Publications
2024
Leading Edge Erosion Classification in Offshore Wind Turbines Using Feature Extraction and Classical Machine Learning
Best, O., Khan, A., Sharma, S., Collins, K., & Gianni, M. (n.d.). Leading Edge Erosion Classification in Offshore Wind Turbines Using Feature Extraction and Classical Machine Learning. Energies, 17(21), 5475. doi:10.3390/en17215475
Informed Sampling Strategies for Efficient and Low-Dose Scanning (Transmission) Electron Microscopy
Jinschek, R. K., Wells, J., Robinson, A. W., Moshtaghpour, A., Kirkland, A. I., Gianni, M., . . . Browning, N. D. (2024). Informed Sampling Strategies for Efficient and Low-Dose Scanning (Transmission) Electron Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30(Supplement_1). doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.1025
Application of reinforcement learning to aid the alignment of an electron microscope
Jinschek, R. K., Bahri, M., Gianni, M., Shen, Y. -C., & Browning, N. D. (2024). Application of reinforcement learning to aid the alignment of an electron microscope. BIO Web of Conferences, 129, 10031. doi:10.1051/bioconf/202412910031
Multi-Robot Coverage Path Planning for the Inspection of Offshore Wind Farms: A Review
Foster, A. J. I., Gianni, M., Aly, A., Samani, H., & Sharma, S. (n.d.). Multi-Robot Coverage Path Planning for the Inspection of Offshore Wind Farms: A Review. Drones, 8(1), 10. doi:10.3390/drones8010010
Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection Using YOLOv7 with Slicing Aided Hyper Inference (SAHI)
Best, O., Khan, A., Gianni, M., Sharma, S., & Collins, K. (2024). Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection Using YOLOv7 with Slicing Aided Hyper Inference (SAHI). In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 564-576). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47724-9_37
2023
Twitching Control for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuators
Bogdan, P. A., Smith, O., Klein, F. B., & Gianni, M. (2023). Twitching Control for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuators. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/robio58561.2023.10354686
BERT for Complex Systematic Review Screening to Support the Future of Medical Research
Hasny, M., Vasile, A. -P., Gianni, M., Bannach-Brown, A., Nasser, M., Mackay, M., . . . Fogtman, A. (2023). BERT for Complex Systematic Review Screening to Support the Future of Medical Research. In Unknown Conference (pp. 173-182). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-34344-5_21
I am Robot, Your Health Adviser for Older Adults: Do You <i>Trust</i> My Advice?
Giorgi, I., Minutolo, A., Tirotto, F., Hagen, O., Esposito, M., Gianni, M., . . . Masala, G. L. L. (2023). I am Robot, Your Health Adviser for Older Adults: Do You <i>Trust</i> My Advice?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS. doi:10.1007/s12369-023-01019-8
2022
Drone Footage Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection
Foster, A., Best, O., Gianni, M., Khan, A., Collins, K., & Sharma, S. (2022). Drone Footage Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection. In 2022 IEEE 14th Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop (IVMSP) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. doi:10.1109/ivmsp54334.2022.9816220
Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles for Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs of Offshore Wind Turbines
Nordin, M. H., Sharma, S., Khan, A., Gianni, M., Rajendran, S., & Sutton, R. (2022). Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles for Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs of Offshore Wind Turbines. DRONES, 6(6). doi:10.3390/drones6060137
Extended Abstract: Intelligent Position Anchoring for Collaborative Unmanned Surface-Aerial Vehicle
Nordin, M. H., Rajendran, S., Sharma, S., Khan, A., Gianni, M., & Sutton, R. (2022). Extended Abstract: Intelligent Position Anchoring for Collaborative Unmanned Surface-Aerial Vehicle. In 2022 UKACC 13th International Conference on Control (CONTROL) (pp. 156-157). IEEE. doi:10.1109/control55989.2022.9781443
Extended Abstract: Supervisory Intelligent Operator/Scheme for optimal shared control authority between human-vessel cooperation for increased autonomy
Rajendran, S., Nordin, M. H., Sharma, S., Khan, A., Gianni, M., & Sutton, R. (2022). Extended Abstract: Supervisory Intelligent Operator/Scheme for optimal shared control authority between human-vessel cooperation for increased autonomy. In 2022 UKACC 13th International Conference on Control (CONTROL) (pp. 154-155). IEEE. doi:10.1109/control55989.2022.9781464
Friendly But Faulty: A Pilot Study on the Perceived Trust of Older Adults in a Social Robot
Giorgi, I., Tirotto, F. A., Hagen, O., Aider, F., Gianni, M., Palomino, M., & Masala, G. L. (2022). Friendly But Faulty: A Pilot Study on the Perceived Trust of Older Adults in a Social Robot. IEEE Access, 10, 92084-92096. doi:10.1109/access.2022.3202942
Task Independent Safety Assessment for Reinforcement Learning
Jocas, M., Zoghlami, F., Kurrek, P., Gianni, M., & Salehi, V. (2022). Task Independent Safety Assessment for Reinforcement Learning. In Unknown Conference (pp. 190-204). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15908-4_16
2021
A Real-time Double Emulsion Droplets Detection System using Hough Circle Transform and Color Detection
Zhu, S., Li, C., Rogers, J., Gianni, M., & Howard, I. (2021). A Real-time Double Emulsion Droplets Detection System using Hough Circle Transform and Color Detection. In 2021 27th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP) (pp. 36-41). IEEE. doi:10.1109/m2vip49856.2021.9665023
Magnetic Tracked Robot for Internal Pipe Inspection
Bogdan, P. A., Wheadon, J., Klein, F. B., & Gianni, M. (2021). Magnetic Tracked Robot for Internal Pipe Inspection. In 2021 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/ecmr50962.2021.9568790
Methodological innovation/Adaptation for systematic reviews for space medicine
Nasser, M., Fogtman, A., Bannach-Brown, A., Donovan, D., Mackay, M., Domocos, I., . . . Mackay, M. (2021). Methodological innovation/Adaptation for systematic reviews for space medicine. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC Vol. A1.
2020
Role and task allocation framework for Multirobot collaboration with latent knowledge estimation
Gianni, M., & Uddin, M. S. (2020). Role and task allocation framework for Multirobot collaboration with latent knowledge estimation. Engineering Reports, 2(9). doi:10.1002/eng2.12225
2019
Towards Expendable Robot Teaming in Extreme Environments
Gianni, M. (2019). Towards Expendable Robot Teaming in Extreme Environments. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, 830-838. doi:10.18178/ijmerr.8.6.830-838
3D multi-robot patrolling with a two-level coordination strategy
Freda, L., Gianni, M., Pirri, F., Gawel, A., Dube, R., Siegwart, R., & Cadena, C. (2019). 3D multi-robot patrolling with a two-level coordination strategy. AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS, 43(7), 1747-1779. doi:10.1007/s10514-018-09822-3
3D Multi-Robot Patrolling with a Two-Level Coordination Strategy
AI-Based Learning Approach with Consideration of Safety Criteria on Example of a Depalletization Robot
Jocas, M., Kurrek, P., Zoghlami, F., Gianni, M., & Salehi, V. (2019). AI-Based Learning Approach with Consideration of Safety Criteria on Example of a Depalletization Robot. In Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design Vol. 1 (pp. 2041-2050). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.210
2018
A Hybrid Approach for Trajectory Control Design
2017
RCAMP: A Resilient Communication-Aware Motion Planner for Mobile Robots with Autonomous Repair of Wireless Connectivity
Caccamo, S., Parasuraman, R., Freda, L., Gianni, M., & Ogren, P. (2017). RCAMP: A Resilient Communication-Aware Motion Planner for Mobile Robots with Autonomous Repair of Wireless Connectivity. In 2017 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS) (pp. 2010-2017). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Long Range Robot Teleoperation System based on Internet of Things
Uddin, M. S., & Gianni, M. (2017). Long Range Robot Teleoperation System based on Internet of Things. In 2017 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICCCS2017) (pp. 163-167). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
RCAMP: A Resilient Communication-Aware Motion Planner for Mobile Robots with Autonomous Repair of Wireless Connectivity
2016
3D Localization, Mapping and Path Planning for Search and Rescue Operations
Dube, R., Gawel, A., Cadena, C., Siegwart, R., Freda, L., & Gianni, M. (2016). 3D Localization, Mapping and Path Planning for Search and Rescue Operations. In 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RESCUE ROBOTICS (SSRR) (pp. 272-273). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Deployment of Ground and Aerial Robots in Earthquake-Struck Amatrice in Italy (brief report)
Kruijff-Korbayova, I., Freda, L., Gianni, M., Ntouskos, V., Hlavac, V., Kubelka, V., . . . Gissi, E. (2016). Deployment of Ground and Aerial Robots in Earthquake-Struck Amatrice in Italy (brief report). In 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RESCUE ROBOTICS (SSRR) (pp. 278-279). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Adaptive Robust Three-dimensional Trajectory Tracking for Actively Articulated Tracked Vehicles
Gianni, M., Ferri, F., Menna, M., & Pirri, F. (2016). Adaptive Robust Three-dimensional Trajectory Tracking for Actively Articulated Tracked Vehicles. JOURNAL OF FIELD ROBOTICS, 33(7), 901-930. doi:10.1002/rob.21584
Terrain contact modeling and classification for ATVs
Gianni, M., Garcia, M. A. R., Ferri, F., & Pirri, F. (2016). Terrain contact modeling and classification for ATVs. In 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA) (pp. 186-192). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2015
Dynamic obstacles detection and 3D map updating
Ferri, F., Gianni, M., Menna, M., & Pirri, F. (2015). Dynamic obstacles detection and 3D map updating. In 2015 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS) (pp. 5694-5699). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
TRADR Project: Long-Term Human-Robot Teaming for Robot Assisted Disaster Response
Kruijff-Korbayova, I., Colas, F., Gianni, M., Pirri, F., de Greeff, J., Hindriks, K., . . . Worst, R. (2015). TRADR Project: Long-Term Human-Robot Teaming for Robot Assisted Disaster Response. KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ, 29(2), 193-201. doi:10.1007/s13218-015-0352-5
A Stimulus-Response Framework for Robot Control
Gianni, M., Kruijff, G. -J. M., & Pirri, F. (2015). A Stimulus-Response Framework for Robot Control. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, 4(4). doi:10.1145/2677198
2014
Designing, developing, and deploying systems to support human-robot teams in disaster response
Kruijff, G. J. M., Kruijff-Korbayova, I., Keshavdas, S., Larochelle, B., Janicek, M., Colas, F., . . . Hlavac, V. (2014). Designing, developing, and deploying systems to support human-robot teams in disaster response. ADVANCED ROBOTICS, 28(23), 1547-1570. doi:10.1080/01691864.2014.985335
Real-time Autonomous 3D Navigation for Tracked Vehicles in Rescue Environments
Menna, M., Gianni, M., Ferri, F., & Pirri, F. (2014). Real-time Autonomous 3D Navigation for Tracked Vehicles in Rescue Environments. In 2014 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS 2014) (pp. 696-702). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Experience in System Design for Human-Robot Teaming in Urban Search and Rescue
Kruijff, G. J. M., Janíček, M., Keshavdas, S., Larochelle, B., Zender, H., Smets, N. J. J. M., . . . Sulk, M. (2014). Experience in System Design for Human-Robot Teaming in Urban Search and Rescue. In Unknown Conference (pp. 111-125). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40686-7_8
ARE: Augmented Reality Environment for Mobile Robots
Gianni, M., Ferri, F., & Pirri, F. (2014). ARE: Augmented Reality Environment for Mobile Robots. In TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS Vol. 8069 (pp. 470-483). doi:10.1007/978-3-662-43645-5_48
2013
An Augmented Reality approach for trajectory planning and control of tracked vehicles in rescue environments
Gianni, M., Gonnelli, G., Sinha, A., Menna, M., & Pirri, F. (2013). An Augmented Reality approach for trajectory planning and control of tracked vehicles in rescue environments. In 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RESCUE ROBOTICS (SSRR). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Terrain Traversability in Rescue Environments
Cafaro, B., Gianni, M., Pirri, F., Ruiz, M., & Sinha, A. (2013). Terrain Traversability in Rescue Environments. In 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RESCUE ROBOTICS (SSRR). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Learning the dynamic process of inhibition and task switching in robotics cognitive control
Menna, M., Gianni, M., & Pirri, F. (2013). Learning the dynamic process of inhibition and task switching in robotics cognitive control. In 2013 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING AND APPLICATIONS (ICMLA 2013), VOL 1 (pp. 392-397). doi:10.1109/ICMLA.2013.80
2012
Rescue Robots at Earthquake-Hit Mirandola, Italy: a Field Report
Kruijff, G. -J. M., Tretyakov, V., Linder, T., Pirri, F., Gianni, M., Papadakis, P., . . . Angeletti, S. (2012). Rescue Robots at Earthquake-Hit Mirandola, Italy: a Field Report. In 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RESCUE ROBOTICS (SSRR). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Constraint-free topological mapping and path planning by maxima detection of the kernel spatial clearance density
Papadakis, P., Gianni, M., Pizzoli, M., & Pirri, F. (2012). Constraint-free topological mapping and path planning by maxima detection of the kernel spatial clearance density. In ICPRAM 2012 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods Vol. 2 (pp. 71-79).
2011
Awareness in mixed initiative planning
Gianni, M., Papadakis, P., Pirri, F., & Pizzoli, M. (2011). Awareness in mixed initiative planning. In AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report Vol. FS-11-05 (pp. 8-13).
A unified framework for planning and execution-monitoring of mobile robots
Gianni, M., Papadakis, P., Pirri, F., Liu, M., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., . . . Zender, H. (2011). A unified framework for planning and execution-monitoring of mobile robots. In AAAI Workshop - Technical Report Vol. WS-11-09 (pp. 39-44).
Help me to help you: How to learn intentions, actions and plans
Khambhaita, H., Kruijff, G. J., Mancas, M., Gianni, M., Papadakis, P., Pirri, F., & Pizzoli, M. (2011). Help me to help you: How to learn intentions, actions and plans. In AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report Vol. SS-11-05 (pp. 30-35).