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Marcelo Limeira is a researcher specializing in robotics, augmented reality, and smart manufacturing systems, with a particular focus on advancing Industry 4.0 technologies. His work sits at the intersection of multi-robot coordination, intelligent logistics, and immersive experimentation platforms, making meaningful contributions to the automation of smart warehouses and factories. Limeira's most influential contribution, "ARENA—Augmented Reality to Enhanced Experimentation in Smart Warehouses" (2019, 45 citations), introduced an innovative AR framework enabling cost-effective prototype testing in industrial environments. Complementing this, his development of WsBot, a low-cost swarm robot platform (2019, 24 citations), demonstrated a practical pathway for implementing machine-to-machine connectivity without prohibitive hardware expenses. Beyond hardware and visualization, Limeira has made significant strides in multi-robot task scheduling. His work on preemptive task allocation with fault recovery (2021, 20 citations) and consensus-based fault-resilient behavior (2023, 15 citations) addresses critical challenges in autonomous logistics, including task prioritization, dependency management, and system resilience under failure conditions. With nearly 110 cumulative citations across his key publications, Limeira's research offers both theoretical frameworks and practical tools that empower the next generation of intelligent, autonomous industrial systems.