Daniel Serrano

About

Daniel Serrano is a robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous systems, search and rescue robotics, and intelligent data management for multi-robot platforms. He is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to the EU-ICARUS project, a major European FP7 initiative developing integrated unmanned air, ground, and sea robotic tools to assist human responders in disaster scenarios — work that has accumulated over 86 citations and shaped subsequent research in the field. His 2016 paper on integrated data management for search-and-rescue robot fleets (103 citations) stands as his most influential contribution, addressing the critical challenge of coordinating information across heterogeneous robotic systems in life-critical environments. Serrano has also extended his expertise into precision agriculture with the GRAPE vineyard monitoring robot, aerial infrastructure inspection with the ARSI sewer drone, BIM-based robot localization for construction sites, and cooperative autonomous guided vehicles for aeronautic manufacturing. His edited volume *Search and Rescue Robotics — From Theory to Practice* (2017) further demonstrates his commitment to knowledge dissemination. With a body of work consistently bridging theory and real-world deployment, Serrano has established himself as a versatile and impactful contributor to applied autonomous robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Integrated Data Management for a Fleet of Search‐and‐rescue Robots

   103 citations · 2016
2. 2
   The EU-ICARUS project: Developing assistive robotic tools for search and rescue operations

   86 citations · 2013
3. 3
   Introduction to the Use of Robotic Tools for Search and Rescue

   41 citations · 2017
4. 4
   GRAPE: Ground Robot for vineyArd Monitoring and ProtEction

   35 citations · 2017
5. 5
   Search and Rescue Robotics - From Theory to Practice

   34 citations · 2017
6. 6
   BIM-based Localization and Mapping for Mobile Robots in Construction

   30 citations · 2021
7. 7
   The ICARUS project - Command, Control and Intelligence (C2I)

   26 citations · 2013
8. 8
   Use of multi-domain robots in search and rescue operations — Contributions of the ICARUS team to the euRathlon 2015 challenge

   16 citations · 2016
9. 9
   ARSI: An Aerial Robot for Sewer Inspection

   15 citations · 2019
10. 10
    GEOMOVE: Detached AGVs for Cooperative Transportation of Large and Heavy Loads in the Aeronautic Industry

    14 citations · 2020

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