Amr Nagaty

University of New Brunswick, NGC Aerospace (Canada)

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Total Citations

118

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Amr Nagaty is a leading researcher in autonomous aerial robotics, with a primary focus on control systems, cooperative multi-vehicle navigation, and precision landing technologies. His most influential work, "Control and Navigation Framework for Quadrotor Helicopters" (2012), has garnered over 103 citations, establishing foundational principles for quadrotor autonomy. Nagaty significantly advanced the field of collaborative robotics through his 2015 study on "Probabilistic Cooperative Target Localization," which addressed the critical challenge of localizing ground targets using heterogeneous teams of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. This work demonstrated how effective collaboration between different vehicle types can leverage their complementary strengths. More recently, Nagaty has turned his expertise toward space exploration, contributing to "Performance Assessment of Crater-Based Navigation for Autonomous Moon Landing" (2025). This research evaluates optical crater-based navigation systems for achieving the precision landing requirements essential for future robotic Moon missions. Through his career, Nagaty has consistently bridged theoretical control frameworks with practical applications, from terrestrial quadrotor navigation to extraterrestrial landing systems, making him a versatile and impactful figure in autonomous systems research.