Tommaso Bagneschi

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Tommaso Bagneschi is a pioneering researcher in robotic avatar technology and social telepresence, with a focus on creating immersive systems that transport human presence to remote locations in real-time. His most-cited work, "Anywhere Is Possible: An Avatar Platform for Social Telepresence With Full Perception of Physical Interaction" (2024, 6 citations), represents a major contribution to the field by developing a platform that enables full perception of physical interaction—allowing users to not only see and hear but also touch and manipulate objects in distant environments. This research was notably advanced through his participation in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE challenge, a high-profile competition pushing the boundaries of telepresence robotics. Bagneschi's work addresses critical challenges in human-robot interaction, including haptic feedback and intuitive control, with potential applications in remote healthcare, hazardous environment exploration, and global collaboration. His contributions are helping to shape the future of how humans connect across distances, making him a rising figure in the rapidly evolving landscape of teleoperation and embodied telepresence.