About
My work spans design, research, and engineering. I've created interactive installations shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, La Biennale di Venezia, and ZKM Center for Art and Media; developed autonomous systems with MIT Senseable City Lab and MIT CSAIL; put self-driving boats on the canals of Amsterdam; and shipped robo-taxis at Zoox and emerging products at Amazon Lab126.
That work has earned international recognition, including the Red Dot Design Award.
I'm interested in technologies that augment human capability, and in designing systems where engineering complexity disappears behind intuitive experiences.
Prizes
2019
Red Dot Design Award · product design · winner
about: Scribit2017
European Design Awards · Miscellaneous · Silver Medal
about: Uncharted2015
European Design Awards · Miscellaneous · Silver Medal
about: Italian Limes2014
14th International Architecture Exhibition
La Biennale Di Venezia · Monditalia · Special Mention
about: Italian Limes2013
Centre national des arts plastiques
Centre National Des Arts Plastiques · forniture design · member of the permanent collection
about: ChaiseLounge2012
Domus Magazine · forniture design · Winner
about: ChaiseLounge
Patents
Sep 23 2024
Wayfinding using direct wireless interface
US20260086244A1
about: ZooxFeb 23 2009
Preferebly multiform interactive forniture device
IT1396753B1
Publications
Dec 31 2022
Tracking stolen bikes in Amsterdam
on: Plos one
authors: Titus Venverloo, Fábio Duarte, Tom Benson, Pietro Leoni, Serge Hoogendoorn, Carlo Ratti
Dec 31 2022
Smart curbs: Measuring street activities in real-time using computer vision
on: Landscape and Urban Planning
authors: Arianna Salazar-Miranda, Fan Zhang, Maoran Sun, Pietro Leoni, Fábio Duarte, Carlo Ratti
about: Smart CurbsDec 31 2021
Design of an Autonomous Latching System for Surface Vessels
conference: 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) · on: IEEE
authors: David Fernández-Gutiérrez, Niklas Hagemann, Wei Wang, Rens Doornbusch, Joshua Jordan, Jonathan Schiphorst, Pietro Leoni, Fábio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, Daniela Rus
about: RoboatDec 31 2019
Roboat ii: A novel autonomous surface vessel for urban environments
conference: 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · on: IEEE
authors: Wei Wang, Tixiao Shan, Pietro Leoni, David Fernández-Gutiérrez, Drew Meyers, Carlo Ratti, Daniela Rus
about: RoboatDec 31 2018
Trajectory planning for the shapeshifting of autonomous surface vessels
conference: 2019 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS) · on: IEEE
authors: Banti Gheneti, Shinkyu Park, Ryan Kelly, Drew Meyers, Pietro Leoni, Carlo Ratti, Daniela Rus
about: RoboatDec 31 2017
conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) · on: IEEE
authors: W Wang, LA Mateos, S Park, P Leoni, B Gheneti, F Duarte, C Ratti, D Rus
about: Roboat