Publications
Theory and Applications for Control of Aerial Robots in Physical Interaction Through Tethers, vol. 140. 2020.
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“Communication-based and Communication-less approaches for Robust Cooperative Planning in Construction with a Team of UAVs”, in 2020 Int. Conf. on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Athens, Greece, 2020.
preprint-pdf (947.92 KB)
video (10.76 MB)
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“Control of Motion and Internal Stresses for a Chain of Two Underactuated Aerial Robots”, in 14th European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, 2015, pp. 1620-1625.
preprint-pdf (307.59 KB)
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“Direct Acceleration Feedback Control of Quadrotor Aerial Vehicles”, in 2020 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Paris, France, 2020.
preprint-pdf (1.7 MB)
video (16.98 MB)
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“Dynamic Decentralized Control for Protocentric Aerial Manipulators”, in 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, 2017, pp. 6375-6380.
preprint-pdf (3.63 MB)
video (8.49 MB)
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“Inertial Estimation and Energy-Efficient Control of a Cable-suspended Load with a Team of UAVs”, in 2020 Int. Conf. on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Athens, Greece, 2020.
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“Landing and take-off on/from sloped and non-planar surfaces with more than 50 degrees of inclination”, in 2017 International Micro Air Vehicle Conference, Toulouse, France, 2017, pp. 97-102.
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“Nonlinear Observer for the Control of Bi-Tethered Multi Aerial Robots”, in 2015 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 2015, pp. 1852-1857.
preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)
video (8.31 MB)
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“Nonlinear Observer-based Tracking Control of Link Stress and Elevation for a Tethered Aerial Robot using Inertial-only Measurements”, in 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 3994-3999.
preprint-pdf (224.15 KB)
video (8.84 MB)
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“Omni-Plus-Seven (O7+): An Omnidirectional Aerial Prototype with a Minimal Number of Uni-directional Thrusters”, in 2020 Int. Conf. on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Athens, Greece, 2020.
preprint-pdf (4.36 MB)
video (10.59 MB)
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“Position Tracking Control for an Aerial Robot Passively Tethered to an Independently Moving Platform”, in 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.
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“A Study on Force-based Collaboration in Flying Swarms”, in 11th Int. Conf. on Swarm Intelligence ANTS 2018, Rome, Italy, 2018.
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“Takeoff and Landing on Slopes via Inclined Hovering with a Tethered Aerial Robot”, in 2016 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Daejeon, South Korea, 2016, pp. 1702-1707.
preprint-pdf (974.21 KB)
video (28.46 MB)
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“Understanding the Omnidirectional Capability of a Generic Multi-rotor Aerial Vehicle”, in 2021 Aerial Robotic Systems Physically Interacting with the Environment (AIRPHARO), Biograd na Moru, Croatia, 2021.
, “Visual Marker based Multi-Sensor Fusion State Estimation”, in 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.
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“Aerial Co-Manipulation with Cables: The Role of Internal Force for Equilibria, Stability, and Passivity”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Special Issue on Aerial Manipulation, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 2577-2583, 2018.
preprint-pdf (4.84 MB)
, Also selected for presentation at the 2018 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane , Australia

“Control-Aware Motion Planning for Task-Constrained Aerial Manipulation”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Special Issue on Aerial Manipulation, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 2478-2484, 2018.
preprint-pdf (5.54 MB)
video (8.07 MB)
, Also selected for presentation at the 2018 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane , Australia


“Cooperative Aerial Load Transportation via Sampled Communication”, IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 4, pp. 277-282, 2019.
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“Design of Multirotor Aerial Vehicles: a Taxonomy Based on Input Allocation”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 40, pp. 1015-1044, 2021.
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“Direct Force Feedback Control and Online Multi-task Optimization for Aerial Manipulators”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 331-338, 2020.
preprint-pdf (3.35 MB)
video (13.67 MB)
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“Dynamics, Control, and Estimation for Aerial Robots Tethered by Cables or Bars”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 834-845, 2017.
arXiv-pdf-v2 (1.44 MB)
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“Full-pose Manipulation Control of a Cable-suspended load with Multiple UAVs under Uncertainties”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 2185-2191, 2020.
preprint-pdf (4.08 MB)
video (13.69 MB)
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“Indirect Force Control of a Cable-suspended Aerial Multi-Robot Manipulator”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 6726-6733, 2022.
preprint-pdf (8.41 MB)
video (24.24 MB)
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“Observer-based Control of Position and Tension for an Aerial Robot Tethered to a Moving Platform”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 732-737, 2016.
preprint-pdf (1.42 MB)
video (8.54 MB)
, Also selected for presentation at the 2016 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Stockholm , Sweden


“Omnidirectional Aerial Vehicles with Unidirectional Thrusters: Theory, Optimal Design, and Control”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 2277-2282, 2018.
preprint-pdf (3.44 MB)
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“Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2021.
preprint-pdf (9.4 MB)
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“A Study on Force-based Collaboration in Swarms”, Swarm Intelligence, vol. 14, pp. 57-82, 2019.
preprint-pdf (18.52 MB)
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“A Truly Redundant Aerial Manipulator System with Application to Push-And-Slide Inspection in Industrial Plants”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1846-1851, 2019.
preprint-pdf (4.39 MB)
video (23.61 MB)
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