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Domenico Sicignano is a leading researcher in the field of multi-robot systems, with a specific focus on deploying robot teams in confined and communication-degraded environments such as tunnels, mines, and collapsed structures. His work addresses the critical intersection of cooperative robotics, wireless communications, and real-time systems. Sicignano’s major contributions include developing novel signal-based deployment planning strategies that ensure reliable connectivity for robot teams operating in challenging fading environments, as well as designing wireless multi-hop protocols that guarantee quality of service for real-time robotic applications. His research has been instrumental in advancing safety, security, and rescue robotics, particularly for emergency scenarios like mining accidents or tunnel collapses. With several of his papers accumulating over 40 citations, including foundational works on robot team intervention and a decade-long retrospective on ground robotics in tunnels, Sicignano’s impact is evident in both academic and practical domains. His work provides essential guidelines for deploying autonomous systems in environments where communication is unreliable, making him a key figure in the development of resilient, cooperative robotic teams for critical infrastructure and disaster response.