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Marcin Szlenk is a researcher at the forefront of reconfigurable and distributed control systems for robotics, with a particular focus on cloud-integrated architectures. His work addresses the fundamental challenge of overcoming the computational limitations of on-board robot computers by intelligently splitting control software between embedded systems and cloud resources. Szlenk’s major contributions include the development of the RAPP (Reconfigurable Agent Architecture for Robots Utilising Cloud Computing) approach, which provides a variable structure control framework that enables robots to perform diverse and complex tasks with enhanced flexibility. His most-cited paper, “Variable structure robot control systems: The RAPP approach” (2017), has garnered 35 citations, underscoring its influence in the field. Additionally, his 2015 papers on reconfigurable control architectures for exploratory robots and robot companions, including a voice-mail application, have collectively accumulated over 25 citations. Szlenk’s work is notable for its practical emphasis on decomposing control systems into agents, with key components executed on the robot itself, ensuring robust and adaptive performance. His research is essential reading for those interested in scalable, cloud-enabled robotic systems.