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Giuseppe Pettiti is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of computer vision, robotics, and structural health monitoring. His work spans both agricultural automation and civil infrastructure safety, demonstrating a unique ability to apply vision-based technologies across diverse domains. In his highly cited 2023 overview, Pettiti systematically surveys how computer vision and image processing techniques are revolutionizing structural health monitoring, addressing the critical challenge of detecting deterioration in cement-based structures before catastrophic failure occurs. This work, with 19 citations, has become a foundational reference for researchers seeking to implement non-destructive, vision-driven inspection methods for bridges, buildings, and other critical infrastructure. Earlier in his career, Pettiti contributed to one of the first robotic harvesting systems for agriculture, developing a stereo-vision module for the automatic selective harvesting of asparagus as part of the Italian National Project on Robotics. This pioneering 1994 work demonstrated the feasibility of applying robot vision to complex agricultural tasks in open fields. Pettiti’s career exemplifies how computer vision techniques can be adapted from agricultural robotics to civil engineering, with his research continuing to influence both fields through its practical, application-driven approach.
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