@article {2012e-FraSecSonBueRob,
	title = {Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology},
	journal = {IEEE Transaction on Robotics},
	volume = {28},
	year = {2012},
	month = {10/2012},
	pages = {1019	-1033},
	abstract = {In this paper, a novel decentralized control strategy for bilaterally teleoperating heterogeneous groups of mobile robots from different domains (aerial, ground, marine and under- water) is proposed. By using a decentralized control architecture, the group of robots, treated as the slave-side, is made able to navigate in a cluttered environment while avoiding obstacles, inter-robot collisions and following the human motion commands. Simultaneously, the human operator acting on the master side is provided with a suitable force feedback informative of the group response and of the interaction with the surrounding environment. Using passivity based techniques, we allow the behavior of the group to be as flexible as possible with arbitrary split and join events (e.g., due to inter-robot visibility/packet losses or specific task requirements) while guaranteeing the stability of the system. We provide a rigorous analysis of the system stability and steady-state characteristics, and validate performance through human/hardware-in-the-tloop simulations by considering a heterogeneous fleet of UAVs and UGVs as case study. Finally, we also provide an experimental validation with 4 quadrotor UAV},
	keywords = {Bilateral Shared Control of Mobile Robots, Decentralized control, Distributed algorithms, Force feedback, Haptics, Motion control of multiple robots, Multi-robot systems, Teleoperation},
	attachments = {https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2012e-FraSecSonBueRob.pdf},
	author = {Antonio Franchi and Cristian Secchi and Hyoung Il Son and Heinrich H. B{\"u}lthoff and Paolo Robuffo Giordano}
}
@conference {2011b-LeeFraRobSonBue,
	title = {Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet},
	booktitle = { 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation},
	year = {2011},
	month = {05/2011},
	pages = {1341-1347},
	address = {Shanghai, China},
	abstract = {We propose a novel haptic teleoperation control framework for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Internet, consisting of the three control layers: 1) UAV control layer, where each UAV is abstracted by, and is controlled to follow the trajectory of, its own kinematic virtual point (VP); 2) VP control layer, which modulates each VP{\textquoteright}s motion according to the teleoperation commands and local artificial potentials (for inter-VP/VP-obstacle collision avoidance and inter-VP connectivity preservation); and 3) teleoperation layer, through which a remote human user can command all (or some) of the VPs{\textquoteright} velocity while haptically perceiving the state of all (or some) of the UAVs over the Internet.
Master-passivity/slave-stability and some asymptotic performance measures are proved. Semi-experiment results are presented to validate the theory.},
	keywords = {Bilateral Shared Control of Mobile Robots, Decentralized control, Force feedback, Formation control, Haptics, Multi-robot systems, Teleoperation},
	attachments = {https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2011b-LeeFraRobSonBue-preprint.pdf , https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2011b-LeeFraRobSonBue-low_qlty.mp4},
	author = {Dongjun Lee and Antonio Franchi and Paolo Robuffo Giordano and Hyoung Il Son and Heinrich H. B{\"u}lthoff}
}
@conference {2011a-FraRobSecSonBue,
	title = {A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology},
	booktitle = {2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation},
	year = {2011},
	month = {05/2011},
	pages = {898-905},
	address = {Shanghai, China},
	abstract = {In this paper, a novel distributed control strategy for teleoperating a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is proposed. Using passivity based techniques, we allow the behavior of the UAVs to be as flexible as possible with arbitrary split and join decisions while guaranteeing stability of the system. Furthermore, the overall teleoperation system is also made passive and, therefore, characterized by a stable behavior both in free motion and when interacting with unknown {passive} obstacles. The performance of the system is validated through semi-experiments.},
	keywords = {Bilateral Shared Control of Mobile Robots, Decentralized control, Distributed algorithms, Force feedback, Haptics, Motion control of multiple robots, Multi-robot systems, Teleoperation},
	attachments = {https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2011a-FraRobSecSonBue-preprint.pdf , https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2011a-FraRobSecSonBue-low_qlty.mp4},
	author = {Antonio Franchi and Paolo Robuffo Giordano and Cristian Secchi and Hyoung Il Son and Heinrich H. B{\"u}lthoff}
}
@booklet {2010d-RobFraSonSecLeeBue,
	title = {Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems},
	howpublished = {3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics},
	year = {2010},
	month = {10/2010},
	address = {Tuebingen, Germany},
	keywords = {Bilateral Shared Control of Mobile Robots, Decentralized control, Distributed algorithms, Force feedback, Haptics, Multi-robot systems, Teleoperation},
	author = {Paolo Robuffo Giordano and Antonio Franchi and Hyoung Il Son and Cristian Secchi and Dongjun Lee and Heinrich H. B{\"u}lthoff}
}
