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Bruno Bodin is a prominent researcher specializing in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), real-time computer vision, and embedded systems for robotics and augmented reality. His work sits at the critical intersection of algorithmic performance and computational efficiency, addressing the fundamental challenge of deploying sophisticated 3D vision systems on resource-constrained hardware. Bodin's most significant contribution is the SLAMBench framework, developed across multiple iterations, which has transformed how researchers evaluate and compare SLAM algorithms. By creating a unified benchmarking interface, SLAMBench enabled rigorous, reproducible, and multi-objective comparisons of visual SLAM systems — a capability the field had previously lacked. SLAMBench2, his landmark 2018 paper, has accumulated 71 citations, while subsequent versions extended evaluation to scene understanding and non-rigid environments. His broader survey on real-time localization and mapping, published in a prestigious proceedings venue, has garnered 51 citations and serves as an essential reference for researchers navigating this complex landscape. Beyond SLAM, Bodin has contributed to automatic parameter tuning for motion planning algorithms, demonstrating that default configurations frequently underperform optimized alternatives. Collectively, his portfolio of work, accumulating over 300 citations, has meaningfully shaped reproducible research practices and performance evaluation methodology across robotics and computer vision communities.