Paolo Robuffo Giordano
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Sapienza University of Rome, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Seoul National University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur, Université de Rennes, Max Planck Society, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, Piaggio (Italy)
Papers
100
Total Citations
4,099
H-Index
32
About
Paolo Robuffo Giordano is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans aerial robotics, multi-robot systems, teleoperation, and robot dynamics. Best known for his groundbreaking contributions to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design, his 2014 paper introducing an overactuated quadrotor capable of full 6-degree-of-freedom control has accumulated nearly 400 citations, fundamentally challenging the conventional limitations of quadrotor platforms. His research into multi-robot coordination is equally influential, with seminal work on bilateral teleoperation of heterogeneous robot groups, decentralized connectivity maintenance, and bearing-based UAV formations reshaping how researchers approach scalable, fault-tolerant swarm control. Robuffo Giordano has also made significant contributions to human-robot interaction through shared control frameworks for UAV teams, and to visual servoing, particularly regarding feature depth estimation. His 2019 work on dynamic identification of the Franka Emika Panda robot — now cited over 300 times — has become an essential reference for researchers working with this widely adopted manipulator platform. His involvement in the development of Rollin' Justin, a sophisticated mobile humanoid research platform at DLR, further demonstrates the breadth of his expertise. Collectively, his body of work represents a sustained effort to bridge theoretical rigor with experimental validation across some of robotics' most challenging frontiers.
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- 3Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots With Time-Varying Topology204 citations · 2012
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- 7Rollin' Justin - Mobile platform with variable base156 citations · 2009
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