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5
Total Citations
63
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3
About
Carlota Salinas is a pioneering researcher in agricultural and field robotics, with a focus on developing multisensory systems for autonomous fruit harvesting. Her most influential work, "Multisensory System for Fruit Harvesting Robots. Experimental Testing in Natural Scenarios and with Different Kinds of Crops" (2014, 40 citations), introduces a modular, adaptable framework that integrates multiple sensors and preprocessing algorithms to detect and locate fruits in unstructured, natural environments—a critical step toward viable agricultural automation. Salinas also contributed foundational insights to the robotics community through her paper "Using ROS for Agricultural Robotics - Design Considerations and Experiences" (2014, 13 citations), which evaluates the Robot Operating System’s suitability for agricultural applications, highlighting both advantages and design pitfalls. Earlier in her career, she explored humanoid robotics with a novel catadioptric panoramic stereovision system for a reconfigurable humanoid head (2011, 6 citations), and addressed humanitarian applications in mobile robotics for demining tasks. With a career spanning from perception systems for humanoids to practical, sensor-driven solutions for agriculture, Salinas’s work demonstrates a commitment to bridging laboratory innovation with real-world deployment, making her a notable figure in the evolution of intelligent, field-capable robots.
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- 2Using ROS for Agricultural Robotics - Design Considerations and Experiences13 citations · 2014
- 3Catadioptric panoramic stereovision for humanoid robots6 citations · 2011
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- 5Robots móviles para tareas de desminado humanitario2 citations · 2013