Rafael Fierro

120 papers A* 11A 6C 22Misc 1Journal 49Unranked 31
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
AirBender: Adaptive Transportation of Bendable Objects Using Dual UAVs.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Jiawei Xu, Longsen Gao, Rafael Fierro, David Saldaña
2025 C conf
FlySurf: A Flying Robotic Surface with Shape Morphing Control.
ACC
Kevin Aubert, David Saldaña, Rafael Fierro
2025 J jnl
Improved Robustness of Deep Reinforcement Learning for Control of Time-Varying Systems by Bounded Extremum Seeking.
CoRR
Shaifalee Saxena, Alan Williams, Rafael Fierro, Alexander Scheinker
2025 J jnl
Safe On-Orbit Dislodging of Deployable Structures via Robust Adaptive MPC.
CoRR
Longsen Gao, Claus Danielson, Andrew Kwas, Rafael Fierro
2024 — conf
Adaptive Robot Detumbling of a Non-Rigid Satellite.
CDC
Longsen Gao, Claus Danielson, Rafael Fierro
2024 J jnl
Adaptive Robot Detumbling of a Non-Rigid Satellite.
CoRR
Longsen Gao, Claus Danielson, Rafael Fierro
2024 J jnl
Decentralized Adaptive Aerospace Transportation of Unknown Loads Using A Team of Robots.
CoRR
Longsen Gao, Kevin Aubert, David Saldana, Claus Danielson, Rafael Fierro
2024 — conf
Navigating the Edge: UAS Boundary Tracing for Efficient Volcanic Plume Monitoring.
SSRR
John Ericksen, Abir Islam, Carter Frost, Kevin Aubert, G. Matthew Fricke, Varsha Dani, Rafael Fierro, Tobias Fischer, Scott Nowicki, Jared Saia, Melanie E. Moses
2024 J jnl
Safe Motion Planning for Serial-Chain Robotic Manipulators via Invariant Sets.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Teo Brandt, Rafael Fierro, Claus Danielson
2024 J jnl
Safe Vehicle Motion Planning Using Constraint Admissible Positive Invariant Sets on SE(3).
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Teo Brandt, Rafael Fierro, Claus Danielson
2024 J jnl
Vision-Based Safety-Critical Landing Control of Quadrotors With External Uncertainties and Collision Avoidance.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
Jie Lin, Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang, Hesheng Wang, Xiangke Wang, Rafael Fierro
2023 J jnl
Aggressive Formation Tracking for Multiple Quadrotors Without Velocity Measurements Over Directed Topologies.
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Jie Lin, Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang, Guoqiang Hu, Rafael Fierro
2023 A conf
Autonomous Multi-Robot Servicing for Spacecraft Operation Extension.
IROS
Longsen Gao, Giovanni Cordova, Claus Danielson, Rafael Fierro
2023 J jnl
Essential Technologies and Concepts for Massive Space Exploration: Challenges and Opportunities.
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Sisay Tadesse Arzo, Dimitrios Sikeridis, Michael Devetsikiotis, Fabrizio Granelli, Rafael Fierro, Mona Esmaeili, Zeinab Akhavan
2023 J jnl
Kernel Machine to Estimate a Lyapunov Function and Region of Attraction (ROA) for Nonlinear Systems.
IEEE Access
Afroza Shirin, Manel Martínez-Ramón, Rafael Fierro
2023 J jnl
Multi-Agent Partial Observable Safe Reinforcement Learning for Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems.
IEEE Access
Jean-Elie Pierre, Xiang Sun, Rafael Fierro
2023 J jnl
Robust Image-Based Landing Control of a Quadrotor on an Unpredictable Moving Vehicle Using Circle Features.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Zhiqiang Miao, Hesheng Wang, Rafael Fierro
2023 J jnl
Robust Linear-Velocity-Free Formation Tracking of Multiple Quadrotors With Unknown Disturbances.
IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst.
Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Zhiqiang Miao, Qiong Lin, Guoqiang Hu, Rafael Fierro
2022 J jnl
Geometric Formation Tracking of Quadrotor UAVs Using Pose-Only Measurements.
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Zhiqiang Miao, Hang Zhong, Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2022 J jnl
Low-Complexity Control for Vision-Based Landing of Quadrotor UAV on Unknown Moving Platform.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Zhiqiang Miao, Hang Zhong, Rafael Fierro
2022 J jnl
Low-Complexity Leader-Following Formation Control of Mobile Robots Using Only FOV-Constrained Visual Feedback.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Zhiqiang Miao, Hang Zhong, Yaonan Wang, Hui Zhang, Haoran Tan, Rafael Fierro
2022 — conf
Multi-Robot System for Autonomous Cooperative Counter-UAS Missions: Design, Integration, and Field Testing.
SSRR
Antonella Barisic, Marlan Ball, Noah Jackson, Riley McCarthy, Nasib Naimi, Luca Strässle, Jonathan Becker, Maurice Brunner, Julius Fricke, Lovro Markovic, Isaac Seslar, David K. Novick, Jonathan Salton, Roland Siegwart, Stjepan Bogdan, Rafael Fierro
2022 — conf
Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Countering Uncrewed Aerial Systems.
DARS
Jean-Elie Pierre, Xiang Sun, David K. Novick, Rafael Fierro
2022 C conf
Towards Stable Interstellar Flight: Levitation of a Laser-Propelled Sailcraft.
ACC
Afroza Shirin, Edl Schamiloglu, Rafael Fierro
2021 J jnl
Adaptive Image-Based Leader-Follower Formation Control of Mobile Robots With Visibility Constraints.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Jie Lin, Zhiqiang Miao, Hang Zhong, Weixing Peng, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2021 J jnl
Consensus With Persistently Exciting Couplings and Its Application to Vision-Based Estimation.
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Zhiqiang Miao, Yun-Hui Liu, Yaonan Wang, Haoyao Chen, Hang Zhong, Rafael Fierro
2021 — conf
Geometric Formation Tracking of Aerial Robot Swarms Without Linear Velocity Measurements Over Directed Networks.
ROBIO
Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Zhiqiang Miao, Rafael Fierro
2021 C conf
Modeling and Stability of a Laser Beam-Driven Sail.
ACC
Afroza Shirin, Edl Schamiloglu, Cornel Sultan, Yin Yang, James Benford, Rafael Fierro
2021 — conf
Robust Image-based Landing Control of a Quadrotor on an Unknown Moving Platform Using Circle Features.
RCAR
Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Zhiqiang Miao, Hang Zhong, Jingmou Nie, Rafael Fierro
2021 J jnl
Vision-Based Formation Control of Mobile Robots With FOV Constraints and Unknown Feature Depth.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
Zhiqiang Miao, Hang Zhong, Jie Lin, Yaonan Wang, Yanjie Chen, Rafael Fierro
2020 J jnl
A Practical Visual Servo Control for Aerial Manipulation Using a Spherical Projection Model.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Hang Zhong, Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang, Jianxu Mao, Ling Li, Hui Zhang, Yanjie Chen, Rafael Fierro
2020 J jnl
Adaptive synchronization of multi-agent systems with resilience to communication link faults.
Autom.
Ci Chen, Kan Xie, Frank L. Lewis, Shengli Xie, Rafael Fierro
2020 J jnl
Jointly Optimized 3D Drone Mounted Base Station Deployment and User Association in Drone Assisted Mobile Access Networks.
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Xiang Sun, Nirwan Ansari, Rafael Fierro
2020 J jnl
Real-time Quadrotor Navigation Through Planning in Depth Space in Unstructured Environments.
CoRR
Shakeeb Ahmad, Rafael Fierro
2020 J jnl
Resilient and Cybersecure Distributed Control of Inverter-Based Islanded Microgrids.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Ali Bidram, Binod Poudel, Lakshmisree Damodaran, Rafael Fierro, Josep M. Guerrero
2019 — conf
Exploiting Heterogeneity in Teams of Robotic Agents Using Hybrid Communications.
ICAR
Jonathan West, Rafael Fierro
2018 J jnl
Distributed Estimation and Control for Leader-Following Formations of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Zhiqiang Miao, Yun-Hui Liu, Yaonan Wang, Guo Yi, Rafael Fierro
2018 J jnl
Force-Driven Traffic Simulation for a Future Connected Autonomous Vehicle-Enabled Smart Transportation System.
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Yuming Zhang, Guohui Zhang, Rafael Fierro, Yin Yang
2018 C conf
Multiple Pursuer-Based Intercept via Forward Stochastic Reachability.
ACC
Abraham P. Vinod, Baisravan Homchaudhuri, Christoph Hintz, Anup Parikh, Stephen P. Buerger, Meeko M. K. Oishi, Greg Brunson, Shakeeb Ahmad, Rafael Fierro
2017 J jnl
Automated aerial suspended cargo delivery through reinforcement learning.
Artif. Intell.
Aleksandra Faust, Ivana Palunko, Patricio Cruz, Rafael Fierro, Lydia Tapia
2017 J jnl
Cable-suspended load lifting by a quadrotor UAV: hybrid model, trajectory generation, and control.
Auton. Robots
Patricio J. Cruz Davalos, Rafael Fierro
2017 J jnl
Cooperative circumnavigation of a moving target with multiple nonholonomic robots using backstepping design.
Syst. Control. Lett.
Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2017 — conf
Formation control of quadrotor UAVs without linear velocity measurements.
ICAR
Zhiqiang Miao, Yun-Hui Liu, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2017 — conf
Robust hybrid control for swinging-up and balancing an inverted pendulum attached to a UAV.
CCTA
Christoph Hintz, Shakeeb Ahmad, Joseph Kloeppel, Rafael Fierro
2016 J jnl
Collision-free consensus in multi-agent networks: A monotone systems perspective.
Autom.
Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2016 — conf
Optical Wireless Communications for Heterogeneous DARS.
DARS
Patricio Cruz, Christoph Hintz, Jonathan West, Rafael Fierro
2016 — conf
Orthogonal vector field-based control for a multi-robot system circumnavigating a moving target in 3D.
CDC
Zhiqiang Miao, Divya Thakur, Richard Scott Erwin, Jean Pierre, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2016 C conf
Sensor localization using hybrid RF/optical wireless communications for an aerial data mule.
ACC
Patricio Cruz, Brian M. Sadler, Rafael Fierro
2015 — conf
Building coalitions of heterogeneous agents using weighted bipartite graphs.
CDC
Patricio Cruz, Rafael Fierro
2015 — conf
Collision-free consensus via order preservation in multi-agent networks.
CDC
Zhiqiang Miao, Yaonan Wang, Rafael Fierro
2015 J jnl
Exploiting Heterogeneous Robotic Systems in Cooperative Missions.
CoRR
Nicola Bezzo, Joshua P. Hecker, Karl Stolleis, Melanie E. Moses, Rafael Fierro
2015 C conf
Lift of a cable-suspended load by a quadrotor: A hybrid system approach.
ACC
Patricio Cruz, Meeko Oishi, Rafael Fierro
2014 C conf
Autonomous lift of a cable-suspended load by an unmanned aerial robot.
CCA
Patricio Cruz, Rafael Fierro
2014 A conf
Stable formation of groups of robots via synchronization.
IROS
Luis Valbuena, Patricio Cruz, Rafael Figueroa, Francesco Sorrentino, Rafael Fierro
2013 A* conf
A reinforcement learning approach towards autonomous suspended load manipulation using aerial robots.
ICRA
Ivana Palunko, Aleksandra Faust, Patricio Cruz, Lydia Tapia, Rafael Fierro
2013 C conf
Decentralized estimation of topology changes in wireless robotic networks.
ACC
Nicola Bezzo, Francesco Sorrentino, Rafael Fierro
2013 J jnl
Decentralized identification and control of networks of coupled mobile platforms through adaptive synchronization of chaos.
CoRR
Nicola Bezzo, Patricio J. Cruz Davalos, Francesco Sorrentino, Rafael Fierro
2013 C conf
Decentralized output synchronization of heterogeneous linear systems with fixed and switching topology via self-triggered communication.
ACC
Domagoj Tolic, Rafael Fierro
2013 A* conf
Learning swing-free trajectories for UAVs with a suspended load.
ICRA
Aleksandra Faust, Ivana Palunko, Patricio Cruz, Rafael Fierro, Lydia Tapia
2013 J jnl
Mobile Heterogeneous Sensor Network for Prioritized Sensing.
J. Commun.
R. Andres Cortez, Rafael Fierro, John Wood
2013 J jnl
On the compression of locational and environmental data in multi-vehicle missions: a control systems approach.
Int. J. Control
José-Marcio Luna, Rafael Fierro, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Frank L. Lewis
2013 — conf
Stability analysis of a model for the market dynamics of a smart grid.
CDC
Francesco Sorrentino, Domagoj Tolic, Rafael Fierro, Sergio Picozzi, Jeffrey R. Gordon, Andrea Mammoli
2012 J jnl
A Grid-Based Approach to Formation Reconfiguration for a Class of Robots with Non-Holonomic Constraints.
Eur. J. Control
Damjan Miklic, Stjepan Bogdan, Rafael Fierro, Yang Song
2012 — conf
A Real World Coordination Framework for Connected Heterogeneous Robotic Systems.
DARS
Nicola Bezzo, Mike S. Anderson, Rafael Fierro, John Wood
2012 — conf
A binary consensus approach to decentralized coordination of nonholonomic sensor networks.
CDC
José-Marcio Luna, Rafael Fierro, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Frank L. Lewis
2012 J jnl
Agile Load Transportation : Safe and Efficient Load Manipulation with Aerial Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Ivana Palunko, Patricio Cruz, Rafael Fierro
2012 C conf
Optimal self-triggering for nonlinear systems via Approximate Dynamic Programming.
CCA
Domagoj Tolic, Rafael Fierro, Silvia Ferrari
2012 A* conf
Trajectory generation for swing-free maneuvers of a quadrotor with suspended payload: A dynamic programming approach.
ICRA
Ivana Palunko, Rafael Fierro, Patricio Cruz
2011 J jnl
A Disjunctive Programming Approach for Motion Planning of Mobile Router Networks.
Int. J. Robotics Autom.
Nicola Bezzo, Rafael Fierro, Ashleigh Swingler, Silvia Ferrari
2011 — conf
Adaptive sampling for tracking in pursuit-evasion games.
ISIC
Domagoj Tolic, Rafael Fierro
2011 — conf
Cooperative navigation for heterogeneous autonomous vehicles via approximate dynamic programming.
CDC/ECC
Silvia Ferrari, Michael Anderson, Rafael Fierro, Wenjie Lu
2011 — conf
Decentralized connectivity and user localization via wireless robotic networks.
GLOBECOM Workshops
Nicola Bezzo, Rafael Fierro
2011 A conf
Heterogeneous sensor network for prioritized sensing.
IROS
R. Andres Cortez, Rafael Fierro, John E. Wood, Ron Lumia
2011 J jnl
Prioritized Sensor Detection for Environmental Mapping: Theory and Experiments.
J. Intell. Robotic Syst.
R. Andres Cortez, Rafael Fierro, John Wood
2011 C conf
Stability of feedback linearization under intermittent information: A target-pursuit case.
ACC
Domagoj Tolic, Rafael Fierro
2011 C conf
Swarming of mobile router networks.
ACC
Nicola Bezzo, Rafael Fierro
2010 A* conf
A multi-vehicle testbed for multi-modal, decentralized sensing of the environment.
ICRA
R. Andrew Cortez, José-Marcio Luna, Rafael Fierro, John E. Wood
2010 — conf
An adaptive coverage control algorithm for deployment of nonholonomic mobile sensors.
CDC
José-Marcio Luna, Rafael Fierro, Chaouki T. Abdallah, John E. Wood
2010 — conf
Connectivity Maintenance of a Heterogeneous Sensor Network.
DARS
Randy Andres Cortez, Rafael Fierro, John Wood
2010 A* conf
Decentralized grid-based algorithms for formation reconfiguration and synchronization.
ICRA
Damjan Miklic, Stjepan Bogdan, Rafael Fierro
2010 A* conf
Multi-vehicle testbed for decentralized environmental sensing.
ICRA
R. Andres Cortez, José-Marcio Luna, Rafael Fierro, John E. Wood
2010 C conf
Tethering of mobile router networks.
ACC
Nicola Bezzo, Rafael Fierro
2009 J jnl
A Geometric Optimization Approach to Detecting and Intercepting Dynamic Targets Using a Mobile Sensor Network.
SIAM J. Control. Optim.
Silvia Ferrari, Rafael Fierro, Brent Perteet, Chenghui Cai, Kelli Baumgartner
2009 A conf
A discrete grid abstraction for formation control in the presence of obstacles.
IROS
Damjan Miklic, Stjepan Bogdan, Sanjin Nestic, Rafael Fierro
2009 — conf
A geometric optimization approach to tracking maneuvering targets using a heterogeneous mobile sensor network.
CDC
Silvia Ferrari, Rafael Fierro, Domagoj Tolic
2009 — conf
A grid-based approach to formation reconfiguration in cluttered environments.
ECC
Damjan Miklic, Stjepan Bogdan, Rafael Fierro
2009 J jnl
Guest Editorial for the Special Issue on Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles.
J. Intell. Robotic Syst.
Sesh Commuri, Rafael Fierro
2009 A conf
Prioritized sensor detection via dynamic Voronoi-based navigation.
IROS
R. Andrew Cortez, Rafael Fierro, John E. Wood
2009 J jnl
Stabilization of Nonholonomic Robot Formations: A First-state Contractive Model Predictive Control Approach.
J. Comput. Inf. Technol.
Feng Xie, Rafael Fierro
2008 — conf
An information-driven framework for motion planning in robotic sensor networks: Complexity and experiments.
CDC
Rafael Fierro, Silvia Ferrari, Chenghui Cai
2008 C conf
First-state contractive model predictive control of nonholonomic mobile robots.
ACC
Feng Xie, Rafael Fierro
2007 C conf
A Geometric Optimization Approach to Detecting and Intercepting Dynamic Targets.
ACC
Silvia Ferrari, Chenghui Cai, Rafael Fierro, Brent Perteet
2007 A* conf
A Multi-Vehicle Framework for the Development of Robotic Games: The Marco Polo Case.
ICRA
Brent Perteet, James McClintock, Rafael Fierro
2007 C conf
On Motion Coordination of Multiple Vehicles with Nonholonomic Constraints.
ACC
Feng Xie, Rafael Fierro
2007 C conf
Visual tracking of mobile robots in formation.
ACC
Omar A. A. Orqueda, Rafael Fierro
2006 A* conf
A Vision-based Nonlinear Decentralized Controller for Unmanned Vehicles.
ICRA
Omar A. A. Orqueda, Rafael Fierro
2006 C conf
A hierarchical optimization algorithm for cooperative vehicle networks.
ACC
Carlo Branca, Rafael Fierro
2006 — conf
Dynamic Boundary Tracking Using Dynamic Sensor Nets.
CDC
Yuan Cao, Rafael Fierro
2006 C conf
Robust vision-based nonlinear formation control.
ACC
Omar A. A. Orqueda, Rafael Fierro
2005 — conf
Autopilot-based Nonlinear UAV Formation Controller with Extremum-Seeking.
CDC/ECC
Feng Xie, Ximing Zhang, Rafael Fierro, Mark A. Motter
2005 C conf
Cooperative hybrid control of robotic sensors for perimeter detection and tracking.
ACC
Justin Clark, Rafael Fierro
2005 A* conf
Optimal Positioning Strategies for Shape Changes in Robot Teams.
ICRA
John R. Spletzer, Rafael Fierro
2004 — conf
System intelligence requires distributed learning.
ISIC
Sesh Commuri, Rafael Fierro, D. Hougen, R. Muthuraman
2003 — conf
A dual-mode model predictive controller for robot formations.
CDC
Kirk S. Wesselowski, Rafael Fierro
2003 C conf
Hybrid control of reconfigurable robot formations.
ACC
Rafael Fierro, Aveek K. Das
2003 C conf
Modeling Distributed Autonomous Robots Using CHARON: Formation Control Case Study.
ISORC
Yerang Hur, Rafael Fierro, Insup Lee
2003 — conf
Sliding mode control for robot formations.
ISIC
Jose Sanchez, Rafael Fierro
2002 J jnl
A Framework and Architecture for Multi-Robot Coordination.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Rafael Fierro, Aveek K. Das, John R. Spletzer, Joel M. Esposito, Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski, George J. Pappas, Camillo J. Taylor, Yerang Hur, Rajeev Alur, Insup Lee, Gregory Z. Grudic, Ben Southall
2002 J jnl
A vision-based formation control framework.
IEEE Trans. Robotics Autom.
Aveek K. Das, Rafael Fierro, Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski, John R. Spletzer, Camillo J. Taylor
2001 A conf
Cooperative localization and control for multi-robot manipulation.
IROS
John R. Spletzer, Aveek K. Das, Rafael Fierro, Camillo J. Taylor, Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski
2001 Misc conf
Hierarchical Hybrid Modeling of Embedded Systems.
EMSOFT
Rajeev Alur, Thao Dang, Joel M. Esposito, Rafael Fierro, Yerang Hur, Franjo Ivancic, Vijay Kumar, Insup Lee, Pradyumna Mishra, George J. Pappas, Oleg Sokolsky
2001 A* conf
Hybrid Control of Formations of Robots.
ICRA
Rafael Fierro, Aveek K. Das, Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski
2001 — conf
On controlling aircraft formations.
CDC
Rafael Fierro, Calin Belta, Jaydev P. Desai, Vijay Kumar
2001 A* conf
Real-Time Vision-Based Control of a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot.
ICRA
Aveek K. Das, Rafael Fierro, Vijay Kumar, John B. Southall, John R. Spletzer, Camillo J. Taylor
2000 — conf
A Framework and Architecture for Multirobot Coordination.
ISER
Rajeev Alur, Aveek K. Das, Joel M. Esposito, Rafael Fierro, Gregory Z. Grudic, Yerang Hur, Vijay Kumar, Insup Lee, J. P. Lee, James P. Ostrowski, George J. Pappas, Ben Southall, John R. Spletzer, Camillo J. Taylor
1999 J jnl
Hybrid control for a class of underactuated mechanical systems.
IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part A
Rafael Fierro, Frank L. Lewis, J. Andy Lowe
1998 J jnl
Control of a nonholonomic mobile robot using neural networks.
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks
Rafael Fierro, Frank L. Lewis
1997 J jnl
A framework for hybrid control design.
IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part A
Rafael Fierro, Frank L. Lewis
1997 J jnl
Control of a nonholomic mobile robot: Backstepping kinematics into dynamics.
J. Field Robotics
Rafael Fierro, Frank L. Lewis
1997 J jnl
Robust Practical Point Stabilization of a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot Using Neural Networks.
J. Intell. Robotic Syst.
Rafael Fierro, Frank L. Lewis