Giovanni Indiveri
University of Salento, Constructor University, Innovation Engineering (Italy), Joint Research Centre, Intelligent Systems Technology (United States), University of Genoa, University of Salerno, Idiap Research Institute, Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems, Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce
Papers
58
Total Citations
1,047
H-Index
19
About
Giovanni Indiveri is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans mobile robot kinematics and control, underwater intervention robotics, and multi-robot cooperative systems. His highly cited 2009 paper on Swedish wheeled omnidirectional mobile robots (128 citations) established foundational kinematic models that have become essential references for roboticists designing agile ground platforms. Complementing this, his contributions to behavior-based motion control — including the Null-Space-based Behavioral approach for velocity-saturated actuators (61 citations) and prioritized inverse kinematic algorithms (41 citations) — have meaningfully advanced how robots manage competing tasks under real-world physical constraints. Indiveri has also made substantial contributions to marine robotics, leading and contributing to major national and European initiatives. His work on the Italian MARIS project explored autonomous underwater systems for intervention tasks, while the EU-funded DexROV and WiMUST projects tackled dexterous ROV manipulation under communication latency and cooperative geotechnical surveying, respectively. His 2018 paper on streamlining remote ROV operations (67 citations) reflects a practical engineering sensibility aimed at reducing operational costs and risks in demanding offshore environments. Across more than a decade of impactful research, Indiveri has helped bridge theoretical robotics with real-world marine and mobile applications.
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Top Papers
- 1Swedish Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robots: Kinematics Analysis and Control128 citations · 2009
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- 8MARIS: A national project on marine robotics for interventions34 citations · 2014
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- 10Advanced ROV Autonomy for Efficient Remote Control in the DexROV Project32 citations · 2016