Miguel Ribeiro

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento, University of Lisbon

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Miguel Ribeiro is a leading researcher in marine robotics, with a focus on the design, development, and cooperative control of autonomous underwater and surface vehicles. His major contributions center on the MEDUSA class of autonomous marine vehicles, which he helped design and build at the Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, University of Lisbon. These versatile platforms, available in both surface and diving versions, have been deployed in multiple EU projects, enabling groundbreaking multi-vehicle scenarios for ocean exploration and monitoring. Ribeiro’s work on cooperative formation control, demonstrated in the EC MORPH project, has advanced the theory and practice of integrating heterogeneous robot modules into a cohesive, reconfigurable underwater system. He further extended this expertise to human-robot interaction in the EC CADDY project, developing cognitive autonomous diving buddies to assist human divers in demanding tasks. With his most cited paper garnering 39 citations, Ribeiro’s research has had a tangible impact on the field, bridging the gap between theoretical control systems and real-world marine applications. His achievements underscore a career dedicated to pushing the boundaries of autonomous marine technology for scientific and industrial benefit.