Media & Press
Press coverage, university news, videos and reports collected by the Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL) at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Most follow the Tor Vergata team at the Leonardo Drone Contest and at RomeCup, and most are in Italian.
2025
Antonio Santamato · LinkedIn
Drone Contest 2025: news report and teamPost sharing the news report and naming the team members.
Fondazione Leonardo · LinkedIn
Drone Contest 2025: institutional postPost with references to the winning team.
Flightline Weekly
Tor Vergata University Triumphs at the 2025 Leonardo Drone ContestInternational coverage of the win.
Machinery Market
Tor Vergata University wins Leonardo Drone ContestInternational coverage of the win.
Leonardo
Leonardo Drone Contest: Tor Vergata University wins the 2025 editionThe organiser’s announcement of the 2025 win.
University News
L’Università di Roma Tor Vergata trionfa al Leonardo Drone Contest 2025Article dedicated to the win.
la Repubblica
Giovani e ricerca alla gara dei droniThe 2025 Drone Contest and the seven universities taking part, Tor Vergata among them.
Fondazione Mondo Digitale · Report (PDF)
Report RomeCup 2025Event report, including a piece on drones and rovers at RomeCup 2025.
Fondazione Mondo Digitale
Droni e rover a RomeCup 2025Interview with Daniele Carnevale, citing Simone Mattogno, Alessandro Tenaglia, Roberto Masocco and Lorenzo Bianchi.
2024
Wired · Branded content
Drone Contest: dalla robotica collaborativa nasce la sinergia tra università e impreseInterview with Lorenzo Bianchi, also citing Simone Mattogno, Alessandro Tenaglia, Roberto Masocco, Daniele Carnevale and dotX Automation.
Tor Vergata University
Drone e robot terrestre: Roma Tor Vergata al primo posto del Leonardo Drone Contest 2024The 2024 win and a profile of the team.
Tor Vergata Engineering
Contest creativi della robotica, le scuole accolgono la sfida di una tecnologia per il socialeRomeCup 2024 and outreach to schools with Daniele Carnevale.
Corriere della Sera
Scenario post-terremoto: la sinergia tra studenti per un dialogo drone-robotCollaborative UAV–UGV robotics at the Drone Contest, with Tor Vergata among the universities taking part.
2023
Tor Vergata Engineering
Leonardo Drone Contest, Tor Vergata ancora una volta sul podioThird place, the jury prize and comments from Lorenzo Bianchi.
Corriere TV · Video
Drone contest a Torino, sfida tra sette ateneiVideo on the competition, with Tor Vergata third and winner of the jury prize.
La Nazione
Leonardo Drone Contest: vince la Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di PisaReports Tor Vergata’s third place and jury prize.
2022
RaiNews / TGR Lazio · Video
Il drone oltre l’ostacoloTV report on the Tor Vergata team, with interviews with Daniele Carnevale and Simone Mattogno.
Tor Vergata Engineering
Leonardo Drone Contest 2022, il secondo posto alla squadra di Tor VergataSecond place for Simone Mattogno, Alessandro Tenaglia, Roberto Masocco, Lorenzo Bianchi and Fabrizio Romanelli.
2021
CorCom
Leonardo Drone Contest, sul podio il Politecnico di MilanoResults of the second edition, with Tor Vergata second.
Drone Blog News
Drone Contest di Leonardo: conclusa la seconda faseResults and the Tor Vergata team.
2020
Wired
Leonardo Drone Contest: Polimi si aggiudica il podioCoverage of the first edition, including the Tor Vergata team.
La Stampa
Drone Contest: il Politecnico di Torino sfida altri cinque ateneiNames Tor Vergata among the universities taking part.
Tor Vergata Engineering
Leonardo Drone Contest: team Tor Vergata tra le 6 squadre in garaIntroduces the Tor Vergata team and its participation in the contest.