Papers
23
Total Citations
796
H-Index
11
About
Jaime Pulido Fentanes is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of long-term robot autonomy, spatiotemporal mapping, and precision agriculture. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to the STRANDS Project (196 citations), a landmark initiative advancing autonomous service robots capable of operating in real-world environments over extended periods. Central to his research is the development of FreMEn — Frequency Map Enhancement — a pioneering approach that models environmental dynamics using spectral analysis rather than treating the world as static, garnering over 154 citations and reshaping how robots perceive and adapt to changing surroundings. His work on lifelong mapping, persistent localization, and information-driven exploration (collectively accumulating hundreds of citations) has significantly advanced the field of mobile robotics. More recently, Fentanes has extended his expertise into agricultural robotics, applying Kriging-based exploration techniques and cosmic-ray neutron sensing for autonomous soil moisture and compaction mapping, contributing meaningfully to precision farming. With a consistently cited body of work spanning foundational robotics theory and applied environmental sensing, his research demonstrates both rigorous technical innovation and genuine real-world impact across multiple domains.
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Top Papers
- 1The STRANDS Project: Long-Term Autonomy in Everyday Environments196 citations · 2017
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- 3Spectral analysis for long-term robotic mapping74 citations · 2014
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- 53D Soil Compaction Mapping through Kriging-based Exploration with a Mobile Robot43 citations · 2018
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- 9Kriging‐based robotic exploration for soil moisture mapping using a cosmic‐ray sensor32 citations · 2020
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