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workshop
G. Gioioso, Salvietti, G., Franchi, A., Malvezzi, M., Scheggi, S., Meli, L., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Prattichizzo, D., “The Flying Hand: a Teleoperation Framework for Cooperative Aerial Grasping and Transportation”, Automatica.it 2014, Convegno Annuale dei Docenti e Ricercatori Italiani in Automatica. Bergamo, Italy, 2014.
UAV hardware platforms
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
M. Riedel, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Son, H. I., “Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs”, in 12th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Jeju Island, Korea, 2012, pp. 227-238.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.49 MB)File video (10.01 MB)
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Semi-Autonomous Haptic Teleoperation Control Architecture of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Focused Section on Aerospace Mechatronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1334-1345, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.66 MB)
M. Riedel, Bülthoff, H. H., Franchi, A., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Intercontinental Haptic Control and Advanced Supervisory Interfaces for Groups of Multiple UAVs”, 5th Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Bruxelles, Belgium, 2012.
V. Grabe, Riedel, M., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Franchi, A., “The TeleKyb Framework for a Modular and Extendible ROS-based Quadrotor Control”, in 6th European Conference on Mobile Robots, Barcelona, Spain, 2013.PDF icon pdf-preprint (1.19 MB)
R. Spica, Robuffo Giordano, P., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “An Open-Source Hardware/Software Architecture for Quadrotor UAVs”, in 2nd IFAC Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems, Compiegne, France, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.24 MB)
P. Stegagno, Basile, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “RGB-D based Haptic Teleoperation of UAVs with Onboard Sensors: Development and Preliminary Results”, in 2013 IROS Work. on Vision-based Closed-Loop Control and Navigation of Micro Helicopters in GPS-denied Environments, Tokyo, Japan, 2013.
P. Stegagno, Basile, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “A Semi-autonomous UAV Platform for Indoor Remote Operation with Visual and Haptic Feedback”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 3862-3869.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.63 MB)File video (9.59 MB)
G. Gioioso, Ryll, M., Prattichizzo, D., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Turning a Near-hovering Controlled Quadrotor into a 3D Force Effector”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 6278-6284.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)File video (8.81 MB)
S. Rajappa, Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Modeling, Control and Design Optimization for a Fully-actuated Hexarotor Aerial Vehicle with Tilted Propellers”, in 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 4006-4013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.14 MB)File video (8.98 MB)
Teleoperation
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
H. I. Son, Kim, J., Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “An Evaluation of Haptic Cues on the Tele-Operator’s Perceptual Awareness of Multiple UAVs’ Environments”, in IEEE – World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 149-154.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.04 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
H. I. Son, Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Kim, J., Lee, D., Lee, S. - W., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Measuring an Operator's Maneuverability Performance in the Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Robots”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 3039-3046.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
M. Riedel, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Son, H. I., “Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs”, in 12th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Jeju Island, Korea, 2012, pp. 227-238.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.49 MB)File video (10.01 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Interactive Planning of Persistent Trajectories for Human-Assisted Navigation of Mobile Robots”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 2641-2648.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)File video (9.02 MB)
Simulators for robotics
J. Lächele, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “SwarmSimX: Real-time Simulation Environment for Multi-robot Systems”, in 3rd Int. Conf. on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots, Tsukuba, Japan: , 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1023.48 KB)
Rigidity mainenance
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Allgöwer, F., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Rigidity Maintenance Control for Multi-Robot Systems”, in 2012 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.47 MB)
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Decentralized Rigidity Maintenance Control with Range Measurements for Multi-Robot Systems”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 105-128, 2014.PDF icon arXiv-pdf-v3-last-version (4.19 MB)
Pursuit-evasion / Clearing
M. Gagliardi, Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Image-based Road Network Clearing without Localization and without Maps using a Team of UAVs”, in 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2014, pp. 1902-1908.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.82 MB)File video (13.1 MB)
Psychophysics
H. I. Son, Kim, J., Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “An Evaluation of Haptic Cues on the Tele-Operator’s Perceptual Awareness of Multiple UAVs’ Environments”, in IEEE – World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 149-154.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.04 MB)
H. I. Son, Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Kim, J., Lee, D., Lee, S. - W., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Measuring an Operator's Maneuverability Performance in the Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Robots”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 3039-3046.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
Psychophysical evaluation of haptic feedback
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
Patrolling / Surveillance
T. Nestmeyer, Robuffo Giordano, P., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Decentralized Simultaneous Multi-target Exploration using a Connected Network of Multiple Robots”, Autonomous Robots, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 989-1011, 2017.PDF icon arXiv-pdf (3 MB)File video-experiment-quadrotors (19.94 MB)File video-sims-empty-space (3.86 MB)File video-sims-office-space (3.97 MB)File video-sims-town-space (4.68 MB)
M. Gagliardi, Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Image-based Road Network Clearing without Localization and without Maps using a Team of UAVs”, in 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2014, pp. 1902-1908.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.82 MB)File video (13.1 MB)
Optimal Trajectory Planning
R. Spica, Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Aerial Grasping of a Moving Target with a Quadrotor UAV”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 4985-4992.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.12 MB)File video (7.13 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Interactive Planning of Persistent Trajectories for Human-Assisted Navigation of Mobile Robots”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 2641-2648.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)File video (9.02 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Trajectory Planning for Human-in-the-loop Navigation of Mobile Robots in Cluttered Environments”, 5th Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Bruxelles, Belgium, 2012.
Multi-robot systems
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
H. I. Son, Kim, J., Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “An Evaluation of Haptic Cues on the Tele-Operator’s Perceptual Awareness of Multiple UAVs’ Environments”, in IEEE – World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 149-154.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.04 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
H. I. Son, Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Kim, J., Lee, D., Lee, S. - W., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Measuring an Operator's Maneuverability Performance in the Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Robots”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 3039-3046.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Allgöwer, F., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Rigidity Maintenance Control for Multi-Robot Systems”, in 2012 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.47 MB)
M. Riedel, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Son, H. I., “Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs”, in 12th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Jeju Island, Korea, 2012, pp. 227-238.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.49 MB)File video (10.01 MB)
M. Cognetti, Stegagno, P., Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., and Bülthoff, H. H., “3D Mutual Localization with Anonymous Bearing Measurements”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.87 MB)
J. Lächele, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “SwarmSimX: Real-time Simulation Environment for Multi-robot Systems”, in 3rd Int. Conf. on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots, Tsukuba, Japan: , 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1023.48 KB)
Motion Planning
R. Spica, Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Aerial Grasping of a Moving Target with a Quadrotor UAV”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 4985-4992.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.12 MB)File video (7.13 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Interactive Planning of Persistent Trajectories for Human-Assisted Navigation of Mobile Robots”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 2641-2648.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)File video (9.02 MB)
Motion control of multiple robots
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Allgöwer, F., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Rigidity Maintenance Control for Multi-Robot Systems”, in 2012 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.47 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Strategy for Generalized Connectivity Maintenance”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 299-323, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.83 MB)File video1 (9.79 MB)
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Semi-Autonomous Haptic Teleoperation Control Architecture of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Focused Section on Aerospace Mechatronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1334-1345, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.66 MB)
M. Riedel, Bülthoff, H. H., Franchi, A., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Intercontinental Haptic Control and Advanced Supervisory Interfaces for Groups of Multiple UAVs”, 5th Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Bruxelles, Belgium, 2012.
T. Nestmeyer, Robuffo Giordano, P., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Decentralized Simultaneous Multi-target Exploration using a Connected Network of Multiple Robots”, Autonomous Robots, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 989-1011, 2017.PDF icon arXiv-pdf (3 MB)File video-experiment-quadrotors (19.94 MB)File video-sims-empty-space (3.86 MB)File video-sims-office-space (3.97 MB)File video-sims-town-space (4.68 MB)
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Decentralized Rigidity Maintenance Control with Range Measurements for Multi-Robot Systems”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 105-128, 2014.PDF icon arXiv-pdf-v3-last-version (4.19 MB)
M. Gagliardi, Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Image-based Road Network Clearing without Localization and without Maps using a Team of UAVs”, in 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2014, pp. 1902-1908.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.82 MB)File video (13.1 MB)
Middleware for robotics
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
M. Riedel, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Son, H. I., “Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs”, in 12th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Jeju Island, Korea, 2012, pp. 227-238.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.49 MB)File video (10.01 MB)
M. Riedel, Bülthoff, H. H., Franchi, A., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Intercontinental Haptic Control and Advanced Supervisory Interfaces for Groups of Multiple UAVs”, 5th Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Bruxelles, Belgium, 2012.
V. Grabe, Riedel, M., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Franchi, A., “The TeleKyb Framework for a Modular and Extendible ROS-based Quadrotor Control”, in 6th European Conference on Mobile Robots, Barcelona, Spain, 2013.PDF icon pdf-preprint (1.19 MB)
Localization of aerial robots
M. Cognetti, Stegagno, P., Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., and Bülthoff, H. H., “3D Mutual Localization with Anonymous Bearing Measurements”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.87 MB)
P. Stegagno, Basile, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “A Semi-autonomous UAV Platform for Indoor Remote Operation with Visual and Haptic Feedback”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 3862-3869.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.63 MB)File video (9.59 MB)
Localization
M. Cognetti, Stegagno, P., Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., and Bülthoff, H. H., “3D Mutual Localization with Anonymous Bearing Measurements”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.87 MB)
Leader selection
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
Haptics
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
H. I. Son, Kim, J., Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “An Evaluation of Haptic Cues on the Tele-Operator’s Perceptual Awareness of Multiple UAVs’ Environments”, in IEEE – World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 149-154.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.04 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
H. I. Son, Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Kim, J., Lee, D., Lee, S. - W., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Measuring an Operator's Maneuverability Performance in the Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Robots”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 3039-3046.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
M. Riedel, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Son, H. I., “Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs”, in 12th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Jeju Island, Korea, 2012, pp. 227-238.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.49 MB)File video (10.01 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Interactive Planning of Persistent Trajectories for Human-Assisted Navigation of Mobile Robots”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 2641-2648.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)File video (9.02 MB)
Formation control
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Allgöwer, F., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Rigidity Maintenance Control for Multi-Robot Systems”, in 2012 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.47 MB)
Force feedback
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
H. I. Son, Kim, J., Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “An Evaluation of Haptic Cues on the Tele-Operator’s Perceptual Awareness of Multiple UAVs’ Environments”, in IEEE – World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 149-154.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.04 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
H. I. Son, Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Kim, J., Lee, D., Lee, S. - W., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Measuring an Operator's Maneuverability Performance in the Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Robots”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 3039-3046.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Interactive Planning of Persistent Trajectories for Human-Assisted Navigation of Mobile Robots”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 2641-2648.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)File video (9.02 MB)
Exploration
T. Nestmeyer, Robuffo Giordano, P., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Decentralized Simultaneous Multi-target Exploration using a Connected Network of Multiple Robots”, Autonomous Robots, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 989-1011, 2017.PDF icon arXiv-pdf (3 MB)File video-experiment-quadrotors (19.94 MB)File video-sims-empty-space (3.86 MB)File video-sims-office-space (3.97 MB)File video-sims-town-space (4.68 MB)
M. Gagliardi, Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Image-based Road Network Clearing without Localization and without Maps using a Team of UAVs”, in 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2014, pp. 1902-1908.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.82 MB)File video (13.1 MB)
Evaluation
H. I. Son, Kim, J., Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “An Evaluation of Haptic Cues on the Tele-Operator’s Perceptual Awareness of Multiple UAVs’ Environments”, in IEEE – World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 149-154.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.04 MB)
H. I. Son, Chuang, L. L., Franchi, A., Kim, J., Lee, D., Lee, S. - W., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Measuring an Operator's Maneuverability Performance in the Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Robots”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 3039-3046.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
H. I. Son, Franchi, A., Chuang, L. L., Kim, J., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Haptic Cueing for Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 597-609, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.95 MB)
Estimation
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
M. Cognetti, Stegagno, P., Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., and Bülthoff, H. H., “3D Mutual Localization with Anonymous Bearing Measurements”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.87 MB)
Distributed algorithms
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
M. Cognetti, Stegagno, P., Franchi, A., Oriolo, G., and Bülthoff, H. H., “3D Mutual Localization with Anonymous Bearing Measurements”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.87 MB)
Decentralized control
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
A. Franchi, Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Distributed Online Leader Selection in the Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs”, in 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, FL, 2011, pp. 3559-3565.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
D. Zelazo, Franchi, A., Allgöwer, F., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Rigidity Maintenance Control for Multi-Robot Systems”, in 2012 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.47 MB)
Connectivity maintenance
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Strategy for Generalized Connectivity Maintenance”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 299-323, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.83 MB)File video1 (9.79 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Control of the Degree of Connectivity in Multiple Mobile-robot Teleoperation”, in 2013 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.95 MB)File video (4.73 MB)
T. Nestmeyer, Robuffo Giordano, P., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Decentralized Simultaneous Multi-target Exploration using a Connected Network of Multiple Robots”, Autonomous Robots, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 989-1011, 2017.PDF icon arXiv-pdf (3 MB)File video-experiment-quadrotors (19.94 MB)File video-sims-empty-space (3.86 MB)File video-sims-office-space (3.97 MB)File video-sims-town-space (4.68 MB)
Bilateral Shared Control of Mobile Robots
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Robuffo Giordano, P., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Haptic Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the Internet”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1341-1347.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.34 MB)File video (4.92 MB)
A. Franchi, Robuffo Giordano, P., Secchi, C., Son, H. I., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology”, in 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 898-905.PDF icon preprint-pdf (870.58 KB)File video (4.84 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Secchi, C., Lee, D., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Towards Bilateral Teleoperation of Multi-Robot Systems”, 3rd Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Tuebingen, Germany, 2010.
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of UAVs with Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance”, in 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.8 MB)File video (14.5 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “Experiments of Passivity-Based Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Decentralized Velocity Synchronization”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 163-170.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.45 MB)File video (4.76 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple UAVs with Decentralized Bearing-only Formation Control”, in 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, 2011, pp. 2215-2222.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)File video (8.23 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of Groups of Mobile Robots with Time-Varying Topology”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1019 -1033, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (4.11 MB)
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Communication Delays and Switching Topology”, in 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, MN, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.46 MB)File video (4.01 MB)
A. Franchi, Masone, C., Grabe, V., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Modeling and Control of UAV Bearing-Formations with Bilateral High-Level Steering”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1504-1525, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.81 MB)
A. Franchi, Secchi, C., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Control: Balancing Autonomy and Human Assistance with a Group of Quadrotor UAVs.”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor Platform, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 57-68, 2012.PDF icon preprint-pdf (7.17 MB)
M. Riedel, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., Robuffo Giordano, P., and Son, H. I., “Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs”, in 12th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Jeju Island, Korea, 2012, pp. 227-238.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.49 MB)File video (10.01 MB)
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Interactive Planning of Persistent Trajectories for Human-Assisted Navigation of Mobile Robots”, in 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pp. 2641-2648.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)File video (9.02 MB)
P. Robuffo Giordano, Franchi, A., Secchi, C., and Bülthoff, H. H., “A Passivity-Based Decentralized Strategy for Generalized Connectivity Maintenance”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 299-323, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.83 MB)File video1 (9.79 MB)
D. Lee, Franchi, A., Son, H. I., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Semi-Autonomous Haptic Teleoperation Control Architecture of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Focused Section on Aerospace Mechatronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1334-1345, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.66 MB)
M. Riedel, Bülthoff, H. H., Franchi, A., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Intercontinental Haptic Control and Advanced Supervisory Interfaces for Groups of Multiple UAVs”, 5th Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Bruxelles, Belgium, 2012.
C. Masone, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Shared Trajectory Planning for Human-in-the-loop Navigation of Mobile Robots in Cluttered Environments”, 5th Int. Work. on Human-Friendly Robotics. Bruxelles, Belgium, 2012.
C. Secchi, Franchi, A., Bülthoff, H. H., and Robuffo Giordano, P., “Bilateral Control of the Degree of Connectivity in Multiple Mobile-robot Teleoperation”, in 2013 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.95 MB)File video (4.73 MB)
C. Masone, Robuffo Giordano, P., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Semi-autonomous Trajectory Generation for Mobile Robots with Integral Haptic Shared Control”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 6468-6475.PDF icon preprint-pdf (3.45 MB)File video (9.23 MB)
Aerial Robotics
S. Spedicato, Notarstefano, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Aggressive Maneuver Regulation of a Quadrotor UAV”, in Robotics Research, The 16th International Symposium ISRR, vol. 114, Springer, 2016, pp. 95-112.PDF icon preprint-pdf (934.12 KB)File video_no_sat (652.65 KB)File video_no_sat_zoom (1005.42 KB)File video_sat_8_5 (748.78 KB)File video_sat_8_5_zoom (1.43 MB)File video_sat_7 (646.52 KB)File video_sat_7_zoom (1.27 MB)
P. Stegagno, Basile, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Vision-based Autonomous Control of a Quadrotor UAV using an Onboard RGB-D Camera and its Application to Haptic Teleoperation”, in 2nd IFAC Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems, Compiegne, France, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.37 MB)
R. Spica, Robuffo Giordano, P., Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “An Open-Source Hardware/Software Architecture for Quadrotor UAVs”, in 2nd IFAC Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems, Compiegne, France, 2013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.24 MB)
P. Stegagno, Basile, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “RGB-D based Haptic Teleoperation of UAVs with Onboard Sensors: Development and Preliminary Results”, in 2013 IROS Work. on Vision-based Closed-Loop Control and Navigation of Micro Helicopters in GPS-denied Environments, Tokyo, Japan, 2013.
P. Stegagno, Basile, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “A Semi-autonomous UAV Platform for Indoor Remote Operation with Visual and Haptic Feedback”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 3862-3869.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.63 MB)File video (9.59 MB)
B. Yüksel, Secchi, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Reshaping the Physical Properties of a Quadrotor through IDA-PBC and its Application to Aerial Physical Interaction”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 6258-6265.PDF icon preprint-pdf (553.49 KB)File video (7.15 MB)
G. Gioioso, Ryll, M., Prattichizzo, D., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Turning a Near-hovering Controlled Quadrotor into a 3D Force Effector”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 6278-6284.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)File video (8.81 MB)
M. Gagliardi, Oriolo, G., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Image-based Road Network Clearing without Localization and without Maps using a Team of UAVs”, in 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2014, pp. 1902-1908.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.82 MB)File video (13.1 MB)
S. Rajappa, Ryll, M., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Modeling, Control and Design Optimization for a Fully-actuated Hexarotor Aerial Vehicle with Tilted Propellers”, in 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 4006-4013.PDF icon preprint-pdf (2.14 MB)File video (8.98 MB)
B. Yüksel, Mahboubi, S., Secchi, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Design, Identification and Experimental Testing of a Light-Weight Flexible-joint Arm for Aerial Physical Interaction”, in 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 870-876.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.28 MB)File video (10 MB)
Aerial Physical Interaction
B. Yüksel, Secchi, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Reshaping the Physical Properties of a Quadrotor through IDA-PBC and its Application to Aerial Physical Interaction”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 6258-6265.PDF icon preprint-pdf (553.49 KB)File video (7.15 MB)
G. Gioioso, Ryll, M., Prattichizzo, D., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Turning a Near-hovering Controlled Quadrotor into a 3D Force Effector”, in 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014, pp. 6278-6284.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.2 MB)File video (8.81 MB)
B. Yüksel, Mahboubi, S., Secchi, C., Bülthoff, H. H., and Franchi, A., “Design, Identification and Experimental Testing of a Light-Weight Flexible-joint Arm for Aerial Physical Interaction”, in 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 870-876.PDF icon preprint-pdf (1.28 MB)File video (10 MB)