Riccardo Giovanelli

Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Cornell University

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Riccardo Giovanelli is a pioneering figure at the intersection of cultural heritage preservation and advanced robotics. His primary research focuses on developing autonomous systems for the digital documentation of archaeological artifacts, with a major contribution being the creation of a novel AI-driven robotic methodology that dramatically reduces the time and human effort required to generate high-fidelity 3D models of fragile objects. By integrating simple vision systems with robotic arms, his work enables rapid, non-contact digitization, offering a scalable solution for safeguarding cultural heritage. This key paper, “Cultural Heritage Digital Preservation Through AI-Driven Robotics” (2023), has already garnered 15 citations, signaling its immediate impact on the field. Beyond this, Giovanelli has contributed to large-scale astronomical infrastructure, co-authoring the conceptual design for the Large Atacama Telescope (LAT), a 15-meter-class segmented mirror telescope optimized for infrared observations. His work bridges terrestrial cultural conservation and cutting-edge observational astronomy, demonstrating a rare versatility in applying robotic and optical technologies to both preserve the past and explore the cosmos.