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Francesco Porcini is a leading researcher in disaster-response robotics and human-robot interaction, with a focus on developing advanced teleoperation systems that bridge the gap between human operators and remote robotic platforms. His most impactful work centers on the CENTAURO system (71 citations), a mobile manipulation robot designed for hazardous disaster-response missions, enabling operators to control robots from safe distances while maintaining high dexterity. Porcini has made significant contributions to bimanual teleoperation through exoskeleton-based control architectures, demonstrating how wearable devices can enhance remote manipulation in search-and-rescue scenarios. His research on the Time Domain Passivity Approach (TDPA) for kinematically redundant manipulators addresses critical stability challenges in teleoperation, particularly under variable communication delays. More recently, Porcini has explored lower-limb exoskeletons for industrial applications and social telepresence avatar platforms, contributing to the ANA Avatar XPRIZE challenge. His work on user-centered evaluation protocols for wearable walker exoskeletons highlights his commitment to practical, human-focused robotics. With publications spanning from 2019 to 2024, Porcini continues to push boundaries in making remote robotic systems safer, more intuitive, and more effective for real-world deployment.