Francisco Bonnin‐Pascual
Universitat de les Illes Balears, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands
Papers
17
Total Citations
317
H-Index
9
About
Francisco Bonnin-Pascual is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and autonomous inspection systems, with a particular focus on maritime and vessel applications. He has made significant contributions to the development of robotic and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions for ship inspection, an industry traditionally reliant on costly and hazardous manual processes. His 2014 paper, "A Robot Application for Marine Vessel Inspection," has garnered 72 citations, establishing him as a leading voice in automated hull and structural analysis. His 2019 survey on robots and vision technologies for vessel inspection (61 citations) further cemented his authority in this domain. Bonnin-Pascual has also advanced image processing techniques, notably proposing fast mosaicing methods using binary word representations to support large-scale robotic mapping. His work on saliency-based defect detection adds a sophisticated perceptual layer to automated inspection pipelines, enabling systems to identify cracks and corrosion with greater reliability. Projects such as the EU-FP7 MINOAS initiative and the MUSSOL micro-UAS platform reflect his commitment to translating research into operational tools, making vessel inspection safer, more cost-efficient, and more thorough.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A Robot Application for Marine Vessel Inspection72 citations · 2014
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- 3Vessel Inspection: A Micro-Aerial Vehicle-based Approach37 citations · 2013
- 4Fast image mosaicing using incremental bags of binary words24 citations · 2016
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- 9MUSSOL: A Micro-Uas to Survey Ship Cargo hOLds9 citations · 2021
- 10Aportaciones de la fluorescencia a la cirugía endocrina9 citations · 2018