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Total Citations
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About
Paolo De Petris is a leading roboticist whose work pushes the boundaries of autonomous exploration in the world's most challenging environments. His primary research focuses on developing resilient, multi-robot systems for subterranean and confined spaces, with a particular emphasis on integrating legged and aerial platforms. De Petris is best known for his pivotal role in Team CERBERUS, which won the prestigious DARPA Subterranean Challenge in 2021—a feat documented in papers with over 100 citations each. His major contributions include pioneering collision-tolerant aerial robots like the RMF-Owl and the Resilient Micro Flyer, which can navigate manhole-sized tubes and complex cave networks. These systems, combining rigid-compliant designs with deep learning-based collision prediction, have set new standards for autonomous navigation in GPS-denied, low-visibility settings. With over 350 total citations across his most-cited works, De Petris has demonstrated that robust, marsupial robot teams can reliably map and search underground environments for objects of interest. His research not only advances field robotics but also has direct applications in disaster response, mining safety, and infrastructure inspection.
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- 4Resilient Collision-tolerant Navigation in Confined Environments27 citations · 2021
- 5Motion Primitives-based Navigation Planning using Deep Collision Prediction23 citations · 2022
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