Publications

2022

È. Pairet, J. D. Hernández, M. Carreras, Y. Petillot, and M. Lahijanian. "Online Mapping and Motion Planning under Uncertainty for Safe Navigation in Unknown Environments", in IEEE Transactions on Automation Sience and Engineering. October 2022.

A. Brandão, D. Smrcka, È. Pairet, T. Nascimento, M. Saska. "Side-Pull Maneuver: A Novel Control Strategy for Dragging a Cable-Tethered Load of Unknown Weight Using a UAV", in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. October 2022.

È. Pairet, S. Spanò, N. Mankovskii, P. Pellegrino, I. Zhilin, J. Nicola, F. La Gala, G. De Masi. "Nukhada USV: a Robot for Autonomous Surveying and Support to Underwater Operations", in IEEE OCEANS.

S. Aldhaheri, G. De Masi, È. Pairet, P. Ardon. "Underwater Robot Manipulation: Advances, Challenges and Prospective Ventures", in IEEE OCEANS.

È. Pairet. "Behaviour-driven Motion Synthesis", University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University, PhD thesis. February 2022.

2021

J. S. Willners, I. Carlucho, S. Katagiri, C. Lemoine, J. Roe, D. Stephens, T. Łuczyński, S. Xu, Y. Carreno, È. Pairet, S. Wang, C. Barbalata, and Y. Petillot. "From market-ready ROVs to low-cost AUVs", in IEEE OCEANS.

P. Ardón, M. E. Cabrera, È. Pairet, R. Petrick, S. Ramamoorthy, K. Lohan, and M. Cakmak. "Affordance-Aware Handovers with Human Arm Mobility Constraints", in , IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation - Workshop on Learning for Caregiving Robots. Best presentation award.

J. S. Willners, Y. Carreno, S. Xu, T. Łuczyński, S. Katagiri, J. Roe, È. Pairet, Y. Petillot, and S. Wang. "Robust Underwater SLAM using Autonomous Relocalisation", in 13th IFAC Conf. on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles.

Y. Carreno, P. Le Bras, È. Pairet, P. Ardón, M. Chantler, and R. Petrick. "An Integrated Framework for Remote Planning", in Intl. Conf. on Automated Planning and Scheduling - Workshop on Integrated Planning, Acting, and Execution.

P. Ardón, È. Pairet, K. Lohan, S. Ramamoorthy, and R. Petrick. "Building Affordance Relations for Robotic Agents - A Survey", in Intl. Joint Conf. on Artificial Intelligence.

È. Pairet, C. Chamzas, Y. Petillot, and L. Kavraki. "Path Planning for Manipulation using Experience-driven Random Trees", in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

P. Ardón, Maria E. Cabrera, È. Pairet, R. Petrick, S. Ramamoorthy, K. Lohan, and Maya Cakmak. "Affordance-aware Handovers with Human Arm Mobility Constraints", in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

J. S. Willners, D. Gonzalez, J. D. Hernández, È. Pairet, and Y. Petillot. "Online 3-Dimensional Path Planning with Kinematic Constraints in Unknown Environments Using Hybrid-A* with Tree Pruning", in Sensors. In press.

2020

P. Ardón, È. Pairet, Y. Petillot, R. Petrick, S. Ramamoorthy, and K. Lohan. "Self-assessment of Grasp Affordance Transfer", in IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems. October 2020.

Y. Carreno, È. Pairet, Y. Petillot, and R. Petrick. "A Decentralised Strategy for Heterogeneous AUV Missions via Goal Distribution and Temporal Planning", in Intl. Conf. on Automated Planning and Scheduling. October 2020.

Y. Carreno, È. Pairet, Y. Petillot, and R. Petrick. "Decentralised Task Allocation and Planning for Heterogeneous AUVs", in Intl. Conf. on Automated Planning and Scheduling, System Demonstration. October 2020.

Y. Carreno, È. Pairet, P. Ardón, Y. Petillot, and R. Petrick. "Task Allocation and Planning for Offshore Mission Automation", in Intl. Conf. on Automated Planning and Scheduling, System Demonstration. October 2020.

K. Lohan, M. Ahmad, C. Dondrup, P. Ardón, È. Pairet, and A. Vinciarelli. "Adapting Movements and Behaviour to Favour Communication in Human-Robot Interaction", in Modelling Human Motion: from Human Perception to Robot Design. Springer. In press.

Y. Carreno, È. Pairet, Y. Petillot, and R. Petrick. "Task Allocation Strategy for Heterogeneous Robot Teams in Offshore Missions", in Intl. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. May 2020.

D. Robb, M. Ahmad, C. Tiseo, S. Aracri, A. C. McConnell, V. Page, C. Dondrup, F. Garcia, H. Nguyen, È. Pairet, P. Ardón, T. Semwal, H. Taylor, L. Wilson, D. Lane, H. Hastie, and K. Lohan. “Robots in the Danger Zone: Exploring Public Perception through Engagement”, in ACM/IEEE Intl. Conf. on Human-Robot Interaction. March 2020.

2019

È. Pairet, P. Ardón, M. Mistry, and Y. Petillot. "Learning Generalisable Coupling Terms for Obstacle Avoidance via Low-dimensional Geometric Descriptors," in IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. November 2019.

P. Ardón, È. Pairet, R. Petrick, S. Ramamoorthy, and K. S. Lohan. "Learning Grasp Affordance Reasoning through Semantic Relations," in IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. November 2019.

È. Pairet, P. Ardón, M. Mistry, and Y. Petillot. "Learning and Composing Primitive Skills for Dual-arm Manipulation", in Conf. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. July 2019. Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary (ARQ) best paper award.

P. Ardón, È. Pairet, R. Petrick, S. Ramamoorthy, and K. S. Lohan. "Reasoning on Grasp-Action Affordances", in Conf. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. July 2019. Best paper award finalist.

È. Pairet, P. Ardón, X. Liu, J. Lopes, H. Hastie, and K. S. Lohan. "A Digital Twin for Human-Robot Interaction", in ACM/IEEE Intl. Conf. on Human-Robot Interaction. March 2019.

2018

È. Pairet, P. Ardón, F. Broz, M. Mistry, and Y. Petillot. "Learning and Generalisation of Primitives Skills Towards Robust Dual-arm Manipulation," in AAAI Fall Symposium Series, Reasoning and Learning in Real-World Systems for Long-Term Autonomy. October 2018.

P. Ardón, È. Pairet, S. Ramamoorthy, and K. S. Lohan. "Towards Robust Grasps, Using the Environment Semantics for Robotic Object Affordances," in AAAI Fall Symposium Series, Reasoning and Learning in Real-World Systems for Long-Term Autonomy. October 2018.

È. Pairet, J. D. Hernández, M. Lahijanian, and M. Carreras. "Uncertainty-based Online Mapping and Motion Planning for Marine Robotics Guidance," in IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems. October 2018.

È. Pairet. "Learning and Generalisation of Primitive Skills for Robust Dual-arm Manipulation," University of Ediburgh and Heriot-Watt University, MSc thesis. August 2018.

2017

È. Pairet. "Uncertainty-based Online Mapping and Motion Planning for Marine Robotics Guidance," University of Girona and University of Oxford, MSc thesis. June 2017.

2015

J. D. Hernández, E. Vidal, G. Vallicrosa, È. Pairet, and M. Carreras. "Simultaneous Mapping and Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Unknown Environments," in MTS/IEEE OCEANS. October 2015.

M. Carreras, C. Candela, D. Ribas, N. Palomeras, Ll. Magí, A. Mallios, E. Vidal, È. Pairet, and P. Ridao. "Testing SPARUS II AUV, an open platform for industrial, scientific and academic applications," in International Workshop in Marine Technology. September 2015.

È. Pairet. "Integració de timons en el robot SPARUS II pel control en cinc graus de llibertat," University of Girona, BSc thesis. Written in Catalan. September 2015.

J. D. Hernández, G. Vallicrosa, E. Vidal, È. Pairet, M. Carreras, and P. Ridao. "On-line 3D Path Planning for Close-proximity Surveying with AUVs," in IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles. April 2015.

2014

È. Pairet, M. Simón, and J. Daunis-I-Estadella. "Estadística," book of 303 pages including teaching material for the statistics courses in engineering at the University of Girona. Written in Catalan. September 2014.