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Luca Muratore is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of humanoid robotics, mobile manipulation, and real-time control software. He has made significant contributions to the development of high-performance robotic platforms designed for demanding real-world environments, most notably the WALK-MAN humanoid and the CENTAURO hybrid locomotion system — platforms engineered to operate in disaster-response scenarios where strength, sturdiness, and dexterous manipulation are essential. These projects have collectively amassed over 400 citations, reflecting their substantial influence on the field. Beyond hardware, Muratore has shaped the software infrastructure underpinning modern robot control, developing XBotCore and its successor XBot framework, real-time cross-robot middleware adopted across multiple platforms, alongside CartesI/O, a Cartesian control framework that simplifies complex motion tasks for redundant robots. His theoretical contributions include a quadratic programming-based multi-priority Cartesian impedance control formulation that elegantly avoids pseudo-inversion pitfalls. More recently, he has extended his research toward reconfigurable collaborative robots, addressing the growing industrial need for adaptable automation. Muratore's body of work offers a rare combination of systems-level engineering and algorithmic innovation, making him a key figure in bridging advanced robotics research with practical deployment challenges.