Pedro Batista
Papers
11
Total Citations
162
H-Index
5
About
Pedro Batista is a leading researcher in autonomous navigation, with a primary focus on underwater and space robotics. His work centers on developing robust localization and control systems for vehicles operating in GPS-denied environments, such as subsea and orbital domains. Batista’s major contributions include the design and experimental validation of PONTUS, a low-cost portable ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system integrated with inertial navigation, which has garnered 49 citations for its practical impact on subsea target localization. He also pioneered single-range navigation methods for agents with unknown drifts (26 citations), addressing critical challenges for ocean robotic vehicles in currents. His work on optimal position and velocity filters for autonomous vehicles (51 citations) provides foundational theory for globally exponentially stable estimation. More recently, Batista has advanced into very large-scale systems, proposing decentralized receding horizon control for satellite mega-constellations, and tackling singularity avoidance in spacecraft attitude control using control moment gyros. His research, spanning from underwater acoustics to orbital mechanics, demonstrates a consistent drive to solve fundamental estimation and control problems, making him a key figure in marine and aerospace robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Optimal position and velocity navigation filters for autonomous vehicles51 citations · 2010
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- 3Single range navigation in the presence of constant unknown drifts26 citations · 2009
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- 8Position and Velocity Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles4 citations · 2009
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- 10Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics (MIR)4 citations · 2021