Said Alvarado-Marin

Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique

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Said Alvarado-Marin is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics, wireless systems, and sustainable embedded design. His primary research areas include battery-free swarm robotics, indoor localization, and low-power embedded systems. Alvarado-Marin’s major contributions lie in reimagining how miniature robots can operate without traditional batteries. In his highly cited 2023 work, “FreeBot, a Battery-Free Swarm Robotics Platform,” he introduced a novel platform that leverages super-capacitor charge storage, enabling mobile robots to bypass the limitations of slow-recharging batteries and short lifespans—a critical step toward scalable, sustainable robotic swarms. Building on this, his 2024 paper, “Lighthouse Localization of Miniature Wireless Robots,” adapts virtual reality motion-tracking technology for indoor robot positioning, achieving centimeter-scale accuracy on low-power wireless microcontrollers. With papers accumulating citations in the single digits—a strong start for emerging work—Alvarado-Marin’s research is already influencing the design of energy-autonomous robots. His work promises to unlock new possibilities for environmental monitoring, warehouse automation, and distributed sensing, where long-lived, battery-free robots can operate indefinitely.