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PhD topic   Cooperative Multi-UAV Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments
ORCID:   ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-7248-6666
GS profile:   Vaclav Pritzl at Google Scholar
ResearchGate:   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vaclav-Pritzl
     
Education:   2020 - Ing. (=M.Sc.) Cybernetics and Robotics, FEE, CTU in Prague, supervised by Petr Štěpán
     
Preprints:  
  1. Václav Pritzl, Matouš Vrba, Petr Štěpán and Martin Saska. Fusion of Visual-Inertial Odometry with LiDAR Relative Localization for Cooperative Guidance of a Micro-Scale Aerial Vehicle. June 2023. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @misc{pritzlFusionVisualInertialOdometry2023,
    	title = "Fusion of {Visual}-{Inertial} {Odometry} with {LiDAR} {Relative} {Localization} for {Cooperative} {Guidance} of a {Micro}-{Scale} {Aerial} {Vehicle}",
    	url = "http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17544",
    	doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2306.17544",
    	urldate = "2023-07-05",
    	publisher = "arXiv",
    	author = "Pritzl, Václav and Vrba, Matouš and Štěpán, Petr and Saska, Martin",
    	month = "June",
    	year = 2023,
    	pdf = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.17544"
    }
    
  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"
    }
    
Journal publications:  
  1. Jiri Horyna, Vit Kratky, Vaclav Pritzl, Tomas Baca, Eliseo Ferrante and Martin Saska. Fast Swarming of UAVs in GNSS-denied Feature-Poor Environments without Explicit Communication. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 9(6):5284-5291, April 2024. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{horyna2024mrse,
    	author = "{Horyna}, Jiri and {Kratky}, Vit and {Pritzl}, Vaclav and {Baca}, Tomas and {Ferrante}, Eliseo and {Saska}, Martin",
    	title = "{Fast Swarming of UAVs in GNSS-denied Feature-Poor Environments without Explicit Communication}",
    	journal = "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
    	year = 2024,
    	month = "April",
    	pages = "5284-5291",
    	volume = 9,
    	number = 6,
    	pdf = "data/papers/horyna2024mrse.pdf",
    	doi = "10.1109/LRA.2024.3390596"
    }
    
  2. 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"
    }
    
  3. Václav Pritzl, Matouš Vrba, Claudio Tortorici, Reem Ashour and Martin Saska. Adaptive estimation of UAV altitude in complex indoor environments using degraded and time-delayed measurements with time-varying uncertainties. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 160:104315, 2023. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{pritzl2023RAS,
    	title = "Adaptive estimation of UAV altitude in complex indoor environments using degraded and time-delayed measurements with time-varying uncertainties",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	volume = 160,
    	pages = 104315,
    	year = 2023,
    	issn = "0921-8890",
    	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2022.104315",
    	author = "Václav Pritzl and Matouš Vrba and Claudio Tortorici and Reem Ashour and Martin Saska",
    	pdf = "data/papers/pritzlRAS2022.pdf"
    }
    
  4. V Spurny, V Pritzl, V Walter, M Petrlik, T Baca, P Stepan, D Zaitlik and M Saska. Autonomous Firefighting Inside Buildings by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. IEEE Access 9:15872-15890, January 2021. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{spurny2021autonomous,
    	author = "V. Spurny and V. Pritzl and V. Walter and M. Petrlik and T. Baca and P. Stepan and D. Zaitlik and M. Saska",
    	journal = "IEEE Access",
    	title = "{Autonomous Firefighting Inside Buildings by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle}",
    	year = 2021,
    	volume = 9,
    	month = "January",
    	pages = "15872-15890",
    	doi = "10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3052967",
    	pdf = "data/papers/spurny2021autonomous.pdf"
    }
    
Conference publications:  
  1. Václav Pritzl, Matouš Vrba, Yurii Stasinchuk, Vít Krátký, Jiří Horyna, Petr Štěpán and Martin Saska. Drones Guiding Drones: Cooperative Navigation of a Less-Equipped Micro Aerial Vehicle in Cluttered Environments. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2024. PDF BibTeX

    @inproceedings{pritzlDronesGuidingDrones2024,
    	title = "Drones Guiding Drones: Cooperative Navigation of a Less-Equipped Micro Aerial Vehicle in Cluttered Environments",
    	author = "Václav Pritzl and Matouš Vrba and Yurii Stasinchuk and Vít Krátký and Jiří Horyna and Petr Štěpán and Martin Saska",
    	year = 2024,
    	booktitle = "IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)",
    	pdf = "data/papers/iros2024pritzl.pdf"
    }
    
  2. Michaela Cihlářová, Václav Pritzl and Martin Saska. Cooperative Indoor Exploration Leveraging a Mixed-Size UAV Team with Heterogeneous Sensors. In IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE). 2024. PDF BibTeX

    @inproceedings{cihlarovaCooperativeIndoor2024,
    	title = "Cooperative Indoor Exploration Leveraging a Mixed-Size UAV Team with Heterogeneous Sensors",
    	author = "Michaela Cihlářová and Václav Pritzl and Martin Saska",
    	year = 2024,
    	booktitle = "IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)",
    	pdf = "data/papers/case2024cihlarova.pdf"
    }
    
  3. Vaclav Pritzl, Matous Vrba, Petr Stepan and Martin Saska. Cooperative Navigation and Guidance of a Micro-Scale Aerial Vehicle by an Accompanying UAV using 3D LiDAR Relative Localization. In 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). June 2022, 526–535. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{pritzl2022icuas,
    	author = "{Pritzl}, Vaclav and {Vrba}, Matous and {Stepan}, Petr and {Saska}, Martin",
    	booktitle = "2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	title = "{Cooperative Navigation and Guidance of a Micro-Scale Aerial Vehicle by an Accompanying UAV using 3D LiDAR Relative Localization}",
    	year = 2022,
    	month = "June",
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS22_Pritzl.pdf",
    	pages = "526--535",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836116"
    }
    
  4. 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"
    }
    
  5. V Pritzl, P Stepan and M Saska. Autonomous Flying into Buildings in a Firefighting Scenario. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). May 2021, 239–245. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{pritzl2021icra,
    	author = "V. {Pritzl} and P. {Stepan} and M. {Saska}",
    	booktitle = "2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)",
    	title = "{Autonomous Flying into Buildings in a Firefighting Scenario}",
    	year = 2021,
    	month = "May",
    	pages = "239--245",
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9560789",
    	pdf = "data/papers/pritzl2021icra.pdf"
    }
    
  6. M Vrba, J Pogran, V Pritzl, V Spurný and M Saska. Real-time localization of transmission sources using a formation of micro aerial vehicles. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR). August 2019, 203-208. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{vrba_rcar2019,
    	author = "M. {Vrba} and J. {Pogran} and V. {Pritzl} and V. {Spurný} and M. {Saska}",
    	booktitle = "2019 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)",
    	title = "Real-time localization of transmission sources using a formation of micro aerial vehicles",
    	year = 2019,
    	pages = "203-208",
    	keywords = "",
    	doi = "10.1109/RCAR47638.2019.9043942",
    	issn = "",
    	month = "Aug",
    	pdf = "data/papers/vrba_rcar2019.pdf"
    }
    
  7. Václav Pritzl, Lukas Vojtech, Marek Neruda and Martin Saska. Real-Time Localization of Transmission Sources by a Formation of Helicopters Equipped with a Rotating Directional Antenna. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11472.. 2019. PDF BibTeX

    @inproceedings{PritzlMESAS2019,
    	author = "Pritzl, V{\'a}clav and Vojtech, Lukas and Neruda, Marek and Saska, Martin",
    	title = "Real-Time Localization of Transmission Sources by a Formation of Helicopters Equipped with a Rotating Directional Antenna",
    	booktitle = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11472.",
    	year = 2019,
    	publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
    	pdf = "data/papers/PritzlMESAS2019.pdf"
    }