M. A. Trujillo

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M. A. Trujillo is a prominent robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robotic manipulation, and autonomous inspection systems. With a career spanning over a decade, Trujillo has made foundational contributions to the emerging field of aerial robotic manipulation — systems that combine multirotor drones with articulated robotic arms capable of physically interacting with their environment. Trujillo's most celebrated work centers on developing control architectures and hardware platforms for aerial manipulators used in industrial inspection and maintenance. His contributions to the EU-funded AEROARMS project (242 citations) advanced dual-arm aerial robots with multidirectional thrusters for oil and gas infrastructure inspection, while the AeroX platform (169 citations) demonstrated unprecedented semi-autonomous contact inspection capabilities. His multilayer UAV control frameworks (158 citations) and hybrid visual servoing approaches (136 citations) laid critical theoretical groundwork for precise, robust aerial manipulation. Beyond single-robot systems, Trujillo has pushed boundaries in coordinated multi-robot aerial manipulation and impedance control for safe environment interaction. His work on viaduct inspection further demonstrates a commitment to translating laboratory research into real-world infrastructure safety applications. Collectively accumulating nearly 1,000 citations, Trujillo's research continues to shape the future of autonomous industrial inspection.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   The AEROARMS Project: Aerial Robots with Advanced Manipulation Capabilities for Inspection and Maintenance

   242 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Novel Aerial Manipulator for Accurate and Robust Industrial NDT Contact Inspection: A New Tool for the Oil and Gas Inspection Industry

   169 citations · 2019
3. 3
   A multilayer control for multirotor UAVs equipped with a servo robot arm

   158 citations · 2015
4. 4
   Hybrid Visual Servoing With Hierarchical Task Composition for Aerial Manipulation

   136 citations · 2015
5. 5
   Behavioral control of unmanned aerial vehicle manipulator systems

   80 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Impedance Control of an aerial-manipulator: Preliminary results

   71 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Coordinated Control of Aerial Robotic Manipulators: Theory and Experiments

   59 citations · 2017
8. 8
   Experiments on behavioral coordinated control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle manipulator system

   40 citations · 2015
9. 9
   Experiments on coordinated motion of aerial robotic manipulators

   30 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Aerial Robotic Solution for Detailed Inspection of Viaducts

    10 citations · 2021

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