Papers
8
Total Citations
33
H-Index
4
About
M. Albero is a robotics researcher specializing in distributed control architectures, real-time embedded systems, and humanoid robotics. His major contributions center on the development of the SCoCAN (Shared Channel on CAN) communication protocol, a time-triggered architecture enabling real-time communication for distributed control systems in autonomous mobile robots. This work, detailed in his most-cited paper (8 citations), provides a foundation for coordinating multiple embedded nodes in complex robotic platforms. Albero is perhaps best known for his work on the YABIRO and YABIRO-II biped robots, where he designed advanced distributed control architectures and embedded vision systems. The YABIRO-II, with 27 degrees of freedom and a compact 55 cm, 4 kg frame, exemplifies his approach to integrating real-time control, multi-agent systems, and vision-based ball detection for humanoid soccer robotics. His research demonstrates how code delegation and multi-agent architectures can enable sophisticated behaviors in resource-constrained embedded systems. With a career spanning from 2004 to 2011, Albero's work has accumulated over 30 citations, establishing foundational protocols and architectures that continue to influence distributed control in autonomous robotics.
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Top Papers
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- 2Distributed real time architecture for small biped robot YABIRO.8 citations · 2005
- 3Embedded Real-Time Ball Detection Unit for the YABIRO Biped Robot4 citations · 2006
- 4Advanced Distributed Architecture for a Small Biped Robot Control4 citations · 2006
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- 6Embedded distributed vision system for humanoid soccer robot2 citations · 2011
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- 8Yabiro, a new approach for small biped robots2 citations · 2004