Kelen Cristiane Teixeira Vivaldini

About

Kelen Cristiane Teixeira Vivaldini is a Brazilian robotics and automation researcher whose work sits at the intersection of intelligent warehousing, autonomous navigation, and human-robot interaction. Best known for her foundational contributions to robotic forklift systems and intelligent warehouse automation — her 2010 paper on routing, path planning, and auto-localization has accumulated 57 citations — she has spent over a decade advancing the practical deployment of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in industrial logistics environments. Her research addresses critical operational challenges including battery state estimation, PID-based trajectory control, and adaptive Monte Carlo localization, ensuring AGVs perform reliably in real-world conditions. More recently, Vivaldini has broadened her scope to encompass UAV path planning, deep learning-based inspection robotics, and extended reality interfaces for robot teleoperation, reflecting a commitment to emerging technologies shaping the factories of the future. Her development of Plannie, a benchmark framework for path planning algorithms, demonstrates her dedication to reproducible, rigorous research infrastructure. Beyond technical contributions, she has championed educational robotics through the FOCORE network, promoting accessible robotics education across Brazilian and Latin American communities. With over 180 cumulative citations, her work meaningfully shapes both industrial automation research and the next generation of roboticists.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Robotic forklifts for intelligent warehouses: Routing, path planning, and auto-localization

   57 citations · 2010
2. 2
   PID control applied on a line-follower AGV using a RGB camera

   29 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Battery state estimation for applications in intelligent warehouses

   17 citations · 2011
4. 4
   An extended analysis on tuning the parameters of Adaptive Monte Carlo Localization ROS package in an automated guided vehicle

   17 citations · 2021
5. 5
   Automatic Routing System for Intelligent Warehouses

   13 citations · 2023
6. 6
   Plannie: A Benchmark Framework for Autonomous Robots Path Planning Algorithms Integrated to Simulated and Real Environments

   12 citations · 2022
7. 7
   An intelligent hexapod robot for inspection of airframe components oriented by deep learning technique

   12 citations · 2021
8. 8
   Demystifying Educational Robotics with FOCORE: from Very Low Cost Software and Hardware Technologies to the Development of New Methodologies and Curriculum for Continuing Teacher Education and Teaching of Brazilian Basic Education Students

   9 citations · 2020
9. 9
   A Review of the Informative Path Planning, Autonomous Exploration and Route Planning Using UAV in Environment Monitoring

   8 citations · 2022
10. 10
    Extended Reality for Teleoperated Mobile Robots

    6 citations · 2021

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