Mirko Bordignon

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Mirko Bordignon’s research bridges the gap between complex robotic systems and practical software engineering, with a focus on modular, self-reconfigurable robots and model-driven development (MDE). His work addresses critical challenges in industrial robotics, particularly the high cost and heterogeneity of software development. He pioneered a model-driven approach using AutomationML and ontological reasoning to streamline software engineering for industrial robots, a contribution that has garnered 34 citations. Bordignon also advanced the vision of smart robotic environments through the PEIS-Ecology framework, enabling seamless integration of robots and embedded devices (28 citations). His research on modular robots is equally impactful: he developed methods for robust, distributed execution of self-reconfiguration sequences (21 citations) and a virtual machine-based approach for fast reprogramming of modular robots (19 citations). Notably, he has worked on bootstrapping MDE from ROS manual code, producing metamodels and model generation techniques that address the practical adoption of MDE in robotics (20 and 13 citations). With over 180 total citations across his top papers, Bordignon’s work is essential reading for researchers interested in modular robotics, model-driven engineering, and the integration of software engineering principles into autonomous systems.

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1. 1
   From AutomationML to ROS: A model-driven approach for software engineering of industrial robotics using ontological reasoning

   34 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Seamless integration of robots and tiny embedded devices in a PEIS-Ecology

   28 citations · 2007
3. 3
   Robust and reversible execution of self-reconfiguration sequences

   21 citations · 2011
4. 4
   Bootstrapping MDE Development from ROS Manual Code - Part 1: Metamodeling

   20 citations · 2019
5. 5
   A virtual machine-based approach for fast and flexible reprogramming of modular robots

   19 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Exploit Morphology to Simplify Docking of Self-reconfigurable Robots

   18 citations · 2009
7. 7
   Morphology Independent Learning in Modular Robots

   16 citations · 2009
8. 8
   Model-based kinematics generation for modular mechatronic toolkits

   14 citations · 2010
9. 9
   Generalized programming of modular robots through kinematic configurations

   14 citations · 2011
10. 10
    Bootstrapping MDE Development from ROS Manual Code - Part 2: Model Generation

    13 citations · 2019

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