Papers
9
Total Citations
250
H-Index
4
About
Raphael Grech is a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher whose work spans human-robot collaboration, autonomous navigation, and multi-robot systems. He has made significant contributions to the field of robot autonomy, particularly in developing intelligent navigation frameworks that operate without pre-defined maps or ground-truth localization — a critical step toward deploying robots in real-world, unstructured environments. Grech's most cited work, "The effectiveness of virtual environments in developing collaborative strategies between industrial robots and humans" (2018, 208 citations), established his reputation in human-robot interaction, demonstrating how virtual simulation can meaningfully advance safe and efficient industrial collaboration. His earlier research explored multi-robot environmental monitoring and vision-based smart home systems, reflecting a broad foundation in applied robotics. More recently, Grech has focused intensively on reinforcement learning-based mapless navigation, addressing the practical challenge of localization uncertainty. His series of papers on localisability-aware navigation — incorporating visual odometry, hierarchical reinforcement learning, and memory-decaying novelty — push the boundaries of what autonomous robots and drones can achieve without reliable pose estimates. This body of work positions him as an emerging voice in robust, real-world-ready autonomous systems research, making his publications particularly valuable for students and practitioners working at the intersection of deep learning and mobile robotics.
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Top Papers
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- 2Multi-robot Teams for Environmental Monitoring22 citations · 2011
- 3VO-Safe Reinforcement Learning for Drone Navigation4 citations · 2024
- 4Localisation-Safe Reinforcement Learning for Mapless Navigation4 citations · 2022
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- 6Building visual memories of video streams3 citations · 2012
- 7Deep Reinforcement Learning for Localisability‐Aware Mapless Navigation2 citations · 2025
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