Fabio Ruggiero

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Fabio Ruggiero is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans aerial manipulation, nonprehensile manipulation, and advanced control systems for robotic platforms. He is perhaps best known for his comprehensive 2018 literature review on aerial manipulation, which has garnered over 510 citations and stands as a foundational reference in the field, synthesizing decades of progress in combining agile aerial platforms with robotic arm capabilities. His early contributions to Cartesian impedance control for UAVs equipped with robotic arms — explored across multiple influential papers from 2012 onward — helped establish robust theoretical and practical frameworks for aerial robotic interaction with the environment, collectively attracting hundreds of citations. Ruggiero has also made significant strides in nonprehensile dynamic manipulation, authoring a widely cited 2018 survey that maps the frontiers of this challenging subfield. His research extends further into visual grasping of unknown objects, image-based visual-impedance control for dual-arm aerial manipulators, and shared-control teleoperation architectures. More recently, his work on whole-body control for quadruped robots demonstrates his evolving research scope. With a portfolio exceeding 1,500 cumulative citations across diverse robotic domains, Ruggiero represents a versatile and impactful voice in modern robotics research.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Aerial Manipulation: A Literature Review

   510 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Cartesian Impedance Control of a UAV with a Robotic Arm

   167 citations · 2012
3. 3
   A multilayer control for multirotor UAVs equipped with a servo robot arm

   158 citations · 2015
4. 4
   Nonprehensile Dynamic Manipulation: A Survey

   143 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Exploiting redundancy in Cartesian impedance control of UAVs equipped with a robotic arm

   141 citations · 2012
6. 6
   Visual Grasp Planning for Unknown Objects Using a Multifingered Robotic Hand

   110 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Image-Based Visual-Impedance Control of a Dual-Arm Aerial Manipulator

   87 citations · 2018
8. 8
   Robotic Ball Catching with an Eye-in-Hand Single-Camera System

   69 citations · 2015
9. 9
   A Shared-Control Teleoperation Architecture for Nonprehensile Object Transportation

   61 citations · 2021
10. 10
    Whole-body control with disturbance rejection through a momentum-based observer for quadruped robots☆

    42 citations · 2021

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