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Chiara Troiani is a leading researcher in robotics and autonomous systems, specializing in vision-controlled micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) and swarm robotics. Her work focuses on enabling small, agile flying robots to navigate and map GPS-denied environments using only onboard cameras and limited computational resources. Troiani’s most influential contribution is her 2014 paper on vision-controlled micro flying robots, which has garnered 297 citations and addresses the full pipeline from system design to autonomous navigation and mapping. This work is foundational for applications in search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and security surveillance. She also played a key role in the EU-funded SFly project, which demonstrated how swarms of MAVs can autonomously map unknown environments and optimize surveillance positions. Additionally, Troiani developed a novel 1-point-based monocular motion estimation method, enabling computationally limited MAVs to estimate motion with minimal visual data. Her research has been cited over 347 times, reflecting its significant impact on the field of aerial robotics. Troiani’s work continues to push the boundaries of what small, autonomous flying robots can achieve in complex, real-world scenarios.