Victor R. F. Miranda

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Papers

7

Total Citations

226

H-Index

6

About

Victor R. F. Miranda is a robotics researcher whose work centers on autonomous navigation, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and robotic inspection in challenging environments. He is perhaps best known for developing EKF-LOAM, an adaptive sensor fusion system combining LiDAR SLAM with wheel odometry and inertial data to achieve reliable localization in confined spaces with limited geometric features — a problem that trips up most traditional approaches. With 107 citations, this contribution has become a key reference in robust mobile robot localization. Miranda's broader research portfolio includes the EspeleoRobô project, a robotic platform designed for semi-autonomous inspection of hazardous confined spaces such as caves, pipes, and dam galleries, demonstrating both practical engineering rigor and real-world applicability. His more recent work explores deep reinforcement learning for robotic navigation, showing a capacity to bridge classical robotics with modern machine learning techniques to improve generalization in cluttered, unknown environments. Miranda has also contributed to drone racing autonomy and embeddable navigation modules, reflecting a versatile research vision. Collectively, his work addresses critical safety challenges in industrial and field robotics, making autonomous systems more capable and reliable where human presence is difficult or dangerous.

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6
H-Index
7
Papers
226
Total Citations
32
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
EKF-LOAM: An Adaptive Fusion of LiDAR SLAM With Wheel Odometry and Inertial Data for Confined Spaces With Few Geometric Features
107 citations · 2022
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2021 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 32
🏛 Institutions: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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