Papers
6
Total Citations
59
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3
About
Francescomaria Marino is a leading researcher in robotics, computer vision, and real-time 3D sensing, with a career spanning over two decades. His most influential contribution is the patented HiPER 3-D sensor, an omnidirectional environmental scanner designed for high-precision 3D reconstruction. This technology, detailed in his 2011 paper (37 citations), is critical for infrastructure inspection and autonomous vehicle navigation, enabling rapid, accurate profiling of complex environments. Marino’s foundational work on specialized hardware for real-time visual navigation—first published in 1997 and refined through 2002—established architectures that allow mobile robots to extract and match visual features in real time, a key enabler for autonomous motion. More recently, he has ventured into medical robotics, applying deep learning for semantic segmentation in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (2025), aiming to improve surgical outcomes by reducing complications like urinary leakage. With a portfolio that bridges hardware innovation and AI-driven medical applications, Marino’s research demonstrates a sustained impact on both industrial automation and healthcare, advancing the frontier of real-time, high-fidelity environmental perception.
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- 2Specialized Hardware for Real-Time Navigation12 citations · 2001
- 3Specialized hardware for real time navigation4 citations · 2002
- 4An environmental 3-D scanner with wide fov geometric parameters set up3 citations · 2010
- 5Real time hardware architecture for visual robot navigation2 citations · 1997
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