Luca Panebianco

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Luca Panebianco is a marine robotics engineer whose work focuses on the design, development, and experimental validation of autonomous systems for underwater exploration and intervention. His research spans bio-inspired underwater robots, hybrid propulsion vehicles, and cooperative multi-agent systems combining autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Panebianco’s most cited work, “Design of a Bio-Inspired Autonomous Underwater Robot” (52 citations), introduces novel biomimetic locomotion principles for efficient underwater maneuvering. He also contributed to the UNIVPM BRAVe hybrid propulsion vehicle and developed a ROS-based multi-agent architecture for ASVs, experimentally validated in field trials. His work on cooperative ASV-ROV systems (11 citations) addresses the challenge of versatile, cost-effective robotic tools for marine archaeology and biology, enabling access to sites difficult for divers. Panebianco’s innovative DocuScooter platform (5 citations) extends citizen science by allowing scuba divers to collect large-scale underwater data, democratizing marine monitoring. With a strong emphasis on experimental testing and real-world deployment, Panebianco’s contributions advance autonomous marine systems for scientific research, conservation, and exploration.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Design of a Bio-Inspired Autonomous Underwater Robot

   52 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Development and Experimental Tests of a ROS Multi-agent Structure for Autonomous Surface Vehicles

   24 citations · 2017
3. 3
   UNIVPM BRAVe: A Hybrid Propulsion Underwater Research Vehicle

   16 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Experimental testing of a cooperative ASV-ROV multi-agent system

   11 citations · 2016
5. 5
   DocuScooter: A Novel Robotics Platform for Marine Citizen Science.

   5 citations · 2017

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