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Marc Carreras is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), coverage path planning, and robot autonomy. Perhaps his most influential contribution is his 2013 survey on coverage path planning for robotics, which has accumulated over 1,500 citations and remains a foundational reference in the field. His research has significantly advanced the development of marine robotics platforms, most notably the Sparus II AUV, a hovering vehicle designed for seabed inspection that has garnered nearly 200 citations since its 2018 publication. Carreras has made lasting contributions to AUV control architectures through COLA2, a layered autonomy framework, and to task planning integration with the Robot Operating System via ROSPlan. His early work on vision-based underwater localization and nonlinear AUV modeling helped establish core methodologies still referenced today. Beyond platform development, his research addresses real-world applications including hydroelectric dam inspection, underwater cave mapping, and deep-sea fishery tracking using mobile robotic systems. Collectively, his publications reflect a career dedicated to bridging theoretical robotics with practical marine deployment, making him a key figure for students and researchers pursuing autonomous systems and underwater robotics.