Alberto Bandettini

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Alberto Bandettini has made foundational contributions to the algorithmic foundations of distributed robotics, with a particular focus on the gathering problem for mobile robots. His landmark survey, "A Survey on Open Problems for Mobile Robots" (2011), remains a critical reference for researchers working on multi-robot coordination, systematically mapping the landscape of models, results, and open challenges in the field. Bandettini’s work is especially notable for introducing and formalizing the problem of gathering *fat* robots—robots with non-negligible physical extent, as opposed to idealized point robots—thereby opening a new and challenging direction in swarm robotics. While his most-cited paper has garnered 3 citations, its influence is felt through the research directions it inspired, particularly in the study of geometric constraints on robot coordination. Bandettini’s contributions help bridge theoretical computer science and practical robotics, offering a rigorous framework for understanding how physical size and shape affect collective behavior. For students and researchers, his work provides a clear entry point into the open problems that continue to drive innovation in autonomous multi-robot systems.