Carmen Visconte
Papers
13
Total Citations
162
H-Index
8
About
Carmen Visconte is a robotics researcher whose work spans precision agriculture automation, mobile robot design, and emerging applications in surgical and assistive robotics. She is perhaps best known for her sustained development of the **Agri.q** platform — a solar-powered unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) engineered for precision agriculture — which has attracted over 60 citations since its 2020 publication and represents one of the most comprehensive treatments of sustainable field robotics in recent literature. Her contributions trace the full arc of this system's evolution, from early conceptual designs and positioning mechanism development through experimental validation and drone-landing integration, demonstrating a rigorous, iterative approach to agricultural robotics. Beyond field robotics, Visconte has expanded her research into mobile robot kinematics, investigating wheel-slip compensation strategies for tractor-trailer systems, and into healthcare robotics through the PAQUITOP autonomous hospital assistant developed at Politecnico di Torino. Her more recent work on continuum surgical robots and variable-stiffness soft fingertips signals a compelling shift toward human-centered robotic systems. With a citation profile reflecting both depth and breadth, Visconte stands as a versatile contributor whose engineering rigor and interdisciplinary reach make her work particularly valuable for researchers working at the intersection of autonomous systems, mechatronics, and real-world robotic deployment.
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Top Papers
- 1Design of a UGV Powered by Solar Energy for Precision Agriculture62 citations · 2020
- 2Agri_q: Agriculture UGV for Monitoring and Drone Landing18 citations · 2018
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- 7The Agri.q Mobile Robot: Preliminary Experimental Tests8 citations · 2020
- 8Agri.q: A Sustainable Rover for Precision Agriculture8 citations · 2020
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