01a Articolo in rivista

The geometry of the reachability set for linear discrete-time systems with positive controls
Nonnegative matrices in digital signal processing
Networks everywhere? Some general implications of an emergent metaphor.
Functional essentiality from topology features in metabolic networks: A case study in yeast
A Depth Space Approach for Evaluating Distance to Objects -- with Application to Human-Robot Collision Avoidance
On-line estimation of variable stiffness in flexible robot joints
3D multi-robot patrolling with a two-level coordination strategy

Teams of UGVs patrolling harsh and complex 3D environments can experience interference and spatial conflicts with one another. Neglecting the occurrence of these events crucially hinders both soundness and reliability of a patrolling process. This work presents a distributed multi-robot patrolling...
MIOM:A MIxed-Initiative Operational Model in Urban Search and Rescue

In this paper, we describe a Mixed-Initiative Operational Model (MIOM) which directly intervenes on the state of the functionalities embedded into a robot for Urban Search&Rescue (USAR) domain applications. MIOM extends the reasoning capabilities of the vehicle, i.e. mapping, path planning,...
Learning the dynamics of articulated tracked vehicles

In this work, we present a Bayesian non-parametric approach to model the motion control of ATVs. The motion control model is based on a Dirichlet Process-Gaussian Process (DP-GP) mixture model. The DP-GP mixture model provides a flexible representation of patterns of control manoeuvres along...
A stimulus-response framework for robot control

We propose in this paper a new approach to robot cognitive control based on a stimulus-response framework that models both a robot’s stimuli and the robot’s decision to switch tasks in response or to inhibit the stimuli. In an autonomous system, we expect a robot to be able to deal with the whole...