M. Malizia, K. Hasselmann, E. Le Fl\u00e9cher, G. De Cubber, and B. Lauwens, &#8220;HADRON: Human-friendly Control and Artificial Intelligence for Military Drone Operations,\" in <span style=\"font-style: italic\">In Proceedings 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE RO-MAN 2024<\/span>,  2024.    <br \/>   <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"papercite_2\" class=\"papercite_toggle\">[BibTeX]<\/a>         <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2408.07063\" title='Download PDF' class='papercite_pdf'>[Download PDF]<\/a>\n<div class=\"papercite_bibtex\" id=\"papercite_2_block\">\n<pre><code class=\"tex bibtex\">@inproceedings{fauli2024hadronhumanfriendlycontrolartificial,\ntitle={HADRON: Human-friendly Control and Artificial Intelligence for Military Drone Operations},\nauthor={Casado Fauli, Ana Maria and Malizia, Mario and Hasselmann, Ken and Le Fl\u00e9cher, Emile and De Cubber, Geert and Lauwens, Ben},\nyear={2024},\nbooktitle={In Proceedings 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE RO-MAN 2024},\npublisher = {IEEE},\nlocation = {Pasadena, USA},\nunit= {meca-ras},\nproject= {HADRON},\neprint={2408.07063},\narchivePrefix={arXiv},\nprimaryClass={cs.RO},\nurl={https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2408.07063},\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>    M. Malizia, A. M. Casado Fauli, K. Hasselmann, E. Le Fl\u00e9cher, G. De Cubber, and R. Haelterman, &#8220;Assisted Explosive Ordnance Disposal: Teleoperated Robotic Systems with AI, Virtual Reality, and Semi-Autonomous Manipulation for Safer Demining Operations,\" in <span style=\"font-style: italic\">20th International Symposium Mine Action<\/span>,  2024, pp. 52-55.    <br \/>   <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"papercite_3\" class=\"papercite_toggle\">[BibTeX]<\/a>         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctro.hr\/userfiles\/files\/MINE%20ACTION_2024_ONLIINE.pdf\" title='Download PDF' class='papercite_pdf'>[Download PDF]<\/a>\n<div class=\"papercite_bibtex\" id=\"papercite_3_block\">\n<pre><code class=\"tex bibtex\">@inproceedings{maliziamineact2024,\ntitle={Assisted Explosive Ordnance Disposal: Teleoperated Robotic Systems with AI, Virtual Reality, and Semi-Autonomous Manipulation for Safer Demining Operations},\nauthor={Malizia, Mario and Casado Fauli, Ana Maria and Hasselmann, Ken and Le Fl\u00e9cher, Emile and De Cubber, Geert and Haelterman, Rob},\nbooktitle={20th International Symposium Mine Action},\npublisher = {CTRO-HR},\nyear = {2024},\nlocation = {Cavtat, Croatia},\nunit= {meca-ras},\nurl={https:\/\/www.ctro.hr\/userfiles\/files\/MINE%20ACTION_2024_ONLIINE.pdf},\npages={52-55},\nproject= {BELGIAN}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>    K. Hasselmann, M. Malizia, R. Caballero, F. Polisano, S. Govindaraj, J. Stigler, O. Ilchenko, M. Bajic, and G. De Cubber, &#8220;A multi-robot system for the detection of explosive devices,\" in <span style=\"font-style: italic\">&#8220;IEEE ICRA Workshop on Field Robotics\"<\/span>,  2024.    <br \/>   <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"papercite_4\" class=\"papercite_toggle\">[BibTeX]<\/a>         <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2404.14167\" title='Download PDF' class='papercite_pdf'>[Download PDF]<\/a>         <a href='http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.48550\/ARXIV.2404.14167' class='papercite_doi' title='View on publisher site'>[DOI]<\/a>\n<div class=\"papercite_bibtex\" id=\"papercite_4_block\">\n<pre><code class=\"tex bibtex\">@inproceedings{Hasselmannetal2024ICRAWSFRO,\ndoi = {10.48550\/ARXIV.2404.14167},\nurl={https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2404.14167},\nbooktitle = {\"IEEE ICRA Workshop on Field Robotics\"},\nauthor = {Hasselmann, Ken and Malizia, Mario and Caballero, Rafael and Polisano, Fabio and Govindaraj, Shashank and Stigler, Jakob and Ilchenko, Oleksii and Bajic, Milan and De Cubber, Geert},\ntitle = {A multi-robot system for the detection of explosive devices},\nyear = {2024},\nunit= {meca-ras},\nproject= {AIDED, AIDEDEX}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-435935 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-291492 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-834119\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"parent":3120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4773","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5450,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4773\/revisions\/5450"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}