SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
scientific PUBLICATIONS
- Weston, J., Tolić, D. & Palunko, I. Application of Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman Equation/Pontryagin’s Principle for Constrained Optimal Control. J Optim Theory Appl 200, 437–462 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-023-02364-4 Read more
- Ioana Lal, Irinel-Constantin Morarescu, Jamal Daafouz, Lucian Busoniu. Near-optimal control of nonlinear systems with hybrid inputs and dwell-time constraints. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2023, 7, pp.2455-2460. ff10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3285591ff. ffhal-04154576. Read more
- Đuraš, A., Wolf, B.J., Ilioudi, A. et al. A Dataset for Detection and Segmentation of Underwater Marine Debris in Shallow Waters. Sci Data 11, 921 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03759-2. Read more
- Bilal Yousuf, Radu Herzal, Zsófia Lendek, Lucian Buşoniu, Multi-agent active multi-target search with intermittent measurements, Control Engineering Practice,
Volume 153, 2024, 106094, ISSN 0967-0661, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2024.106094. Read more
- T. Sântejudean, Ş. Ungur, R. Herzal, I.-C. Morărescu, V.S. Varma, L. Buşoniu, Globally convergent path-aware optimization with mobile robots, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, Volume 55, 2025, 101546, ISSN 1751-570X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nahs.2024.101546. Read more
- Tassos Natsakis. Robot control systems: [a practical guide to robotics and control]. Cluj-Napoca: U.T. Press, 2025, vi+179 p. ISBN 9786067377644. Read more
A. Ilioudi, A. Dabiri, B.J. Wolf, and B. De Schutter. Deep learning for object detection and segmentation in videos: [towards an integration with domain knowledge]. IEEE Access, 2022, vol. 10, pp. 34562–34576. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3162827. Read more.
A. Đuraš, B.J. Wolf, A. Ilioudi, I. Palunko, and B. De Schutter. A dataset for detection and segmentation of underwater marine debris in shallow waters. Scientific Data, 2024, vol. 11, p. 921. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03759-2. Read more.
G. Battocletti, D. Boskos, D. Tolić, I. Palunko, and B. De
Schutter. Entanglement definitions for tethered robots: [exploration and
analysis]. IEEE Access, 2024, vol. 12, pp. 178153–178170. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3507217.
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T. Sântejudean, M. Ceapă, R. Herzal, E. Pop, V.S. Varma, I. Morărescu, and L. Buşoniu. Multirobot path-aware global optimization. Control Engineering Practice, Volume 164, 2025, 106495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2025.106495. Read more.
V. Prkačin, I. Palunko, and I. Petrović. Trajectory tracking and tether tension control of tethered aerial vehicle using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Control Engineering Practice, Volume 162, 2025, 106346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2025.106346. Read more.
- C. Delea, N. Zantopp, M.G. Essa, M. Schmid, and J. Oeffner. Multi-Waypoint Global Path Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles in Confined Environments. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 3123, No. 1, 2025, 012023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3123/1/012023. Read more.
- H. Werner, C. Delea, N. Zantopp, C.N. Au, and T. Tiedemann. Advancing Maritime Perception: PV-RCNN for 3D LiDAR Object Detection. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 3123, No. 1, 2025, 012026. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3123/1/012026. Read more.
- M. Granzotto, E. Postoyan, D. Nešic, J. Daafouz, and L. Busoniu. An optimistic planning algorithm for switched discrete-time LQR. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2025. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.19054. Read more.
- M. Alinei-Poiană, D. Reţe, D. Martinovici, V. Maer, and L. Buşoniu. A BlueROV2-based platform for underwater mapping experiments. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 58, Issue 20, 2024, pp. 470-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.10.098. Read more.
- J. Bruedigam, A. Adeeb Abbas, M. Sorokin, K. Fang, B. Hung, M. Guru, S.G. Sosnowski, J. Wang, S. Hirche, and S. Le Cleac’h. Jacta: A Versatile Planner for Learning Dexterous and Whole-body Manipulation. Proceedings of the CoRL 2024 Conference, 2024. https://openreview.net/forum?id=vobaOY0qDl. Read more.
- P. Bevanda, B. Driessen, L.C. Iacob, S. Sosnowski, R. Tóth, and S. Hirche. Nonparametric Control Koopman Operators. arXiv preprint, 2024. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07312. Read more.
- Y. Origane, N. Hoischen, T. Huang, D. Kurabayashi, S. Sosnowski, and S. Hirche. Risk-Aware Trajectory Optimization and Control for an Underwater Suspended Robotic System. IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 59, Issue 22, 2024, pp. 348-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.11.657. Read more.
- T. Huang, A. Lederer, N. Hoischen, J. Brudigam, X. Xiao, S. Sosnowski, and S. Hirche. Toward Near-Globally Optimal Nonlinear Model Predictive Control via Diffusion Models. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Volume 283, 2025, pp. 777-790. https://proceedings.mlr.press/v283/huang25a.html. Read more.
- Z. Yang, S. Dong, A. Lederer, X. Dai, S. Chen, and S. Sosnowski. Cooperative Learning with Gaussian Processes for Euler-Lagrange Systems Tracking Control Under Switching Topologies. Proceedings of the 2024 American Control Conference (ACC), Toronto, Canada, 2024, pp. 560-567. https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644832. Read more.
- V. Prkačin, A. Đuraš, and I. Palunko. Coordinated Control Of Tethered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle With Launch And Recovery System. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Systems and Technologies (SST), Osijek, Croatia, 2024, pp. 293-298. https://doi.org/10.1109/SST61991.2024.10755387. Read more.
D.L. Orthodoxou and X.I. Loizidou. Policy Pathways for Marine Litter Prevention and Control: Insights from the SeaClear2.0 Project. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2025, pp. 90-91. ISBN: 978-618-86417-3-0. https://www.susteng2025.tuc.gr/fileadmin/users_data/susteng2025/_uploads/Proceedings_SUSTENG_2025.pdf. Read more
- P. Bevanda, N. Hoischen, T. Wittmann, J. Brüdigam, S. Hirche, and B. Houska. Kernel-Based Optimal Control: An Infinitesimal Generator Approach. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC 2025), 2025.
T.-Y. Huang, S. Zhang, X. Dai, A. Capone, V. Todorovski, S. Sosnowski, and S. Hirche. Learning-based Prescribed-Time Safety for Control of Unknown Systems with Control Barrier Functions. IEEE Control Systems Letters, Volume 8, 2024, pp. 1817-1822. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCSYS.2024.3417175. Read more.
D.L. Orthodoxou and X.I. Loizidou. Navigating marine litter governance: loopholes and strategic recommendations for the EU policy framework. Frontiers in Marine Science, Volume 13, 2026, 1810562. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1810562. Read more.