Michael Licitra

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Michael Licitra is a robotics researcher whose work centers on multi-robot systems, autonomous navigation, and the practical deployment of small-scale robotic platforms. His most significant contributions stem from his involvement with the CMDragons team at Carnegie Mellon University, a perennial powerhouse in the RoboCup Small Size League. In the team’s 2009 extended description paper—his most cited work with 10 citations—Licitra helped detail the sophisticated coordination and control strategies that allowed a fleet of agile robots to execute complex, high-speed plays. This research pushes the boundaries of real-time multi-agent planning and decentralized control. Beyond the soccer pitch, Licitra addressed a critical challenge in field robotics with his work on a modular countermine payload for small robots. This project tackled the inefficiency of platform-specific designs, creating a versatile system that could be rapidly integrated across different robotic platforms without extensive re-engineering. By bridging the gap between academic multi-robot systems and practical, reconfigurable military applications, Licitra’s work demonstrates a clear impact on both foundational research and real-world robotic deployment.