Publications

Editorials

• • Libro de Actas JORNADAS NACIONALES DE ROBÓTICA Y BIOINGENIERÍA 2023. ISBN: 978-84-09-51892-0.  DOI: 10.20868/UPM.book.74896. [link]

  • Special Issue for selected papers from IMAV 2019. Unmanned Systems. 2020. Pascual Campoy, Paloma de la Puente, Hriday Bavle, Adrián Carrio. [link].

  • Editorial. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles.  Volume: 12 Article first published online: June 4, 2020. Pascual Campoy, Paloma de la Puente, Adrián Carrio. [link].

International Journals

• • An Emotional Model Based on Fuzzy Logic and Social Psychology for a Personal Assistant Robot. Gema Fernández-Blanco Martín, Fernando Matía, Lucía García Gómez-Escalonilla, Daniel Galan, M. Guadalupe Sánchez-Escribano, Paloma de la Puente and Mario Rodríguez-Cantelar.  Applied Sciences. March 2023. [link]

  • Localization Algorithms for Inspections in 2D and 3D Unstructured Environments Using 3D Laser Sensors and UAVs. Paul Espinosa Peralta, Marco Andrés Luna, Paloma de la Puente, Pascual Campoy, Hriday Bavle, Adrián Carrio and Christyan Cruz Ulloa. Sensors. July 2022. [link]

  • VPS-SLAM: Visual Planar Semantic SLAM for Aerial Robotic Systems. Hriday Bavle, Paloma de la Puente, Jonathan How, Pascual Campoy. IEEE Access. March 2020 [link].

  • Results of Field Trials with a Mobile Service Robot for Older Adults in 16 Private Households. Markus Bajones, David Fischinger, Astrid Weiss, Paloma de la Puente, Daniel Wolf, Markus Vincze, Tobias Körtner, Markus Weninger, Konstantinos Papoutsakis, Damien Michel, Ammar Qammaz, Paschalis Panteleris, Michalis Foukarakis, Ilia Adami, Danae Ioannidi, Asterios Leonidis, Margherita Antona, Antonis Argyros, Peter Mayer, Paul Panek, Håkan Eftring, Susanne Frennert. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. December 2019 [link].

  • Grasping objects from the floor in assistive robotics: real world implications and lessons learned. Paloma de la Puente, David Fischinger, Markus Bajones, Daniel Wolf, Markus Vincze. IEEE Access. September 2019. [link]

  • Sensor Fusion for Tour Guide Robot Localization. Biel Piero Alvarado, Rubén González, Fernando Matía, Paloma de la Puente. IEEE Access, 6. January 2019.

  • System Transparency in Shared Autonomy: A Mini Review. Victoria Alonso and Paloma de la Puente. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 12:83. November 2018 [link].

  • Fast and Robust Flight Altitude Estimation of Multirotor UAVs in Dynamic Unstructured Environments Using 3D Point Cloud Sensors. Hriday Bavle, Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez, Paloma de la Puente, Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos, Carlos Sampedro, Pascual Campoy. Aerospace 2018, 5, 94. September 2018. [link]

  • A Deep Reinforcement Learning Strategy for UAV Autonomous Landing on a Moving Platform. Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos, Carlos Sampedro, Hriday Bavle, Paloma de la Puente, Pascual Campoy. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. July 2018. [link]

  • A Fully-Autonomous Aerial Robot for Search and Rescue Applications in Indoor Environments using Learning-Based Techniques. Carlos Sampedro, Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos, Hriday Bavle, Adrian Carrio, Paloma de la Puente, Pascual Campoy. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. July 2018. [link]

  • Robot Navigation in Domestic Environments: Experiences Using RGB-D Sensors in Real Homes. Paloma de la Puente, Markus Bajones, Christian Reuther, Daniel Wolf, David Fischinger, Markus Vincze. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. June 2018. [link]

  • Hobbit-Providing Fall Detection and Prevention for the Elderly in the Real World. Markus Bajones, David Fischinger, Astrid Weiss, Daniel Wolf, Markus Vincze, Paloma de la Puente, Tobias Körtner, Markus Weninger, Kostas Papoutsakis, Damien Michel, Ammar Qammaz, Paschalis Panteleris, Michalis Foukarakis, Ilia Adami, Danai Ioannidi, Asterios Leonidis, Margherita Antona, Antonis Argyros, Peter Mayer, Paul Panek, Håkan Eftring, Susanne Frennert. Journal of Robotics 1 (1), 78-95. 2018. [link]

  • A Vision-based Quadrotor Multi-robot Solution for the Indoor Autonomy Challenge of the 2013 International Micro Air Vehicle Competition.  Jesus Pestana , Jose Luis Sanchez, Paloma de la Puente, Adrián Carrió, Pascual Campoy. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. November 2015. [link]

  • A Reliable Open-Source System Architecture for the Fast Designing and Prototyping of Autonomous Multi-UAV Systems: Simulation and Experimentation. Jose Luis Sanchez, Jesus Pestana, Paloma de la Puente, Pascual Campoy. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. October 2015. [link]

  • Feature based graph-SLAM with high level representation using rectangles. Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodríguez-Losada. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Elsevier. September 2014. [link] [bibtex]

  • Feature based graph-SLAM in structured environments. Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodríguez-Losada. Autonomous Robots. Springer-Verlag. February 2014. [link] [bibtex]

  • GPU-Mapping: Robotic Map Building with Graphical Multiprocessors. Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Pablo San Segundo, Miguel Hernando, Paloma de la Puente, Alberto Valero. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM). June 2013. [link] [Moreinfo] [bibtex]

  • Arquitectura de integración basada en Servicios Web para sistemas heterogéneos y distribuidos: aplicación a robots móviles interactivos. Alberto Valero-Gómez, Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Miguel Hernando, Pablo San Segundo. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. 10:85-95. January 2013. [link] [bibtex]

  • Impact of two Adjustable Autonomy Models on the Scalability of Single-Human-Multiple-Robot Teams for Exploration Missions. Alberto Valero-Gomez, Paloma de la Puente, Miguel Hernando. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  December 2011. [link] [bibtex]

International Conferences and Workshops

• • Localization Method for Autonomous Vehicles by using Vertical Elements in the Environment. Alberto Hermosín, Jorge Godoy, Paloma de la Puente, Jorge Villagrá, Fernando Matía.. Robocity 2030 Workshop. Madrid, Spain, December 2019 (poster presentation).

  • Adquisición de conocimiento en robots sociales. Koro Irusta, Gema Fernández-Blanco, Paloma de la Puente, Daniel Galán, M. Guadalupe Sánchez-Escribano, Fernando Matía. Robocity 2030 Workshop. Madrid, Spain, December 2019 (poster presentation).

  • An Assistant Robot Prototype with Social Capabilities.  Gema Fernández-Blanco, Lucía García, Patricia Sánchez, Mario Rodríguez, Paloma de la Puente, M. Guadalupe Sánchez-Escribano, Daniel Galán, Fernando Matía. Robocity 2030 Workshop. Madrid, Spain, December 2019 (poster presentation).

  • Sistema de asistencia a la conducción basado en la detección del comportamiento del conductor. Gema Fernández-Blanco, Álvaro Belloso, Mario Rodríguez, Paloma de la Puente, M. Guadalupe Sánchez-Escribano, Daniel Galán, Fernando Matía. Robocity 2030 Workshop. Madrid, Spain, December 2019 (poster presentation).

  • Management of hybrid maps for localization in mobile robotics. Víctor Labián, Patricia Javierre, Paloma de la Puente. 8th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems (MECHATRONICS 2019). Vienna, Austria, September 2019 (poster presentation).

  • Technoethics and automation: psychological contribution on intelligent control in social robotics. Gema Fb Martin, Fernando Matía, Paloma de la Puente and M.Guadalupe Sánchez. XV Simposio CEA de Control Inteligente. Logroño, Spain, July 2019.

  • Particle filter localization using visual markers based omnidirectional vision and a laser sensor. Patricia Javierre, Biel Piero Alvarado, Paloma de la Puente. Proc. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing IRC'19. Naples, Italy, February 2019.

• • Laser-Based Reactive Navigation for Multirotor Aerial Robots using Deep Reinforcement Learning. Carlos Sampedro, Hriday Bavle, Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos, Paloma de la Puente, Pascual Campoy. Proc. 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'18. Madrid, Spain, October 2018.

  • Stereo Visual Odometry and Semantics based Localization of Aerial Robots in Indoor Environments. Hriday Bavle, Stephan Manthe, Paloma de la Puente, Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos, Carlos Sampedro, Pascual Campoy. Proc. 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'18. Madrid, Spain, October 2018.

  • Artificial Spatial Cognition for Robotics and Mobile Systems: Brief Survey and Current Open Challenges. Paloma de la Puente and M. Guadalupe Sánchez-Escribano. EUCognition Meeting on Cognitive Robot Architectures. Vienna, Austria, December 2016. CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol-1855.

  • Learning and Detecting Objects with a Mobile Robot to Assist Older Adults in Their Homes. Markus Vincze, Markus Bajones, Markus Suchi, Daniel Wolf, Astrid Weiss, David Fischinger, Paloma de la Puente. Computer Vision – ECCV 2016 Workshops. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 2016. Volume 9914 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 316-330.

  • Experiences with RGB-D based Navigation in Real Home Robotic Trials. Paloma de la Puente, Markus Bajones, Christian Reuther, David Fischinger, Daniel Wolf, Markus Vincze. Austrian Robotics Workshop ARW'16. Upper Austria, May 2016. DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-528-7-20

  • RGB-D Sensor Setup for Multiple Tasks of Home Robots and Experimental Results. Paloma de la Puente, Markus Bajones, Peter Einramhof, Daniel Wolf, David Fischinger, Markus Vincze. Proc. 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'14. Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 2014. [Moreinfo]

  • A Vision-Based Quadrotor Swarm for the Participation in the 2013 International Micro Air Vehicle Competition. Jesus Pestana, Jose Luis Sanchez, Paloma de la Puente, Adrián Carrió, Pascual Campoy. 2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems ICUAS'14. Orlando, USA, May 2014.

  • A System for the Design and Development of Vision-Based Multi-Robot Quadrotor Swarms. Jose Luis Sanchez, Jesus Pestana, Paloma de la Puente, Ramón Suárez, Pascual Campoy. 2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems ICUAS'14. Orlando, USA, May 2014.

  • Roboter-Unterstützung zu Hause - Das Projekt HOBBIT. Wolfgang Zagler, Peter Mayer, Paul Panek, Markus Vincze, Astrid Weiss, Markus Bajones, Paloma de la Puente, Andreas Huber, Lara Lammer, David Fischinger. 7th German AAL congress. Berlin, Germany, January 2014.

  • Visual Quadrotor Swarm for IMAV 2013 Indoor Competition. Jose Luis Sanchez, Jesus Pestana, Paloma de la Puente, Adrián Carrió, Pascual Campoy. Robot2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference. November 2013. In: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 253, pp 55-63. Springer-Verlag (2014).

  • Dense map inference with user-defined priors: from priorlets to scan eigenvariations. Paloma de la Puente and Andrea Censi. Spatial Cognition VIII. SC 2012 Kloster Seeon, Germany, September 2012. In: Stachniss, C.; Schill, K.; Uttal, D. (Eds.) Spatial Cognition VIII. LNCS, vol. 7463, pp. 94--113. Springer-Verlag (2012)

  • Usability Evaluation of a PDA Interface for Exploration Mobile Robots.Alberto Valero and Paloma de la Puente. 18th IFAC World Congress. IFAC 2011 Milan, Italy, September 2011.

  • Exploratory Analysis of Operator:Robot ratio in Search and Rescue Missions. Alberto Valero, Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada. 2nd IFAC Symposium on Telematics Applications 2010 TA 2010 Timisoara, Rumania, October 2010.

  • Computation of the Optimal Relative Pose between Overlapping Grid Maps through Discrepancy Minimization. Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Paloma de la Puente, Alberto Valero, Pablo San Segundo, Miguel Hernando. IFAC Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles Conference 2010 IAV 2010 Lecce, Italy, September 2010.

  • Fast Processing Of Grid Maps Using Graphical Multiprocessors. Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Alberto Valero, Pablo San Segundo, Paloma de la Puente, Miguel Hernando. IFAC Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles Conference 2010 IAV 2010 Lecce, Italy, September 2010.

  • Evaluating A Human-robot Interface For Exploration Missions. Alberto Valero, Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Fernando Matia. IFAC Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles Conference 2010 IAV 2010 Lecce, Italy, September 2010.

  • Exploratory Analysis of Operator:Robot ratio in Search and Rescue Missions. Alberto Valero, Chiara Saracini, Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Fernando Matia. Proc. 2nd Symposium New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction. 24th Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour AISB'10 Leicester, UK, March 2010.

  • 3D Feature Based Mapping Towards Mobile Robots’ Enhanced Performance in Rescue Missions. Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Alberto Valero, Fernando Matia. Proc. 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'09 St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 2009.

  • 3D Mapping: testing algorithms and discovering new ideas with USARSim. Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Alberto Valero. Robots, Games, and Research: Success stories in USARSim Workshop . 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS'09 St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 2009.

  • Extraction of Geometrical Features in 3D Environments for Service Robotic Applications. Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Raul Lopez, Fernando Matia. Proc. 3rd. International Workshop on HYBRID ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS HAIS'08 Burgos, Spain, September 2008. In: Corchado, E., Abraham, A., Pedrycz, W. (Eds.)Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems. LNCS, vol. 5271, pp. 441--450. Springer-Verlag (2008) [MoreInfo, corrigenda]

  • Robot Goes Back Home Despite All the People. Paloma de la Puente, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Luis Pedraza, Fernando Matia. Proc. 5th. Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics ICINCO 2008 Funchal, Portugal, May 2008.

Technical Reports

• • Dense map inference with user-defined priors: from priorlets to scan eigenvariations. Paloma de la Puente, Andrea Censi. "Technical Report CaltechCDSTR:2011.002>, California Institute of Technology, 2011. [pdf]

PhD dissertation

• Probabilistic mapping with mobile robots in structured environments. Paloma de la Puente, PhD dissertation. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. ETSI Industriales. December 2012

Master Thesis

• • Extraccion de caracteristicas para la construccion de mapas tridimensionales en aplicaciones de robotica de servicios. Paloma de la Puente, Master Thesis (2). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. ETSI Industriales. DISAM-UPM. September 2008

Graduation Project

• Sistema de navegacion de un robot movil. Paloma de la Puente, Final Year Project. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. ETSI Industriales. November 2007