Publications
“6D Physical Interaction with a Fully Actuated Aerial Robot”, in 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, 2017, pp. 5190-5195.
preprint-pdf (3.04 MB)
video (9.52 MB)
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“Adaptive Closed-loop Speed Control of BLDC Motors with Applications to Multi-rotor Aerial Vehicles”, in 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, 2017.
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“Bearing Rigidity Theory in SE(3)”, in 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 2016, pp. 5950-5955.
2016o-MicCenFra-preprint.pdf (204.99 KB)
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“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.
preprint-pdf (1.14 MB)
video (8.23 MB)
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“Control of Statically Hoverable Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles and Application to Rotor-Failure Robustness for Hexarotors”, in 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, 2017.
preprint-pdf (2.98 MB)
video (2.97 MB)
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“Cooperative Aerial Tele-Manipulation with Haptic Feedback”, in 2016 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and System, Daejeon, South Korea, 2016, pp. 5092-5098.
preprint-pdf (2.51 MB)
video (4.03 MB)
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“Decentralized cooperative exploration: Implementation and experiments”, in 10th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2008, pp. 348-355.
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“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.
preprint-pdf (1.28 MB)
video (10 MB)
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“Energy-Efficient Trajectory Generation for a Hexarotor with Dual-Tilting Propellers”, in 2018 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, Spain, 2018.
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“A Force-based Bilateral Teleoperation Framework for Aerial Robots in Contact with the Environment”, in 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 318-324.
preprint-pdf (5.77 MB)
video (9.13 MB)
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“Force-Moment Decoupling and Rotor-Failure Robustness for Star-Shaped Generically-Tilted Multi-Rotors”, in In 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 2019.
, “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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“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.
preprint-pdf (2.15 MB)
video (9.02 MB)
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“Nonlinear Control of Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles Based on the Zero-Moment Direction”, in 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.
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“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.
preprint-pdf (3.45 MB)
video (9.23 MB)
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“Towards a Flying Assistant Paradigm: the OTHex”, in 2018 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, Australia, 2018, pp. 6997-7002.
preprint-pdf (2.88 MB)
video (9.31 MB)
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“Towards Robotic MAGMaS: Multiple Aerial-Ground Manipulator Systems”, in 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Singapore, 2017, pp. 1307-1312.
preprint-pdf (4.99 MB)
video (2.77 MB)
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“6D Interaction Control with Aerial Robots: The Flying End-Effector Paradigm”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 1045-1062, 2019.
preprint-pdf (6.86 MB)
video-1 (10.22 MB)
video-2 (17.98 MB)
video-3 (13.97 MB)
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“Aerial Tele-Manipulation with Passive Tool via Parallel Position/Force Control”, Applied Sciences, Special issue on Aerial Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance, vol. 11, 2021.
, “Fundamental Actuation Properties of Multi-rotors: Force-Moment Decoupling and Fail-safe Robustness”, IEEE Trans. on Robotics, vol. 34, no. 3, 2018.
preprint-pdf (4.27 MB)
video-1-explaination (708.53 KB)
video-2-triggered_failures (7.25 MB)
video-3-hitting_failure (4.71 MB)
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“Hierarchical nonlinear control for multi-rotor asymptotic stabilization based on zero-moment direction”, Automatica, 2020.
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“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.
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“Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Enhanced Actuator Model for Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles with Generic Designs”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 100, pp. 1213-1247, 2020.
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“A Novel Experimental Model and a Drag-optimal Allocation Method for Variable-Pitch Propellers in Multirotors”, IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 68155-68168, 2018.
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“Online Leader Selection for Improved Collective Tracking and Formation Control: the Second Order Case”, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1415-1425, 2019.
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“Shared Planning and Control for Mobile Robots with Integral Haptic Feedback”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1395-1420, 2018.
preprint-pdf (16.41 MB)
video-1-hil-simulations (9.17 MB)
video-2-experiments (22.12 MB)
video-3-user-study (23.48 MB)
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“Shared Planning and Control for Mobile Robots with Integral Haptic Feedback”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1395-1420, 2018.
preprint-pdf (16.41 MB)
video-1-hil-simulations (9.17 MB)
video-2-experiments (22.12 MB)
video-3-user-study (23.48 MB)
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“Simultaneous Calibration of Odometry and Sensor Parameters for Mobile Robots”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 475-492, 2013.
preprint-pdf (1.71 MB)
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“The Tele-MAGMaS: an Aerial-Ground Co-manipulator System”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 66-75, 2018.
preprint-pdf (5.52 MB)
video (21.39 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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“Whole-Body Teleoperation and Shared Control of Redundant Robots with Applications to Aerial Manipulation”, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 102, 2021.
, “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.
, “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.
, “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.
, “A Synergetic High-level/Reactive Planning Framework with Application to Human-Assisted Navigation”, 2012 IEEE IROS Work. on Real-time Motion Planning: Online, Reactive, and in Real-time. Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012.
pdf-preprint (1.63 MB)
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