Andreea Radulescu

H +44 7955002070
B andreearadulescu19@gmail.com

Professional Summary
Experienced robotics professional with a solid background in research, design, and development. Demonstrated
expertise in formulating and implementing optimal control strategies, path planning and trajectory optimisation
solutions for a wide range of robotics platforms. Track record of guiding teams to successful outcomesthrough strategic planning and effective problem-solving.

Education
2011–2016 PhD Robotics, University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics,
PhD Thesis: Exploiting Variable Impedance in Domains with Contacts.
Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour

2010–2011 MSc Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics,
MSc Thesis: Exploiting Variable Physical Damping.
Graduated with Distinction

2004–2009 BEng Automatic Control and Applied Informatics, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest,
Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers.
System and Computer Engineering

Professional Experience
2019–present Research, Design and Development, Dyson Technology Ltd.
{ 2021 - present : Robotics Research Control Team Manager
Helping define the minimum viable product and the project goals based on product design intent.
Defining the technologies involved, resources required, their allocation and a viable timeline.
Leading a team of engineers to deliver the technical solutions to achieve those goals.
Ensuring alignment with other parts of the team (mechanical design, electronics, perception, highlevel planning, safety etc).
Recruiting new team members based on the project requirements.
Supporting the personal and professional development of the team.
Setting up collaborations with academic partners.
{ 2020 - 2021 : Lead Robotics Research Engineer
Helped the tech lead define the technical solutions to achieve the product design goals.
Implemented the technical solution in collaboration with other members of the control team.
Collaborated across research teams to help implement the technology solutions dictated by theproduct requirements.
{ 2019 - 2020: Senior Robotics Research Engineer

2016–2019 Advanced Robotics - Dynamic Legged Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.
{ 2018 - 2019 : Senior PostDoctoral Researcher
Helped define the research plan of the group.
Co-wrote the project proposals for the VINUM programme and engaged in defining the researchplan, required resources and the deliverables timeline. This project tackled the emerging challengeof the dramatic shortage in skilled labor and lower grape prices using robotic solutions.
Supervised PhD projects.
{ 2016 - 2018 : PostDoctoral Researcher
Helped develop the planning and control strategies for quadruped robots.
Helped define the research plan for PhD student projects in the area of planning and control for
quadruped robots.
Recruited students for PhD/MSc projects and supervised their work.
Provided public outreach communications and delivered demos of the research.

Miscellaneous
2012–2016 Teaching Assistant, University of Edinburgh.
Robotics: Science and Systems, System Design Process, Data Mining and Exploration2012 - 2015 Public Engagement Volunteer, University of Edinburgh.
Science communication at public outreach events. Open doors day volunteer.

2009 Process Engineering Department Intern, Dacia, Group Renault.
Protyped the backup procedure for the software management on the assembly lines system.

Technical Skills
Programming Matlab, C++, Python, PyTorch, LabView
Simulation Gazebo, Pybullet, Unity
General Tools Git, Jira, Trello, LATEX, Tableau, Miro

Languages
EnglishRomanianGermanItalianFluentNative speaker
Intermediate
Intermediate

Research
Patents2022 Dynamic Stability of a Robot Manipulator, Documents: GB2620638(A) GB2620639(A),Applicant: Dyson Technology Ltd.
Inventors: Edoardo Farnioli, Andreea Radulescu, Giulio Cerruti

Invited Talks
2018 Robust Locomotion Strategies on the HyQ Robot Series, Dynamic Legged Locomotion
in Realistic Terrains Workshop, The International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA 2018), Brisbane, Australia.

Papers2020 Soft Terrain Adaptation and Compliance Estimation (STANCE): Locomotion Adaptation Over Soft Terrain, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO).
Authors: Shamel Fahmi, Michele Focchi, Andreea Radulescu, Geoff Fink, Victor Barasuol,
Claudio Semini

2018 Simultaneous Contact, Gait, and Motion Planning for Robust Multilegged Locomotion via Mixed-Integer Convex Optimization, The International Conference on Roboticsand Automation (ICRA 2018).
Authors: Bernardo Aceituno-Cabezas, Carlos Mastalli, Hongkai Dai, Michele Focchi,Andreea Radulescu, Darwing G. Caldwell, José Cappelletto, Juan C. Grieco, Gerardo
Fernández-López, Claudio Semini

2017 Learning Optimal Gait Parameters and Impedance Profiles for Legged Locomotion,
Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2017).
Authors: Elco Heijmink, Andreea Radulescu, Brahayam Ponton, Victor Barasuol, Darwing
G. Caldwell, Claudio Semini

2017 Whole-body Trajectory Optimization for Non-periodic Dynamic Motions on
Quadrupedal Systems, The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2017).
Authors: Andreea Radulescu, Ioannis Havoutis, Darwing G. Caldwell, Claudio Semini2017 Trajectory and Foothold Optimization Using Low-Dimensional Models for RoughTerrain Locomotion, The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2017).
Authors: Carlos Mastalli, Michele Focchi, Ioannis Havoutis, Andreea Radulescu, Sylvain
Calinon, Jonas Buchli, Darwing G. Caldwell, Claudio Semini

2017 Probabilistic Contact Estimation and Impact Detection for State Estimation ofQuadruped Robots, The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2017).
Authors: Marco Camurri, Maurice Fallon, Stephane Bazeille, Andreea Radulescu, Victor
Barasuol, Darwing G. Caldwell, Claudio Semini

2017 Optimal Control of Variable Stiffness Policies: Dealing with Switching Dynamics
and Model Mismatch, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Geometric and NumericalFoundations of Movements.
Authors: Andreea Radulescu, Jun Nakanishi, David J. Braun, Sethu Vijayakumar

2016 Optimization for non-periodic dynamic motions of legged systems, The 9th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2016).
Authors: Andreea Radulescu, Ioannis Havoutis, Darwing G. Caldwell, Claudio Semini2015 Optimal Control of Multi-Phase Movements with Learned Dynamics, IEEE International Conference on Man-Machine Interactions (ICMMI).
Authors: Andreea Radulescu, Jun Nakanishi, Sethu Vijayakumar

2014 Spatio-Temporal Stiffness Optimisation in Movements with Switching Dynamics,IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) Journal (currently under review).
Authors: Jun Nakanishi, Andreea Radulescu, David Braun, Sethu Vijayakumar

2013 Spatio-temporal Optimisation for Multi-phase Movements: Dealing with Contacts
and Switching Dynamics, IEEE/RSJ International Conference of Intelligent Robots andSystems, Tokyo, Japan.
Authors: Jun Nakanishi, Andreea Radulescu, Sethu Vijayakumar

2012 Exploiting Variable Physical Damping in Rapid Movement Tasks, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Kaohsiung, Taiwan [AIM 2012
Best Student Paper Award Finalist].
Authors: Andreea Radulescu, Matthew Howard, David Braun, Sethu Vijayakumar