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The full text of some of my
publications can be found in Academia.edu.
By Type of Publication
Scientific
Journals
1.
Araújo, A., Pizzino, C. A., Couceiro, M. S.,
& Rocha, R. P. (2025). A
multi-drone system proof of concept for forestry applications. Drones,
9(2), 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9020080
(view abstract)
2.
Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., & Castilho, J.
P. (2025). Inquiring the Robot
Operating System community on the state of adoption of the ROS 2 robotics
middleware. International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 9,
454–479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41315-024-00393-4
(view abstract)
3. Ferreira,
J. F., Portugal, D., Andrada, M. E., Machado, P., Rocha, R. P., & Peixoto,
P. (2023). Sensing and
artificial perception for robots in precision forestry: A survey. Robotics,
12(5), 139. https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics12050139
(view abstract)
4. Guevara,
L., Rocha, R. P., & Cheein, F. A. (2021). Improving the manual harvesting op-eration
efficiency by coordinating a fleet of N-trailer vehicles. Computers and
Electronics in Agriculture, 185, 106103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2021.106103
(view abstract)
5. Menezes,
P., & Rocha, R. P. (2021). Promotion
of active ageing through interactive artificial agents in a smart environment.
SN Applied Sciences, 3(5), 583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04567-8
(view abstract)
6. Couceiro,
M. S., Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., & Araújo, A. (2021). Fostering human–robot cooperative architectures
for search and rescue missions in urban fires. Simulation, 96(12), 177–194. https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549720964548
(view abstract)
7. Araujo,
F., Gomes, A., & Rocha, R. P. (2020). Towards optimal convergecast in wireless ad hoc networks. Ad Hoc
Networks, 107, 102214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2020.102214
(view abstract)
8. Rocha, R. P., & Kudenko, D.
(2019b). Guest editorial: Special issue on intelligent robotics and multi-agent
systems. Cybernetics and Systems, 50(8), 657. https://doi.org/10.1080/01969722.2019.1677328
9. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2017). Performance
estimation and dimensioning of team size for multi-robot patrol. IEEE
Intelligent Systems, 32(6), 30–38. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2017.4531222
(view abstract)
10. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2016). Cooperative
multi-robot patrol with Bayesian learning. Autonomous Robots, 40(5), 929–953. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-015-9503-7
(view abstract)
11. Santos,
J. M., Couceiro, M. S., Portugal, D., & Rocha, R. P. (2015). A sensor fusion layer to cope with
reduced visibility in SLAM. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems,
80(3–4), 401–422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-015-0180-8
(view abstract)
12. Fernandes,
A., Couceiro, M. S., Portugal, D., Santos, J. M., & Rocha, R. P. (2015). Ad hoc communication in teams of
mobile robots using ZigBee technology. Computer Applications in Engineering
Education, 23(5), 733–745. https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.21646
(view abstract)
13. Araújo,
A., Portugal, D., Couceiro, M. S., & Rocha, R. P. (2015). Integrating Arduino-based educational mobile
robots in ROS. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 77(2), 281–298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-013-0007-4
(view abstract)
14. Reis,
L. P., Ferreira Calado, J. M., & Rocha, R. P. (2015). Special issue on autonomous robot systems –
Guest editorial. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 77(2), 247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-014-0130-x
15. Couceiro,
M. S., Fernandes, A., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2015a). Understanding the communication
complexity of the robotic Darwinian PSO. Robotica, 33(1), 157–180. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574714000058
(view abstract)
16. Couceiro,
M. S., Martins, F. M., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2014c). Mechanism and convergence analysis
of a multi-robot swarm approach based on natural selection. Journal of
Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 76(2), 353–381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-014-0030-0
(view abstract)
17. Couceiro,
M. S., Vargas, P. A., & Rocha, R. P. (2014e). Bridging the reality gap between the Webots
simulator and E-puck robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(10),
1549–1567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.05.007
(view abstract)
18. Couceiro,
M. S., Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2014a). Marsupial teams of robots:
Deployment of miniature robots for swarm exploration under communication
constraints. Robotica, 32(7), 1017–1038. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574713001185
(view abstract)
19. Araújo,
A., Portugal, D., Couceiro, M. S., Sales, J., & Rocha, R. P. (2014). Desarrollo de un robot móvil compacto
integrado en el middleware ROS. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e
Informática Industrial, 11(3), 315–326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riai.2014.02.009
(view abstract)
20. Couceiro,
M. S., Figueiredo, C. M., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2014d). Darwinian swarm exploration under
communication constraints: Initial deployment and fault-tolerance assessment.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(4), 528–544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.12.009
(view abstract)
21. Couceiro,
M. S., Vargas, P. A., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2014b). Benchmark of swarm robotics
distributed techniques in a search task. Robotics and Autonomous Systems,
62(2), 200–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.10.004
(view abstract)
22. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2013b). Distributed
multi-robot patrol: A scalable and fault-tolerant framework. Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, 61(12), 1572–1587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.06.011
(view abstract)
23. Drews
Jr., P., Núñez, P., Rocha, R. P., Campos, M., & Dias, J. (2013). Novelty detection and segmentation
based on Gaussian mixture models: A case study in 3D robotic laser mapping.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(12), 1696–1709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.06.004
(view abstract)
24. Couceiro,
M. S., Portugal, D., Gonçalves, N., Rocha, R., Luz, J. M., Figueiredo, C.,
& Di-as, G. (2013b). A methodology
for detection and estimation in the analysis of the golf putting. Pattern
Analysis and Applications, 16(3), 459–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-012-0276-8
(view abstract)
25. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2013a). A PSO multi-robot exploration approach over
unreliable MANETs. Advanced Robotics, 27(16), 1221–1234. https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2013.819605
(view abstract)
26. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2013a). Multi-robot
patrolling algorithms: Examining performance and scalability. Advanced Robotics,
27(5), 325–336. https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2013.763722
(view abstract)
27. Couceiro,
M. S., Tenreiro Machado, J. A., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. F. (2012b).
A fuzzified systematic
adjustment of the robotic Darwinian PSO. Robotics and Autonomous Systems,
60(12), 1625–1639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2012.09.021
(view abstract)
28. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., Ferreira, N. M., & Tenreiro Machado, J. A. (2012a). Introducing the fractional order
Darwinian particle swarm optimization. Signal, Image and Video Processing,
6(3), 343–350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-012-0316-2
(view abstract)
29. Couceiro,
M. S., Martins, F. M., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. (2012d). Analysis and parameter adjustment of
the RDPSO: Towards an understanding of robotic network dynamic partitioning
based on Darwin's theory. International Mathematical Forum, 7(29–32),
1587–1601. Hikari, Ltd.
(view abstract)
30. Couceiro,
M. S., Figueiredo, C. M., Luz, J. M., Ferreira, N. M., & Rocha, R. P.
(2012c). A low-cost
educational platform for swarm robotics. International Journal of Robots,
Education and Art, 2(1), 1–15.
(view abstract)
31.
Monteiro, J., & Rocha, R. (2009b). Robust real-time digital control for
differential mobile robots. Robótica – Revista Técnico-Científica, (76),
16–21.
(view abstract)
32. Ferreira,
F., Davim, L., Rocha, R., Dias, J., & Santos, V. (2007a). Presenting a technique for registering images
and range data using a topological representation of a path within an
environment. Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics & Intelligent
Systems, 1(3), 47–55.
(view abstract)
33. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., Cunha, A., & Varandas, J. (2007). Towards a new mobility concept for cities:
Architecture & programming of semi-autonomous electric vehicles. Industrial
Robot, 34(2), 142–149. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910710727496
(view abstract)
34. Cunha,
A., Varandas, J., Dias, J., Rocha, R., & van der Spek, S. (2007). Towards a new mobility concept for
cities. Nova Terra Connected Cities, Interreg IIIC Network Publication, 27–31.
ISSN 1570-0402.
(view abstract)
35. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2005a). Cooperative multi-robot systems: A study of vision-based 3-D mapping
using information theory. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 53(3–4), 282–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.008
(view abstract)
36. Rocha,
R. (2001). Estado da arte da robótica móvel em Portugal. Robótica – Revista Téc-nico-Científica, (43),
1–21.
(view abstract)
Book
Chapters
1. Martins, G. S., Portugal, D., &
Rocha, R. P. (2021). mrgs: A multi-robot SLAM frame-work for ROS with efficient
information sharing. In A. Koubaa (Ed.), Robot operating system (ROS) (Studies
in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 895, pp. 45–62). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45956-7_3
(view abstract)
2. Rocha, R. P. (2016). Foreword. In M.
Couceiro & P. Ghamisi (Eds.), Fractional order Darwinian particle swarm
optimization: Applications and evaluation of an evolutionary algorithm (pp.
v–vi). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19635-0
3. Martins,
G. S., Portugal, D., & Rocha, R. P. (2015). On the usage of general-purpose compression
techniques for the optimization of inter-robot communication. In J. Filipe, O.
Gusikhin, K. Madani, & J. Sasiadek (Eds.), Informatics in control,
automation and robotics (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 370, pp.
223–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26453-0_13
(view abstract)
4. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2014a). Cooperative
multi-robot patrol in an indoor infra-structure. In P. Spagnolo, P. Mazzeo,
& C. Distante (Eds.), Human behavior understand-ing in networked sensing
(pp. 339–358). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10807-0_16
(view abstract)
5. Couceiro,
M. S., Lopes, A. R., Ferreira, N. M., Ferreira, A. G., & Rocha, R. P.
(2014f). Toward the concept of
robot society: A multi-robot SLAM case study. In N. M. F. Ferreira & J. A.
Tenreiro Machado (Eds.), Mathematical methods in engineering (pp. 57–66).
Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7183-3_6
(view abstract)
6. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2013c). Retrieving
topological information for mobile robots provided with grid maps. In J. Filipe
& A. Fred (Eds.), Agents and artificial intelligence (Communications in
Computer and Information Science, Vol. 358, pp. 204–217). Spring-er. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36907-0_14
(view abstract)
7. Luz,
J. M., Couceiro, M. S., Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., Araújo, H., & Dias, G.
(2013). Comparison of
classification methods for golf putting performance making. In A. M. Madureira,
C. Reis, & V. M. Marques (Eds.), Computational intelligence and decision
making (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering,
Vol. 61, pp. 35–45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_4
(view abstract)
8. Couceiro,
M. S., Martins, F. M., Clemente, F., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M.
(2013c). Towards a further
understanding of the robotic Darwinian PSO. In A. M. Madureira, C. Reis, &
V. M. Marques (Eds.), Computational intelligence and decision making
(Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, Vol. 61,
pp. 13–22). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4722-7_2
(view abstract)
9. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2012a). Measuring
variables effect to statistically model the multi-robot patrolling problem by
means of ANOVA. In L. M. Camarinha-Matos, E. Shahamatnia, & G. Nunes
(Eds.), Technological innovation for value creation (IFIP Advances in
Information and Communication Technology, Vol. 372, pp. 199–206). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28255-3_22
(view abstract)
10. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2011a). A
survey on multi-robot patrolling algorithms. In L. M. Camarinha-Matos (Ed.),
Technological innovation for sustainability (IFIP Advances in Information and
Communication Technology, Vol. 349, pp. 139–146). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_15
(view abstract)
11. Monteiro,
J., & Rocha, R. P. (2009a). Generic
real-time motion controller for differential mobile robots. In A. D. Rodic
(Ed.), Robotics, contemporary robotics, challenges and solutions (pp. 163–186).
In-Tech. https://doi.org/10.5772/7798
(view abstract)
12. Ferreira,
F., Amorim, I., Rocha, R. P., & Dias, J. (2009). T-SLAM: Registering topological and geometric
maps for robot localization in large environments. In H. Hahn, H. Ko, & S.
Lee (Eds.), Multisensor fusion and integration for intelligent systems (Lecture
Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 35, pp. 423–438). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89859-7_29
(view abstract)
13. Rocha,
R. P., & Dias, J. (2008a). Efficiently
sharing information in cooperative multi-robot systems. In N. Kock (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of e-collaboration (pp. 561–568). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch085
(view abstract)
Conferences
Indexed in Scopus
1. Frota,
L., & Rocha, R. P. (2025, March 10–15). A semantic mapping framework for service robots. In Proceedings of the
40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC‘25), 832–839 (Catania,
Italy). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3672608.3707779
(view abstract)
2. Almeida,
P. V., & Rocha, R. P. (2025, February 12–14). AI-powered social robot for cognitive
stimulation in the elderly through personalized storytelling. In Proceedings of
the 2025 11th International Conference on Automation, Robotics, and
Applications (ICARA 2025), 122–126 (Zagreb, Croatia). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARA64554.2025.10977621
(view abstract)
3. Fakrane,
C., Mota, K. O. S., Premebida, C., & Rocha, R. P. (2024, December 5–6). Human detection combining RGB and
thermal modalities. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE 3rd International
Conference on Intelligent Reality (ICIR) (Coimbra, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIR64558.2024.10976913
(view abstract)
4. Rocha, R. P. (2024). Editorial
message: special track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems. In
Proceedings of the 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '24),
610–611 (Avila, Spain). Association for Computing Machinery.
5. Silva,
P., & Rocha, R. P. (2023). Low-power
footprint inference with a deep neural network offloaded to a service robot
through edge computing. In Proceedings of the 38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on
Applied Computing (SAC’23), 800–807 (Tallin, Estonia). Association for Computing
Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3555776.3577681
(view abstract)
6. Rocha, R. P. (2023). Editorial
message: special track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems. In
Proceedings of the 38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '23) ,
771–772 (Tallin, Estonia). Association for Computing Machinery.
7. Rocha, R. P. (2022). Editorial
message: special track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems. In
Proceedings of the 37th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '22) ,
721–722 (Virtual Event). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3535432
8. Rocha,
R. P., & Wolf, D. F. (2021). Editorial message: IRMAS - Intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems
track. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
(SAC '21), 775–776 (Virtual Event, Republic of Korea). Association for Computing
Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3462419
9. Falcão, J., Menezes, P., &
Rocha, R. P. (2020, August 31–September 2). Automatic iden-tification of
wireless sensor network topology in a IoT domestic setup and discovery of user
routines. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer
Intelligent Systems (COINS 2020) (Barcelona, Spain). https://doi.org/10.1109/COINS49042.2020.9191423
(view abstract)
10. Menezes,
P., & Rocha, R. P. (2020, April 15–17). Multi-agent approach to foster regular physical activity in elderly
users. In Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous
Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2020), 325–331 (Ponta Delgada,
Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC49921.2020.9096129
(view abstract)
11. Prykhodchenko,
R., Rocha, R. P., & Couceiro, M. S. (2020, April 15–17). People detection by mobile robots doing
automatic guard patrols. In Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International
Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2020), 300–305
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC49921.2020.9096147
(view abstract)
12. Rocha, R. P., Kudenko, D., &
Wolf, D. F. (2020). Editorial message: Special track on intelligent robotics
and multi-agent systems. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on
Applied Computing (SAC '20), 773–775 (Brno, Czech Republic). Association for
Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3389658
13. Martins,
G. S., Rocha, R. P., Pais, F. J., & Menezes, P. (2019, May 20–24). ClusterNav: Learning-based robust
navigation operating in cluttered environments. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019), 9624–9630
(Montreal, QC, Canada). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2019.8794262
(view abstract)
14. Rocha,
R. P., & Kudenko, D. (2019a). Special track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems. In
Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '19),
896–897 (Limassol, Cyprus). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3329374
15. Couceiro,
M. S., Portugal, D., Ferreira, J. F., & Rocha, R. P. (2019, January 14–16).
SEMFIRE: Towards a new
generation of forestry maintenance multi-robot systems. In Proceedings of the
2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, 270–276 (Paris,
France). https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2019.8700403
(view abstract)
16. Rocha, R. P., Kudenko, D., &
Shen, S. (2018). Special track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems.
In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '18)
(Pau, France). https://doi.org/10.1145/3258657
17. Noori,
F. M., Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., & Couceiro, M. S. (2017, October 11–13).
On 3D simulators for
multi-robot systems in ROS: MORSE or Gazebo? In Proceedings of the 15th IEEE
International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2017),
19–24 (Shanghai, China). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2017.8088134
(view abstract)
18. Rosa,
J., & Rocha, R. P. (2017, April 4–6). Exportation to the cloud of distributed robotic tasks implemented in
ROS. In Proceedings of the 32nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2017),
235–240 (Marrakech, Morocco). https://doi.org/10.1145/3019612.3019703
(view abstract)
19. Rocha, R., Kudenko, D., & Shen,
S. (2017). Special track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems track.
In Proceedings of the Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '17), 233–234
(Marrakech, Morocco). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3243947
20. Chandra, R., & Rocha, R. P.
(2016, May 4–6). Knowledge-based framework for human-robots collaborative
context awareness in USAR missions. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE
International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC
2016) (Bragança, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC.2016.50
(view abstract)
21. Rocha, R. P., Kiekintveld, C. D.,
& Hsieh, M. A. (2016). Special track on intelligent robotics and
multi-agent systems. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied
Computing (SAC '16), 246–247 (Pisa, Italy). Association for Computing Machinery.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3252764
22. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., & Martins, F. M. L. (2015b, May 25–28). Towards a predictive model of an
evolutionary swarm robotics algorithm. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Congress
on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2015), 2090–2096 (Sendai, Japan). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2015.7257142
(view abstract)
23. Kiekintveld, C., Rocha, R. P., &
Wolf, D. (2015). Technical track on intelligent robotics and multi-agent
systems. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
(SAC '15), 275–276 (Salamanca, Spain). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3251665
24. Araujo,
F., Santos, J., & Rocha, R. P. (2014, November 12–14). Implementation of a routing protocol for ad hoc
networks in search and rescue robotics. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE
Wireless Days (WD 14) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). https://doi.org/10.1109/WD.2014.7020821
(view abstract)
25. Portugal, D., Pippin, C., Rocha, R.
P., & Christensen, H. (2014b, September 14–18). Find-ing optimal routes for
multi-robot patrolling in generic graphs. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), 363–369
(Chicago, IL, USA). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2014.6942585
(view abstract)
26. Sales, F. F., Portugal, D., &
Rocha, R. P. (2014, September 1–3). Real-time people detection and mapping
system for a mobile robot using a RGB-D sensor. In Proceedings of the 11th
International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
(ICINCO 2014), 467–474 (Vienna, Austria). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005060604670474
(view abstract)
27. Martins, G. S., Portugal, D., &
Rocha, R. P. (2014, September 1–3). A comparison of general-purpose FOSS
compression techniques for efficient communication in cooperative multi-robot
tasks. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in
Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2014), 136–147 (Vienna, Austria). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005058601360147
(view abstract)
28. Santos,
J. M., Couceiro, M. S., Portugal, D., & Rocha, R. P. (2014, May 14–15). Fusing sonars and LRF data to
perform SLAM in reduced visibility scenarios. In Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC
2014), 116–121 (Espinho, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC.2014.6849772
(view abstract)
29. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2013e, November 3–8). Scalable, fault-tolerant and distributed multi-robot
patrol in real world environments. In Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013),
4759–4764 (Tokyo, Japan). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697042
(view abstract)
30. Rocha,
R. P., Portugal, D., Couceiro, M. S., Araújo, F., Menezes, P., & Lobo, J.
(2013, October 21–26). The
CHOPIN project: Cooperation between human and robotic teams in catastrophic
incidents. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Safety,
Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013) (Linköping, Sweden). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719322
(view abstract)
31. Portugal,
D., Couceiro, M. S., & Rocha, R. P. (2013d, October 21–26). Applying Bayesian learning to
multi-robot patrol. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on
Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013) (Linköping, Sweden). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719325
(view abstract)
32. Ferreira,
N. L., Couceiro, M. S., Araújo, A., & Rocha, R. P. (2013, October 21–26). Mul-ti-sensor fusion and
classification with mobile robots for situation awareness in urban search and
rescue using ROS. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on
Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013) (Linköping, Sweden). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719361
(view abstract)
33. Santos,
J. M., Portugal, D., & Rocha, R. P. (2013, October 21–26). An evaluation of 2D SLAM techniques
available in Robot Operating System. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE
International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013)
(Linköping, Sweden). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2013.6719348
(view abstract)
34. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., Ferreira, N. M., & Vargas, P. A. (2013f, June 20–23). Darwinian robotic swarms for
exploration with minimal communication. In Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE
Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2013), 127–134 (Cancun, Mexico). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2013.6557562
(view abstract)
35. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. (2013e, May 6–10). Fault-tolerance assessment of a Darwinian swarm
exploration algorithm under communication constraints. In Proceedings of the
2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013),
2008–2013 (Karlsruhe, Germany). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630845
(view abstract)
36. Araújo,
A., Portugal, D., Couceiro, M. S., & Rocha, R. P. (2013, April 24). Integrating Arduino-based
educational mobile robots in ROS. In Proceedings of the IEEE 13th International
Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems (Robotica 2013), 8–13 (Lisbon,
Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/Robotica.2013.6623520
(view abstract)
37. Couceiro,
M. S., Portugal, D., & Rocha, R. P. (2013d, March 18–22). A collective robotic architecture in search and
rescue scenarios. In Proceedings of the 28th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
(SAC’13), 64–69 (Coimbra, Portugal). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2480362.2480377
(view abstract)
38. Rocha,
R. P., & Taylor, M. E. (2013). Special track on cooperative multi-agent systems and applications. In
Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '13),
56–57 (Coimbra, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1145/3245152
39. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2012b, November 5–8). Decision methods for distributed multi-robot
patrol. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Safety,
Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2012), 1–6 (College Station, TX, USA). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2012.6523869
(view abstract)
40. Couceiro,
M. S., Figueiredo, C., Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M.
(2012g, October 7–12). Initial
deployment of a robotic team: A hierarchical approach under communication
constraints verified on low-cost platforms. In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012),
4614–4619 (Vilamoura, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6385695
(view abstract)
41. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., Figueiredo, C., Luz, J. M., & Ferreira, N. M. (2012f,
October 7–12). Multi-robot
foraging based on Darwin’s survival of the fittest. In Proceedings of the 2012
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS
2012), 801–806 (Vilamoura, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6385512
(view abstract)
42. Couceiro,
M. S., Martins, F. M., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. (2012e, July 10–14).
Introducing the fractional
order robotic Darwinian PSO. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference
on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences (ICNPAA 2012),
242–251 (Vienna, Austria). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4765496
(view abstract)
43. Araújo,
A., Portugal, D., Couceiro, M. S., Figueiredo, C. M., & Rocha, R. P.
(2012a, February 6–8). TraxBot:
Assembling and programming of a mobile robotic platform. In Proceedings of the
4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART
2012), 301–304 (Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.5220/0003713303010304
(view abstract)
44. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2012, February 6–8). Extracting topological information from grid maps for robot navigation.
In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial
Intelligence (ICAART 2012), 137–143 (Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal). https://doi.org/10.5220/0003746401370143
(view abstract)
45. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. (2011b, November 1–5). A novel multi-robot exploration
approach based on particle swarm optimization algorithms. In Proceedings of the
9th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR
2011), 327–332 (Kyoto, Japan). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2011.6106751
(view abstract)
46. Couceiro,
M. S., Rocha, R. P., & Ferreira, N. M. (2011a, November 1–5). Ensuring ad hoc connectivity in
distributed search with robotic Darwinian particle swarms. In Proceedings of
the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
(SSRR 2011), 284–289 (Kyoto, Japan). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2011.6106752
(view abstract)
47. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2011b, November 1–5). On the performance and scalability of
multi-robot patrolling algorithms. In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International
Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2011), 50–55 (Kyoto,
Japan). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2011.6106761
(view abstract)
48. Núñez,
P., Drews Jr, P., Bandera, A., Rocha, R., Campos, M., & Dias, J. (2010,
October 18–22). Change detection
in 3D environments based on Gaussian mixture model and robust structural
matching for autonomous robotic applications. In Proceedings of the 2010
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS
2010), 2633–2638 (Taipei, Taiwan). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2010.5650573
(view abstract)
49. Portugal,
D., Antunes, C. H., & Rocha, R. P. (2010b, October 10–13). A study of genetic algorithms for
approximating the longest path in generic graphs. In Proceedings of the 2010
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2010),
2539–2544 (Istanbul, Turkey). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5641920
(view abstract)
50. Drews
Jr, P., Núñez, P., Rocha, R., Campos, M., & Dias, J. (2010a, May 3–8). Novelty detection and 3D shape
retrieval using superquadrics and multi-scale sampling for autonomous mobile
robots. In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation (ICRA 2010), 3635–3640 (Anchorage, AK, USA). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509405
(view abstract)
51. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2010a, March 22–26). MSP algorithm: Multi-robot patrolling based on territory allocation
using balanced graph partitioning. In Proceedings of the 25th ACM Symposium on
Applied Computing (SAC 2010), 1271–1276 (Sierre, Switzerland). https://doi.org/10.1145/1774088.1774360
(view abstract)
52. Núñez,
P., Drews Jr, P., Rocha, R., Campos, M., & Dias, J. (2009a, October 11–15).
Novelty detection and 3D shape
retrieval based on Gaussian mixture models for autonomous surveillance
robotics. In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), 4724–4730 (St. Louis, MO, USA). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354712
(view abstract)
53. Rocha,
R., Ferreira, F., & Dias, J. (2008b, September 22–26). Multi-robot complete exploration using hill
climbing and topological recovery. In Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008),
1884–1889 (Nice, France). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4650625
(view abstract)
54. Ferreira,
F., Amorim, I., Rocha, R., & Dias, J. (2008, August 20–22). T-SLAM: Registering topological and
geometric maps for robot localization in large environments. In Proceedings of
the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration
for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2008), 392–398 (Seoul, Korea). https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.2008.4648097
(view abstract)
55. Monteiro,
J., & Rocha, R. (2008, May 11–15). RACbot-RT: Robust digital control for differential soccer-player robots.
In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control,
Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2008) (pp. 225–228), Funchal, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.5220/0001505902250228
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56. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., Cunha, A., & Varandas, J. (2006, August 14–16). Towards a new mobility concept for cities:
Architecture & programming of semi-autonomous electric vehicles. In
Proceedings of the 12th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and
Applications (RA 2006), 96–101 (Honolulu, HI, USA).
(view abstract)
57. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2005b, August 2–6). Exploring information theory for vision-based
volumetric mapping. In Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/RSJ International
Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), 1023–1028 (Edmonton,
Canada). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2005.1545338
(view abstract)
58. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2005c, April 18–22). Cooperative multi-robot systems: A study of
vision-based 3-D mapping using information theory. In Proceedings of the 2005
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005), 384–389
(Barcelona, Spain). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570149
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Workshops
& Other Conferences
1. Araújo,
A., Couceiro, M. S., Datsenko, D., Ferreira, J. F., & Rocha, R. P. (2021,
September 27 – October 1). Constrained
formation tracking of an aquatic multi-robot system with a self-organized map
for autonomous robots. In Late-Breaking Results of the 2021 IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), Prague,
Czech Republic.
2. Agostinho,
R., Rama, L., Rocha, R. P., & Menezes, P. (2021, September 8–10). Body-EnergyExpenditure: Automatic
measurement of energy expenditure associated with physical exercise. In
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport
Science (ECSS 2021).
3. Guevara,
L., Rocha, R. P., & Auat Cheein, F. (2020). Route planning for multiple N-trailers in
manual harvesting operations. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Perception,
Planning and Mobility in Forestry Robotics (WPPMFR 2020), IEEE/RSJ
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2020) (Las
Vegas, NV, USA).
(view abstract)
4. Martins, G. S., Pais, F., Rocha, R.
P., & Menezes, P. (2018, October 5). Synergy of distributed agents in a
smart home to promote physical activity in elderly users. In Workshop on Robots
for Assisted Living, 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Madrid, Spain.
(view abstract)
5. Couceiro,
M. S., & Rocha, R. P. (2014g, August 25). Understanding firefighters behavior for
human-robot cooperation in urban fires. In Workshop on Developmental and
Bio-Inspired Approaches for Memory and Emotion Modelling in Cognitive Robotics,
23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
(RO-MAN 2014), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
(view abstract)
6. Portugal,
D., Couceiro, M. S., & Rocha, R. P. (2013f, May 6). Concurrent Bayesian learners for multi-robot
patrolling missions. In Workshop on Towards Fully Decentralized Multi-Robot
Systems, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013),
Karlsruhe, Germany.
(view abstract)
7. Araújo,
A., Portugal, D., Couceiro, M. S., Figueiredo, C. M., & Rocha, R. P.
(2012b, June 1–4). Small and
compact mobile robots: Surveying and comparing platforms. In Proceedings of the
International Conference Automatics 2012 (pp. 349–358), Sozopol, Bulgaria.
(view abstract)
8. Couceiro,
M. S., Ferreira, N. M., Martins, F. M., Rocha, R. P., & Clemente, F.
(2011d, November 16–18). Statistical
significance analysis of the RDPSO. In International Symposium on Computational
Intelligence for Engineering Systems (ISCIES 2011), Coimbra, Portugal.
(view abstract)
9. Luz,
J. M., Couceiro, M. S., Portugal, D., Rocha, R. P., Araújo, H., & Dias, G.
(2011, November 16–18). Comparison
of classification methods for golf putting performance analysis. In
International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems
(ISCIES 2011), Coimbra, Portugal.
(view abstract)
10. Couceiro,
M. S., Ferreira, N. M., & Rocha, R. P. (2011c, July 24–29). Multi-robot exploration based on
swarm optimization algorithms. In Proceedings of the 7th European Nonlinear
Dynamics Conference (ENOC 2011), Rome, Italy.
(view abstract)
11. Portugal,
D., & Rocha, R. P. (2011c, June 14–17). Partitioning generic graphs into k regions. In 6th Iberian Congress on
Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMNE 2011), Coimbra, Portugal.
(view abstract)
12. Couceiro,
M. S., Lopes, A. R., Ferreira, N. M., Ferreira, A. G., & Rocha, R. (2010b,
October 21–24). The concept of
robot society: Evidence taken from multi-robot SLAM. In Mathematical Methods in
Engineering International Symposium (MME 10), Coimbra, Portugal.
13.
Drews Jr, P., Rocha, R., Campos, M., & Dias,
J. (2010b, September 12–16). Deteção de mudanças de forma em mapas 3D baseados
em nuvens de pontos. In XVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Automática, Bonito,
Brazil.
(view abstract)
14. Couceiro,
M. S., Ferreira, N. M., & Rocha, R. (2010a, May 6–7). Mathematical modeling and simulation of flying
robots. In International Workshop RoboControl 2010: Applied Robotics and
Automation, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.
(view abstract)
15. Núñez, P., Drews Jr, P., Rocha, R.,
& Dias, J. (2009b, September 23–25). Data fusion calibration for a 3D laser
range finder and a camera using inertial data. In Proceedings of the 4th
European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2009), 31–36 (Dubrovnik, Croatia).
(view abstract)
16. Freitas,
P., & Rocha, R. (2008, December 3–5). Adapting wiki pages: Presentation to people with different patterns of
preferences and needs. In IASK International Conference E-Activity and Leading
Technologies 2008 (E-ALT 2008), 43–48 (Madrid, Spain).
(view abstract)
17. Amorim,
I., Rocha, R., & Dias, J. (2008, November 29–30). Mobile robotic surveillance systems: Detecting
and evaluating changes in 3D mapped environments. In 2nd Israeli
Conference on Robotics (ICR 2008), Herzlia, Israel.
18. Duarte,
L., & Rocha, R. (2008, October 31). RAClearning: A survey of reinforcement learning techniques applied to
robot soccer. In 14th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition (RecPad
2008), Coimbra, Portugal.
19. Monteiro,
J., & Rocha, R. (2008, May 11–15). RACbot-RT: Robust digital control for differential soccer-player robots.
In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control,
Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2008) (pp. 225–228), Funchal, Portugal.
(view abstract)
20. Ferreira,
F., Davim, L., Rocha, R., Santos, V., & Dias, J. (2007b, June 21–22). Using local features to classify
objects having printable codes. In 5th Workshop on European Scientific and
Industrial Collaboration on Promoting Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing
(WESIC 07), Warsaw, Poland.
(view abstract)
21. Rocha, R. (2006b, June 22).
Efficient information sharing and coordination in cooperative multi-robot
systems. In 2nd European-Latin-American Workshop on Engineering Systems (SELASI
2006), Porto, Portugal.
(view abstract)
22. Martins,
J., Rocha, R., Lobo, J., & Dias, J. (2005, April 29). RAC robotic soccer small-size team: Control
architecture and global vision. In Scientific Workshop of Robótica 2005
National Robotics Festival, Coimbra, Portugal.
(view abstract)
23. Rodrigues,
J., Brandão, S., Lobo, J., Rocha, R., & Dias, J. (2005, April 29). RAC robotic soccer small-size team:
Omnidirectional drive modelling and robot construction. In Scientific Workshop
of Robótica 2005 National Robotics Festival, Coimbra, Portugal.
(view abstract)
24. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2005d, April 22). Entropy gradient-based exploration with
cooperative robots in 3-D mapping missions. In Workshop on Cooperative
Robotics, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005),
Barcelona, Spain.
(view abstract)
25. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2003b, September 4–6). Assessing information utility in
cooperation-based robotic systems. In Proceedings of the 1st European
Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2003) (pp. 135–140), Radziejowice, Poland.
26. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2003a, June 30–July 3). Assessing information utility in
cooperation-based robotic systems. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference
on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2003) (pp. 840–845), Coimbra, Portugal.
(view abstract)
27. Rocha,
R., & Carvalho, A. (2000, June). Stochastic and coloured Petri nets for modelling and designing of AGV
systems. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Flexible
Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2000), Washington, DC, USA.
(view abstract)
Monographs
1. Rocha, R. P. (2006a). Building
volumetric maps with cooperative mobile robots and useful information sharing:
A distributed control approach based on entropy (Doctoral thesis). Faculty of
Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/10199
(view abstract)
(research project)
2.
Rocha, R. P. (1999). Desenvolvimento de um
sistema de gestão de AGVs [Development of an AGV management system] (Master’s
thesis). Faculty of
Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/12468/2/Texto%20integral.pdf
(view abstract)
Technical
Reports
1. Rocha,
R., Dias, J., & Carvalho, A. (2004, February). Entropy-based 3-D mapping with teams of
cooperative mobile robots: A simulation study (Technical Report, 16 pp.). ISR
– Coimbra.
(view abstract)
2. Rocha, R. (2002, September).
Fostering cooperation among intelligent machines: State of the art (Technical
Report). ISR – Coimbra.
3. Martins, C., & Rocha, R. (1995,
October). Manufacturing cell monitoring process. In Proceedings of the ESPRIT
5629 Project, Centro de CIM do Porto (CCP), Portugal.
(view abstract)
4. Leitão,
P., Martins, C., & Rocha, R. (1995, October). Integration of CNC machines in flexible manufacturing
cell. In Proceedings of the ESPRIT 5629 Project, Centro de CIM do Porto (CCP),
Portugal.
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