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Position:
Senior Researcher
Room:
KN:E-122

 

Education:  

Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Porto, Portugal in 2012

M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil in 2009

B.Sc. degree in mechatronics engineering from Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências, Brazil in 2007

     
Post-docs:  

CVUT - Czech Techinical University in Prague, Czech Republic (2018-2020) - MRS Group

UFRN - Universidade Federal do Rio Grando do Norte, Brazil (2016-2017) - NatalNet Labs

     
Current Research Topics:  

Vision-based robot motion control for UAVs

Multi-robot systems formation control

UAV-USV interaction

Fault-tolerant flight control

     
Current Projects (coordinator):  
CNPq 09/2023 - Vision-based agile flight coordination system for multi-rotor aerial robots - Brazil (2024 - Now)
 
CNPq/FNDCT/MCTI 15/2022 - Coordination of Adaptive Multi-Robot Systems for Highly Dynamic Environments - Brazil 
(2023 - Now)
     
Past Projects:  

TII-CTU - Marine (2021 - 2023)

TII-CTU - Swarms (2020 - 2022)

RCI Pechoucek (2018 - 2023)

FAPESQ Call Nº 09/2021 DEMANDA UNIVERSAL - Autonomous UAV Technologies in Routing and Monitoring of Large Areas - Brazil (2021 - 2024)

MCTI/CNPq 14/2014 - UNIVERSAL - Brazil (2014-2017)

CNPq 020/2013 - PNM Design - Brazil (2013-2015)

CAPES 27/2013 - PRÓ-EQUIPAMENTOS INSTITUCIONAL - Brazil (2013-2014)

     
ORCID:   ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-9319-2114
Publons/ResearchID:    https://publons.com/researcher/1599763/tiago-pereira-do-nascimento/
GS profile:   Tiago Nascimento at Google Scholar
ResearchGate:   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tiago_Nascimento2
Research Interest:   Robotics control, Vision-based robot motion control, Multi-robot systems, Micro aerial vehicles, Mobile ground robots
Github:    https://github.com/LASER-Robotics
     
Research stays:  

2011 - Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy - AirLab

2010 - Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal - ISR/PT

2008 - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil - Robotics Lab

     
Journals:    
   
  1. 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"
    }
    
  2. Parakh M Gupta, Èric Pairet, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. Landing a UAV in Harsh Winds and Turbulent Open Waters. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8(2):744-751, 2023. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{9998066,
    	author = "Gupta, Parakh M. and Pairet, Èric and Nascimento, Tiago and Saska, Martin",
    	journal = "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
    	title = "{Landing a UAV in Harsh Winds and Turbulent Open Waters}",
    	year = 2023,
    	volume = 8,
    	number = 2,
    	pages = "744-751",
    	doi = "10.1109/LRA.2022.3231831",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ral2023boatlanding.pdf"
    }
    
  3. Akash Chaudhary, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. Controlling a Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Full-Body k-Nearest Neighbor Based Action Classifier. In 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). June 2022, 544–551. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{AkashICUAS2022,
    	author = "{Chaudhary}, Akash and {Nascimento}, Tiago and {Saska}, Martin",
    	booktitle = "2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	title = "{Controlling a Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Full-Body k-Nearest Neighbor Based Action Classifier}",
    	year = 2022,
    	month = "June",
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS22_Akash.pdf",
    	pages = "544--551",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836097"
    }
    
  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. Alexandre S Brandão, Daniel Smrcka, Éric Pairet, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. Side-Pull Maneuver: A Novel Control Strategy for Dragging a Cable-Tethered Load of Unknown Weight Using a UAV. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7(4):9159-9166, 2022. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Alexandre_2022,
    	author = "Brand\~{a}o, Alexandre S. and Smrcka, Daniel and Pairet, \'{E}ric and Nascimento, Tiago and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.1109/LRA.2022.3190092",
    	journal = "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
    	pages = "9159-9166",
    	publisher = "IEEE",
    	title = "Side-Pull Maneuver: A Novel Control Strategy for Dragging a Cable-Tethered Load of Unknown Weight Using a UAV",
    	type = "article",
    	volume = 7,
    	number = 4,
    	year = 2022,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Alexandre_2022.pdf"
    }
    
  6. Sarah P Madruga, Augusto H B M Tavares, Saulo O D Luiz, Tiago P Nascimento and Antonio Marcus N Lima. Aerodynamic Effects Compensation on Multi-Rotor UAVs Based on a Neural Network Control Allocation Approach. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica 9(2):295-312, 2022. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Sarah_2021,
    	author = "Madruga, Sarah P. and Tavares, Augusto H. B. M. and Luiz, Saulo O. D. and do Nascimento, Tiago P. and Lima, Antonio Marcus N.",
    	doi = "10.1109/JAS.2021.1004266",
    	journal = "IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica",
    	pages = "295-312",
    	publisher = "IEEE",
    	title = "Aerodynamic Effects Compensation on Multi-Rotor UAVs Based on a Neural Network Control Allocation Approach",
    	type = "article",
    	volume = 9,
    	number = 2,
    	year = 2022,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Sarah_2021.pdf"
    }
    
  7. T P Nascimento and M Saska. Embedded Fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Micro Aerial Vehicles. Journal of Intelligent & Robotics Systems 103(74):, 2021. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Tiago_2021,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Saska, M.",
    	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-021-01522-y",
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent \& Robotics Systems",
    	pages = "",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	title = "Embedded Fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Micro Aerial Vehicles",
    	type = "article",
    	volume = 103,
    	number = 74,
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Tiago_2021.pdf"
    }
    
  8. Vít Krátký, Pavel Petráček, Tiago Nascimento, Michaela Čadilová, Milan Škobrtal, Pavel Stoudek and Martin Saska. Safe Documentation of Historical Monuments by an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10(738):, 2021. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Vit_2021,
    	author = "Krátký, Vít and Petráček, Pavel and Nascimento, Tiago and Čadilová, Michaela and Škobrtal, Milan and Stoudek, Pavel and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.3390/ijgi10110738",
    	journal = "ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information",
    	pages = "",
    	publisher = "MDPI",
    	title = "Safe Documentation of Historical Monuments by an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle",
    	type = "article",
    	volume = 10,
    	issue = 11,
    	number = 738,
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Vit_2021.pdf"
    }
    
  9. Ítalo Renan Costa Barros and Tiago Pereira Nascimento. Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A survey on recent developments and research opportunities. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 137:103729, 2021. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Italo_2021,
    	author = "Ítalo Renan {da Costa Barros} and Tiago Pereira Nascimento",
    	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2021.103729",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	pages = 103729,
    	publisher = "ElSevier",
    	title = "Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A survey on recent developments and research opportunities",
    	type = "article",
    	volume = 137,
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Italo_2021.pdf"
    }
    
  10. Thulio G S Amorim, Leonardo A Souto, Tiago P. Do Nascimento and Martin Saska. Multi-Robot Sensor Fusion Target Tracking With Observation Constraints. IEEE Access 9:52557-52568, 2021. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Thulio_2021a,
    	author = "Amorim, Thulio G. S. and Souto, Leonardo A. and P. Do Nascimento, Tiago and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3070180",
    	journal = "IEEE Access",
    	pages = "52557-52568",
    	publisher = "IEEE",
    	title = "Multi-Robot Sensor Fusion Target Tracking With Observation Constraints",
    	type = "article",
    	volume = 9,
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Thulio_2021a.pdf"
    }
    
  11. M Saska, D Hert, T Baca, V Kratky and T Nascimento. Formation control of unmanned micro aerial vehicles for straitened environments. Autonomous Robots, pages 1573-7527, 2020. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{saska2020formation,
    	author = "Saska, M. and Hert, D. and Baca, T. and Kratky, V. and Nascimento, T.",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10514-020-09913-0",
    	journal = "Autonomous Robots",
    	pages = "1573-7527",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	title = "Formation control of unmanned micro aerial vehicles for straitened environments",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2020,
    	pdf = "data/papers/saska2020formation.pdf"
    }
    
  12. A Ramos Neto O. an Lima Filho and T Nascimento. A Distributed Approach for the Implementation of Geometric Reconstruction-Based Visual SLAM Systems. Robotica, pages 1-23, 2020. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Ota2020,
    	author = "Ramos Neto, O. an Lima Filho, A. and Nascimento, T.",
    	doi = "10.1017/S0263574720000697",
    	journal = "Robotica",
    	pages = "1-23",
    	publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
    	title = "A Distributed Approach for the Implementation of Geometric Reconstruction-Based Visual SLAM Systems",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2020,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Ota2020.pdf"
    }
    
  13. T Nascimento, C E T Dórea and L M G Gonçalves. Pure Perception Motion Control based on Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Journal of Intelligent & Robotics Systems, pages 1-22, 2020. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Tiago2020JINT,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. and Dórea, C. E. T. and Gonçalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10846-019-01141-8",
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent \& Robotics Systems",
    	pages = "1-22",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	title = "Pure Perception Motion Control based on Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2020,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Tiago2020JINT.pdf"
    }
    
  14. T Nascimento, A V Brito, E L Colombini and L M G Gonçalves. Introduction to the Robotica 2018 Special Issue. Journal of Intelligent & Robotics Systems, pages 1-2, 2020. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Nascimento2020JINT,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. and Brito, A. V. and Colombini, E. L. and Gonçalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10846-019-01135-6",
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent \& Robotics Systems",
    	pages = "1-2",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	title = "Introduction to the Robotica 2018 Special Issue",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2020,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Nascimento2020JINT.pdf"
    }
    
  15. T P Nascimento and M Saska. Position and attitude control of multi-rotor aerial vehicles: A survey. Annual Reviews in Control, pages 129-146, 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Tiago2019,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Saska, M.",
    	doi = "10.1016/j.arcontrol.2019.08.004",
    	journal = "Annual Reviews in Control",
    	pages = "129-146",
    	publisher = "ElSevier",
    	title = "Position and attitude control of multi-rotor aerial vehicles: A survey",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2019,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Tiago2019.pdf"
    }
    
  16. T Nascimento, G F Basso, C Dorea and L M G Goncalves. Perception-driven Motion Control Based on Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Controllers. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, pages 1751-1762, 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Tiago2019b,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. and Basso, G. F. and Dorea, C. and Goncalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1109/TMECH.2019.2916562",
    	journal = "IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics",
    	pages = "1751-1762",
    	publisher = "IEEE/ASME",
    	title = "Perception-driven Motion Control Based on Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Controllers",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2019,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Tiago2019b.pdf"
    }
    
  17. R L V Medeiros, A C L Filho, J G G S Ramos, T Nascimento and A V Brito. A Novel Approach for Speed and Failure Detection in Brushless DC Motors Based on Chaos. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, pages 8751-8759, 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Medeiros2019,
    	author = "Medeiros, R. L. V. and Filho, A. C. L. and Ramos, J. G. G. S. and Nascimento, T. and Brito, A. V.",
    	doi = "10.1109/TIE.2018.2886766",
    	journal = "IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics",
    	pages = "8751-8759",
    	publisher = "IEEE",
    	title = "A Novel Approach for Speed and Failure Detection in Brushless DC Motors Based on Chaos",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2019,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Medeiros2019.pdf"
    }
    
  18. A H B M Tavares, S P Madruga, A V Brito and T Nascimento. Dynamic Leader Allocation in Multi-robot Systems Based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, pages 359–376, 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Nascimento2019,
    	author = "Tavares, A. H. B. M. and Madruga, S. P. and Brito, A. V. and Nascimento, T.",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10846-019-01064-4",
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent {\&} Robotic Systems",
    	pages = "359–376",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	title = "Dynamic Leader Allocation in Multi-robot Systems Based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2019,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Nascimento2019.pdf"
    }
    
  19. L F S Costa, T Nascimento and L M G Gonçalves. Online Learning and Teaching of Emergent Behaviors in Multi-Robot Teams. IEEE Access, pages 158989-159001, 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Luis2019,
    	author = "Costa, L. F. S. and Nascimento, T. and Gonçalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2951013",
    	journal = "IEEE Access",
    	pages = "158989-159001",
    	publisher = "IEEE",
    	title = "Online Learning and Teaching of Emergent Behaviors in Multi-Robot Teams",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2019,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Luis2019.pdf"
    }
    
  20. L F S Costa, T Nascimento, R S Maia and L M G Gonçalves. N-learning: An Approach for Learning and Teaching Skills in Multirobot Teams. Robotica, pages 48-68, 2019. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Costa2019,
    	author = "Costa, L. F. S. and Nascimento, T. and Maia, R. S. and Gonçalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1017/S0263574719000468",
    	journal = "Robotica",
    	pages = "48-68",
    	publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
    	title = "N-learning: An Approach for Learning and Teaching Skills in Multirobot Teams",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2019,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Costa2019.pdf"
    }
    
  21. T P Nascimento, C E T Dorea and L M G Conçalves. Nonholonomic mobile robots' trajectory tracking model predictive control: a survey. Robotica, pages 676–696, 2018. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Nascimento2018,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Dorea, C. E. T. and Conçalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1017/S0263574717000637",
    	journal = "Robotica",
    	pages = "676–696",
    	publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
    	title = "Nonholonomic mobile robots' trajectory tracking model predictive control: a survey",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2018,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Nascimento2018.pdf"
    }
    
  22. T P Nascimento, C E T Dorea and L M G Conçalves. Nonlinear model predictive control for trajectory tracking of nonholonomic mobile robots: A modified approach. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, page 1729881418760461, 2018. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Tiago2018,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Dorea, C. E. T. and Conçalves, L. M. G.",
    	doi = "10.1177/1729881418760461",
    	journal = "International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems",
    	pages = 1729881418760461,
    	publisher = "SAGE",
    	title = "Nonlinear model predictive control for trajectory tracking of nonholonomic mobile robots: A modified approach",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2018,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Tiago2018.pdf"
    }
    
  23. L A V Souto, A Castro, L M G Gonçalves and T Nascimento. Stairs and Doors Recognition as Natural Landmarks Based on Clouds of 3D Edge-Points from RGB-D Sensors for Mobile Robot Localization. Sensors, pages , 2017. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Souto2017,
    	author = "Souto, L. A. V. and Castro, A. and Gonçalves, L. M. G. and Nascimento, T.",
    	doi = "10.3390/s17081824",
    	journal = "Sensors",
    	pages = "",
    	publisher = "MDPI",
    	title = "Stairs and Doors Recognition as Natural Landmarks Based on Clouds of 3D Edge-Points from RGB-D Sensors for Mobile Robot Localization",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2017,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Souto2017.pdf"
    }
    
  24. G F Basso, T G S Amorim, A V Brito and T P Nascimento. Kalman Filter With Dynamical Setting of Optimal Process Noise Covariance. IEEE Access, pages 8385-8393, 2017. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Basso2017,
    	author = "Basso, G. F. and Amorim, T. G. S. and Brito, A. V. and Nascimento, T. P.",
    	doi = "10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2697072",
    	journal = "IEEE Access",
    	pages = "8385-8393",
    	publisher = "IEEE",
    	title = "Kalman Filter With Dynamical Setting of Optimal Process Noise Covariance",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2017,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Basso2017.pdf"
    }
    
  25. T P Nascimento, L F S Costa, A Conceição and A P Moreira. Multi-Robot nonlinear model predictive formation control: the obstacle avoidance problem. Robotica, pages 549-567, 2016. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Nascimento2016,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Costa, L. F. S. and Concei{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, A. and Moreira, A. P.",
    	doi = "10.1017/S0263574714001696",
    	journal = "Robotica",
    	pages = "549-567",
    	publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
    	title = "Multi-Robot nonlinear model predictive formation control: the obstacle avoidance problem",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2016,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Nascimento2016.pdf"
    }
    
  26. T P Nascimento, L F S Costa, A Conceição and A P Moreira. Nonlinear Model Predictive Formation Control: An Iterative Weighted Tuning Approach. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, pages 441–454, 2015. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Nascimento2015,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Costa, L. F. S. and Concei{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, A. and Moreira, A. P.",
    	doi = "10.1007/s10846-015-0183-5",
    	journal = "Journal of Intelligent {\&} Robotic Systems",
    	pages = "441--454",
    	publisher = "Springer",
    	title = "Nonlinear Model Predictive Formation Control: An Iterative Weighted Tuning Approach",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2015,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Nascimento2015.pdf"
    }
    
  27. P U Lima, A Ahmad, André Dias, A G S Conceição, A P Moreira, E Silva, L Ameida, L Oliveira and T P Nascimento. Formation control driven by cooperative object tracking. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, pages 68-79, 2015. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Lima2015,
    	author = "Lima, P. U. and Ahmad, A. and Dias, Andr\'{e} and Concei\c{c}\~{a}o, A. G. S. and Moreira, A. P. and Silva, E. and Ameida, L. and Oliveira, L. and Nascimento, T. P.",
    	doi = "10.1016/j.robot.2014.08.018",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	pages = "68-79",
    	publisher = "ElSevier",
    	title = "Formation control driven by cooperative object tracking",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2015,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Lima2015.pdf"
    }
    
  28. T P Nascimento, L F S Costa, A Conceição and A P Moreira. Multi-robot nonlinear model predictive formation control: Moving target and target absence. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, pages 1502-1515, 2013. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Tiago2013,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Costa, L. F. S. and Concei{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, A. and Moreira, A. P.",
    	doi = "10.1016/j.robot.2013.07.005",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	pages = "1502-1515",
    	publisher = "ElSevier",
    	title = "Multi-robot nonlinear model predictive formation control: Moving target and target absence",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2013,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Tiago2013.pdf"
    }
    
  29. T P Nascimento, L F S Costa, A Conceição, A P Moreira and A Bonarini. Intelligent state changing applied to multi-robot systems. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, pages 115-124, 2013. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Nascimento2013,
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Costa, L. F. S. and Concei{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, A. and Moreira, A. P. and Bonarini, A.",
    	doi = "10.1016/j.robot.2012.10.011",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	pages = "115-124",
    	publisher = "ElSevier",
    	title = "Intelligent state changing applied to multi-robot systems",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2013,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Nascimento2013.pdf"
    }
    
  30. I R C Barros and T P Nascimento. Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A survey on recent developments and research opportunities. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, page 103729, 2021. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{Barros2021,
    	author = "Barros, I. R. da C. and Nascimento, T. P.",
    	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2021.103729",
    	journal = "Robotics and Autonomous Systems",
    	pages = 103729,
    	publisher = "ElSevier",
    	title = "Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A survey on recent developments and research opportunities",
    	type = "article",
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/Barros.pdf"
    }
    
     
Conferences:    
   
  1. Parakh M Gupta, Èric Pairet, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. Landing a UAV in Harsh Winds and Turbulent Open Waters. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 8(2):744-751, 2023. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{9998066,
    	author = "Gupta, Parakh M. and Pairet, Èric and Nascimento, Tiago and Saska, Martin",
    	journal = "IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters",
    	title = "{Landing a UAV in Harsh Winds and Turbulent Open Waters}",
    	year = 2023,
    	volume = 8,
    	number = 2,
    	pages = "744-751",
    	doi = "10.1109/LRA.2022.3231831",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ral2023boatlanding.pdf"
    }
    
  2. Akash Chaudhary, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. Controlling a Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Full-Body k-Nearest Neighbor Based Action Classifier. In 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). June 2022, 544–551. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{AkashICUAS2022,
    	author = "{Chaudhary}, Akash and {Nascimento}, Tiago and {Saska}, Martin",
    	booktitle = "2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	title = "{Controlling a Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Full-Body k-Nearest Neighbor Based Action Classifier}",
    	year = 2022,
    	month = "June",
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS22_Akash.pdf",
    	pages = "544--551",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836097"
    }
    
  3. 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"
    }
    
  4. Yurii Stasinchuk, Matouš Vrba, Matěj Petrlík, Tomáš Báča, Vojtěch Spurný, Daniel Hert, David Žaitlík, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. A Multi-UAV System for Detection and Elimination of Multiple Targets. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2021, 555-561. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{ICRA_2021,
    	title = "A Multi-UAV System for Detection and Elimination of Multiple Targets",
    	author = "Stasinchuk, Yurii and Vrba, Matouš and Petrlík, Matěj and Báča, Tomáš and Spurný, Vojtěch and Hert, Daniel and Žaitlík, David and Nascimento, Tiago and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9562057",
    	booktitle = "2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)",
    	pages = "555-561",
    	year = 2021,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICRA_2021.pdf"
    }
    
  5. Andriy Dmytruk, Tiago Nascimento, Afzal Ahmad, Tomáš Báča and Martin Saska. Safe Tightly-Constrained UAV Swarming in GNSS-denied Environments. In 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). 2021, 1391-1399. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{ICUAS_Andry,
    	title = "Safe Tightly-Constrained UAV Swarming in GNSS-denied Environments",
    	author = "Dmytruk, Andriy and Nascimento, Tiago and Ahmad, Afzal and Báča, Tomáš and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476794",
    	booktitle = "2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	pages = "1391-1399",
    	year = 2021,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS_Andry.pdf"
    }
    
  6. Daniel Smrcka, Tomas Baca, Tiago Nascimento and Martin Saska. Admittance Force-Based UAV-Wall Stabilization and Press Exertion for Documentation and Inspection of Historical Buildings. In 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). 2021, 552-559. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{ICUAS_Dan,
    	title = "Admittance Force-Based UAV-Wall Stabilization and Press Exertion for Documentation and Inspection of Historical Buildings",
    	author = "Smrcka, Daniel and Baca, Tomas and Nascimento, Tiago and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476873",
    	booktitle = "2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	pages = "552-559",
    	year = 2021,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS_Dan.pdf"
    }
    
  7. Thulio Amorim, Tiago Nascimento, Pavel Petracek, Giulia Masi, Eliseo Ferrante and Martin Saska. Self-Organized UAV Flocking Based on Proximal Control. In 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). 2021, 1374-1382. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{ICUAS_Thulio,
    	title = "Self-Organized UAV Flocking Based on Proximal Control",
    	author = "Amorim, Thulio and Nascimento, Tiago and Petracek, Pavel and de Masi, Giulia and Ferrante, Eliseo and Saska, Martin",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476847",
    	booktitle = "2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	pages = "1374-1382",
    	year = 2021,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS_Thulio.pdf"
    }
    
  8. Giuseppe Silano, Jan Bednar, Tiago Nascimento, Jesus Capitan, Martin Saska and Anibal Ollero. A Multi-Layer Software Architecture for Aerial Cognitive Multi-Robot Systems in Power Line Inspection Tasks. In 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). 2021, 1624-1629. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{ICUAS_Giuseppe,
    	title = "A Multi-Layer Software Architecture for Aerial Cognitive Multi-Robot Systems in Power Line Inspection Tasks",
    	author = "Silano, Giuseppe and Bednar, Jan and Nascimento, Tiago and Capitan, Jesus and Saska, Martin and Ollero, Anibal",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS51884.2021.9476813",
    	booktitle = "2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)",
    	pages = "1624-1629",
    	year = 2021,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/ICUAS_Giuseppe.pdf"
    }
    
  9. T Uzakov, T P Nascimento and M Saska. UAV Vision-Based Nonlinear Formation Control Applied to Inspection of Electrical Power Lines. In 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Athens, Greece. 2020, 1301-1308. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{TimurICUAS2020,
    	title = "UAV Vision-Based Nonlinear Formation Control Applied to Inspection of Electrical Power Lines",
    	author = "T. {Uzakov} and T. P. {Nascimento} and M. {Saska}",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS48674.2020.9213967",
    	booktitle = "2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Athens, Greece",
    	pages = "1301-1308",
    	year = 2020,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/TimurICUAS2020.pdf"
    }
    
  10. T P Nascimento and M Saska. Fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Very-Small Aerial Vehicles. In 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Athens, Greece. 2020, 523-528. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{TiagoICUAS2020,
    	title = "Fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Very-Small Aerial Vehicles",
    	author = "T. P. {Nascimento} and M. {Saska}",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICUAS48674.2020.9213924",
    	booktitle = "2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Athens, Greece",
    	pages = "523-528",
    	year = 2020,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/TiagoICUAS2020.pdf"
    }
    
  11. E Oliveira, D Orrù, T Nascimento and A Bonarini. Modeling Player Activity in a Physical Interactive Robot Game Scenario. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Agent Interaction (HAI), Bielefeld, Germany. 2017, 411–414. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Oliveira2017,
    	title = "Modeling Player Activity in a Physical Interactive Robot Game Scenario",
    	author = "Oliveira, E. and Orr\`{u}, D. and Nascimento, T. and Bonarini, A.",
    	doi = "10.1145/3125739.3132608",
    	booktitle = "Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human Agent Interaction (HAI), Bielefeld, Germany",
    	pages = "411–414",
    	year = 2017,
    	organization = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    	pdf = "data/papers/Oliveira2017.pdf"
    }
    
  12. E Oliveira, D Orrù, T Nascimento and A Bonarini. Activity recognition in a physical interactive robogame. In 2017 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob), Lisbon, Portugal. 2017, 92-97. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Ewerton2017,
    	title = "Activity recognition in a physical interactive robogame",
    	author = "Oliveira, E. and Orr\`{u}, D. and Nascimento, T. and Bonarini, A.",
    	doi = "10.1109/DEVLRN.2017.8329793",
    	booktitle = "2017 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob), Lisbon, Portugal",
    	pages = "92-97",
    	year = 2017,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/Ewerton2017.pdf"
    }
    
  13. C Morais, T Nascimento, A V Brito and G Basso. A 3D Anti-collision System based on Artificial Potential Field Method for a Mobile Robot. In 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), Porto, Portugal. 2017, 308-313. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @conference{Morais2017,
    	title = "A 3D Anti-collision System based on Artificial Potential Field Method for a Mobile Robot",
    	author = "Morais, C. and Nascimento, T. and Brito, A. V. and Basso, G.",
    	doi = "10.5220/0006245303080313",
    	booktitle = "9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), Porto, Portugal",
    	pages = "308-313",
    	year = 2017,
    	organization = "INSTICC",
    	pdf = "data/papers/Morais2017.pdf"
    }
    
  14. A L F Castro, Y B Brito, L A V Souto and T P Nascimento. A Novel Approach for Natural Landmarks Identification Using RGB-D Sensors. In 2016 International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Bragança, Portugal. 2016, 193-198. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{AndreICARSC2016,
    	title = "A Novel Approach for Natural Landmarks Identification Using RGB-D Sensors",
    	author = "A. L. F. {Castro} and Y. B. {de Brito} and L. A. V. d. {Souto} and T. P. {Nascimento}",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICARSC.2016.20",
    	booktitle = "2016 International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Bragança, Portugal",
    	pages = "193-198",
    	year = 2016,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/AndreICARSC2016.pdf"
    }
    
  15. T P Nascimento, A G S Conceição and A P Moreira. Multi-Robot Systems Formation Control with Obstacle Avoidance. , pages 5703-5708, 2014. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{TiagoIFAC2014,
    	title = "Multi-Robot Systems Formation Control with Obstacle Avoidance",
    	author = "Nascimento, T. P. and Concei\c{c}\~{a}o, A. G. S. and Moreira, A. P.",
    	doi = "10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.01848",
    	booktitle = "19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa",
    	pages = "5703-5708",
    	year = 2014,
    	organization = "ElSevier",
    	pdf = "data/papers/TiagoIFAC2014.pdf"
    }
    
  16. T P Nascimento, A G S Conceição and A P Moreira. Iterative weighted tuning for a nonlinear model predictive formation control. In 2014 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Espinho, Portugal. 2014, 2-7. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{NascimentoICARSC2014,
    	title = "Iterative weighted tuning for a nonlinear model predictive formation control",
    	author = "T. P. {Nascimento} and A. G. S. {Conceição} and A. P. {Moreira}",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICARSC.2014.6849754",
    	booktitle = "2014 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Espinho, Portugal",
    	pages = "2-7",
    	year = 2014,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/NascimentoICARSC2014.pdf"
    }
    
  17. A Ahmad, T P Nascimento, A G S Conceição, A P Moreira and P U Lima. Perception-Driven Multi-Robot Formation Control. In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, Germany. 2013, 1851-1856. PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Pcmmc2013,
    	title = "Perception-Driven Multi-Robot Formation Control",
    	author = "Ahmad, A. and Nascimento, T. P. and Concei\c{c}\~{a}o, A. G. S. and Moreira, A. P. and Lima, P. U.",
    	doi = "10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630821",
    	booktitle = "International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, Germany",
    	pages = "1851-1856",
    	year = 2013,
    	organization = "IEEE",
    	pdf = "data/papers/Pcmmc2013.pdf"
    }