Papers
42
Total Citations
744
H-Index
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About
Andrea Caiti is a prominent Italian robotics and marine technology researcher whose work spans autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), marine robotics, and control systems. Based at the University of Pisa, he has made landmark contributions to underwater navigation, surveillance, and intervention robotics, establishing himself as a leading figure in ocean technology research. Caiti's most influential work includes developing an unscented Kalman filter-based navigation algorithm for AUVs (96 citations), which significantly advanced autonomous underwater navigation reliability. His comprehensive review of marine robots for underwater surveillance (74 citations) has become an essential reference for defense and homeland security applications. Through the Italian national project MARIS — published across multiple papers accumulating nearly 80 citations combined — he helped shape the strategic roadmap for autonomous underwater intervention systems in Italy. His contributions extend to cooperative AUV networks, optical underwater communications, and adaptive ocean sampling using glider-float networks, demonstrating a rare breadth across both theory and practical sea trials. Earlier work on hierarchical robot control architectures and tactile sensor arrays (dating to 1993) reveals a career-long commitment to foundational robotics research. Caiti has also championed engineering education through innovative web-based telelaboratory platforms, reflecting his dedication to both research excellence and pedagogical innovation.
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Top Papers
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- 2Marine Robots for Underwater Surveillance74 citations · 2020
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- 6Sea-Trial of Optical Ethernet Modems for Underwater Wireless Communications40 citations · 2018
- 7Skin-like tactile sensor arrays for contact stress field extraction34 citations · 1993
- 8MARIS: A national project on marine robotics for interventions34 citations · 2014
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