JOURNAL ARTICLES

[2015 RAS] E. Hernández, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. A Comparison of Homotopic Path Planning Algorithms for Robotic Applications Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 64(0):44-58, February 2015.

[2014 JFR] E. Galceran, R. Campos, N. Palomeras, D. Ribas, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Coverage Path Planning with Realtime Replanning and Surface Reconstruction for Inspection of 3D Underwater Structures using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Journal of Field Robotics, doi: 10.1002/rob.21554, 2014.

[2013 JBR] E. Galceran, N. Palomeras and M. Carreras. Profile Following for Inspection of Underwater Structures Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 4(4):209-220, December 2013.

[2013 RAS] E. Galceran and M. Carreras. A Survey on Coverage Path Planning for Robotics Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(12):1258-1276, December 2013.

[2013 RAS] A. El-Fakdi and M. Carreras. Two-step gradient-based reinforcement learning for underwater robotics behavior learning Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(3):271-282, March 2013.

[2012 JOE] N. Palomeras, A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. COLA2: A control architecture for AUVs. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 37(4):695-716, October 2012.

[2012 TM] D. Ribas, N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and A. Mallios. Girona 500 AUV, from survey to intervention. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 17(1):46–53, February 2012.

[2012 RIAI] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, R. García, D. Ribas, and N. Palomeras. Inspección visual subacuática mediante robótica submarina. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, 9(1):34-45, January - March 2012.

[2012 ISR] M. Prats, D. Ribas, N. Palomeras, J. C. García, V. Nannen, S. Wirth, J. J. Fernández, J. P. Beltrán, R. Campos, P. Ridao, P. J. Sanz, G. Oliver, M. Carreras, N. Gracias, R. Marín, and A. Ortiz. Reconfigurable AUV for Intervention Missions: A Case Study on Underwater Object Recovery. Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics, 5(1):19–31, January 2012.

[2010 JFR] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, D. Ribas and R. García. Visual inspection of hydroelectric dams using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Journal of Field Robotics, 27(6):759-778, November - December 2010.

[2010 WPDC] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, R. García, D. Ribas, and J. Batlle. Advancing underwater robotics. Water Power & Dam Construction, 62(5):40–43, May 2010.

[2007 IJC] M. Carreras, N. Palomeras, P. Ridao and D. Ribas. Design of a mission control system for an AUV. International Journal of Control, 80(7):993–1007, July 2007.

[2007 RAS] M. Carreras, J. Yuh, J. Batlle and P. Ridao. Application of SONQL for real-time learning of robot behaviours. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 55(8): 628–642, August 2007.

[2005 JOE] M. Carreras, J. Yuh, J. Batlle and P. Ridao. A Behavior-based Scheme Using Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 30(21):416-427, April 2005.

[2004 CEP] P. Ridao, A. Tiano, A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and A. Zirilli. On the identification of non linear models of unmanned underwater vehicles. Control Engineering Practice, 12(12):1483-1499, 2004.

[2002 CEP] P. Ridao, J. Batlle and M. Carreras. O2CA2, a new object oriented control architecture for autonomy: the reactive layer. Control Engineering Practice, 10(8):857–873, August 2002.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND PHD THESIS

[2014 PhD] E. Galceran. Coverage Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. University of Girona, supervised by M. Carreras, April 2014.

[2013 Chapter] M. Carreras, A. El-Fakdi and P. Ridao. Behavior Adaptation by means of Reinforcement Learning. Marine Robot Autonomy, pages 287-328, Springer, Ed. M.L. Seto, ISBN 978-1-4614-5658-2, 2013.

[2012 PhD] E. Hernàndez. Path Planning with Homotopic Constraints for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. University of Girona, supervised by P. Ridao and M. Carreras, June 2012.

[2011 PhD] A. El-Fakdi. Gradient-Based Reinforcement Learning Techniques for Underwater Robotics Behavior Learning. University of Girona, supervised by M. Carreras, March 2011.

[2007 Chapter] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Direct gradient-based reinforcement learning for robot behavior learning. Informatics in control automation and robotics II, pages 175-182, Ed. Springer, J. Filipe, J. Ferrier, J.A. Cetto, M. Carvalho, ISBN, 978-1-4020-5625-3, 2007.

[2007 Chapter] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, E. Hernandez and N. Palomeras. Underwater Telerobotics for Collaborative Research. Advances in Telerobotics, chapter , pages 347-359, Ed. Springer, M. Ferrer, M. Buss, R. Aracil, C. Melchiorri and C. Balaguer, ISBN 978-3-540-71363-0, 2007.

[2006 Chapter] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, R. Garcia and J. Batlle. Behaviour Control of UUVs. Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles, chapter 4, pages 67-86, Ed. G. Roberts and R.Sutton, IEE Control Engineering S., ISBN 0863414508, 2006.

[2006 Chapter] R. Garcia, X. Cufí, P. Ridao and M. Carreras. Constructing Photo-Mosaics to assist UUV navigation and station-keeping. Robotics and Automation in the Maritime Industries, chapter 9, pages 195-234, Ed. J. Aranda, P. Gonzalez de Santos, J M de la Cruz, ISBN 84-611-3915-1, 2006.

[2004 Chapter] J. Batlle, P. Ridao, R. Garcia, M. Carreras, X. Cufí, A. El-Fakdi, D. Ribas, T. Nicosevici, E. Batlle, G. Oliver, A. Ortiz and J. Antich. URIS: Underwater Robotic Intelligent System. Automation for the Maritime Industries, chapter 11, pages 177–203. Instituto de Automática Industrial, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, first edition, 2004.

[2003 PhD] M. Carreras. A proposal of a behavior-based control architecture with reinforcement learning for an autonomous underwater robot. University of Girona, supervised by P. Ridao, September 2003.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

[2014 CCIA] A. Carrera, P. Kormushev and M. Carreras. Learning by demonstration applied to underwater intervention. Seventeenth International Conference of the Catalan Association of Artificial Intelligence (CCIA 2014), Barcelona, Spain, October 2014.

[2014 IROS] N. Hurtós, N. Palomeras, M. Carreras, A. Carrera, C. Bechlioulis, G. Karras, S. Heshmati- alamdari and K. Kyriakopoulos. Sonar-Based Chain Following Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS, Chicago, USA, September, 2014.

[2014 IFAC] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, D. Ribas, P.J. Sanz, G. Oliver. Intervention AUVs: The Next Challenge. 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2014), Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014.

[2014 ICRA] E. Galceran. R. Campos, N. Palomeras, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Coverage Path Planning with Realtime Replanning for Inspection of 3D Underwater Structures. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), Hong Kong (China), May, 2014.

[2014 ICRA] A. Seyez Reza, M. Leonetti, A. Carrera, M. Carreras, P. Kormushev, D.G. Caldwell. Online Discovery of AUV Control Policies to Overcome Thruster Failures. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), Hong Kong (China), May, 2014.

[2014 ICRA] G. Karras, C. Bechlioulis, S. Nagappa, N. Palomeras, K. Kyriakopoulos and M. Carreras. Motion Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Robust Model - Free Approach. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), Hong Kong (China), May, 2014.

[2014 ICRA] A. Carrera, G.C. Karras, C.P. Bechlioulis, N. Palomeras, N. Hurtos, K.J. Kyriakopoulos, P. Kormushev, M. Carreras. Improving a Learning by Demonstration framework for Intervention AUVs by means of an UVMS controller. ICRA 2014 Workshop on Persistent Autonomy for Marine Robotics, Hong Kong (China), May, 2014.

[2014 OCEANS] A. Carrera, N. Palomeras, D. Ribas, P. Kormushev and M. Carreras. An Intervention-AUV learns how to perform an underwater valve turning. OCEANS '14 MTS/IEEE, Taipei (Taiwan), April, 2014.

[2013 IROS] E. Galceran, S. Nagappa, M. Carreras, P. Ridao and A. Palomer. Uncertainty-driven Survey Path Planning for Bathymetric Mapping. 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2013.

[2013 IROS] Bechlioulis, C.P., Karras, G.C., Nagappa, S., Palomeras, N., Kyriakopoulos, K.J. and Carreras, M.. A robust visual servo control scheme with prescribed performance for an autonomous underwater vehicle. 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2013.

[2013 MARTECH] Carreras, M., Candela, C., Ribas, D., Mallios, A., Magí, L., Vidal, E., Palomeras, N. and Ridao, P. SPARUS II, design of a lightweight hovering AUV. Fifth International Workshop in Marine Technology (MARTECH), Girona (Spain), October 2013.

[2013 MARTECH] Ridao, P., Ribas, D., Palomeras, N., Carreras, M., Mallios, A., Hurtós, N., Gracias, N., Magí, L., Garcia, R., Campos, R., Prados, R. and Escartín, J. Operational validation of GIRONA500 AUV. Fifth International Workshop in Marine Technology (MARTECH), Girona (Spain), October 2013.

[2013 MARTECH] E. Galceran, R. Campos and M. Carreras. Automating Seafloor Inspection using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Fifth International Workshop in Marine Technology (MARTECH), Girona (Spain), October 2013.

[2013 EURATHLON] Carreras, M., Vidal, E., Candela, C., Ribas, D., Mallios, A., Magí, L., Palomeras, N. and Ridao, P. SPARUS II AUV, an open platform for the euRathlon underwater robotics challenge. euRathlon Workshop on Field Robotics 2013, Germany, September 2013.

[2013 OCEANS] Gracias, N., Ridao, P., Garcia, R., Escart ́ın, J., L’Hour, M., Cibecchini, F., Campos, R., Carreras, M., Ribas, D., Palomeras, N., Magi, L., Palomer, A., Nicosevici, T., Prados, R., Hegedu ̈s, R., Neumann, L., de Filippo, F. and Mallios, A. Mapping the Moon: Using a lightweight AUV to survey the site of the 17th Century ship ‘La Lune’. OCEANS '13 MTS/IEEE, Bergen (Norway), June, 2013.

[2013 OCEANS] A. Carrera, M. Carreras, P. Kormushev, N. Palomeras and S. Nagappa. Towards valve turning with an AUV using learning by demonstration. OCEANS '13 MTS/IEEE, Bergen (Norway), June, 2013.

[2013 OCEANS] N. Palomeras, S. Nagappa, D. Ribas, N. Gracias and M. Carreras. Vision-based localization and mapping system for AUV intervention. OCEANS '13 MTS/IEEE, Bergen (Norway), June, 2013.

[2013 OCEANS] E. Galceran, M. Carreras, N. Palomeras and P. Ridao. Complex Structure Profile Estimation and Following with the GIRONA500 AUV. OCEANS '13 MTS/IEEE, Bergen (Norway), June, 2013.

[2013 ICRA] E. Galceran and M. Carreras. Planning Coverage Paths on Bathymetric Maps for In-Detail Inspection of the Ocean Floor. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe (Germany), May 6-10, 2013.

[2013 WMR] P. Ridao, N. Gracias, M. Carreras and R. Garcia. From Survey to Intervention: The challenges of 3D Mapping for Multipurpose Intervention. Workshop on Marine Robotics: Looking into the Crystal Ball: 20 years hence in Marine Robotics, Eurocast 2013, Gran Canaries, Spain, February 11-13, 2013.

[2012 OCEANS] E. Galceran and M. Carreras. Coverage Path Planning for Marine Habitat Mapping. OCEANS '12 MTS/IEEE Hampton Roads, Virgina (USA), October 14-19, 2012.

[2012 IROS] E. Galceran and M. Carreras. Efficient Seabed Coverage Path Planning for ASVs and AUVs. 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7-12, 2012.

[2012 MCMC] D. M. Lane, F. Maurelli, P. Kormushev, M. Carreras, M. Fox and K. Kyriakopoulos. Persistent autonomy: the challenges of the PANDORA project. 9th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft (MCMC'12), Arenzano, Italy, September 19-21, 2012.

[2012 AIMSA] A. Carrera, S. R. Ahmadzadeh, A. Ajoudani, P. Kormushev, M. Carreras, D. G. Caldwell. Towards Autonomous Robotic Valve Turning. AIMSA 2012 Workshop on Advances in Robot Learning and Human-Robot Interaction, Varna, Bulgaria,September 12-15, 2012.

[2012 ICINCO] E. Hernandez, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. A bug-based path planner guided with homotopy classes. 9th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Rome, Italy, July 2012.

[2012 NGCUV] J. González, I. Masmitjà, S. Gomáriz, E. Molino, J. del Río, A. Mànuel, J. Busquets, A. Guerrero, F. López, M. Carreras, D. Ribas, A. Carrera, C. Candela, P. Ridao, J. Sousa, P. Calado, J. Pinto, A. Sousa, R. Martins, D. Borrajo, A. Olaya, B. Garau, I. González, S. Torres, K. Rajan, M. McCann and J. Gilabert. AUV based multi-vehicle collaboration: salinity studies in Mar Menor coastal lagoon. IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV-2012), Porto, Portugal, April, 2012.

[2012 NGCUV] E. Galceran, V. Djapic, M. Carreras and D. P. Williams. A Real-time Underwater Object Detection Algorithm for Multi-beam Forward Looking Sonar. IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV-2012), Porto, Portugal, April, 2012.

[2012 NGCUV] E. Hernandez, M. Carreras, P. Ridao and A. Mallios. Homotopic Path Planning for an AUV on Maps Improved with Scan Matching. IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV-2012), Porto, Portugal, April, 2012.

[2011 OCEANS] A. Mallios, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and E. Hernandez. Navigating and Mapping with the SPARUS AUV in a Natural and Unstructured Underwater Environment. OCEANS '11 MTS/IEEE KONA, Kona, Hawaii (USA), September 19-22, 2011.

[2011 MARTECH] J. Gilabert, S. Gomariz, E. Molino, J. del Río, A. Mabuel, M. Carreras, P. Ridao, J. Sousa, R. Martins, D. Borrajo, A. Olaya, B. Garau, I. González, J. Busquets, A. Guerrero, F. García-Córdova and  K. Kajan. AUV-2011-Underwater Robotics experiment in the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon. Fourth International Workshop On Marine Technology, MARTECH, Cádiz (Spain), September 22-23, 2011.

[2011 ROBOT] D. Ribas, P. Ridao, N. Palomeras, A. Mallios, M. Carreras and L. Magí. Girona 500, un vehículo autónomo submarino para la investigación. Workshop de Robótica ROBOT'2011, Sevilla (Spain) 2011.

[2011 OCEANS] J. Aulinas, M. Carreras, Y. R. Petillot, J. Salvi, X. Llado, R. Garcia and R. Prados. Feature extraction for underwater visual SLAM. OCEANS'11 IEEE, Santander (Spain), June 6-9, 2011.

[2011 OCEANS] D. Ribas, P. Ridao, L. Magí, N. Palomeras, and M. Carreras. The Girona 500, a multipurpose autonomous underwater Vehicle. OCEANS'11 IEEE, Santander (Spain), June 6-9, 2011.

[2011 IFACWC] E. Hernandez, M. Carreras, P. Ridao, J. Antich and A. Ortiz. A Search-based Path Planning Algorithm with Topological Constraints. Application to an AUV. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan (Italy), 28 August – 2 September, 2011.

[2011 OCEANS] E. Hernandez, M. Carreras, E. Galceran and P. Ridao. Path Planning with Homotopy Class Constraints on Bathymetric Maps. OCEANS'11 IEEE, Santander (Spain), June 6-9, 2011.

[2011 ICRA] E. Hernandez, M. Carreras, J. Antich, A. Ortiz and P. Ridao. A Topologically Guided Path Planner for an AUV Using Homotopy Classes. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011), Shangai (China), May 9-13, 2011.

[2011 ICAPS] E. Hernandez, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. A Path Planning Algorithm for an AUV Guided with Homotopy Classes. 21st International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2011), Freiburg (Germany), June 11-16, 2011.

[2010 IAV] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and C. Silvestre. Towards A Deliverative Mission Control System For An AUV. 7th Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, (IAV 2010), Lecce, (Italy), September 6-8, 2010.

[2010 ICRA] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and E. Galceran. Two steps natural actor critic learning for underwater cable tracking. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA'10, Anchorage, USA, May 2010.

[2009 IROS] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and C. Silvestre. Using Petri nets to specify and execute missions for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS, St. Louis, USA, October 11-15, 2009.

[2009 MCMC] E. Hernandez, P. Ridao, A. Mallios and M. Carreras. Occupancy Grid Mapping in an Underwater Structured Environment. 8th IFAC International Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft, Guarujá, Brazil, September 16-18, 2009.

[2009 MCMC] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and C. Silvestre. Mission Control System for an Autonomous Vehicle: Application Study of a Dam Inspection using an AUV. 8th IFAC International Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft, Guarujá, Brazil, September 16-18, 2009.

[2009 UUV] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, R. García, and D. Ribas. AIRSUB: Recent results in vision-based dam inspection with an AUV. 11th Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Showcase, Southampton, UK, September, 2009.

[2009 ROBOT] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, R. Garcia and D. Ribas. AIRSUB: Recent Results in vision-based dam inspection with an AUV. II Workshop de Robótica ROBOT'2009, Barcelona, 2009.

[2009 ITED] W. García, M. Carreras, J. Meléndez and X. Cufí. Management Of Master's Thesis Based On Skills. International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, 9-11 March, 2009.

[2008 IROS] A. El-Fakdi and Marc Carreras. Policy Gradient Based Reinforcement Learning for Real Autonomous Underwater Cable Tracking. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS’08, Nice, France, 2008.

[2008 NGCUV] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and J. Batlle. Direct Policy Search Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Cable Tracking. IFAC Workshop - Navigation, Guidance & Control of Underwater Vehicles, NGCUV08, Killaloe, Ireland, 2008.

[2008 ICINCO] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras, J. Antich and A. Ortiz. Learning by Example: Reinforcement Learning Techniques for Real Autonomous Cable Tracking. 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, ICINCO’08, Madeira, Portugal, 2008.

[2008 ECAI] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and E. Hernandez. Gradient Based Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Cable Tracking. International Workshop on Evolutionary and Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robot Systems, ECAI 2008 conference, Patras, Greece, 2008.

[2008 IFACWC] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao and M. Carreras. Towards a Mission Control Language for AUVs. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.

[2008 UNIVEST] J. Meléndez, X. Cufí, M. Carreras and W. García. Gestió de les Tesis de Màster basades en Competències. Congrés Internacional UNIVEST08 ”L’estudiant, eix del canvi a la universitat, Girona,2008.

[2007 MARTECH] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao and M. Carreras. Defining a Mission Control Language. Segona Edició del Workshop Internacional Sobre Tecnología Marina, Martech 2007, Vilanova i la Geltrú – Barcelona, 2007.

[2007 CAMS] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and J. Batlle. MCL: A Mission Control Language for AUVs. 2007 IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Bol, Croatia, 2007.

[2007 ICRA] D. Ribas, N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras, and E. Hernandez. ICTINEU AUV wins the first sauc-e competition. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Roma, Italy 2007.

[2006 CCIA] E. Hernàndez, P. Ridao, M. Carreras, D. Ribas, N. Palomeras, A. El-fakdi, F. Chung, T. Almohaya, X. Ribas, G. García de Marina, J. Massich and N. Hurtós. ICTINEUAUV, un Robot per a Competir. Novè Congrés Catala d'Inteloligencia Artificial (CCIA'06), Perpignan, Francia, 2006.

[2006 WAF] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and E. Hernández. Design of a Mission Controller for an Autonomous Underwater Robot. VI Workshop en Agentes Fisicos, WAF'06, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2006.

[2006 IROS] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Towards Direct Policy Search Reinforcement Learning for Robot control. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS'06, Beijing, China, 2006.

[2006 IROS] N. Palomeras, M. Carreras, P. Ridao and E. Hernandez. Mission Control System for Dam Inspection with an AUV. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS'06, Beijing, China, 2006.

[2006 MCMC] A. Tiano, Z. Lajic and M. Carreras. Adaptive Control of Underwater Vehicles. 7th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts, MCMC’06, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

[2006 MCMC] P. Ridao, E. Hernandez, N. Palomeras and M. Carreras. Remote Training in AUV Control using HIL Simulators. 7th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts, MCMC’06, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

[2006 WAF] N. Palomeras, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and E. Hernández. Design of a Mission Controller for an Autonomous Underwater Robot. VI Workshop en Agentes Fisicos, WAF'06, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 2006.

[2005 MARTECH] P. Ridao, M. Carreras and J. Batlle. AIRSUB: Autonomous Robot For Dam Inspection. Workshop Internacional Sobre Tecnología Marina, Martech 2005, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, 2005.

[2005 ICINCO] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Direct Gradient-Based Reinforcement Learning for Robot Behavior Learning. 2nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, ICINCO'05, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

[2005 OCEANS] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras, N. Palomeras and Pere Ridao. Autonomous underwater vehicle control using reinforcement learning policy search methods. IEEE Oceans Europe'05 Conference, Brest, France, 2005.

[2005 CCIA] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and N. Palomeras. Direct Policy Search Reinforcement Learning for Robot Control. Vuite Congrés Catala d'Intel•ligencia Artificial (CCIA'05), Alguer, Italy, 2005.

[2005 WAF] Andres El-Fakdi, Marc Carreras, Pere Ridao and E. Hernandez. Studying the feasibility of policy reinforcement learning methods for autonomous agents. VI Workshop en Agentes Fisicos, WAF'05, Granada, Spain, 2005.

[2004 IAV] J. Antich, A. Ortiz, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Testing the Control Architecture of a Visually Guided Underwater Cable Tracker by using a UUV Prototype. 5th IFAC/EURON Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, IAV'04, Lisbon (Portugal), 2004.

[2004 OCEANS] T. Nicosevici, R. Garcia, M. Carreras and M. Villanueva. A Review of Sensor Fusion Techniques for Underwater Vehicle Navigation. OCEANS’04, Kobe, Japan, 2004.

[2004 OCEANS] P. Ridao, E.Batlle, D. Ribas and M.Carreras. NEPTUNE: A HIL Simulator for MultipleUUVs. OCEANS’04, Kobe, Japan, 2004.

[2004 SCCSP] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, D. Ribas and A. El-fakdi. Graphical simulators for AUV development. First International Symposium on Control, Communications and Signal Processing, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2004.

[2004 WAF] A. El-Fakdi, M. Carreras and J. Batlle. Control of an Autonomous Robot using Multiple RL-based Behaviors. V Workshop de Agentes Físicos, WAF’04, Girona, Spain, 2004.

[2004 CCIA] M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Solving a RL Generalization Problem with the SONQL Algorithm. Setè Congrés Català de Intel·ligència Artificial, Barcelona, 2004.

[2003 IBPRIA] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, J. Batlle and D. Ribas. High-Accuracy Localization of an Underwater Robot in a Structured Environment Using Computer Vision. First Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Mallorca, Spain, 2003.

[2003 MMAR] A. Tiano, M. Carreras, A. El-Fakdi, P. Ridao and M. Cuneo. Nonlinear Identication of Underwater Vehicles. Ninth International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, Mi¦dzyzdroje, Poland, 2003.

[2003 MCMC] J. Batlle, T. Nicosevici, R. Garcia and M. Carreras. ROV-Aided Dam Inspection: Practical Results. 6th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts, MCMC’03. Girona, Spain 2003.

[2003 MCMC] D. Ribas, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and X. Cufi.  An EKF Vision-Based Navigation of an UUV in a Structured Environment. 6th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts, MCMC’03, Girona, Spain, 2003.

[2003 IROS] M. Carreras, P. Ridao and A. El-Fakdi. Semi-Online Neural-Q- learning for Real-time Robot Learning. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS'03, Las Vegas, USA, 2003.

[2003 ICRA] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, R. Garcia and T. Nicosevici. Vision-based Localization of an Underwater Robot in a Structured Environment. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA'03, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003.

[2003 ICRA] R. Garcia, X. Cufí, M. Carreras and P. Ridao. Correction of Shading Effects in Vision-Based UUV Localization. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA'03, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003.

[2003 GCUV] M.Carreras, A.Tiano, A. El-Fakdi, A. Zirilli and P.Ridao. On the identification of non linear models of unmanned underwater vehicles. 1st IFAC Workshop on Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles GCUV '03, Wales, UK, 2003.

[2003 GCUV] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, J. Batlle and X. Cufi. AUV navigation in a structured environment using computer vision. 1st IFAC Workshop on Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles GCUV '03, Wales, UK, 2003.

[2002 IROS] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, J. Batlle and T. Nicosevici. Efficient Learning of Reactive Robot Behaviors with a Neural-Q_Learning Approach. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.

[2002 IFACWC] M. Carreras, J. Yuh and J. Batlle. High-level Control of Autonomous Robots using a Behavior-based Scheme and Reinforcement Learning. 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona, Spain, 2002.

[2002 MED] A. Tiano, M. Carreras, P. Ridao and A. Zirilli. On the identification of non linear models of unmanned underwater vehicles. 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002.

[2002 AQTR] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, J. Batlle, T. Nicosevici and Z. Ursulovici. Learning reactive robot behaviors with Neural-Q_learning. IEEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2002.

[2002 CCIA] M. Carreras, P. Ridao, R. Garcia and Z. Ursulovici. Learning Reactive Robot Behaviors with a Neural-Q_Learning Approach. Cinquè Congrés Català de Intel·ligència Artificial, Castelló de la Plana, Spain, 2002.

[2001 OCEANS] M. Carreras, J. Yuh and J. Batlle. An hybrid methodology for RL-based behavior coordination in a target following mission with an AUV. OCEANS 2001 MTS/IEEE Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2001.

[2001 IROS] M. Carreras, J. Batlle and P. Ridao. Hybrid Coordination of Reinforcement Learning-based Behaviors for AUV. IROS 2001 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2001.

[2001 IROS] R. Garcia, X. Cufí and M. Carreras. Estimating the motion of an Underwater Robot from a Monocular Image Sequence. IROS 2001 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2001.

[2001 CAMS] P. Ridao, J. Batlle and M. Carreras. Model identification of a low-speed UUV with on-board sensors. IFAC conference CAMS’2001, Control Applications in Marine Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., 2001.

[2001 CAMS] P. Ridao, M. Carreras, J. Batlle and J. Amat. O2CA2: A new hybrid control architecture for a low cost AUV. IFAC conference CAMS’2001, Control Applications in Marine Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., 2001.

[2001 MED] J. Batlle, P. Ridao and M. Carreras. An Underwater Autonomous Agent. From Simulation To Experimentation. 9th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2001.

[2001 WESIC] J. Batlle, P. Ridao, M. Carreras and V. Ila. Toward cooperative underwater robots for ecological surveillance of marine and underwater environments. 3rd Workshop on European Scientific and Industrial Collaboration, WESIC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 2001.

[2001 ICRA] P. Ridao, J. Batlle, J. Amat and M. Carreras. A distributed environment for virtual and/or real experiments for underwater robots. ICRA 2001, 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, 2001.

[2001 CCIA] M. Carreras, J. Batlle, P. Ridao and J. Pages. Hybrid Coordination of Reinforcement Learning-based Behaviors for AUV Control. CCIA 2001 Congrés Català de Intel·ligència Artificial, Barcelona, 2001.

[2000 MCMC] M. Carreras, J. Batlle, P. Ridao and G.N. Roberts. An overview on behaviour-based methods for AUV control. MCMC2000, 5th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts, Aalborg, Denmark, 2000.

[2000 QAR] M. Carreras, J. Batlle and  P. Ridao. Reactive control of an AUV using Motor Schemas. QA&R2000, International conference on Quality control, Automation and Robotics, Cluj Napoca, Rumania, 2000.

[2000 CCIA] P. Ridao, J. Batlle and M. Carreras. An Underwater Autonomous Agent. From simulation to experimentation. 3r Congrés Català d'Intel.ligència Artificial, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, 2000.

[1999 WESIC] J. Batlle, E. Hospital, J. Salellas and M. Carreras. Development of a Biped Robot. 2nd. International Workshop on European Scientific and Industrial Collaboration WESIC'99, Newport, UK, 1999.

[1999 AERATP] M. Carreras, E. Hospital, J. Salellas and J. Batlle. Arquitectura mecànica de un prototipo de Robot Bípedo. Aer/Atp. 6º Congreso. Año 2000: La Automatización Más Inteligente Y Fàcil, Barcelona, 1999.