Kostas Alexis

According to our database, Kostas Alexis authored at least 125 papers between 2010 and 2024.

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2024

ResiVis: A Holistic Underwater Motion Planning Approach for Robust Active Perception Under Uncertainties.

Marios Xanthidis, Martin Skaldebø, Bent Oddvar A. Haugaløkken, Linn Danielsen Evjemo, Kostas Alexis, Eleni Kelasidi

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., November, 2024

RMS: Redundancy-Minimizing Point Cloud Sampling for Real-Time Pose Estimation.

Pavel Petrácek, Kostas Alexis, Martin Saska

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., June, 2024

Present and Future of SLAM in Extreme Environments: The DARPA SubT Challenge.

Kamak Ebadi, Lukas Bernreiter, Harel Biggie, Gavin Catt, Yun Chang, Arghya Chatterjee, Christopher E. Denniston, Simon-Pierre Deschênes, Kyle Harlow, Shehryar Khattak, Lucas Nogueira, Matteo Palieri, Pavel Petrácek, Matej Petrlík, Andrzej Reinke, Vít Krátký, Shibo Zhao, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi, Kostas Alexis, Christoffer Heckman, Kasra Khosoussi, Navinda Kottege, Benjamin Morrell, Marco Hutter, Fred Pauling, François Pomerleau, Martin Saska, Sebastian A. Scherer, Roland Siegwart, Jason L. Williams, Luca Carlone

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2024

Uncertainty-aware visually-attentive navigation using deep neural networks.

Huan Nguyen, Rasmus Eckholdt Andersen, Evangelos Boukas, Kostas Alexis

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2024

Team CERBERUS Wins the DARPA Subterranean Challenge: Technical Overview and Lessons Learned.

Marco Tranzatto, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Lukas Bernreiter, Marco Camurri, Shehryar Khattak, Frank Mascarich, Patrick Pfreundschuh, David Wisth, Samuel Zimmermann, Mihir Kulkarni, Victor Reijgwart, Benoit Casseau, Timon Homberger, Paolo De Petris, Lionel Ott, Wayne Tubby, Gabriel Waibel, Huan Nguyen, Cesar Cadena, Russell Buchanan, Lorenz Wellhausen, Nikhil Khedekar, Olov Andersson, Lintong Zhang, Takahiro Miki, Tung Dang, Matías Mattamala, Markus Montenegro, Konrad Meyer, Xiangyu Wu, Adrien Briod, Mark W. Mueller, Maurice F. Fallon, Roland Siegwart, Marco Hutter, Kostas Alexis

Field Robotics, 2024

Probabilistic Degeneracy Detection for Point-to-Plane Error Minimization.

Johan Hatleskog, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2024

Diffusion-based RGB-D Semantic Segmentation with Deformable Attention Transformer.

Minh Bui, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2024

Modeling and In-flight Torso Attitude Stabilization of a Jumping Quadruped.

Michail Papadakis, Jørgen Anker Olsen, Ioannis Poulakakis, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2024

Online Refractive Camera Model Calibration in Visual Inertial Odometry.

Mohit Singh, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2024

Robust High-Speed State Estimation for Off-road Navigation using Radar Velocity Factors.

Morten Nissov, Jeffrey A. Edlund, Patrick Spieler, Curtis Padgett, Kostas Alexis, Shehryar Khattak

CoRR, 2024

Neural Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation.

Marvin Harms, Mihir Kulkarni, Nikhil Khedekar, Martin Jacquet, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2024

Maritime Vessel Tank Inspection using Aerial Robots: Experience from the field and dataset release.

Mihir Dharmadhikari, Nikhil Khedekar, Paolo De Petris, Mihir Kulkarni, Morten Nissov, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2024

ROAMER: Robust Offroad Autonomy using Multimodal State Estimation with Radar Velocity Integration.

Morten Nissov, Shehryar Khattak, Jeffrey A. Edlund, Curtis Padgett, Kostas Alexis, Patrick Spieler

CoRR, 2024

Aerial Field Robotics.

Mihir Kulkarni, Brady G. Moon, Kostas Alexis, Sebastian A. Scherer

CoRR, 2024

An Online Self-calibrating Refractive Camera Model with Application to Underwater Odometry.

Mohit Singh, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2024

Degradation Resilient LiDAR-Radar-Inertial Odometry.

Morten Nissov, Nikhil Khedekar, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2024

Reinforcement Learning for Collision-free Flight Exploiting Deep Collision Encoding.

Mihir Kulkarni, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2024

N-MPC for Deep Neural Network-Based Collision Avoidance exploiting Depth Images.

Martin Jacquet, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2024

2023

RMS: Redundancy-Minimizing Point Cloud Sampling for Real-Time Pose Estimation in Degenerated Environments.

Pavel Petrácek, Kostas Alexis, Martin Saska

CoRR, 2023

Martian Lava Tube Exploration Using Jumping Legged Robots: A Concept Study.

Jørgen Anker Olsen, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2023

Aerial Gym - Isaac Gym Simulator for Aerial Robots.

Mihir Kulkarni, Theodor J. L. Forgaard, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2023

Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots.

Frank Mascarich, Mihir Kulkarni, Paolo De Petris, Taylor Wilson, Kostas Alexis

Auton. Robots, 2023

Task-Driven Compression for Collision Encoding Based on Depth Images.

Mihir Kulkarni, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 18th International Symposium, 2023

Semantically-Enhanced Deep Collision Prediction for Autonomous Navigation Using Aerial Robots.

Mihir Kulkarni, Huan Nguyen, Kostas Alexis

IROS, 2023

ResiPlan: Closing the Planning-Acting Loop for Safe Underwater Navigation.

Marios Xanthidis, Eleni Kelasidi, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

Semantics-aware Exploration and Inspection Path Planning.

Mihir Dharmadhikari, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

Terrain Recognition and Contact Force Estimation Through a Sensorized Paw for Legged Robots.

Aleksander Vangen, Tejal Barnwal, Jørgen Anker Olsen, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2023

Design and Experimental Verification of a Jumping Legged Robot for Martian Lava Tube Exploration.

Jørgen Anker Olsen, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2023

Autonomous Exploration and General Visual Inspection of Ship Ballast Water Tanks Using Aerial Robots.

Mihir Dharmadhikari, Paolo De Petris, Mihir Kulkarni, Nikhil Khedekar, Huan Nguyen, Arnt Erik Stene, Eivind Sjøvold, Kristian Solheim, Bente Gussiaas, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2023

2022

CERBERUS: Autonomous Legged and Aerial Robotic Exploration in the Tunnel and Urban Circuits of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.

Marco Tranzatto, Frank Mascarich, Lukas Bernreiter, Carolina Godinho, Marco Camurri, Shehryar Khattak, Tung Dang, Victor Reijgwart, Johannes Loeje, David Wisth, Samuel Zimmermann, Huan Nguyen, Marius Fehr, Lukas Solanka, Russell Buchanan, Marko Bjelonic, Nikhil Khedekar, Mathieu Valceschini, Fabian Jenelten, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Timon Homberger, Paolo De Petris, Lorenz Wellhausen, Mihir Kulkarni, Takahiro Miki, Satchel Hirsch, Markus Montenegro, Christos Papachristos, Fabian Tresoldi, Jan Carius, Giorgio Valsecchi, Joonho Lee, Konrad Meyer, Xiangyu Wu, Juan I. Nieto, Andy Smith, Marco Hutter, Roland Siegwart, Mark W. Mueller, Maurice F. Fallon, Kostas Alexis

Field Robotics, March, 2022

CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.

Marco Tranzatto, Takahiro Miki, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Lukas Bernreiter, Mihir Kulkarni, Frank Mascarich, Olov Andersson, Shehryar Khattak, Marco Hutter, Roland Siegwart, Kostas Alexis

Sci. Robotics, 2022

Collision-tolerant Aerial Robots: A Survey.

Paolo De Petris, Stephen J. Carlson, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2022

Present and Future of SLAM in Extreme Underground Environments.

Kamak Ebadi, Lukas Bernreiter, Harel Biggie, Gavin Catt, Yun Chang, Arghya Chatterjee, Christopher E. Denniston, Simon-Pierre Deschênes, Kyle Harlow, Shehryar Khattak, Lucas Nogueira, Matteo Palieri, Pavel Petrácek, Matej Petrlík, Andrzej Reinke, Vít Krátký, Shibo Zhao, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi, Kostas Alexis, Christoffer Heckman, Kasra Khosoussi, Navinda Kottege, Benjamin Morrell, Marco Hutter, Fred Pauling, François Pomerleau, Martin Saska, Sebastian A. Scherer, Roland Siegwart, Jason L. Williams, Luca Carlone

CoRR, 2022

RMF-Owl: A Collision-Tolerant Flying Robot for Autonomous Subterranean Exploration.

Paolo De Petris, Huan Nguyen, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Mihir Kulkarni, Nikhil Khedekar, Frank Mascarich, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2022

Marsupial Walking-and-Flying Robotic Deployment for Collaborative Exploration of Unknown Environments.

Paolo De Petris, Shehryar Khattak, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Gabriel Waibel, Huan Nguyen, Markus Montenegro, Nikhil Khedekar, Kostas Alexis, Marco Hutter

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2022

Risk-aware Motion Planning for Collision-tolerant Aerial Robots subject to Localization Uncertainty.

Paolo De Petris, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Huan Nguyen, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

MIMOSA: A Multi-Modal SLAM Framework for Resilient Autonomy against Sensor Degradation.

Nikhil Khedekar, Mihir Kulkarni, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

Autonomous Teamed Exploration of Subterranean Environments using Legged and Aerial Robots.

Mihir Kulkarni, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Marco Tranzatto, Samuel Zimmermann, Victor Reijgwart, Paolo De Petris, Huan Nguyen, Nikhil Khedekar, Christos Papachristos, Lionel Ott, Roland Siegwart, Marco Hutter, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2022

Motion Primitives-based Navigation Planning using Deep Collision Prediction.

Huan Nguyen, Sondre Holm Fyhn, Paolo De Petris, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2022

2021

Forceful Aerial Manipulation Based on an Aerial Robotic Chain: Hybrid Modeling and Control.

Huan Nguyen, Kostas Alexis

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2021

Field-hardened Resilient Robotic Autonomy.

Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Robotics, 2021

Resilient Collision-tolerant Navigation in Confined Environments.

Paolo De Petris, Huan Nguyen, Mihir Kulkarni, Frank Mascarich, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Autonomous Distributed 3D Radiation Field Estimation for Nuclear Environment Characterization.

Frank Mascarich, Paolo De Petris, Huan Nguyen, Nikhil Khedekar, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Online Recommendation-based Convolutional Features for Scale-Aware Visual Tracking.

Ran Duan, Changhong Fu, Kostas Alexis, Erdal Kayacan

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Hypergame-based Adaptive Behavior Path Planning for Combined Exploration and Visual Search.

Mihir Dharmadhikari, Harshal Deshpande, Tung Dang, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Resource-aware Online Parameter Adaptation for Computationally -constrained Visual-Inertial Navigation Systems.

Pranay Mathur, Nikhil Khedekar, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2021

Model Predictive Control for Micro Aerial Vehicles: A Survey.

Huan Nguyen, Mina Kamel, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2021 European Control Conference, 2021

2020

Keyframe-based thermal-inertial odometry.

Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

J. Field Robotics, 2020

Graph-based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots.

Tung Dang, Marco Tranzatto, Shehryar Khattak, Frank Mascarich, Kostas Alexis, Marco Hutter

J. Field Robotics, 2020

Visual-Thermal Camera Dataset Release and Multi-Modal Alignment without Calibration Information.

Frank Mascarich, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2020

Appendix for the Motion Primitives-based Path Planning for Fast and Agile Exploration Method.

Mihir Dharmadhikari, Tung Dang, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2020

Autonomous Aerial Robotic Surveying and Mapping with Application to Construction Operations.

Huan Nguyen, Frank Mascarich, Tung Dang, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2020

Towards a Science of Resilient Robotic Autonomy.

Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2020

Collision-tolerant Autonomous Navigation through Manhole-sized Confined Environments.

Paolo De Petris, Huan Nguyen, Tung Dang, Frank Mascarich, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2020

Optical Flow Based Background Subtraction with a Moving Camera: Application to Autonomous Driving.

Sotirios Diamantas, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 15th International Symposium, 2020

Learning-based Path Planning for Autonomous Exploration of Subterranean Environments.

Russell Reinhart, Tung Dang, Emily M. Hand, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

Motion Primitives-based Path Planning for Fast and Agile Exploration using Aerial Robots.

Mihir Dharmadhikari, Tung Dang, Lukas Solanka, Johannes Loje, Huan Nguyen, Nikhil Khedekar, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

The Reconfigurable Aerial Robotic Chain: Modeling and Control.

Huan Nguyen, Tung Dang, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

Anomalous Motion Detection On Highway Using Deep Learning.

Harpreet Singh, Emily M. Hand, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2020

2019

The Reconfigurable Aerial Robotic Chain: Shape and Motion Planning.

Mihir Kulkarni, Huan Nguyen, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2019

Are State-of-the-art Visual Place Recognition Techniques any Good for Aerial Robotics?

Mubariz Zaffar, Ahmad Khaliq, Shoaib Ehsan, Michael Milford, Kostas Alexis, Klaus D. McDonald-Maier

CoRR, 2019

Visual-Thermal Landmarks and Inertial Fusion for Navigation in Degraded Visual Environments.

Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2019

Localization uncertainty-aware autonomous exploration and mapping with aerial robots using receding horizon path-planning.

Christos Papachristos, Frank Mascarich, Shehryar Khattak, Tung Dang, Kostas Alexis

Auton. Robots, 2019

Graph-based Path Planning for Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Subterranean Environments.

Tung Dang, Frank Mascarich, Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019

Distributed Radiation Field Estimation and Informative Path Planning for Nuclear Environment Characterization.

Frank Mascarich, Christos Papachristos, Taylor Wilson, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Contact-based Navigation Path Planning for Aerial Robots.

Nikhil Khedekar, Frank Mascarich, Christos Papachristos, Tung Dang, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Keyframe-based Direct Thermal-Inertial Odometry.

Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Explore Locally, Plan Globally: A Path Planning Framework for Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Subterranean Environments.

Tung Dang, Shehryar Khattak, Frank Mascarich, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2019

Resilient Autonomous Exploration and Mapping of Underground Mines using Aerial Robots.

Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2019

2018

Modeling, Control, State Estimation and Path Planning Methods for Autonomous Multirotor Aerial Robots.

Christos Papachristos, Tung Dang, Shehryar Khattak, Frank Mascarich, Nikhil Khedekar, Kostas Alexis

Found. Trends Robotics, 2018

Lévy Flight Foraging Hypothesis-based Autonomous Memoryless Search Under Sparse Rewards.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2018

Design and Control of an Aerial Manipulator for Contact-based Inspection.

Varun Nayak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2018

Visual-Inertial Odometry-enhanced Geometrically Stable ICP for Mapping Applications using Aerial Robots.

Tung Dang, Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2018

Receding horizon path planning for 3D exploration and surface inspection.

Andreas Bircher, Mina Kamel, Kostas Alexis, Helen Oleynikova, Roland Siegwart

Auton. Robots, 2018

Marker Based Thermal-Inertial Localization for Aerial Robots in Obscurant Filled Environments.

Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 13th International Symposium, 2018

Vision-Depth Landmarks and Inertial Fusion for Navigation in Degraded Visual Environments.

Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 13th International Symposium, 2018

Radiation Source Localization in GPS-Denied Environments Using Aerial Robots.

Frank Mascarich, Taylor Wilson, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

Visual Saliency-Aware Receding Horizon Autonomous Exploration with Application to Aerial Robotics.

Tung Dang, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

2017

An incremental sampling-based approach to inspection planning: the rapidly exploring random tree of trees.

Andreas Bircher, Kostas Alexis, Ulrich Schwesinger, Sammy Omari, Michael Burri, Roland Siegwart

Robotica, 2017

Design of small hand-launched solar-powered UAVs: From concept study to a multi-day world endurance record flight.

Philipp Oettershagen, Amir Melzer, Thomas Mantel, Konrad Rudin, Thomas Stastny, Bartosz Wawrzacz, Timo Hinzmann, Stefan Leutenegger, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

J. Field Robotics, 2017

Integrated Data Management for a Fleet of Search-and-rescue Robots.

Haris Balta, Janusz Bedkowski, Shashank Govindaraj, Karol Majek, Pawel Musialik, Daniel Serrano, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart, Geert De Cubber

J. Field Robotics, 2017

Aerial Drop of Robots and Sensors for Optimal Area Coverage.

Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2017

Towards Robotically Supported Decommissioning of Nuclear Sites.

Frank Mascarich, Taylor Wilson, Tung Dang, Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2017

Realizing the Aerial Robotic Worker for Inspection Operations.

Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2017

Technical Report: Optimal Surveillance of Dynamic Parades using Teams of Aerial Robots.

Kostas Alexis

CoRR, 2017

Model-based transition optimization for a VTOL tailsitter.

Sebastian Verling, Thomas Stastny, Gregory Battig, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

Uncertainty-aware receding horizon exploration and mapping using aerial robots.

Christos Papachristos, Shehryar Khattak, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

2016

Flying Robots.

Stefan Leutenegger, Christoph Hürzeler, Amanda K. Stowers, Kostas Alexis, Markus W. Achtelik, David Lentink, Paul Y. Oh, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2016

Dual-Authority Thrust-Vectoring of a Tri-TiltRotor employing Model Predictive Control.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2016

Robust Model Predictive Flight Control of Unmanned Rotorcrafts.

Kostas Alexis, Christos Papachristos, Roland Siegwart, Anthony Tzes

J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2016

Distributed Infrastructure Inspection Path Planning subject to Time Constraints.

Kostas Alexis, Christos Papachristos, Roland Siegwart, Anthony Tzes

CoRR, 2016

Three-dimensional coverage path planning via viewpoint resampling and tour optimization for aerial robots.

Andreas Bircher, Mina Kamel, Kostas Alexis, Michael Burri, Philipp Oettershagen, Sammy Omari, Thomas Mantel, Roland Siegwart

Auton. Robots, 2016

Aerial robotic contact-based inspection: planning and control.

Kostas Alexis, Georgios Darivianakis, Michael Burri, Roland Siegwart

Auton. Robots, 2016

Adaptive high order sliding mode control for relative positioning and trajectory tracking of spacecraft formation flying.

Luis Rodolfo García Carrillo, Filiberto Muñoz Palacios, Eduardo Steed Espinoza Quesada, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2016

Change Detection and Object Recognition Using Aerial Robots.

Shehryar Khattak, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 12th International Symposium, 2016

Design and modeling of dexterous aerial manipulator.

Mina Kamel, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

Full Attitude Control of a VTOL tailsitter UAV.

Sebastian Verling, Basil Weibel, Maximilian Boosfeld, Kostas Alexis, Michael Burri, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Receding horizon "next-best-view" planner for 3D exploration.

Andreas Bircher, Mina Kamel, Kostas Alexis, Helen Oleynikova, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

Augmented reality-enhanced structural inspection using aerial robots.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, 2016

2015

Sampling-based receding horizon collision-free control for a class of Micro Aerial Vehicles.

Kostas Alexis, Christos Papachristos, Roland Siegwart, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 23rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2015

Inspection Operations Using an Aerial Robot Powered-over-Tether by a Ground Vehicle.

Lida Zikou, Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 11th International Symposium, 2015

Autonomous Robotic Aerial Tracking, Avoidance, and Seeking of a Mobile Human Subject.

Christos Papachristos, Dimos Tzoumanikas, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the Advances in Visual Computing - 11th International Symposium, 2015

A solar-powered hand-launchable UAV for low-altitude multi-day continuous flight.

Philipp Oettershagen, Amir Melzer, Thomas Mantel, Konrad Rudin, Rainer Lotz, Dieter Siebenmann, Stefan Leutenegger, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Structural inspection path planning via iterative viewpoint resampling with application to aerial robotics.

Andreas Bircher, Kostas Alexis, Michael Burri, Philipp Oettershagen, Sammy Omari, Thomas Mantel, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Long-Endurance Sensing and Mapping Using a Hand-Launchable Solar-Powered UAV.

Philipp Oettershagen, Thomas Stastny, Thomas Mantel, Amir Melzer, Konrad Rudin, Pascal Gohl, Gabriel Agamennoni, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the Field and Service Robotics, 2015

Fast nonlinear model predictive control for multicopter attitude tracking on SO(3).

Mina Kamel, Kostas Alexis, Markus Achtelik, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, 2015

2014

Explicit model predictive control and L1-navigation strategies for fixed-wing UAV path tracking.

Philipp Oettershagen, Amir Melzer, Stefan Leutenegger, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 22nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2014

Efficient force exertion for aerial robotic manipulation: Exploiting the thrust-vectoring authority of a tri-tiltrotor UAV.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Hybrid predictive control for aerial robotic physical interaction towards inspection operations.

Georgios Darivianakis, Kostas Alexis, Michael Burri, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

Robust explicit model predictive flight control of unmanned rotorcrafts: Design and experimental evaluation.

Kostas Alexis, Christos Papachristos, Roland Siegwart, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 13th European Control Conference, 2014

Robust state estimation for small unmanned airplanes.

Stefan Leutenegger, Amir Melzer, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, 2014

2013

Trajectory control of an unmanned Tri-TiltRotor in hover flight via direct longitudinal actuation.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2013

Explicit constrained optimal trajectory control of an unmanned coaxial rotorcraft.

Christoph Hürzeler, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2013

Unmanned coaxial rotorcraft force and position control for physical interaction through contact.

Kostas Alexis, Christoph Hürzeler, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2013

AIRobots: Innovative aerial service robots for remote inspection by contact.

Christoph Hürzeler, Roberto Naldi, Vincenzo Lippiello, Raffaella Carloni, Janosch Nikolic, Kostas Alexis, Lorenzo Marconi, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Linear quadratic optimal trajectory-tracking control of a longitudinal thrust vectoring-enabled unmanned Tri-TiltRotor.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the IECON 2013, 2013

Model predictive hovering-translation control of an unmanned Tri-TiltRotor.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Configurable real-time simulation suite for coaxial rotor UAVs.

Christoph Hürzeler, Kostas Alexis, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Hybrid modeling and control of a coaxial unmanned rotorcraft interacting with its environment through contact.

Kostas Alexis, Christoph Hürzeler, Roland Siegwart

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Hybrid model predictive flight mode conversion control of unmanned Quad-TiltRotors.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 12th European Control Conference, 2013

2012

Revisited Dos Samara Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Design and control.

Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

2011

Design and experimental attitude control of an unmanned Tilt-Rotor aerial vehicle.

Christos Papachristos, Kostas Alexis, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, 2011

2010

Design and experimental verification of a Constrained Finite Time Optimal control scheme for the attitude control of a Quadrotor Helicopter subject to wind gusts.

Kostas Alexis, George Nikolakopoulos, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010

A Constrained Finite Time Optimal Controller for the Diving and Steering Problem of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

George Nikolakopoulos, Nikolaos J. Roussos, Kostas Alexis

Proceedings of the ICINCO 2010, 2010

Constrained optimal attitude control of a quadrotor helicopter subject to wind-gusts: Experimental studies.

Kostas Alexis, George Nikolakopoulos, Anthony Tzes

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2010