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PUBLICATIONS.

Peer-reviewed work in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Transactions on Robotics, Automatica, ICRA, IROS, CDC, and IFAC.

PUBLICATIONS.

In review

  1. [U1] Singularity-Free Guiding Vector Fields on SO(3) with Designer-Specified Progression Behavior

2026

  1. [J28]
  2. [J27]

    Angle-based leaderless formation maneuvering with global convergence

    G. Wang, HG de Marina, M. Fu, G. Wen, L. Chen · Automatica

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  3. [J26]

    Fully distributed and resilient source seeking for robot swarms

    J. Bautista, A. Acuaviva, J. Hinojosa, W. Yao, J. Castellanos, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

    Fully distributed and resilient source seeking for robot swarms
  4. [J25]

    Leaderless Collective Motion in Affine Formation Control over the Complex Plane

    J. Bautista, E. Morella, L. Wang, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Network Systems

    Leaderless Collective Motion in Affine Formation Control over the Complex Plane
  5. [C42]
  6. [C41]

    Distributed 3D Source Seeking via SO(3) Geometric Control of Robot Swarms

    J. Bautista, and HG de Marina · IFAC World Congress

    Distributed 3D Source Seeking via SO(3) Geometric Control of Robot Swarms
  7. [C40]

    Linear quadratic control for discrete-time systems with stochastic and bounded noises

    X. Ma, S. Zhang, X. Zhang, J. Xin, HG de Marina · IEEE American Control Conference (ACC)

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2025

  1. [J24]

    Dispersion Formation Control: from Geometry to Distribution

    J. Chen, J. Bautista, B. Jayawardhana, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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    Dispersion Formation Control: from Geometry to Distribution
  2. [J23]

    Multi-Robot Relative Localization Using Interior Angle Measurements

    L. Chen, HG de Marina, L. Xie, C. Zhang · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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  3. [C39]

    Voronoi-Based Area Coverage Algorithms: Turning Real-World Fragility into Strength

    J. Bosco, E. Morellà, O. Arslan, HG de Marina · IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS)

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    Voronoi-Based Area Coverage Algorithms: Turning Real-World Fragility into Strength
  4. [C38]

    Distributed Oscillatory Guidance for Formation Flight of Fixed-Wing Drones

    Y. Xu, J. Bautista, J. Hinojosa, HG de Marina · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

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    Distributed Oscillatory Guidance for Formation Flight of Fixed-Wing Drones
  5. [C37]

    Versatile Distributed Maneuvering With Generalized Formations Using Guiding Vector Fields

    Y. Lu, S. Luo, P. Zhu, W. Yao, HG de Marina, X. Zhang, and X. Xu · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

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  6. [C36]

    Inverse Kinematics on Guiding Vector Fields for Robot Path Following

    Y. Zhou, J. Bautista, W. Yao, and HG de Marina · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

    Inverse Kinematics on Guiding Vector Fields for Robot Path Following

2024

  1. [J22]

    Distributed Distance-based Formation-Motion Control of Unicycle Agents without Orientation Measurements

    J. Chen, B. Jayawardhana, HG de Marina · Transactions on Control of Network Systems

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  2. [J21]

    Scaling up the formation of agents with heterogeneous sensing: mixed distance and bearing-only

    J. Chen, B. Jayawardhana, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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  3. [C35]

    Resilient source seeking with robot swarms

    A. Acuaviva, J. Bautista, W. Yao, J. Jiménez, HG de Marina · 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

    Resilient source seeking with robot swarms
  4. [C34]

    Behavioral-based circular formation control for robot swarms

    J Bautista, HG de Marina · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

    Behavioral-based circular formation control for robot swarms

2023

  1. [J20]

    Guiding vector fields for the distributed motion coordination of mobile robots

    W. Yao, HG de Marina, Z. Sun, M. Cao · IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 39 (2), 1119-1135

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  2. [J19]

    Distributed formation control for manipulator end-effectors

    H. Wu, B. Jayawardhana, H.G. de Marina, D. Xu · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68 (9), 5413-5428

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  3. [C33]

    Distance-based Formation-Motion Control for Unicycle Agents

    J. Chen, B. Jayawardhana, HG de Marina · American Control Conference (ACC)

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2022

  1. [J18]

    Maneuvering Angle Rigid Formations with Global Convergence Guarantee

    L. Chen; Z. Lin, HG de Marina, Z. Sun, F. Mir · IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 9 (8), 1464-1475

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  2. [J17]

    Stabilizing and maneuvering angle rigid multi-agent formations with double-integrator agent dynamics

    L. Chen, M. Shi, HG de Marina, M. Cao · IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 9 (3), 1362-1374

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  3. [J16]

    Stability Analysis of Gradient-Based Distributed Formation Control with Heterogeneous Sensing Mechanism: T he Three Robot Case

    N Chan, B Jayawardhana, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67 (8), 4285 - 4292

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  4. [C32]

    Energy-Aware Planning-Scheduling for Autonomous Aerial Robots

    A. Seewald, HG de Marina, H. Skov, U. Pagh · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

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2021

  1. [J15]

    Forced Variational Integrators for the Formation Control of Multi-Agent Systems

    L Colombo, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 8(3), 1336-1347

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  2. [J14]

    Singularity-free Guiding Vector Field for Robot Navigation

    W.Yao, HG de Marina, B Lin, M.Cao · IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 37 (4), 1206-1221

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  3. [J13]

    Maneuvering formations of mobile agents using designed mismatched angles

    L Chen, M Cao, HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67 (4), 1655-1668

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  4. [J12]
  5. [J11]

    Collaborative target-tracking control using multiple autonomous fixed-wing UAVs with constant speeds

    Z Sun, HG de Marina, BDO Anderson, C. Yu · AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 44(2), 238-250

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  6. [J10]

    Maneuvering and robustness issues in undirected displacement-consensus-based formation control

    HG de Marina · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 66 (7), 3370-3377

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  7. [J9]

    Angle-Constrained Formation Control for Circular Mobile Robots

    N Chan, B Jayawardhana, HG de Marina · IEEE Control Systems Letters, 5 (1), 109-114

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  8. [C31]

    Leaderless collective motions in affine formation control

    HG de Marina, J Jimenez, W Yao · 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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  9. [C30]

    Distributed formation control of manipulators' end-effector with internal model-based disturbance rejection

    Haiwen Wu, Bayu Jayawardhana, HG de Marina, Dabo Xu · 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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  10. [C29]

    Distributed coordinated path following using guiding vector fields

    W Yao, HG de Marina, Z Sun, M Cao · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

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    Nominated for Best Paper Award! Top 4 among 1946 accepted works out of 4005 submissions!

2020

  1. [C28]

    Vector Field Guided Path Following Control: Singularity Elimination and Global Convergence

    W Yao, HG de Marina, M Cao · 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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  2. [C27]

    Forced variational integrator for distance-based shape control with flocking behavior of multi-agent systems

    L Colombo, P Moreno, M Ye, HG de Marina, M Cao · 21st IFAC World Congress

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2019

  1. [J8]

    Circular formation control of multiple unicycle-type agents with non-identical constant speeds

    Z Sun, HG de Marina, G Seyboth, BDO Anderson, C Yu · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems and Technology, 27 (1), 192-205

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  2. [C26]

    On the observability of relative positions in left-invariant multi-agent control systems and its application to formation control

    L Colombo, HG de Marina, M Barbero, D Martin de Diego · 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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  3. [C25]

    Triangular formation maneuver using designed mismatched angles

    L Chen, M Cao, HG de Marina, B Jayawardhana, C Li · IEEE European Control Conference (ECC)

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  4. [C24]

    Flexible collaborative transportation by a team of rotorcraft

    HG de Marina, E Smeur · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

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2018

  1. [J7]

    Distributed formation tracking using local coordinate systems

    Q Yang, M Cao, HG de Marina, H Fang, J Chen · Systems & Control Letters. 111, 70-78

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  2. [J6]

    Quantization effects and convergence properties of rigid formation control systems with quantized distance measurements

    Z Sun, HG de Marina, BDO Anderson, M Cao · International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 28 (16), 4865-4884

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  3. [J5]

    Taming Mismatches in Inter-agent Distances for the Formation-Motion Control of Second-Order Agents

    HG de Marina, B Jayawardhana, M Cao · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 63 (2), 449-462

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  4. [C23]

    On the stability and applications of distance-based flexible formations

    HG de Marina, Z Sun, S Mou · 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

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  5. [C22]

    Multi-robot motion-formation distributed control with sensor self-calibration: experimental validation

    HG de Marina, J Siemonsma, B Jayawardhana, M Cao · 15th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV)

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    Nominated for Best Paper Award! Top 5 among 300+ accepted works

  6. [C21]

    A Variational Integrator for the distance-based formation control of multi-agent systems

    L Colombo, HG de Marina · 7th IFAC Workshop on Distributed and Control in Networked Systems

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2017

  1. [C20]

    Development of A Fixed-Wing mini UAV with Transitioning Flight Capability

    M Bronz, E Smeur, HG de Marina, G Hattenberger · 35th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

  2. [C19]

    System simulation of a fleet of drones to probe cumulus clouds

    Rafael Bailon-Ruiz, Christophe Reymann, Simon Lacroix, Gautier Hattenberger, HG de Marina, Fayçal Lamraoui · International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems

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  3. [C18]

    Circular formation control of fixed-wing UAVs with constant speeds

    HG de Marina, Z Sun, M Bronz, G Hattenberger · International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

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  4. [C17]

    In-Flight Thrust Measurement using On-Board Force Sensor

    M Bronz, HG de Marina, G Hattenberger · AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

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  5. [C16]

    Guiding Vector Field Algorithm for a Moving Path Following Problem

    Y Kapitanyuk, HG de Marina, A Proskurnikov, M Cao · 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

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  6. [C15]

    Distributed algorithm for controlling scale-free polygonal formations

    HG de Marina, B Jayawardhana, M Cao · 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

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  7. [C14]

    Controlling a triangular flexible formation of autonomous agents

    HG de Marina, Z. Sun, M. Cao, and B. D. O. Anderson · 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

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  8. [C13]

    Guidance algorithm for smooth trajectory tracking of a fixed wing UAV flying in wind flows

    HG de Marina, YA Kapitanyuk, M Bronz, G Hattenberger, M Cao · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

2016

  1. [J4]

    Distributed Rotational and Translational Maneuvering of Rigid Formations and Their Applications

    HG de Marina, B Jayawardhana, M Cao · IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 32 (3), 684-696

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  2. [C12]

    Distributed scaling control for rigid formations

    HG de Marina, B Jayawardhana, M Cao · IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 5140 - 5145

  3. [C11]

    On the Role and Compensation of Distance Mismatches in Rigid Formation Control for Second-Order Agents

    HG de Marina, B Jayawardhana, M Cao · IFAC-PapersOnLine 49 (18), 398-403 (NOLCOS)

  4. [C10]

    Quantization effects in rigid formation control

    Z. Sun, HG de Marina, B. D. O. Anderson, and M. Cao · 6th Australian Control Conference (AUCC) 2016, Newcastle, Australia

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2015

  1. [J3]

    Controlling Rigid Formations of Mobile Agents Under Inconsistent Measurements

    HG de Marina, M Cao, B Jayawardhana · IEEE Transactions on Robotics 31 (1), 31-39

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2014

  1. [C9]

    Controlling triangular formations of autonomous agents in finite time using coarse measurements

    H Liu, HG de Marina, M Cao · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3601-3606

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2013

  1. [C8]

    Controlling Formation of Autonomous Agents with Distance Disagreements

    HG de Marina, M Cao, B Jayawardhana · Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NECSYS) 4 (1), 411-416

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  2. [C7]

    Optimization-based worst-case analysis of a launcher during the atmospheric ascent phase

    A Marcos, HG De Marina, V Mantini, C Roux, S Bennani · AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

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2012

  1. [J2]
  2. [J1]

    UAV attitude estimation using unscented Kalman filter and TRIAD

    HG de Marina, FJ Pereda, JM Giron-Sierra, F Espinosa · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 59 (11), 4465-4474

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  3. [C6]

    Angle of Attack and True Airspeed failure sensor detection and recovery based on Unscented Kalman Filters for the ALPHA vehicle

    HG de Marina, A Marcos, R Haya · Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes 8 (1), 1197-1202

2011

  1. [C5]

    Towards automatic oil spill confinement with autonomous marine surface vehicles

    FJ Pereda, HG de Marina, JM Giron-Sierra, J Jimenez · OCEANS IEEE-Spain

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2010

  1. [C4]

    Developing an Autonomous Surface Ship for Sea Demining

    JM Giron-Sierra, F Pereda, HG de Marina, S Cifuentes · IFAC Proceedings Volumes 43 (20), 91-96

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  2. [C3]

    Path planning combined with fuzzy control for autonomous ships

    HG de Marina, FJ Pereda, JM Girón-Sierra · IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications

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  3. [C2]

    Sea demining with autonomous marine surface vehicles

    FJ Pereda, HG de Marina, JF Jiménez, JM Giron-Sierra · IEEE Safety Security and Rescue Robotics

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  4. [C1]

    A development project of autonomous marine surface vehicles for sea demining

    FJ Pereda, HG de Marina, JF Jiménez, JM Giron-Sierra · 11th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics & Vision

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Tech notes

  1. [T2]

    SO(3) attitude controllers and the alignment of robots with non-constant 3D vector fields

    J. Bautista, HG de Marina · arXiv

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    In constant development as part of the research on geometric control of robot swarms

  2. [T1]