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Overview

Paolo Robuffo Giordano is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and computer science, with significant contributions in various subfields and topics related to robotic systems and control architectures.

The main areas of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

Within these fields, their work focuses on several subfields such as:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence

The predominant topics covered by Paolo Robuffo Giordano's research are:

  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis
  • Soft Robotics and Applications

They have published extensively in multiple venues, particularly in robotics and automation, including:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Selected recent papers exemplify their research focus and include:

  • "Bilateral Teleoperation With Adaptive Impedance Control for Contact Tasks," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Caring About the Human Operator: Haptic Shared Control for Enhanced User Comfort in Robotic Telemanipulation," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • "A Shared-Control Teleoperation Architecture for Nonprehensile Object Transportation," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • "Connectivity-Maintenance Teleoperation of a UAV Fleet With Wearable Haptic Feedback," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • "Haptic-Enabled Decentralized Control of a Heterogeneous Human-Robot Team for Search and Rescue in Partially-Known Environments," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Claudio Pacchierotti
  • Marco Aggravi
  • Antonio Marino
  • Rahaf Rahal
  • Marco Cognetti

Paolo Robuffo Giordano has also contributed to book publications with titles under the Inter-American Development Bank eBooks, such as "Trade and Integration Monitor 2024: Bucking the Trend: The Potential of Knowledge-Based Services" (2024) and "Monitor de Comercio e Integración 2025: Vientos de cambio: La valorización de los servicios turísticos ante la reconfiguración del comercio de bienes" (2025).

Best Publications

  • A Novel Overactuated Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Modeling, Control, and Experimental Validation

    Markus Ryll;Heinrich H. Bulthoff;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Modeling and control of a quadrotor UAV with tilting propellers

    Markus Ryll;Heinrich H. Bulthoff;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Dynamic Identification of the Franka Emika Panda Robot With Retrieval of Feasible Parameters Using Penalty-Based Optimization

    Claudio Gaz;Marco Cognetti;Alexander Antonio Oliva;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Shared Control : Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs

    A. Franchi;C. Secchi;M. Ryll;H. H. Bulthoff

  • Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots With Time-Varying Topology

    A. Franchi;C. Secchi;Hyoung Il Son;H. H. Bulthoff

  • Semiautonomous Haptic Teleoperation Control Architecture of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    Dongjun Lee;Antonio Franchi;Hyoung Il Son;ChangSu Ha

  • Feature Depth Observation for Image-based Visual Servoing: Theory and Experiments

    Alessandro De Luca;Giuseppe Oriolo;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Rollin' Justin - Mobile platform with variable base

    Christoph Borst;Thomas Wimbock;Florian Schmidt;Matthias Fuchs

  • A passivity-based decentralized strategy for generalized connectivity maintenance

    Paolo Robuffo Giordano;Antonio Franchi;Cristian Secchi;Heinrich H Bülthoff

  • Rollin' Justin - Design considerations and realization of a mobile platform for a humanoid upper body

    M. Fuchs;Ch. Borst;P. Robuffo Giordano;A. Baumann

  • Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing Formations with Bilateral High-level Steering

    Antonio Franchi;Carlo Masone;Volker Grabe;Markus Ryll

  • Decentralized rigidity maintenance control with range measurements for multi-robot systems

    Daniel Zelazo;Antonio Franchi;Heinrich H. Bülthoff;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • On-board velocity estimation and closed-loop control of a quadrotor UAV based on optical flow

    Volker Grabe;Heinrich H. Bulthoff;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • First flight tests for a quadrotor UAV with tilting propellers

    Markus Ryll;Heinrich H. Bulthoff;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Adaptive Trajectory Tracking for Quadrotor MAVs in Presence of Parameter Uncertainties and External Disturbances

    Gianluca Antonelli;Elisabetta Cataldi;Filippo Arrichiello;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Kinematic modeling and redundancy resolution for nonholonomic mobile manipulators

    A. De Luca;G. Oriolo;P.R. Giordano

  • Making virtual walking real: Perceptual evaluation of a new treadmill control algorithm

    Jan L. Souman;Paolo Robuffo Giordano;Ilja Frissen;Alessandro De Luca

  • Vision-Based Reactive Planning for Aggressive Target Tracking While Avoiding Collisions and Occlusions

    Bryan Penin;Paolo Robuffo Giordano;Francois Chaumette

  • The TeleKyb framework for a modular and extendible ROS-based quadrotor control

    Volker Grabe;Martin Riedel;Heinrich H. Bulthoff;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

  • Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots

    Hyoung Il Son;A. Franchi;L. L. Chuang;Junsuk Kim

  • On-Line Estimation of Feature Depth for Image-Based Visual Servoing Schemes

    A. De Luca;G. Oriolo;P.R. Giordano

  • Adaptive trajectory tracking for quadrotor MAVs in presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances

    Gianluca Antonelli;Filippo Arrichiello;Stefano Chiaverini;Paolo Robuffo Giordano

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Heinrich H. Bülthoff Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Antonio Franchi
Antonio Franchi University of Twente
François Chaumette
François Chaumette University of Rennes
Cristian Secchi
Cristian Secchi University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Giuseppe Oriolo
Giuseppe Oriolo Sapienza University of Rome
Claudio Pacchierotti
Claudio Pacchierotti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Alessandro De Luca
Alessandro De Luca Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Dongjun Lee
Dongjun Lee Seoul National University
Gianluca Antonelli
Gianluca Antonelli University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Stefano Chiaverini
Stefano Chiaverini University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

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