About Me

I was born in Milan (Italy), in 1991. I received the B.Sc. and the M.Sc. degrees in Automation and Control Engineering (in 2013 and 2015 respectively) from Politecnico di Milano, and my Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (advisor: Prof. M. Lovera) in January 2020. After a post-doctoral research fellowship and co-founding ANT-X — a PoliMi spin-off producing educational UAV platforms for universities worldwide — I joined D-Orbit as AOCS & GNC Specialist, where I lead the attitude and orbit control subsystem for the ION Satellite Carrier programme. My technical interests span GNC for spacecraft and UAVs, model-based design, system identification, and robust control.

Contact Details

Mattia Giurato
mattia.giurato@gmail.com

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Education

Politecnico di Milano

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering • January 2020

M.Sc. Automation and Control Engineering • December 2015

B.Sc. Automation and Control Engineering • October 2013

Work

D-Orbit s.p.a.

AOCS & GNC Specialist (Subsystem Leader) • June 2024 - Present

D-Orbit provides space logistics and satellite transportation solutions. As AOCS Subsystem Leader for the ION Satellite Carrier programme:

  • • Led development of AOCS software: attitude and orbit GNC algorithms and FDIR logic, compliant with ECSS and Savoir guidelines; maintained the MATLAB/Simulink model-based design environment with code generation for FSW delivery.
  • • Executed the full V&V pyramid: MIL, SIL, PIL, and HIL campaigns.
  • • Contributed to the ION-mk3 next-generation satellite: requirements flowdown, subsystem budgets, and system-level analyses.
  • • Supported ground-segment operations for LEO missions: telemetry monitoring, anomaly investigation, and mission analysis.

ANT-X s.r.l.

Co-Founder and CTO • February 2020 - June 2024

ANT-X is a PoliMi spin-off producing educational UAV platforms and research infrastructure for universities and laboratories worldwide. As CTO, I held full technical ownership across a team of 6:

  • • Designed and sized multirotor platforms from scratch based on Pixhawk/PX4 architecture; customized the PX4 firmware to enable seamless deployment of MATLAB/Simulink code-generated GNC logic.
  • • Integrated multi-environment localisation: outdoor GPS and indoor motion-capture and stereo-vision with an onboard companion computer for high-level autonomy.
  • • Delivered dozens of platforms annually to university research labs across Europe and the USA.

Politecnico di Milano

Post-Doctoral Researcher • February 2020 - October 2020

Department of Aerospace Science and Technologies. Research topics: multirotor GNC, attitude and position control, model identification, parameter estimation, attitude and position estimation (EKF, complementary filter). Concurrent with ANT-X until full-time transition in October 2020.

LAAS - CNRS

Visiting Researcher • March 2019 - July 2019

Toulouse, France. Research topics: control allocation of fully-actuated and over-actuated multirotors.

Politecnico di Milano

Teaching Assistant • 2018 - 2019

Assisted the lectures of the course “Estimation in Aerospace" for the M.Sc. tracks in Aeronautics and Space Engineering.

Politecnico di Milano

Research Assistant • January 2016 - November 2016

Supported the drone laboratory after M.Sc. graduation; contributed to research activities in UAV design, identification and control that led to the first conference publication and the Ph.D. application.

Conference paper

1 - A. Rivolta, M. Giurato, F. Cuzzocrea, F. Rovere, and S. Farí. "Low Cost MEMS IMU Calibration For Aerospace Student Activities". 1st Symposium On Space Educational Activities, 2015.

2 - M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "Quadrotor attitude determination: A comparison study". 2016 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016.

3 - D. Del Cont Bernard, M. Giurato, F. Riccardi, M. Lovera, “Ground effect analysis for a quadrotor platform". 4th CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control, Warsaw, Poland, 2017.

4 - F. Haydar, M. Giurato, M. Lovera, G. Sechi. "Very high accuracy attitude determination for LOS steering". 10th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems, Salzburg, Austria, 2017.

5 - A. Russo, D. Invernizzi, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "Adaptive augmentation of the attitude control system for a multirotor UAV". 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences, Milano, Italy, 2017.

6 - D. Di Bacco, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "Accurate positioning of multirotor UAVs for civil infrastructure monitoring". 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences, Milano, Italy, 2017.

7 - D. Del Cont Bernard, F. Riccardi, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "A dynamic analysis of ground effect for a quadrotor platform". 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.

8 - M. Giurato, S. Panza, M. Lovera. "Robust filtering for very high accuracy attitude determination". 58th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel, (accepted), 2018.

9 - D. Invernizzi, M. Giurato, P. Gattazzo, M. Lovera. "Full pose tracking for a tilt-arm quadrotor UAV". IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018.

10 - P. Giuri, A. Marini Cossetti, M. Giurato, D. Invernizzi, M. Lovera. "Air-to-air automatic landing for multirotor UAVs". 5th CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Milano, Italy, 2019.

11 - G. Roggi, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "A computer vision line-tracking algorithm for UAV GNSS-aided guidance". XXV AIDAA, International Congress, Roma, Italy, 2019.

12 - M. Giurato, P. Gattazzo, M. Lovera. "UAV Lab: a multidisciplinary UAV design course". 21st IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Cranfield, UK, 2019.

13 - M. Giurato, D. Invernizzi, S. Panza, M. Lovera. "The role of laboratory activities in aerospace control education: two case studies". 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2020.

14 - S. Panza, D. Invernizzi, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "Design and characterization of the 2DoF Drone: a multirotor platform for education and research". IFAC Workshop on Aerospace Control Education, 2020.

15 - D. Invernizzi, S. Panza, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. T. Parisini. "Integration of experimental activities into remote teaching using a quadrotor test-bed". IFAC Workshop on Aerospace Control Education, 2020.

Journal paper

1 - G. Bressan, A. Russo, D. Invernizzi, M. Giurato, S. Panza, M. Lovera. "Adaptive augmentation of the attitude control system for a multirotor UAV". Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2018.

2 - D. Invernizzi, M. Giurato, P. Gattazzo, M. Lovera. "Comparison of control methods for trajectory tracking in fully actuated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles". IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 29, N. 3, pp. 1147-1160, 2021.

3 - G. Gozzini, D. Invernizzi, S. Panza, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "Air-to-air automatic landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: a quasi time-optimal hybrid strategy". Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, Vol. 4, N. 3, pp. 692-697, 2020.

4 - M. Ryll, D. Bicego, M. Giurato, M. Lovera, A. Franchi. "FAST-Hex – A morphing hexarotor: design, mechanical implementation, control and experimental validation". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 27, N. 3, pp. 1244-1255, 2022.

Book chapters

1 - D. Del Cont Bernard, F. Riccardi, M. Giurato, M. Lovera. "Ground Effect Analysis for a Quadrotor Platform". Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control, Springer, 2018.

Thesis co-advisor

1 - M. Ferronato. "Identificazione e controllo della dinamica verticale di un elicottero quadrirotore". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

2 - C. Micheli. "Design, identification and control of a tiltrotor quadcopter UAV". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

3 - D. Di Bacco. "Distance control from vertical surfaces of a multirotor UAV designed for Structural Health Monitoring of civil infrastructures". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

4 - D. Del Cont Bernard. "Ground effect analysis for a quadrotor platform". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

5 - A. De Angelis, A. Sorbelli. "Software architecture, estimators and control for multirotor UAVs". Computer Science and Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

6 - A. Russo. "Adaptive control of multirotor UAVs". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

7 - T. Chupin. "Data-driven attitude control design for multirotor UAVs". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2016. [link].

8 - P. Gattazzo. "Nonlinear control of a tilt-arm quadrotor UAV". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2017. [link].

9 - D. Carelli. "Nonlinear attitude and position control for a quadrotor UAV". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2017. [link].

10 - A. Delbono. "Consensus based control for a unmanned aerial vehicle formation". Computer Science and Engineering, M.Sc., 2017. [link].

11 - D. Chevallard. "Design, identification and control of a micro aerial vehicle". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2017. [link].

12 - R. Salbati. "Ground effect compensation for multicopter UAV". Exchange student from the Université de Liège (ULg), Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2017.

13 - S. Farì. "Guidance and control for a fixed-wing UAV". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2017. [link].

14 - S. Musacchio. "Optimal and robust UAV state estimation based on Gps and optical flow". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2018. [link].

15 - P. Giuri, A. Cossetti. "Air-to-air automatic landing for multirotor UAVs". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2018. [link].

16 - M. Maccotta. "Multirotor UAVs for fugitive emissions detection: sizing, modelling and control system design". Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc., 2018. [link].

17 - E. Balcioglu. "Development of a conceptual design tool for multirotors". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2018. [link].

18 - G. Bressan. "Hardware/software architecture, code generation and control for multirotor UAVs". Computer Science and Engineering, M.Sc., 2018. [link].

19 - A. Zangarini. "Data-driven multivariable attitude control design for multirotor UAV platforms". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2019. [link].

20 - U. Arshad. "Adaptive control implementation to include ground effect on UAV simulator". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2019. [link].

21 - G. Gozzini. "UAV autonomous landing on a moving aerial vehicle". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2019. [link].

22 - A. Gatti. "Modelling, identification and control of a fixed-wing UAV". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2019. [link].

23 - D. Migliore. "Structured model identification for multirotor UAVs". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2019. [link].

24 - G. Roggi. "Vision-based pilot support system for multirotor PV plant inspection". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2019. [link].

25 - N. Battaini. "Design and dynamic modeling of a VTOL UAV". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2020. [link].

26 - K. Bstaoros. "Kalman filtering for UAV navigation using optical flow". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2020. [link].

27 - L. Carcione. "Attitude and position estimation for a 2 DoF drone". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2020. [link].

28 - W. Nguemen Djonkoua. "Model-reference adaptive control of the vertical dynamics of a multirotor UAV". Aeronautics Engineering, M.Sc., 2020. [link].