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Valentin Robu is a prominent researcher at the intersection of autonomous systems, robotics, and energy technology, with particular expertise in the safety, reliability, and certification of autonomous robots operating in critical and hazardous environments. His most influential work focuses on the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the offshore wind sector — a timely contribution given the UK's ambitious plans to expand offshore wind capacity sixfold by 2030 — earning over 100 citations and establishing him as a leading voice in this rapidly evolving field. A defining thread throughout Robu's research is the challenge of enabling robots to verify and certify their own safe operation in real time. Through frameworks combining logic-based semantic modelling, Bayesian learning, and formal verification methods, he has pioneered approaches to runtime diagnostics and self-certification that allow autonomous systems to demonstrate trustworthiness without continuous human oversight. His work integrating battery prognostics with formal verification further bridges the gap between theoretical safety guarantees and practical deployment constraints. Robu has also explored resilient human-robot symbiosis in offshore wind farms and blockchain-enabled peer-to-peer energy trading, reflecting a broad commitment to sustainable, intelligent infrastructure. With over 200 cumulative citations, his research offers foundational tools for the safe autonomous inspection and maintenance systems the clean energy transition urgently demands.