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Carlotta Sartore is a robotics researcher whose work spans humanoid robot systems, human-robot collaboration, and autonomous underwater vehicles. Based at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, she has made significant contributions to the design, control, and optimization of humanoid robots, with a particular focus on making them safer, more ergonomic, and more capable partners for humans. Her most impactful work centers on the iCub3 avatar system, which enables human operators to remotely embody humanoid robots with full immersion — a landmark achievement in teleoperation that has garnered 60 citations since its 2024 publication. Sartore has also pioneered ergonomics-driven co-design methodologies, developing frameworks that simultaneously optimize robot hardware and control architectures to minimize physical strain on human collaborators during payload lifting tasks. Her use of genetic algorithms and nonlinear optimization to tailor humanoid designs for multi-human collaboration reflects a forward-thinking approach to inclusive robot engineering. Beyond humanoids, her early work on deep-sea mining exploration robots demonstrates a breadth of expertise in autonomous systems and perception frameworks. More recently, she has tackled the practical challenge of automatic gain tuning and disturbance-robust walking, addressing real-world deployment hurdles. With a growing citation record across diverse robotics domains, Sartore represents an emerging voice in next-generation human-robot interaction research.