Jurica Goricanec obtained his master’s degree in 2013 from the University of Zagreb Faculty ˇ of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER). Following his graduation, he worked as an electrical engineer at Geoarheo d.o.o., where he focused on utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles for mapping and surveying archaeological sites and civil infrastructure. In 2020, he joined the Laboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS) at UNIZG-FER as a research assistant under the mentorship of Prof. Stjepan Bogdan. During his undergraduate studies, he was awarded the Rector’s Award for his contribution on the "Spincopter" project. His research is primarily focused on robotics, aerial manipulation and the practical application of unmanned aerial vehicles. As a Ph.D. student, he actively participated in various projects including ENCORE (ENergy aware BIM Cloud Platform in a COst-effective Building REnovation Context), AEROWIND (Autonomous UAV inspection of wind turbine blades), ASAP (Autonomous System for Assessment and Prediction of Infrastructure Integrity) and HEKTOR (Heterogeneous autonomous robotic system in viticulture and mariculture). He was part of the winning team in the MBZIRC2023 (Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge) robotics competition. So far, he has authored and co-authored 4 conference papers and 5 journal papers.

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