Ricardo Ragel
Papers
5
Total Citations
101
H-Index
3
About
Ricardo Ragel is a leading researcher in autonomous robotics, specializing in robust navigation for aerial vehicles and human-robot interaction. His most influential work, "An architecture for robust UAV navigation in GPS‐denied areas" (80 citations), introduces a software architecture that enables safe, reliable autonomous flight using visual odometry for six-dimensional localization—a critical contribution for drones operating in environments without satellite signals. Ragel has also advanced aerial manipulation, comparing motion planning techniques for multi-rotor UAS equipped with multi-joint arms, as part of the ARCAS European Project for autonomous aerial assembly. More recently, his focus has shifted to social robotics, developing multi-modal data fusion for people perception and empathetic reactive responses in the tabletop robot Haru. His work on teleoperation systems for affective interaction further underscores his commitment to creating robots that understand and respond to human emotions. With a career spanning GPS-denied navigation, aerial manipulation, and socially aware robotics, Ragel’s research is shaping the future of autonomous systems that operate seamlessly in complex, unstructured, and human-centered environments.
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Top Papers
- 1An architecture for robust UAV navigation in GPS‐denied areas80 citations · 2017
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- 3Multi-modal Data Fusion for People Perception in the Social Robot Haru7 citations · 2022
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