Publications
2024
Alessandro Fornasier, Yixiao Ge, Pieter van Goor, Martin Scheiber, Andrew Tridgell, Robert Mahony and Stephan Weiss: An Equivariant Approach to Robust State Estimation for the ArduPilot Autopilot System. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, Yokohama, 2024.
2023
Alessandro Fornasier, Pieter van Goor, Eren Allak, Robert Mahony, Stephan Weiss: MSCEqF: A Multi State Constraint Equivariant Filter for Vision-aided Inertial Navigation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023.
Jan Michalczyk, Martin Scheiber, Roland Jung, and Stephan Weiss: “Radar-Inertial Odometry for Closed-Loop Control of Resource-Constrained Aerial Platforms”. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), IEEE, Fukushima, Japan, 2023.
Roland Jung, “Recursive distributed collaborative aided inertial navigation”, Ph.D. dissertation, Faculty of Technical Sciences with the
Control of Networked Systems group, University of Klagenfurt, Aug. 2023.
Martin Scheiber, Alessandro Fornasier, Christian Brommer, and Stephan Weiss: Revisiting multi-GNSS Navigation for UAVs — An Equivariant Filtering Approach. 2023 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), IEEE, Abu Dhabi, 2023.
Giulio Delama, Farhad Shamsfakhr, Stephan Weiss, Daniele Fontanelli and Alessandro Fornasier: UVIO: An UWB-Aided Visual-Inertial Odometry Framework with Bias-Compensated Anchors Initialization. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Detroit, 2023
Christoph Böhm and Stephan Weiss: FUSE-D: Framework for UAV System-Parameter Estimation with Disturbance Detection. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Detroit (MI), 2023
Martin Scheiber, Jeff Delaune, Roland Brockers, Stephan Michael Weiss: Visual-Inertial On-Board Throw-and-Go Initialization for Micro Air Vehicles. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Piscataway (NJ), 2019.
Jan Michalczyk, Roland Jung, Christian Brommer and Stephan Weiss: Multi-State Tightly-Coupled EKF-Based Radar-Inertial Odometry With Persistent Landmarks Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, London, 2023
Thomas Jantos, Christian Brommer, Eren Allak, Stephan Weiss and Jan Steinbrener: AI-Based Multi-Object Relative State Estimation with Self-Calibration Capabilities. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, London, 2023
2022
Brommer, Christian and Fornasier, Alessandro and Scheiber, Martin and Delaune, Jeff and Brockers, Roland and Steinbrener, Jan and Weiss, Stephan, “INSANE: Cross-Domain UAV Data Sets with Increased Number of Sensors for developing Advanced and Novel Estimators.” arXiv, Oct. 17, 2022. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.09114.
Alessandro Fornasier, Yonhon Ng, Christian Brommer, Christoph Böhm, Robert Mahony and Stephan Weiss
Overcoming Bias: Equivariant Filter Design for Biased Attitude Estimation with Online Calibration
Accepted for Publication at Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022
Thomas Jantos, Mohamed Amin Hamdad, Wolfgang Granig, Stephan Weiss and Jan Steinbrener: PoET: Pose Estimation Transformer for Single-View, Multi-Object 6D Pose Estimation. 6th Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2022), Auckland, 2022, Supplementary Material Included
Eren Allak, Rooholla Khorrambakht, Christian Brommer and Stephan Weiss: Kinematics-Inertial Fusion for Localization of a 4-Cable Underactuated Suspended Robot Considering Cable Sag. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Kyoto, 2022
Martin Scheiber, Alexandre Cardaillac, Christian Brommer, Stephan Weiss, and Martin Ludvigsen: Modular Multi-Sensor Fusion for Underwater Localization for Autonomous ROV Operations. OCEANS22, Hampton Roads, 2022.
Jan Michalczyk, Christian Schoffmann, Alessandro Fornasier, Jan Steinbrener, Stephan Weiss: Radar-Interial State-Estimation for UAV Motion in Highly Agile Manoeuvres. ICUAS (International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems), (IEEE), Dubrovnik, 2022
Jürgen Scherer, Angela P. Schoellig and Bernhard Rinner. Schoellig, Bernhard Rinner. Min-max vertex cycle covers with connectivity constraints for multi-robot patrolling. Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022
Kyriakos Lite and Bernhard Rinner. Information-Seeking in Localization and Mission Planning of Multi-Agent Systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR 2022). virtual, August 2022.
Hikmet Beyoglu, Stephan Weiss and Bernhard Rinner. Multi-Agent Path Planning and Trajectory Generation for Confined Environments. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). Dubrovnic, Croatia, June 2022.
Mohammad Rahmani and Bernhard Rinner. Towards Self-Awareness in Multi-Robot Systems. In Proceedings of the Austrian Robotics Workshop (ARW). Villach, Austria, June 2022.
Pasquale Grippa, Alessandro Renzaglia, Antoine Rochebois,
Melanie Schranz and Olivier Simonin: Inspection of Ship Hulls with Multiple UAVs: Exploiting Prior Information for Online Path Planning, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Kyoto, 2022.
Rohit Dhakate, Christian Brommer, Christoph Böhm, Harald Gietler, Stephan Weiss and Jan Steinbrener:
Title: Autonomous Control of Redundant Hydraulic Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning with Action Feedback. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Kyoto, 2022
Roland Jung und Stephan Weiss: Scalable and Modular Ultra-Wideband Aided Inertial Navigation, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Kyoto, 2022.
Martin Scheiber, Alessandro Fornasier , Roland Jung, Christoph Böhm, Rohit Dhakate, Christian Stewart, Jan Steinbrener, Stephan Weiss, and Christian Brommer: CNS Flight Stack for Reproducible, Customizable, and Fully Autonomous Applications. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022.
Jan Steinbrener, Christian Brommer, Thomas Jantos, Alessandro Fornasier and Stephan Weiss: Improved State Propagation through AI-based Pre-processing and Down-sampling of High-Speed Inertial Data. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, Philadelphia, 2022.
Christoph Böhm, Pascal Brault, Quentin Delamare, Paolo Robuffo Giordano and Stephan Weiss: COP: Control & Observability-aware Planning. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, Philadelphia, 2022.
Alessandro Fornasier , Yonhon Ng , Robert Mahony and Stephan Weiss: Equivariant Filter Design for Inertial Navigation Systems with Input Measurement Biases, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, Philadelphia, 2022.
2021
Kunovjanek, M. & Wankmüller, C. Containing the COVID-19 pandemic with drones — Feasibility of a drone enabled back-up transport system, In ScienceDirect Transport Policy, 2021
Roland Jung and Stephan Weiss: Modular Multi-Sensor Fusion: A Collaborative State Estimation Perspective. In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2021
Christoph Böhm, Martin Scheiber and Stephan Weiss: Filter-Based Online System-Parameter Estimation for Multicopter UAVs. Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), Robotics: Science and Systems Foundation, 2021.
Roland Jung and Stephan Weiss: Distributed Collaborative State Estimation: Joint Observations for Reliable Autonomous Navigation in Swarms. Proceedings of the Austrian Robotics Workshop (ARW), Vienna, 2021
Patrick Holzmann, Christian Wankmüller, Dietfried Globocnik, and Erich J. Schwarz. Drones to the rescue? Exploring rescue workers’ behavioral intention to adopt drones in mountain rescue missions. Intern. J. of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 2021.
Paul Ladinig, Bernhard Rinner, Stephan Weiss: Time and Energy Optimized Trajectory Generation for Multi-Agent Constellation Changes. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
Roland Jung and Stephan Weiss. Scalable recursive distributed collaborative state estimation for aided inertial navigation. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
Julian Blueml, Alessandro Fornasier, Stephan Weiss: Bias Compensated UWB Anchor Initialization using Information-Theoretic Supported Triangulation Points. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
Martin Scheiber, Jeff Delaune, Stephan Weiss, and Roland Brockers: Mid-Air Range-Visual-Inertial Estimator Initialization for Micro Air Vehicles. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
Alessandro Fornasier, Martin Scheiber, Alexander Hardt-Stremayr, Roland Jung and Stephan Weiss: VINSEval: Evaluation Framework for Unified Testing of Consistency and Robustness of Visual-Inertial Navigation System Algorithms. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021
Christoph Böhm, Christian Brommer, Alexander Hardt-Stremayr and Stephan Weiss: Combined System Identification and State Estimation for a Quadrotor UAV. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021
Petra Mazdin and Bernhard Rinner. Distributed and communication-aware coalition formation and task assignment in multi-robot systems. IEEE Access, 2021.
Bernhard Rinner, Christian Bettstetter, Hermann Hellwagner, and Stephan Weiss. Multidrone systems: More than the sum of the parts. IEEE Computer, 2021.
Antonia Stornig, Aymen Fakhreddine, Hermann Hellwagner, Petar Popovski, and Christian Bettstetter. Video quality and latency for UAV teleoperation over LTE: A study with ns3. In Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conf. (VTC), 2021.
Markus Gutmann and Bernhard Rinner. Mission specification and execution of multidrone systems. In Proc. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2021.
Samira Hayat, Hermann Hellwagner, Roland Jung, Christian Bettstetter, Driton Emini, and Dominik Schnieders. Edge computing in 5G for drone navigation: What to Offload? IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021. Also accepted for presentation at IEEE Intern. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
2020
Christian Brommer, Roland Jung, Jan Steinbrener, and Stephan Weiss: MaRS: A Modular and Robust Sensor-Fusion Framework. In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), November 2020.
Agata Barciś and Christian Bettstetter. Sandsbots: Robots that sync and swarm. IEEE Access, 2020.
Christian Brommer, Alessandro Fornasier, et al.: AMADEE-20 Exploration Cascade using Robotic Vehicles. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Workshop, Las Vegas, 2020
Eren Allak, Christian Brommer, Diego Dallenbach, Stephan Weiss. AMADEE-18 : Vision-Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Navigation for Analog Mars Mission ( AVI-NAV ). Astrobiology Nov 2020, 1321–1337
Eren Allak, Alessandro Fornasier, Stephan Weiss: Consistent Covariance Pre-Integration for Invariant Filters with Delayed Measurements. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE, Las Vegas, 2020
Alexander Hardt-Stremayr and Stephan Weiss: Monocular Visual-Inertial Odometry in Low-Textured Environments with Smooth Gradients: A Fully Dense Direct Filtering Approach. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE, Paris, 2020
Roland Jung, Christian Brommer, and Stephan Michael Weiss. Decentralized collaborative state estimation for aided inertial navigation. In Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020.
Melanie Schranz, Gianni A. Di Caro, Thomas Schmickl, Wilfried Elmenreich, Farshad Arvin, Ahmet Şekercioğlu, and Micha Sende. Swarm intelligence and cyber-physical systems: Concepts, challenges and future trends. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2020.
Harald Gietler, Habib Ammari, and Hubert Zangl. Robust electromagnetic pose estimation for robotic applications. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2020.
Jürgen Scherer and Bernhard Rinner. Multi-UAV surveillance with minimum information idleness and latency constraints. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020.
Samira Hayat, Evsen Yanmaz, Christian Bettstetter, Timothy X Brown. Multi-objective drone path planning for search and rescue with quality-of-service requirements. Autonomous Robots, 2020.
Petra Mazdin, Michał Barciś, Hermann Hellwagner, and Bernhard Rinner. Distributed task assignment in multi-robot systems based on information utility. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2020.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. Energy based control of a swash mass helicopter through decoupling change of coordinates. IEEE Access, 2020.
Raheeb Muzaffar, Christian Raffelsberger, Aymen Fakhreddine, José López Luque, Driton Emini, and Christian Bettstetter. First experiments with a 5G-connected drone. In Proc. ACM Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DroNet), 2020.
Carlo Regazzoni, Lucio Marcenaro, Damian Campo, and Bernhard Rinner. Multi-sensorial generative and descriptive self-awareness models for autonomous systems. Proceedings of the IEEE, 2020.
Jürgen Scherer and Bernhard Rinner. Multi-robot patrolling with sensing idleness and data delay objectives. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2020.
Jürgen Scherer and Bernhard Rinner. Multi-robot persistent surveillance with connectivity constraints. IEEE Access, 2020.
Melanie Schranz, Martina Umlauft, Micha Sende, Wilfried Elmenreich. Swarm robotic behaviors and current applications. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020.
Michał Barciś, Agata Barciś, and Hermann Hellwagner. Information distribution in multi-robot systems: utility-based evaluation model. Sensors, 20(3), 710, 2020.
2019
Tobias Mitterer, Harald Gietler, Lisa-Marie Faller, and Hubert Zangl. Artificial landmarks for trusted localization of autonomous vehicles based on magnetic sensors. Sensors, 2019.
Eren Allak, Roland Jung, and Stephan Michael Weiss. Covariance Pre-Integration for Delayed Measurements in Multi-Sensor Fusion. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. A modelling approach to generate representative UAV trajectories using PSO. In Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2019.
Agata Barciś, Michał Barciś, Christian Bettstetter. Robots that sync and swarm: A proof of concept in ROS 2. In Proc. International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), 2019.
Petra Mazdin and Bernhard Rinner. Coordination of mobile agents for simultaneous coverage. In Proc. International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA), 2019.
Daniel Neuhold, Christian Bettstetter, and Andreas F. Molisch. HiPR: High-precision UWB ranging for sensor networks. In Proc. ACM Intern. Conf. on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), 2019.
Omair Sarwar, Bernhard Rinner, Andrea Cavallaro. A privacy-preserving filter for oblique face images based on adaptive hopping Gaussian mixtures. IEEE Access, 2019.
Danylo Malyuta, Christian Brommer, Daniel Hentzen, Thomas Stastny,
Roland Siegwart, Roland Brockers. Long-duration fully autonomous
operation of rotorcraft UAS for remote-sensing data acquisition. Journal of Field Robotics (JFR) — Special Issue on Agricultural Robotics, 2019.
Sara Perez Carabaza, Jürgen Scherer, Bernhard Rinner, Jose A. Lopez Orozco and Eva Besada Portas. UAV trajectory optimization for minimum time search with communication constraints and collision avoidance. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2019.
Samira Hayat, Christian Bettstetter, Aymen Fakhreddine, Raheeb Muzaffar, and Driton Emini. An experimental evaluation of LTE-A throughput for drones. In Proc. ACM Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DroNet), 2019.
Aymen Fakhreddine, Christian Bettstetter, Samira Hayat, Raheeb Muzaffar, and Driton Emini. Handover challenges for cellular-connected drones. In Proc. ACM Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DroNet), 2019.
Agata Barciś and Christian Bettstetter. Beyond sync: Distributed temporal coordination and its implementation in a multi-robot system. In Proc. IEEE Intern. Conf. on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO), 2019. Best paper award.
Raheeb Muzaffar, Evsen Yanmaz, Christian Raffelsberger, Christian Bettstetter, and Andrea Cavallaro. Live multicast video streaming from drones: An experimental study. Autonomous Robots, Special Issue on Robot Communication Challenges: Real-World Problems, Systems, and Methods, 2020.
Ursula Challita, Walid Saad, and Christian Bettstetter. Interference management for cellular-connected UAVs: A deep reinforcement learning approach. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2019.
Michał Barciś and Hermann Hellwagner. An evaluation model for information distribution in multi-robot systems. In Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, 2019.
Petra Mazdin and Bernhard Rinner. Efficient and QoS-aware drone coordination for simultaneous environment coverage. In Proc. IEEE Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR), 2019.
Pasquale Grippa, Doris A. Behrens, Friederike Wall, and Christian Bettstetter. Drone delivery systems: Job assignment and dimensioning. Autonomous Robots, Special Issue on Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2019.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. A generalized multi-objective framework for UAV mission planning. In Proc. IEEE Aerospace, 2019.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. Adaptive nonlinear PID control for a quadrotor UAV using particle swarm optimization. In Proc. IEEE Aerospace, 2019.
2018
Harald Gietler, Christoph Böhm, Tobias Mitterer, Lisa-Marie Faller, Stephan Weiss, and Hubert Zangl. 4-DOF magnetic field based localization for UAV navigation. In Proc. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2018.
Boualem Rabta, Christian Wankmüller, and Gerald Reiner. A drone fleet model for last-mile distribution in disaster relief operations. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2018.
Christian Brommer, Danylo Malyuta, Daniel R. Hentzen, and Roland Brockers. Long-duration autonomy for small rotorcraft UAS including recharging. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Omair Sarwar, Andrea Cavallaro, and Bernhard Rinner. Temporally smooth privacy protected airborne videos. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
James Preiss, Karol Hausman, Gaurav Sukhatme, and Stephan Weiss. Simultaneous self-calibration and navigation using trajectory optimization. International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2018.
Matthias Weyrer and Bernhard Rinner. UAV motion planning and control for multi-coverage of 3D environments. In Proc. International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2018.
Ursula Challita, Walid Saad, and Christian Bettstetter. Deep reinforcement learning for interference-aware path planning of cellular-connected UAVs. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2018.
Evşen Yanmaz, Saeed Yahyanejad, Bernhard Rinner, Hermann Hellwagner, and Christian Bettstetter. Drone networks: Communications, coordination, and sensing. Ad Hoc Networks, Special Issue on Advances in Wireless Communication and Networking for Cooperating Autonomous Systems, vol. 68, 2018.
Asif Khan, Bernhard Rinner, and Andrea Cavallaro. Cooperative robots to observe moving targets: A review. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 48(1):187–198, 2018.
Andrea M. Tonello, Venkata Pathuri. Exploiting Antenna Arrays for Position Tracking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In Proc. ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, 2018.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. Novel trajectory generation and adaptive evolutionary feedback controller for quadrotors. In Proc. IEEE Aerospace, 2018.
2017
Ekaterina Peshkova and Martin Hitz. Exploring user-defined gestures to control a group of four UAVs. In Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2017.
Ekaterina Peshkova, Martin Hitz, David Ahlström, Rainer W. Alexandrowicz, and Alexander Kopper. Exploring intuitiveness of metaphor-based gestures for UAV navigation. In Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2017.
Ekaterina Peshkova and Martin Hitz. Coherence evaluation of input vocabularies to enhance usability and user experience. In Proc. ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS), 2017.
Jürgen Scherer and Bernhard Rinner. Short and full horizon motion planning for persistent multi-UAV surveillance with energy and communication constraints. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017.
Micha Rappaport and Christian Bettstetter. Coordinated recharging of mobile robots during exploration. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017.
Pasquale Grippa, Doris A. Behrens, Christian Bettstetter, and Friederike Wall. Job selection in a network of UAVs for delivery of goods. In Proc. Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2017.
James Preiss, Karol Hausman, Gaurav Sukhatme, and Stephan Weiss. Trajectory optimization for self-calibration and navigation. In Proc. Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2017.
Samira Hayat, Evşen Yanmaz, Timothy X Brown, and Christian Bettstetter. Multi-objective UAV path planning for search and rescue. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017.
Karol Hausman, James Preiss, Gaurav Sukhatme, and Stephan Weiss. Observability-aware trajectory optimization for self-calibration with application to UAVs. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017.
Ekaterina Peshkova, Martin Hitz, and Bonifaz Kaufmann. Natural interaction techniques for an unmanned aerial vehicle system. IEEE Pervasive Computing, Special Issue on Drones, 2017.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. Stochastic trajectory generation using particle swarm optimization for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Aerospace, 4(2), 27, 2017.
Babak Salamat and Andrea M. Tonello. Altitude and attitude tracking of a quadrotor helicopter UAV using a novel evolutionary feedback controller. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Smart Systems and Technologies, 2017.
Venkata P. Bhuvana and Andrea M. Tonello. Distributed object tracking based on information weighted UAV selection with priory objects. In Proc. EUSIPCO, 2017.
2016
Pasquale Grippa. Decision making in a UAV-based delivery system with impatient customers. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016.
Samira Hayat, Evşen Yanmaz, and Raheeb Muzaffar. Survey on unmanned aerial vehicle networks for civil applications: A communications viewpoint. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Quarter 4, 2016.
Michael Hofbaur, Andreas Muller, Justus Piater, Bernhard Rinner, Gerald Steinbauer, Markus Vincze, and Christian Wogerer. Making better robots — Beiträge Österreichs zur Europäischen Robotics Research Roadmap. e&i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 2016.
Raheeb Muzaffar, Vladimir Vukadinovic, and Andrea Cavallaro. Rate-adaptive multicast video streaming from teams of micro aerial vehicles. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016.
Raheeb Muzaffar, Evşen Yanmaz, Christian Bettstetter, and Andrea Cavallaro. Application-layer rate-adaptive multicast video streaming over 802.11 for mobile devices. In Proc. ACM Multimedia Conference, 2016.
Ekaterina Peshkova, Martin Hitz, and David Ahlström. Exploring user-defined gestures and voice commands to control an unmanned aerial vehicle. In Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, 2016.
Jürgen Scherer and Bernhard Rinner. Persistent multi-UAV surveillance with energy and communication constraints. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2016.
Evşen Yanmaz, Markus Quaritsch, Saeed Yahyanejad, Bernhard Rinner, Hermann Hellwagner, and Christian Bettstetter. Communication and coordination for drone networks. In Proc. EAI International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, 2016.
Andrea Papaiz and Andrea M. Tonello. Azimuth and elevation dynamic tracking of UAVs via 3-axial ULA and particle filtering. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2016.
2015
Samira Hayat, Evşen Yanmaz, and Christian Bettstetter. Experimental analysis of multipoint-to-point UAV communications with IEEE 802.11n and 802.11ac. In Proc. IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2015.
Severin Kacianka and Hermann Hellwagner. Adaptive video streaming for UAV networks. In Proc. ACM Workshop on Mobile Video, in conjunction with the ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2015.
Asif Khan, Bernhard Rinner, and Andrea Cavallaro. Multi-scale observation of multiple moving targets using micro aerial vehicles. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015.
Asif Khan, Evşen Yanmaz, and Bernhard Rinner. Information exchange and decision making in micro aerial vehicle networks for cooperative search. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2015.
Vera Mersheeva and Gerhard Friedrich. Multi-UAV monitoring with priorities and limited energy resources. In Proc. AAAI Intern. Conf. Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), 2015.
Claudio Piciarelli, Lukas Esterle, Asif Khan, Bernhard Rinner, and Gian Luca Foresti. Dynamic reconfiguration in camera networks: A short survey. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2015.
Jürgen Scherer, Saeed Yahyanejad, Samira Hayat, Evşen Yanmaz, Torsten Andre, Asif Khan, Vladimir Vukadinovic, Christian Bettstetter, Hermann Hellwagner, and Bernhard Rinner. An autonomous multi-UAV system for search and rescue. In Proc. Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications for Civilian Use (DroNet), 2015.
Daniel Wischounig-Strucl and Bernhard Rinner. Resource aware and incremental mosaics of wide areas from small-scale UAVs. Machine Vision and Applications, 2015.
2014
Torsten Andre, Karina Hummel, Angela Schoellig, Evşen Yanmaz, Mahdi Asadpour, Christian Bettstetter, Pasquale Grippa, Hermann Hellwagner, Stephan Sand, and Siwei Zhang. Application-driven design of aerial communication networks. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2014.
Torsten Andre, Daniel Neuhold, and Christian Bettstetter. Coordinated multi-robot exploration: Out of the box packages for ROS. In Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM WiUAV Workshop, 2014.
Asif Khan, Evşen Yanmaz, and Bernhard Rinner. Information merging in multi-UAV cooperative search. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014.
Raheeb Muzaffar and Evşen Yanmaz. Trajectory-aware ad hoc routing protocol for micro aerial vehicle networks. In Proc. International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition, 2014.
Tahir Nawaz, Andrea Cavallaro, and Bernhard Rinner. Trajectory clustering for motion pattern extraction in aerial videos. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2014.
Saeed Yahyanejad and Bernhard Rinner. A fast and mobile system for registration of low-altitude visual and thermal aerial images using multiple small-scale UAVs. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2014.
Evşen Yanmaz, Samira Hayat, Jürgen Scherer, and Christian Bettstetter. Experimental performance analysis of two-hop aerial 802.11 network. In Proc. IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference, 2014.
2013
Torsten Andre and Christian Bettstetter. Assessing the value of coordination in mobile robot exploration using a discrete-time markov process. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013.
Vera Mersheeva and Gerhard Friedrich. Variable neighborhood search for continuous monitoring problem with inter-depot routes. KI 2013: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2013.
Vera Mersheeva and Gerhard Friedrich. Continuous monitoring problem for disaster management. Meeting EURO working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization, 2013.
Evşen Yanmaz, Robert Kuschnig, and Christian Bettstetter. Achieving air-ground communications in 802.11 networks with three-dimensional aerial mobility. In Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, 2013.
2012
Robert Kuschnig, Evşen Yanmaz, Ingo Kofler, Bernhard Rinner, and Hermann Hellwagner. Profiling IEEE 802.11 performance on Linux-based networked aerial robots. In Proc. Austrian Robotics Workshop, 2012.
Vera Mersheeva and Gerhard Friedrich. Routing for continuous monitoring by multiple micro UAVs in disaster scenarios. In Proc. European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2012.
Vera Mersheeva and Gerhard Friedrich. Routing of multiple micro UAVs for rescue missions. In Proc. Austrian Robotics Workshop, 2012.
Vera Mersheeva, Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Markus Quaritsch, Saeed Yahyanejad, Robert Kuschnig, Bernhard Rinner, and Gerhard Friedrich. Lightscribing the sky with micro UAVs. In Proc. Microdrones International Research Workshop, 2012.
Bernhard Rinner, Markus Quaritsch, Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, and Saeed Yahyanejad. Apparatus and method for generating an overview image of a plurality of images using a reference plane. European patent, EP2423873 (A1), 2012.
Daniel Wischounig-Strucl and Bernhard Rinner. Incrementally generated wide area mosaics for rescue scenarios by networked UAVs. In Proc. Austrian Robotics Workshop, 2012.
Evşen Yanmaz. Connectivity versus area coverage in unmanned aerial vehicle networks. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2012.
2011
Markus Quaritsch, Robert Kuschnig, Hermann Hellwagner, and Bernhard Rinner. Fast aerial image acquisition and mosaicking for emergency response operations by collaborative UAVs. In Proc. 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 2011.
Markus Quaritsch, Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Saeed Yahyanejad, Vera Mersheeva, Evşen Yanmaz, Gerhard Friedrich, Hermann Hellwagner, Christian Bettstetter, and Bernhard Rinner. FAMUOS: A multi-UAV system for aerial reconnaissance in rescue scenarios. In Proc. Austrian Robotics Workshop, Hall in Tyrol, 2011.
Markus Quaritsch, Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Saeed Yahyanejad, Vera Mersheeva, Evşen Yanmaz, Gerhard Friedrich, Hermann Hellwagner, Christian Bettstetter, and Bernhard Rinner. Collaborative microdrones research questions & challenges. In Proc. International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems, 2011.
Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Markus Quaritsch, and Bernhard Rinner. Prioritized data transmission in Airborne camera networks for wide area surveillance and image mosaicking. In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Workshop on Camera Networks and Wide Area Scene Analysis, 2011.
Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Markus Quaritsch, and Bernhard Rinner. A structure based mosaicking approach for aerial images from low altitude of non-planar scenes. In Proc. Computer Vision Winter Workshop, 2011.
Saeed Yahyanejad, Jakub Misiorny, and Bernhard Rinner. Lens distortion correction for thermal cameras to improve aerial imaging with small-scale UAVs. IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments, 2011.
Saeed Yahyanejad, Markus Quaritsch, and Bernhard Rinner. Incremental, orthorectified and loop-independent mosaicking of aerial images taken by micro UAVs. IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments, 2011.
Evşen Yanmaz, Robert Kuschnig, and Christian Bettstetter. Channel measurements over 802.11a-based UAV-to-ground links. In Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM-WiUAV Workshop, 2011.
Evşen Yanmaz, Robert Kuschnig, Markus Quaritsch, Christian Bettstetter, and Bernhard Rinner. On path planning strategies for networked unmanned aerial vehicles. In Proc. IEEE INFOCOM M2MCN Workshop, 2011.
2010
Markus Quaritsch, Karin Kruggl, Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Subhabrata Bhattacharya, Mubarak Shah, and Bernhard Rinner. Networked UAVs as aerial sensor network for disaster management applications. e&i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Networks, 2010.
Daniel Wischounig-Strucl and Bernhard Rinner. Resource-aware image mosaicking on networks of small-scale UAVs. Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, 2010.
Saeed Yahyanejad, Daniel Wischounig-Strucl, Markus Quaritsch, and Bernhard Rinner. Incremental mosaicking of images from autonomous, small-scale UAVs. In Proc. IEEE Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-based Surveillance, 2010.
Evşen Yanmaz and Christian Bettstetter. Area coverage with unmanned vehicles: A belief-based approach. In Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2010.
Evşen Yanmaz, Carmelo Costanzo, Christian Bettstetter, and Wilfried Elmenreich. A discrete stochastic process for coverage analysis of autonomous UAV networks. In Proc. GLOBECOM Wi-UAV Workshop, 2010.
Evşen Yanmaz and Hasan Guclu. Stationary and mobile target detection using mobile wireless sensor networks. Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2010.
2009
Evşen Yanmaz. Event detection using unmanned aerial vehicles: Ordered versus self-organized search. In Proc. International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems, 2009.
Evşen Yanmaz. Mitigating effects of node failure via mobility in wireless networks. In Proc. International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2009.
2008
Markus Quaritsch, Emil Stojanovski, Christian Bettstetter, Gerhard Friedrich, Hermann Hellwagner, Hermann Hofbaur, Mubarak Shah, and Bernhard Rinner. Collaborative microdrones: Applications and research challenges. In Proc. International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems, 2008.
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