{"id":5127,"date":"2025-03-06T08:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/?page_id=5127"},"modified":"2025-03-06T08:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:31:21","slug":"lorenzo-capaldo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/people\/lorenzo-capaldo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Capaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-562867 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-82269 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-322245\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-727742 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-116106 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-657955 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAPALDO_Lorenzo_CIV.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-601766 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>Call<\/strong>: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:Lorenzo.Capaldo@mil.be\">Lorenzo.Capaldo@mil.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-484041 kc_col-sm-7 kc_column kc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-931540 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo is a robotics researcher at the Robotics &amp; Autonomous Systems unit of the Department of Mechanics of the Belgian Royal Military Academy. His research focuses on UAV Swarms.<\/p>\n<p>He acquired his Master&#8217;s degree in Autonomous Systems from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dtu.dk\/english\/\"> Technical University of Denmark<\/a> in 2024 with a focus on control theory and a thesis in developing adaptive control methods for cruise vessels.<\/p>\n<p>He then worked for the Danish-Ukrainian startup <a href=\"https:\/\/dropla.tech\/en\">Dropla Tech<\/a> as responsible for an ESA Kickoff project in Anti-Jamming Swarm navigation in GNSS-denied environments.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Lorenzo joined RMA to work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\/document\/download\/6abd0f72-808a-4c1d-8b2e-b271abdb1db7_en?filename=EDF-2023-LS-RA-SMERO-NT%20STEALTH.pdf\">European Defence Fund project STEALTH<\/a>, aimed at enhancing technological capability in autonomous GNSS-free navigation in adverse conditions for UAV swarms.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-579872 kc_col-sm-1 kc_column kc_col-sm-1\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-172430 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:Lorenzo.Capaldo@mil.be\"> <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fas-3x\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lorenzo-capaldo\/\"> <i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><br><br>\r\n<\/center>\r\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-551800 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-692698 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-557070\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-103031 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-467266 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-64008 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-133459 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-755841 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-167060 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-512565\" 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-5127","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5127","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=5127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5129,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5127\/revisions\/5129"}],"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=5127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}