Davi Santos

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

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Davi Santos is a leading researcher in the field of autonomous robotic sailboats, with a primary focus on control systems, embedded systems, and environmental monitoring. His most cited work, “Design and Implementation of a Control System for a Sailboat Robot” (34 citations), introduces a novel control architecture that enables long-endurance autonomous missions for ocean monitoring, validated through a custom-built sailboat prototype. Santos further advances this domain with “Towards a Real-Time Embedded System for Water Monitoring Installed in a Robotic Sailboat” (18 citations), addressing critical challenges in real-time water quality and quantity assessment—a pressing issue for global authorities. His research on “Gain-Scheduling PID Low-Level Control for Robotic Sailboats” (4 citations) tackles the nonlinearities introduced by sea currents and waves, developing robust control strategies to enhance stability and performance in harsh marine environments. Collectively, Santos’s work bridges robotics, control theory, and environmental science, offering practical solutions for autonomous, long-duration water monitoring. His contributions are pivotal for advancing sustainable ocean observation systems, with his sailboat prototypes and control architectures serving as foundational tools for researchers and engineers in marine robotics.