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  1. Preliminary Design of Human-like Decentralised Task Assignment for Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles using Reinforcement Learning

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  2. Complementing Human Perception in Remote Site Exploration using Augmented Reality - A Proof of Concept

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Francesca Vergara

  3. Simultaneous Tracking of Multiple Drones using Convolutional Neural Networks and Optical Flow

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Michael Alibani, Gianluca Rinaldi, Mattia Fussi

  4. Haptic Assistance for Helicopter Control Based on Pilot Intent Estimation

    Article • Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, April 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  5. A 2-DoF Haptic Support System for Helicopter Control Tasks based on Pilot Intent Estimation

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Stefano Geluardi, Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  6. Vision-based Model Predictive Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Automatic Trajectory Generation and Tracking

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Dr Mario Innocenti

  7. An Adaptive Haptic Aid Based on Pilot Performance

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Stefano Geluardi, Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  8. Visibility Augmented Proportional Navigation Guidance

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, April 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Mario Innocenti, Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Dr Luca Tardioli

  9. Transforming Civil Helicopters into Personal Aerial Vehicles: Modeling, Control, and Validation

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, October 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Dr. Stefano Geluardi

  10. Experimental evaluation of haptic support systems for learning a 2-DoF tracking task

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Dr. Stefano Geluardi

  11. Visibility Augmentation of the Proportional Navigation Guidance

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini, Dr Mario Innocenti, Dr Luca Tardioli

  12. On Effects of Failures in Haptic and Automated Pilot Support Systems

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  13. Identifying Time-Varying Pilot Responses: a Regularized Recursive Least-Squares Algorithm

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  14. Methods for Multiloop Identification of Visual and Neuromuscular Pilot Responses

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, December 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  15. Identifying Time-Varying Neuromuscular Response: A Recursive Least-Squares Algorithm with Pseudoinverse

    Article • October 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  16. Identifying Time-Varying Neuromuscular Response: Experimental Evaluation of a RLS-based Algorithm

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  17. Combined Vision – Inertial Navigation with Improved Outlier Robustness

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  18. Pilot Adaptation to Different Classes of Haptic Aids in Tracking Tasks

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  19. Identifying time-varying neuromuscular system with a recursive least-squares algorithm: a Monte-Carlo simulation study

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  20. Hardware implementation of a fuzzy guidance system with prescribed waypoint approach trajectory

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  21. Guidance Augmentation for Improved Target Visibility

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Mario Innocenti, Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  22. An Experimental Comparison of Haptic and Automated Pilot Support Systems

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  23. Cooperative Control for Multiple Autonomous Vehicles Using Descriptor Functions

    Article • Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, January 2014, MDPI AG

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  24. Coordinated Standoff Tracking Using Path Shaping for Multiple UAVs

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, January 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  25. Direct and Indirect Haptic Aiding for Curve Negotiation

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  26. Experimental Evaluation of a Visual-Inertial Navigation System with Guaranteed Convergence

    Article • August 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  27. Multi-Agent Coordination with arbitrarily shaped Descriptor Functions

    Article • August 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  28. Visual-inertial navigation with guaranteed convergence

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  29. Multi-loop Pilot Behavior Identification in Response to Simultaneous Visual and Haptic Stimuli

    Article • August 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  30. Admittance-Based Bilateral Teleoperation with Time Delay for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle involved in an Obstacle Avoidance Task

    Article • August 2011, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  31. Experiments of Direct and Indirect Haptic Aiding for Remotely Piloted Vehicles with a Mixed Wind Gust Rejection/Obstacle Avoidance Task

    Article • August 2011, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  32. An Entropy-like approach to vision based autonomous navigation

    Article • May 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  33. An Entropy—Like Approach to Vision—Aided Inertial Navigation

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  34. Evaluation of Direct and Indirect Haptic Aiding in an Obstacle Avoidance Task for Tele-Operated Systems

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  35. Obstacle Avoidance for a Game Theoretically Controlled Formation of Unmanned Vehicles

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  36. Flight Formation Control

    Article • December 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  37. A comparison of Direct and Indirect Haptic Aiding for Remotely Piloted Vehicles

    Article • September 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  38. Near optimal swarm deployment using Descriptor Functions

    Article • May 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  39. A novel framework for closed-loop robotic motion simulation - part I: Inverse kinematics design

    Article • May 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  40. Multiple UAV Task Assignment using Descriptor Functions

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  41. Preliminary Evaluation of a Haptic Aiding Concept for Remotely Piloted Vehicles

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  42. Human-Swarm Interface for Abstraction Based Control

    Article • August 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  43. Towards Real-Time Aircraft Simulation with the MPI Motion Simulator

    Article • August 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  44. Design of an All-Electric Propulsion System and Control Management for a General Aviation Aircraft

    Article • August 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  45. A Fuzzy Approach to the Guidance of Unmanned Air Vehicles Tracking Moving Targets

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, November 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  46. Experimental Evaluation of Decentralized Swarm Control Laws

    Article • August 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  47. Simulation and Robust Backstepping Control of a Quadrotor Aircraft

    Article • August 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  48. Stability Analysis of a Null Space Behavioral Controller for Obstacle Avoidance

    Article • August 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  49. GPS / MV Based Aerial Refueling for UAVs

    Article • August 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  50. Novel Motion Platform for Flight Simulators Using an Anthropomorphic Robot

    Article • Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, July 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  51. Decentralized Control of Swarms with Collision Avoidance Implications

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  52. Cooperative Task Assignment Using Dynamic Ranking

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  53. Design and flight-testing of non-linear formation control laws

    Article • Control Engineering Practice, September 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  54. Stereo Vision Obstacle Detection Based on Scale Invariant Feature Transform Algorithm

    Article • August 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  55. Obstacle Avoidance for Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Unstructured Environments

    Article • August 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  56. Fuzzy Guidance for Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Theory and Experiments

    Article • August 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  57. Low Cost and Low Weight Technologies for Planetary Surface Exploration

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  58. Obstacle Avoidance for Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Outdoor Environments

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  59. Estimation of the Region of Attraction for State-Dependent Riccati Equation Controllers

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  60. Study of a Novel Motion Platform for Flight Simulators Using an Anthropomorphic Robot

    Article • August 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  61. Vision-Based Autonomous Probe and Drogue Aerial Refueling

    Article • June 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  62. A comparison of Pose Estimation algorithms for Machine Vision based Aerial Refueling for UAVs

    Article • June 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  63. Vision Algorithms for Formation Flight and Aerial Refueling with Optimal Marker Labeling

    Article • August 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  64. A Newton Algorithm for Implementation of SDRE Controllers

    Article • August 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  65. Dynamic and control issues of formation flight

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  66. Experimental Evaluation of Vision Algorithms for Formation Flight and Aerial Refueling

    Article • August 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  67. Real Time UAVs Task Allocation with Moving Targets

    Article • August 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  68. Dynamic and control issues of formation flight

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, August 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  69. Guidance of Unmanned Air Vehicles Based on Fuzzy Sets and Fixed Waypoints

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, July 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  70. Gain-Scheduling Stability Issues Using Differential Inclusion and Fuzzy Systems

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, July 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  71. Management of Communication Failures in Formation Flight

    Article • Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, January 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  72. Fast unmanned vehicles task allocation with moving targets

    Article • January 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  73. Trajectory Generation with Probabilistic Bounds

    Article • August 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  74. Moving Waypoint-Based Fuzzy Guidance for Unmanned Aircraft

    Article • August 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  75. Virtual Simulation Set-Up for UAVs Aerial Refuelling

    Article • August 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  76. A Synthetic Environment for Simulation of Vision-Based Formation Flight

    Article • August 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  77. Sliding mode control for two-time scale systems: stability issues

    Article • Automatica, February 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  78. Waypoint-Based Fuzzy Guidance for Unmanned Aircraft a New Approach

    Article • August 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  79. Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Wing Parafoil for Atmosphere to Ground Flight

    Article • August 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  80. Missile Operational Simulation Using Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software

    Article • August 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  81. Robustness to communication failures within formation flight

    Article • January 2002, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  82. Stability issues in dual time scale systems

    Article • January 2002, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  83. Sensorless formation flight

    Article • August 2001, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  84. Formation flight control - A behavioral approach

    Article • August 2001, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  85. Towards a fast and reliable distributed simulation

    Article • August 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  86. Spatial trajectory generation for conflict avoidance in air traffic management

    Article • August 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  87. Dual loop controller synthesis for missile guidance and control

    Article • August 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  88. A synthetic environment for dynamic systems control and distributed simulation

    Article • IEEE Control Systems, April 2000, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  89. Autonomous formation flight

    Article • IEEE Control Systems, January 2000, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  90. Low cost fast trainer prototyping via distributed simulation

    Article • August 1999, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  91. Air traffic management using probability function fields

    Article • August 1999, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  92. Robust feedback linearization with neural network for underwater vehicle control

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  93. Probabilistic bounds in air traffic conflict resolution

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini

  94. A synthetic environment for simulation and visualization of dynamic systems

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Lorenzo Pollini