Luigi Spedicato
University of Salento, Innovation Engineering (Italy), University of Salerno
Papers
12
Total Citations
127
H-Index
6
About
Luigi Spedicato is a robotics researcher whose work centers on autonomous navigation, terrain perception, and sensor-based environmental reconstruction for mobile robots. His most influential contribution is the development of 3D traversability awareness systems for rough terrain, enabling safe autonomous navigation in challenging outdoor environments—a paper that has garnered 39 citations. He also introduced the Unevenness Point Descriptor, a method for analyzing terrain from 3D point clouds, cited 22 times. Beyond terrestrial robotics, Spedicato has innovated in tactile sensing, creating a novel optical pressure sensor using PDMS-Au for detecting millimetric surface damages, and in ultrasonic perception, developing methods for room environment reconstruction and corridor localization using in-air sonar. His work on an intelligent robotic arm for sorting ball bearings, combining vision and RFID, demonstrates his applied engineering skills. With over 120 total citations across his publications, Spedicato’s research bridges perception, sensing, and manipulation, offering practical solutions for autonomous systems operating in unstructured environments.
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Top Papers
- 13D traversability awareness for rough terrain mobile robots39 citations · 2014
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- 8Automatic diagnostic by using a new optical sensor3 citations · 2015
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- 10New Methods for Robotic Perception by Using in-Air Sonar Data2 citations · 2016