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Publications:  
  1. Tomas Baca, Robert Penicka, Petr Stepan, Matej Petrlik, Vojtech Spurny, Daniel Hert and Martin Saska. Autonomous Cooperative Wall Building by a Team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the MBZIRC 2020 Competition. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 167:104482, September 2023. URL PDF BibTeX

    @article{baca2023autonomous,
    	author = "Baca, Tomas and Penicka, Robert and Stepan, Petr and Petrlik, Matej and Spurny, Vojtech and Hert, Daniel and Saska, Martin",
    	journal = "{Robotics and Autonomous Systems}",
    	month = 09,
    	pages = 104482,
    	title = "{Autonomous Cooperative Wall Building by a Team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the MBZIRC 2020 Competition}",
    	type = "article",
    	url = "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889023001215",
    	volume = 167,
    	year = 2023,
    	pdf = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.05946.pdf"
    }
    
  2. Matouš Vrba, Viktor Walter, Václav Pritzl, Michal Pliska, Tomáš Báča, Vojtěch Spurný, Daniel Heřt and Martin Saska. On Onboard LiDAR-based Flying Object Detection. 2023. PDF BibTeX

    @misc{vrba2023fod,
    	title = "On Onboard {LiDAR}-based Flying Object Detection",
    	author = "Matouš Vrba and Viktor Walter and Václav Pritzl and Michal Pliska and Tomáš Báča and Vojtěch Spurný and Daniel Heřt and Martin Saska",
    	note = "preprint, arXiv 2303.05404",
    	year = 2023,
    	eprint = "2303.05404",
    	archiveprefix = "arXiv",
    	primaryclass = "cs.RO",
    	pdf = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.05404"
    }
    
  3. D Hert, T Baca, P Petracek, V Kratky, R Penicka, V Spurny, M Petrlik, M Vrba, D Zaitlik, P Stoudek, V Walter, P Stepan, J Horyna, V Pritzl, M Sramek, A Ahmad, G Silano, D Bonilla Licea, P Stibinger, T Nascimento and M Saska. MRS Drone: A Modular Platform for Real-World Deployment of Aerial Multi-Robot Systems. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 108:1–34, July 2023. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{HertJINTHW_paper,
    	author = "{Hert}, D. and {Baca}, T. and {Petracek}, P. and {Kratky}, V. and {Penicka}, R. and {Spurny}, V. and {Petrlik}, M. and {Vrba}, M. and {Zaitlik}, D. and {Stoudek}, P. and {Walter}, V. and {Stepan}, P. and {Horyna}, J. and {Pritzl}, V. and {Sramek}, M. and {Ahmad}, A. and {Silano}, G. and {Bonilla Licea}, D. and {Stibinger}, P. and {Nascimento}, T. and {Saska}, M.",
    	month = "July",
    	title = "{MRS Drone: A Modular Platform for Real-World Deployment of Aerial Multi-Robot Systems}",
    	year = 2023,
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent {\&} Robotic Systems",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	pdf = "data/papers/JINT2023Hert.pdf",
    	volume = 108,
    	pages = "1--34",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10846-023-01879-2",
    	issue = 64,
    	url = "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10846-023-01879-2"
    }
    
  4. Matej Petrlik, Pavel Petracek, Vit Kratky, Tomas Musil, Yurii Stasinchuk, Matous Vrba, Tomas Baca, Daniel Hert, Martin Pecka, Tomas Svoboda and Martin Saska. UAVs Beneath the Surface: Cooperative Autonomy for Subterranean Search and Rescue in DARPA SubT. Field Robotics 3:1–68, January 2023. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{petrlik2023uavs,
    	author = "Petrlik, Matej and Petracek, Pavel and Kratky, Vit and Musil, Tomas and Stasinchuk, Yurii and Vrba, Matous and Baca, Tomas and Hert, Daniel and Pecka, Martin and Svoboda, Tomas and Saska, Martin",
    	journal = "Field Robotics",
    	title = "{UAVs Beneath the Surface: Cooperative Autonomy for Subterranean Search and Rescue in DARPA SubT}",
    	year = 2023,
    	volume = 3,
    	pages = "1--68",
    	doi = "https://doi.org/10.55417/fr.2023001",
    	month = "January",
    	pdf = "https://fieldrobotics.net/Field_Robotics/Volume_3_files/Vol3_01.pdf"
    }
    
  5. Jiri Horyna, Tomas Baca, Viktor Walter, Dario Albani, Daniel Hert, Eliseo Ferrante and Martin Saska. Decentralized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue operations without explicit communication. Autonomous Robots, pages 1-17, 2022. PDF BibTeX

    @article{horyna2022sar,
    	author = "{Horyna}, Jiri and {Baca}, Tomas and {Walter}, Viktor and {Albani}, Dario and {Hert}, Daniel and {Ferrante}, Eliseo and {Saska}, Martin",
    	journal = "Autonomous Robots",
    	title = "{Decentralized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue operations without explicit communication}",
    	year = 2022,
    	pages = "1-17",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	pdf = "data/papers/auro2022sar.pdf} doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-022-10066-5"
    }
    
  6. Daniel Hert, Tomas Baca, Pavel Petracek, Vit Kratky, Vojtech Spurny, Matej Petrlik, Matous Vrba, David Zaitlik, Pavel Stoudek, Viktor Walter, Petr Stepan, Jiri Horyna, Vaclav Pritzl, Giuseppe Silano, Daniel Bonilla Licea, Petr Stibinger, Robert Penicka, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. MRS Modular UAV Hardware Platforms for Supporting Research in Real-World Outdoor and Indoor Environments. In 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). June 2022, 1264–1273. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{MRS2022ICUAS_HW,
    	author = "{Hert}, Daniel and {Baca}, Tomas and {Petracek}, Pavel and {Kratky}, Vit and {Spurny}, Vojtech and {Petrlik}, Matej and {Vrba}, Matous and {Zaitlik}, David and {Stoudek}, Pavel and {Walter}, Viktor and {Stepan}, Petr and {Horyna}, Jiri and {Pritzl}, Vaclav and {Silano}, Giuseppe and {Bonilla Licea}, Daniel and {Stibinger}, Petr and {Penicka}, Robert and {Nascimento}, Tiago and {Saska}, Martin",
    	booktitle = "2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	title = "{MRS Modular UAV Hardware Platforms for Supporting Research in Real-World Outdoor and Indoor Environments}",
    	year = 2022,
    	month = "June",
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS22_MRS_HW.pdf",
    	pages = "1264--1273",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836083"
    }
    
  7. Matouš Vrba, Yurii Stasinchuk, Tomáš Báča, Vojtěch Spurný, Matěj Petrlík, Daniel Heřt, David Žaitlík and Martin Saska. Autonomous capture of agile flying objects using UAVs: The MBZIRC 2020 challenge. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 149:103970, March 2022. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{vrba_ras2022,
    	title = "{Autonomous capture of agile flying objects using UAVs: The MBZIRC 2020 challenge}",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	volume = 149,
    	pages = 103970,
    	year = 2022,
    	month = "March",
    	issn = "0921-8890",
    	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2021.103970",
    	url = "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889021002396",
    	author = "Matouš Vrba and Yurii Stasinchuk and Tomáš Báča and Vojtěch Spurný and Matěj Petrlík and Daniel Heřt and David Žaitlík and Martin Saska",
    	keywords = "Unmanned aerial systems, Machine perception, Mobile robotics, Aerial safety",
    	pdf = "data/papers/vrba_ras2022.pdf"
    }
    
  8. Tomas Baca, Matej Petrlik, Matous Vrba, Vojtech Spurny, Robert Penicka, Daniel Hert and Martin Saska. The MRS UAV System: Pushing the Frontiers of Reproducible Research, Real-world Deployment, and Education with Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 102(26):1–28, May 2021. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{baca2021mrs,
    	author = "Baca, Tomas and Petrlik, Matej and Vrba, Matous and Spurny, Vojtech and Penicka, Robert and Hert, Daniel and Saska, Martin",
    	month = "May",
    	title = "{The MRS UAV System: Pushing the Frontiers of Reproducible Research, Real-world Deployment, and Education with Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles}",
    	year = 2021,
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent {\&} Robotic Systems",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	volume = 102,
    	issue = 1,
    	number = 26,
    	pages = "1--28",
    	type = "article",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10846-021-01383-5",
    	pdf = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.08050",
    	url = "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10846-021-01383-5"
    }
    
  9. Y Stasinchuk, M Vrba, T Báča, V Spurný, M Petrlík, D Heřt, D Žaitlík and M Saska. A Multi-MAV System for the Autonomous Elimination of Multiple Targets in the MBZIRC 2020 Competition. Field Robotics 2:1697–1720, 2022. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{stasinchuk2022fr,
    	author = "Stasinchuk, Y. and Vrba, M. and Báča, T. and Spurný, V. and Petrlík, M. and Heřt, D. and Žaitlík, D. and Saska, M.",
    	journal = "Field Robotics",
    	title = "{A Multi-MAV System for the Autonomous Elimination of Multiple Targets in the MBZIRC 2020 Competition}",
    	year = 2022,
    	volume = 2,
    	pages = "1697--1720",
    	doi = "10.55417/fr.2022052",
    	pdf = "https://fieldrobotics.net/Field_Robotics/Volume_2_files/Vol2_52.pdf"
    }
    
  10. Yurii Stasinchuk, Matous Vrba, M Petrlik, T Baca, Vojtech Spurny, Daniel Hert, D Zaitlik, Tiago Nascimento and M Saska.. A Multi-UAV System for Detection and Elimination of Multiple Targets. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). May 2021, 555–561. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{stasinchuk2021ICRA,
    	author = "Yurii {Stasinchuk} and Matous {Vrba} and M. {Petrlik} and T. {Baca} and Vojtech {Spurny} and Daniel {Hert} and D. {Zaitlik} and Tiago {Nascimento} and M. {Saska}.",
    	booktitle = "2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)",
    	title = "{A Multi-UAV System for Detection and Elimination of Multiple Targets}",
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/stasinchuk2021ICRA.pdf",
    	month = "May",
    	pages = "555--561",
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9562057"
    }
    
  11. M Petrlík, T Báča, D Heřt, M Vrba, T Krajník and M Saska. A Robust UAV System for Operations in a Constrained Environment. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5(2):2169-2176, April 2020. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{petrlik_ral2020,
    	author = "M. {Petrl\'{i}k} and T. {B\'{a}\v{c}a} and D. {He\v{r}t} and M. {Vrba} and T. {Krajn\'{i}k} and M. {Saska}",
    	journal = "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
    	title = "A Robust UAV System for Operations in a Constrained Environment",
    	year = 2020,
    	volume = 5,
    	number = 2,
    	pages = "2169-2176",
    	doi = "10.1109/LRA.2020.2970980",
    	issn = "2377-3766",
    	month = "April",
    	pdf = "data/papers/petrlik2020ral.pdf"
    }
    
  12. M Vrba, D Heřt and M Saska. Onboard Marker-Less Detection and Localization of Non-Cooperating Drones for Their Safe Interception by an Autonomous Aerial System. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 4(4):3402-3409, October 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{vrba_ral2019,
    	author = "M. {Vrba} and D. {Heřt} and M. {Saska}",
    	journal = "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
    	title = "Onboard Marker-Less Detection and Localization of Non-Cooperating Drones for Their Safe Interception by an Autonomous Aerial System",
    	year = 2019,
    	volume = 4,
    	number = 4,
    	pages = "3402-3409",
    	keywords = "Drones;Three-dimensional displays;Cameras;Target tracking;Robot vision systems;Trajectory;Aerial systems: perception and autonomy;field robots;multi-robot systems;recognition",
    	doi = "10.1109/LRA.2019.2927130",
    	issn = "2377-3766",
    	month = "Oct",
    	pdf = "data/papers/vrba_ral2019.pdf"
    }