Pedro Navarro
Papers
11
Total Citations
626
H-Index
9
About
Pedro Navarro is a leading researcher in robotics and autonomous systems, with a primary focus on perception systems and their industrial applications. His most impactful work, "A Systematic Review of Perception System and Simulators for Autonomous Vehicles Research," has garnered 452 citations, establishing a foundational framework for categorizing environment perception and positioning estimation in autonomous vehicles. Navarro has made significant contributions to the ship repair industry, pioneering cost-effective robotic solutions for hull cleaning and automated visual inspection. His 2009 paper on robotic hull cleaning (40 citations) and subsequent work on wavelet-based defect detection (35 citations) have advanced the automation of grit blasting and water jetting operations. He has also developed innovative sensor systems for real-time hull surface defect detection (18 citations) and teleoperated inspection systems (7 citations). Beyond maritime applications, Navarro has explored deep learning architectures for multispectral image classification with his 3DeepM system (19 citations), and contributed to model-driven robotics design and postgraduate robotics education. His work spans from nuclear power plant robotics (11 citations) to industrial vehicle platforms for laboratory courses (14 citations), demonstrating a career dedicated to bridging theoretical robotics with practical, real-world automation challenges.
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- 2A cost-effective robotic solution for the cleaning of ships' hulls40 citations · 2009
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- 5A Sensor System for Detection of Hull Surface Defects18 citations · 2010
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- 9Sensors Systems for the Automation of Operations in the Ship Repair Industry10 citations · 2013
- 10Teleoperated Visual Inspection System for Hull Spot-Blasting7 citations · 2006