Pietro Boccadoro

Polytechnic University of Bari, Engineering (Italy), Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni

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Pietro Boccadoro is a researcher whose work sits at the dynamic intersection of the Internet of Things (IoT), industrial networking, and robotics. His contributions have helped define the emerging field of robotic-aided IoT, exploring how autonomous systems and connected devices can be synergistically integrated to address real-world challenges in environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, surveillance, and industrial automation. Boccadoro's most influential work, "Industrial Internet of Things at Work" (2017), garnered 46 citations and provided one of the earliest experimental analyses of IoT-assisted robotic platforms in environmental monitoring contexts, establishing a foundation for subsequent research in the field. His later investigations tackled the practical challenge of autonomous IoT network deployment, demonstrating how Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) can be leveraged to automatically configure and extend 6TiSCH networks in complex outdoor environments — a significant step toward truly self-organizing industrial systems. His research on decentralized slot reservation policies, particularly the ASAP protocol for dynamic 6TiSCH networks, addresses critical Quality of Service concerns in Industrial IoT deployments, where network reliability is paramount. Across his portfolio, Boccadoro consistently bridges theoretical protocol design with hands-on experimental validation, making his work particularly valuable to engineers and researchers building the next generation of connected industrial systems.