Darius Giannoli

Darius Dayu Giannoli

Student Researcher · LIS, EPFL

I’m a Computer Science student at EPFL working on world models and morphing drones at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems. My background includes aerial robotics, haptics, and human–robot interaction.

GitHub · LinkedIn · CV

Publications

Research

Laboratory of Intelligent Systems

EPFL · Student Researcher

Prof. Dario Floreano

World Models & Morphing Drones

Sep 2026 – Present · Current project

Drone Swarm Control, Haptics & Embodiment

Started Jun 2025 · Completed project

Investigated body-motion control for first-person-view drone swarm teleoperation. Developed wearable vibration and compression feedback and conducted behavioral studies on multi-channel tactile encoding.

GitHub Paper

Soft Robotics Laboratory

National University of Singapore · Research Intern

Prof. Cecilia Laschi

Triaxial Soft Sensors

Jul – Sep 2026

Humanoid Robotics & AI Group

Nanyang Technological University · Student Researcher

Prof. Xie Ming

Recognition Benchmark

Feb – Mar 2026 · Global Connect Fellowship

Benchmarked lightweight object-recognition models and explored stereo depth estimation.

GitHub Poster (PDF)

Projects

SAPIEN — Mina Humanoid

Humanoid Robotics Project Lead · EPFL AI Team

Feb 2026 – Present

Leading development of Mina, a humanoid robot based on the Berkeley Humanoid Lite.

N-Pulse — ProstGrasp

Team Lead, Software & Haptics · EPFL

Sep 2024 – Present

Leading 12 master's students across software, firmware, and machine learning to develop vision- and audio-based grasping for prosthetic hands.

Education

EPFL — BSc Computer Science

Expected 2027

Laidlaw Leadership & Research Scholar

Lycée Jean-Monnet, Brussels — French Science Baccalaureate

2023 · Highest honors, top 1% nationally