Franco Coltraro

I received my BSc degree in Pure Mathematics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in 2016. In 2017, I obtained a MSc degree on Applied Mathematics from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). After a brief experience as a Data Scientist in the private sector, I enrolled in the PhD program in Applied Mathematics at UPC, where I obtained my PhD degree in 2023. Currently, I am a Momentum postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics, CSIC-UPC.

I have always been fascinated by the application of mathematical tools and the creation of models to solve real-world problems with the aid of computers. During my career I have used and developed tools from diverse disciplines such as Differential Geometry, Optimization, Computational Topology and Numerical Methods to solve and model problems arising from fields such as Robotics, Telecommunications and Operations Research. I am a person full with curiosity and enthusiasm for new things with very good communication and personal skills.

news

Feb 09, 2025	I am glad to have published a new paper Tracking cloth deformation: A novel dataset for closing the sim-to-real gap for robotic cloth manipulation learning in The International Journal of Robotics Research.
Dec 20, 2024	I have started a Momentum postdoc titled Virtual prototyping for robotic manipulation of garments: enhancing the capabilities of the CLOTHILDE cloth simulator.
May 02, 2024	I gave a joint talk with Maria Alberich at the RICAM Workshop Kinematic Aspects of Robotics in Linz, Austria.
Apr 23, 2024	Premi IEC de la Secció de Ciències i Tecnologia.

selected publications

A novel collision model for inextensible textiles and its experimental validation

Franco Coltraro, Jaume Amorós , Maria Alberich-Carramiñana , and 1 more author

Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2024

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@article{CollisionsAMM,
  title = {A novel collision model for inextensible textiles and its experimental validation},
  journal = {Applied Mathematical Modelling},
  volume = {128},
  pages = {287-308},
  year = {2024},
  issn = {0307-904X},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2024.01.030},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X24000295},
  author = {Coltraro, Franco and Amorós, Jaume and Alberich-Carramiñana, Maria and Torras, Carme},
  keywords = {Inextensible cloth, Collision modeling, Coloumb friction, Experimental validation, Constrained optimization},
}

An inextensible model for the robotic manipulation of textiles

Franco Coltraro, Jaume Amorós , Maria Alberich-Carramiñana , and 1 more author

Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2022

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@article{InextensibleAMM,
  title = {An inextensible model for the robotic manipulation of textiles},
  journal = {Applied Mathematical Modelling},
  volume = {101},
  pages = {832-858},
  year = {2022},
  issn = {0307-904X},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2021.09.013},
  author = {Coltraro, Franco and Amor\'os, Jaume and Alberich-Carrami\~{n}ana, Maria and Torras, Carme},
  keywords = {Inextensible cloth, FEM Simulation, Physical modeling, Experimental validation, Robotic manipulation},
}