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Renato Samperio’s research lies at the intersection of robotics, autonomous navigation, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on legged and planetary rovers. His most cited work, “Real-time landmark modelling for visual-guided walking robots” (10 citations), introduces a novel approach to environment sensing by integrating predefined and novelty feature classification, enabling robots to build reliable landmark models for real-time navigation. Samperio further advanced autonomous systems through his modular design for planetary rover software using ROS, which streamlines localization, mapping, rock detection, and path planning into a cohesive pipeline. His hybrid localization method for legged robots, combining Fuzzy-Markov and Extended Kalman Filters, achieved fast and accurate positioning—a critical contribution to RoboCup domains. Beyond technical algorithms, Samperio explored practical applications, such as enabling industrial robots to interact with RFID-based Digital Product Memories in logistics, bridging robotics and the Internet of Things. His work on human-robot interfaces for walking robots in RoboCup environments demonstrates a commitment to making autonomous systems controllable and evaluable by humans. With a career spanning vision-guided locomotion, modular software architecture, and interactive robotics, Samperio’s contributions continue to influence the design of resilient, perceptive robots for challenging environments.