Papers
24
Total Citations
340
H-Index
11
About
Rafael Vidal Aroca is a pioneering roboticist whose work bridges education, environmental monitoring, and sustainable technology. His research centers on educational robotics, autonomous systems, and sensor networks, with a particular focus on low-cost, accessible solutions. Aroca’s most impactful contribution is the development of CellBots, a flexible and affordable educational robot platform that has garnered 44 citations and transformed how students engage with technology through hands-on experimentation. He has also made significant strides in agricultural robotics, creating systems that use passive UHF RFID tags and neural networks to measure soil moisture—a method that has earned 39 citations and enables autonomous field monitoring without batteries. His work on autonomous sailboat robots (N-BOAT) for long-endurance ocean monitoring, with 34 and 24 citations respectively, showcases his commitment to environmental applications. Aroca’s influence extends to the Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, which has reached thousands of students, and his exploration of “Green Robotics” highlights his dedication to environmentally friendly robotic design. With over 250 total citations across his most-cited works, Aroca stands out for making robotics education and environmental sensing both accessible and impactful.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Increasing Students' Interest With Low-Cost CellBots44 citations · 2012
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- 3Design and Implementation of a Control System for a Sailboat Robot34 citations · 2016
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- 5N-BOAT: An Autonomous Robotic Sailboat24 citations · 2013
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- 7Brazilian Robotics Olympiad19 citations · 2016
- 8Green Robotics: concepts, challenges, and strategies15 citations · 2018
- 9Scara robot controller using real time linux14 citations · 2007
- 10Application of Standard EPC/GEN2 UHF RFID Tags as Soil Moisture Sensors12 citations · 2016