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A. Pedotti’s research career bridges two seemingly distinct worlds: the precision of medical physics and the intelligence of computer vision, all united by a deep fascination with human movement. His foundational work in movement analysis began with the ELITE system (1991), a pioneering, goal-oriented vision system for detecting moving objects in real-time. This system, which used a convolution-based hardware processor, laid crucial groundwork for modern motion capture and gait analysis. Pedotti’s impact in clinical radiotherapy is equally significant. His highly cited 2011 study on intra-fraction setup variability rigorously compared infrared optical localization with X-ray imaging in 87 hypofractionated patients, directly informing safer, more accurate stereotactic treatments. With over 40 combined citations across his top works, his contributions are both practical and theoretical. He also advanced rehabilitation engineering, arguing that the nervous system’s control of 100-150 degrees of freedom is the key to understanding movement. Notably, his earlier work on the PODOSCAN platform (1985) introduced a distributed multiplexing architecture for a 1,024-transducer PVDF pressure mat, an early innovation in dynamic foot pressure analysis. Pedotti’s career exemplifies how engineering insight can decode the complexity of motion, from a single step to a life-saving radiation beam.