Publications

2015

  • David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, "Cooperative Multi-Robot Patrol with Bayesian Learning", Autonomous Robots, Springer, Sep. 2015. (Accepted)
  • João Machado Santos, Micael S. Couceiro, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, "A Sensor Fusion Layer to Cope with Reduced Visibility in SLAM", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, special issue on Autonomous Robot Systems, Springer, 2015. (In Press)
    DOI: 10.1007/s10846-015-0180-8
  • Amadeu Fernandes, Micael S. Couceiro, David Portugal, João Machado Santos and Rui P. Rocha, "Ad Hoc Communication in Teams of Mobile Robots using Zigbee Technology", Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 23(5), pp. 733-745, Sep. 2015.
    DOI: 10.1002/cae.21646
  • André Araújo, David Portugal, Micael S. Couceiro and Rui P. Rocha, "Integrating Arduino-based Educational Mobile Robots in ROS", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, special issue on Autonomous Robot Systems, 77(2), pp. 281-298, Springer, Feb. 2015.
    DOI: 10.1007/s10846-013-0007-4
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Amadeu Fernandes, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. F. Ferreira, “Understanding the Communication Complexity of the Robotic Darwinian PSO”, Robotica, 33(1), pp. 157-180, Jan. 2015.
    DOI: 10.1017/S0263574714000058
  • Gonçalo S. Martins, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, "On the Usage of General-Purpose Compression Techniques for the Optimization of Inter-Robot Communication", In Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 11th International Conference, ICINCO 2014 Vienna, Austria, Sep. 1-3, 2014, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) series, Springer-Verlag, 2015. (In Press)
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Rui P. Rocha and Fernando M. L. Martins, "Towards a Predictive Model of an Evolutionary Swarm Robotics Algorithm", In Proc. of 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2015), pp. 2090-2096, Sendai, Japan, May 25-28, 2015.
  • André Gomes, "CHOPIN-MANET II - Ad Hoc Communication for Search and Rescue Robotics", M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, July 2015. (Supervisor: Prof. Filipe Araújo; Co-supervisor: Prof. Rui P. Rocha) (dissertation written in Portuguese)

2014

  • Filipe Araújo, José Santos and Rui P. Rocha, “Implementation of a Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks in Search and Rescue Robotics”, In Proc. of 2014 IEEE Wireless Days (WD'14), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 12-14, 2014.
    DOI: 10.1109/WD.2014.7020821
  • Micael S. Couceiro, David Portugal, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. F. Ferreira, “Marsupial Teams of Robots: Deployment of Miniature Robots for Swarm Exploration under Communication Constraints”, Robotica, 32(7), pp. 1017-1038, Oct. 2014.
    DOI: 10.1017/S0263574713001185
  • David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, "Cooperative Multi-Robot Patrol in an Indoor Infrastructure”, In Paolo Spagnolo, Pier Luigi Mazzeo, and Cosimo Distante (editors), Human Behavior Understanding in Networked Sensing - Theory and Applications of Networks of Sensors, pp. 339-358, Springer International Publishing, 2014.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10807-0_16 
  • David Portugal, Charles Pippin, Rui P. Rocha and Henrik I. Christensen, “Finding Optimal Routes for Multi-Robot Patrolling in Generic Graphs”, In Proc. of 2014 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 363-369, Sep. 14-18, 2014.
  • Gonçalo S. Martins, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “A Comparison of General-Purpose FOSS Compression Techniques for Efficient Communication in Cooperative Multi-Robot Tasks”, In Proc. of 11th Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2014), Vienna, Austria, pp. 136-147, Sep. 1-3, 2014.
  • Francisco F. Sales, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “Real-Time People Detection and Mapping System for a Mobile Robot using a RGB-D Sensor”, In Proc. of 11th Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2014), Vienna, Austria, pp. 467-474, Sep. 1-3, 2014.
  • Micael S. Couceiro and Rui P. Rocha, “Understanding Firefighters Behavior for Human-Robot Cooperation in Urban Fires”, In Proc. of 23rd IEEE Int. Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2014), Workshop on Developmental and Bio-Inspired Approaches for Memory and Emotion Modelling in Cognitive Robotics, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Aug. 25, 2014.
  • Gonçalo S. Martins, “A Cooperative SLAM Framework with Efficient Information Sharing over Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, M.Sc. dissertation, Jul. 2014. (Supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervision: Eng. David Portugal)
  • Francisco F. Sales, “SLAM and Localization of People with a Mobile Robot using a RGB-D Sensor”, M.Sc. dissertation, Jul. 2014. (Supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervision: Eng. David Portugal)
  • Eduardo Martins, “CHOPIN-CCO - Command Center of Operations for Search and Rescue Missions with Human and Robotic”, M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, Jun. 2014. (Supervision: Prof. Paulo Menezes; Co-supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha)
  • João M. Santos, Micael S. Couceiro, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “Fusing Sonars and LRF data to Perform SLAM in Reduced Visibility Scenarios”, In Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2014), Espinho, Portugal, pp. 116-121, May 14-15, 2014.
  • Micael S. Couceiro, “Evolutionary Robot Swarms under Real-World Constraints”, Ph.D. thesis, University of Coimbra, Apr. 2014.
  • David Portugal, “Effective Cooperation and Scalability in Mobile Robot Teams for Automatic Patrolling of Infrastructures”, Ph.D. thesis, University of Coimbra, Mar. 2014
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Patrícia A. Vargas, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. F. Ferreira, “Benchmark of Swarm Robotics Distributed Techniques in a Search Task”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(2), pp. 200-213, Elsevier, Feb. 2014.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2013.10.004

2013

  • David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “Distributed multi-robot patrol: a scalable and fault-tolerant framework”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(12), pp. 1572-1587, Elsevier, 2013.
    DOI 10.1016/j.robot.2013.06.011
  • David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “Scalable, Fault-Tolerant and Distributed Multi-Robot Patrol in Real World Environments”, In Proc. of 2013 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), Tokyo, Japan, pp. 4759-4764, Nov. 3-8, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6697042
  • Rui P. Rocha, David Portugal, Micael S. Couceiro, Filipe Araújo, Paulo Menezes and Jorge Lobo, “The CHOPIN project: Cooperation between Human and rObotic teams in catastroPhic INcidents”, In Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, Oct. 21-26, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719322
  • David Portugal, Micael S. Couceiro and Rui P. Rocha, “Applying Bayesian learning to multi-robot patrol”, In Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, Oct. 21-26, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719325
  • Nuno L. Ferreira, Micael S. Couceiro, André Araújo and Rui P. Rocha, “Multi-sensor fusion and classification with mobile robots for situation awareness in urban search and rescue using ROS”, In Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, Oct. 21-26, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719361
  • João M. Santos, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “An evaluation of 2D SLAM techniques available in Robot Operating System”, In Proc. of 11th IEEE Int. Symp. on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Linköping, Sweden, Oct. 21-26, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719348
  • Andrea Pinto, “iBombeiro - iDevice to monitor and help firefighters”, M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, Sep. 2013. (Supervision: Prof. Jorge Lobo; Co-supervision: Prof. Paulo Menezes)
  • Gonçalo Augusto, “RobotTeamSim - 3D visualization of cooperative mobile robot missions in Gazebo virtual environment”, M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, Sep. 2013. (Supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervision: Eng. Micael Couceiro)
  • João Martins, “MRSLAM - Multi-robot simultaneous localization and mapping”, M.Sc. dissertation, Sep. 2013. (Supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervision: Eng. David Portugal)
  • João M. Santos, “SmokeNav - Simultaneous localization and mapping in reduced visibility scenarios”, M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, Sep. 2013. (Supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervision: Eng. David Portugal)
  • Nuno L. Ferreira, “MRsensing - Environmental monitoring and context recognition with cooperative mobile robots in catastrophic incidents”, M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, Sep. 2013. (Supervision: Prof. Rui P. Rocha; Co-supervision: Eng. Micael Couceiro)
  • João Quintas, Paulo Menezes and Jorge Dias, “Context-aware cooperation between human and robotic teams in catastrophic incidents”, In Proc. of 2013 IEEE Int. Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013), Gyeongju, Korea, Aug. 26-29, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628505
  • João Quintas, Paulo Menezes and Jorge Dias, “Context-based perception and understanding of human intentions”, In Proc. of 2013 IEEE Int. Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013), Gyeongju, Korea, Aug. 26-29, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628489
  • José Santos, “Implementation of a Mobile Ad Hoc NETwork communication protocol for human-robot search and rescue teams”, M.Sc. dissertation, University of Coimbra, Jul. 2013. (Supervision: Prof. Filipe Araújo)
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Rui P. Rocha, Nuno M. Ferreira and Patrícia A. Vargas, “Darwinian robotic swarms for exploration with minimal communication”, In Proc. of 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2013), Cancun, Mexico, pp. 127-134, Jun. 20-23, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/CEC.2013.6557562
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. Ferreira, “Fault-tolerance assessment of a Darwinian swarm exploration algorithm under communication constraints”, In Proc. of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, pp. 2000-2005, May 6-10, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630845
  • David Portugal, Micael S. Couceiro and Rui P. Rocha, “Concurrent Bayesian learners for multi-robot patrolling missions”, In ICRA 2013 Workshop on "Towards Fully Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems: Hardware, Software and Integration, Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6, 2013.
  • André Araújo, David Portugal, Micael S. Couceiro and Rui P. Rocha, “Integrating arduino-based educational mobile robots in ROS”, In Proc. of 13th International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, pp. 8-13, Lisbon, Portugal, Apr. 24, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/Robotica.2013.6623520
  • Micael S. Couceiro, David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “A collective robotic architecture in search and rescue scenarios”, In Proc. of 28th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Special Track on Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems and Applications, pp. 64-69, Coimbra, Portugal, Mar. 18-22, 2013.
    DOI: 10.1145/2480362.2480377

2012

  • Micael S. Couceiro, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. F. Ferreira, “A fuzzified systematic adjustment of the robotic Darwinian PSO”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Elsevier, 60(12), pp. 1625-1639, Dec. 2012.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2012.09.021
  • David Portugal and Rui P. Rocha, “Decision methods for distributed multi-robot patrol”, In Proc. of 10th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2012), College Station, Texas, USA, Nov. 5-8, 2012.
    DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2012.6523869
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Rui P. Rocha, Carlos Figueiredo, João M. Luz and Nuno M. Ferreira, “Multi-robot foraging based on Darwin’s survival of the fittest”, In Proc. of 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Portugal, pp. 801-806, Oct. 7-12, 2012.
    DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385512
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Carlos Figueiredo, David Portugal, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. Ferreira, “Initial deployment of a robotic team: a hierarchical approach under communication constraints verified on low-cost platforms”, In Proc. of 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Portugal, pp. 4614-4619, Oct. 7-12, 2012.
    DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385695
  • Micael S. Couceiro, Fernando M. Martins, Rui P. Rocha and Nuno M. Ferreira, “Introducing the fractional order robotic Darwinian PSO”, In Proc. of 9th International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences (ICNPAA 2012), Vienna, Austria, Jul. 10-14, 2012.