Lucas Vago Santana

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Lucas Vago Santana is a researcher specializing in multi-robot systems, aerial robotics, and autonomous navigation. His work focuses on developing practical, low-cost solutions for controlling and coordinating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground vehicles (UGVs). Santana’s major contributions include proposing a centralized control architecture for heterogeneous leader-follower formations, where a UGV leads a UAV based on kinematic models—a foundational approach for cooperative robotics. He also advanced indoor localization for aerial robots with a low-cost system, enabling precise control without expensive infrastructure. His most cited paper (23 citations) on indoor localization and his work on formation control (19 citations) demonstrate his impact in accessible robotics. Additionally, Santana developed an open-source testbed for outdoor navigation using the affordable AR.Drone 2.0, validated experimentally to support real-world flights. This work, published in 2020, provides a valuable resource for researchers and students seeking to replicate outdoor UAV experiments with minimal cost. Santana’s achievements highlight his commitment to democratizing robotics research through practical, scalable, and open-source solutions.