Anthony Portelli

Toshiba (Japan), Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Toshiba (United Kingdom)

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Anthony Portelli is a leading researcher in collaborative robotics and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), with a focus on bridging the gap between laboratory experimentation and real-world deployment. His most significant contributions center on the development of the UMBRELLA ecosystem, an open, large-scale IoT testbed deployed across South Gloucestershire, UK. Portelli’s work on the UMBRELLA Collaborative Robotics Testbed and IoT Platform (2021, 19 citations) provides a flexible experimentation environment for industrial automation, while his comprehensive overview of the UMBRELLA project (2024, 14 citations) establishes a one-stop shop for accelerating IoT innovation across multiple technology domains. Additionally, his research on communications-based formation control of mobile robots (2020, 10 citations) addresses key challenges in cooperative robotics, particularly for collective transport in warehouse and logistics applications. With a cumulative citation impact spanning foundational IoT infrastructure and multi-robot coordination, Portelli’s work enables scalable, real-world experimentation that directly supports industry adoption of autonomous systems. His achievements position him as a pivotal figure in advancing open testbed architectures and practical robotic cooperation.