Carolina Godinho
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About
Carolina Godinho is a leading roboticist whose work pushes the frontier of autonomous exploration in extreme, unstructured environments. Her primary research focuses on multi-domain robotic systems, particularly the coordination of legged and aerial robots for subterranean exploration. She is best known for her central role in the CERBERUS team, which achieved top honors in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Her landmark 2022 paper, *“CERBERUS: Autonomous Legged and Aerial Robotic Exploration in the Tunnel and Urban Circuits of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge,”* has accumulated over 130 citations, reflecting its foundational impact on field robotics. In this work, Godinho and her colleagues demonstrated how a heterogeneous team of walking robots and drones can autonomously navigate GPS-denied, low-visibility tunnels and urban ruins to locate objects of interest—a feat that redefined the state of the art in resilient, multi-agent autonomy. Her contributions are not merely technical; they provide a practical blueprint for deploying robots in disaster response, mining, and infrastructure inspection. Godinho’s achievements underscore a career dedicated to making robots capable of operating where humans cannot, earning her recognition as a rising star in autonomous systems.
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