Publications

Journals

[15] Foster, A. Gianni, M. Aly, A. Samani, H. and Sharma, S. Multi-Robot Coverage for Inspection of Offshore Wind Farms: A Review. Drones. 2024; 8(1):10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010010

[14] Giorgi, I. Minutolo, A. Tirotto, F. Hagen, O. Esposito, M. Gianni, M. Palomino, M. Masala, G. L. I am Robot, Your Health Adviser for Older Adults: Do You Trust My Advice?. Int J of Soc Robotics (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-01019-8

[13] Giorgi, I. Tirotto, F. Hagen, O. Aider, F.  Gianni, M. Palomino, M. and Masala, G. L. Friendly but Faulty: A Pilot Study on the Perceived Trust of Older Adults in a Social Robot. IEEE Access, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3202942 

[12] Nordin, M.H.; Sharma, S.; Khan, A.; Gianni, M.; Rajendran, S.; Sutton, R. Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles for Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs of Offshore Wind Turbines. Drones 2022, 6, 137 DOI:10.3390/drones6060137.

[11] Gianni, M. Toward Predictive Modelling for the Quality Assessment of Research Outputs in the Research Excellence Framework. International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Educational Research (IJMCER). Vol. 2 (5), pp. 108-112, October, 2020. ISSN: 2581-7027. Certificate

[10] Gianni, M. Uddin, M. S. Role and task allocation framework for Multi-Robot Collaboration with latent knowledge estimation. Engineering Reports. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. August 2020 DOI:10.1002/eng2.12225.

[9] Gianni, M. Towards Expendable Robot Teaming in Extreme Environments. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research. Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 830-838, November 2019. DOI: 10.18178/ijmerr.8.6.830-838

[8] Freda, L. Gianni, M. Pirri, F. Gawel, A. Dubé, R. Siegwart, R. Cadena, C. 3D multi-robot patrolling with a two-level coordination strategy. Autonomous Robots. 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-018-09822-3

[7] Freda, L. Gianni, M. Pirri, F. A Hybrid Approach for Trajectory Control Design. CoRR 2018.

[6] Gianni, M. Nardi, F. Ferri, F. Cantucci, F. Ruiz Garcia, M. A. Pushparaj, K. and Pirri, F.  MIOM:A MIxed-Initiative Operational Model in Urban Search and Rescue.  World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering Vol:10, No:6, 2016 

[5] Gianni, M. Ruiz, M. and Pirri, F. Learning the Dynamics of Articulated Tracked Vehicles.  World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering, Vol:10, No:6, 2016 

[4] Gianni, M. Ferri, F. Menna, M. and Pirri, F. Adaptive Robust Three-dimensional Trajectory Tracking for Actively Articulated Tracked Vehicles. Journal of Field Robotics. April 2015. 

[3] Kruijff-Korbayova, I. Colas, F. Gianni, M. Pirri, F. de Greeff, J. Hindriks, K. Neerincx, M. Ogren, P.  Svoboda, T. and Wrost, R. TRADR Project: Long-Term Human-Robot Teaming for Robot Assisted Disaster Response. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. February 2015. 

[2] Gianni, M. Krujiff, G.J.M. and Pirri, F. A stimulus-response framework for robot control. ACM Transaction on Interactive Intelligent Systems, January 2015. 

[1] Kruijff, G.J.M.  Janicek, M. Keshavdas, S. Larochelle, B. Kruijff-Korbayova, I. Colas, F. Liu, M. Pomerleau, F. Siegwart, R. Neerincx, M.A. Looije, R Smets, N.J.J.M Mioch, T. van Diggelen, J. Gianni, M. Ferri, F. Menna, M. Pirri, F. Worst, R. Linder, T. Tretyakov, V. Surmann, H. Svoboda, T. Reinstein, M. Zimmermann, K. Petricek, T. and Hlavac, V. Designing, developing and deploying systems to support human-robot teams in disaster response. Advanced Robotics, Taylor & Francis. October 2014. 

Conferences

[29] Bogdan, P. Smith, O. Klein, F. B. and Gianni, M. Twitching Control for Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuators. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE ROBIO 2023), 4-7 December 2023, Samui, Thailand.

[28]  Hasny, M. Vasile, A. Gianni, M. Bannach-Brown, A. Nasser, M. Mackay, M. Donovan, D. Šorli, J. Domocos, I. Dulloo, M. Patel, N. Drayson, O. Meerah Elango, N. Vacquie, J. Ayala, A and Fogtman, A. BERT for complex systematic review screening to support future of medical research. In: Juarez, J.M., Marcos, M., Stiglic, G., Tucker, A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. AIME 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13897. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34344-5_21 

[27] Best, O. Khan, A. Gianni, M. Sharma, S. Collins, K. Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection using YOLOv7 with Slicing Aided Hyper Inference (SAHI). Accepted at the Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys), 7-8 September 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

[26] A. Vasile, M. Gianni, F. B. Klein, A. Bannach-Brown, M. Nasser, E. Tuohy, M. Mackay, D. Donovan, J. Šorli, I. Domocos, M. Dulloo, N. Patel, O. Drayson, A. P. Ayala, A. Fogtman. Developing and piloting an automated article screening for systematic review of clinical, animal and in-vitro studies. In Proceedings of the 3rd Evidence-Based Research Conference "Seeing further: the past, present and future of Evidence-Based Research". October 6-7, 2022. Online Conference.

[25] Jocas, M. Zoghlami, F. Kurrek, P. Gianni, M. Salehi, V. Task Independent Safety Assessment for Reinforcement Learning . In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2022). September 7-9, 2022. UKAEA’s RACE, Culham Science Centre, UK.

[24] Foster, A. Best, O. Gianni, M. Khan, A. Collins, K. Sharma, S. (2022). Drone Footage Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection. Accepted at the 2022 IEEE 14th Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop (IVMSP 2022). June 26-29, 2022, Nafplio, Greece. 

[23] Rajendran, S Nordin, MH Sanjay, S, Khan, A Sutton, R Gianni, M (2022). Supervisory Intelligent Operator/Scheme for Optimal Shared Control Authority between Human-Vessel Cooperation for Increased Autonomy. 13th UK Automatic Control Council (UKACC) International Conference on Control (CONTROL2022), 20-22 April 2022

[22] Nordin, MH Rajendran, S Sharma, S Khan, A Gianni, M and Sutton, R  (2022) Intelligent Position Anchoring for Collaborative Unmanned Surface-Aerial Vehicle. 13th UK Automatic Control Council (UKACC) International Conference on Control (CONTROL2022), 20-22 April 2022

[21] Nasser, M. Fogtman, A. Bannach-Brown, A. Donovan, D. Mackay, M. Domocos, I. Sorli, J. Gianni, M. Klein, F. Mackay, M. (2021) Methodological innovation/Adaptation for systematic reviews for space medicine. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC. 25-29 October 2021, Dubai.

[20] S. Zhu, C. Li, J. Rogers, M. Gianni and I. Howard, "A Real-time Double Emulsion Droplets Detection System using Hough Circle Transform and Color Detection," 2021 27th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP), 2021, pp. 36-41, doi: 10.1109/M2VIP49856.2021.9665023. 

[19] Piotr A. Bogdan, Jonathan Wheadon, Frederico B. Klein and Mario Gianni. Magnetic Tracked Robot for Internal Pipe Inspection. In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots. Online Event hosted by University of Bonn, Germany, August 31st – September 3rd 2021.

[18] Wheadon, J. and Gianni, M. Peristaltic Robot for Internal Pipe Inspection. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). Demo video. November 4-6, 2020, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

[17] Frederick-Preece, N. A. Coiro, N. L. James, H. and Gianni, M. Electroadhesive Robot for Unpiggable Pipe Inspection. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). Demo video. November 4-6, 2020, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

[16] Jocas, M. Kurrek, P. Zoghlami, F. Gianni, M. Salehi, V. AI-based learning approach with consideration of safety criteria on example of a depalletization robot. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED2019). 2019 

[15] Caccamo, S. Parasuraman, R. Freda, L. Gianni, M. and Ogren, P. RCAMP: Resilient Communication-Aware Motion Planner and Autonomous Repair of Wireless Connectivity in Mobile Robots. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), September 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

[14] Uddin, M. S. and Gianni, M. Long Range Robot Teleoperation System based on Internet of Things. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems (ICCCS), July 11-14, 2017, Krakow, Poland. 

[13] Kruijff-Korbayova, I. Freda, L. Gianni, M. Ntouskos, V. Hlavac, V. Kubelka, V. Zimmermann, E. Surmann, H. Dulic, K. Rottner, W. and Gissi, E. Deployment of Ground and Aerial Robots in Earthquake-Struck Amatrice in Italy (brief report). In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Late Breaking, Lausanne, Switzerland. 

[12] Dubé, R. Gawel, A. B. Freda, L. Gianni, M. Cadena Lerma, M. C. D. and Siegwart, R. 3D Localization, Mapping and Path Planning for Search and Rescue Operations. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Late Breaking, Lausanne, Switzerland.   

[11] Gianni, M. Ruiz, M. Ferri, F. and Pirri, F. Terrain contact modeling and classification for ATVs. In Proceedings of the  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016. 

[10] Ferri, F. Gianni, M., Menna, M. and Pirri, F. Dynamic obstacles detection and 3D map updating. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Hamburg, Germany, October 2015. 

[9] Menna, M. Gianni, M. Ferri, F. and Pirri, F. Real-time Autonomous 3D Navigation for Tracked Vehicles in Rescue Environments. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Chicago, Illinois, September 2014.

[8] Menna, M. Gianni, M. and Pirri, F. Learning the dynamic process of inhibition and task switching in robotics cognitive control. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA). Miami, Florida, December 2013. 

[7] Cafaro, B. Gianni, M. Pirri, F. Ruiz, M. and Sinha, A. Terrain Traversability in Rescue Environments. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics. Linkoping, Sweden, October 2013. 

[6] Gianni, M. Gonnelli, G. Sinha, A. Menna, M. and Pirri, F. An Augmented Reality approach for trajectory planning and control of tracked vehicles in rescue environments. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics. Linkoping, Sweden, October 2013. 

[5] G.J.M. Kruijff, Tretyakov, V. Linder, T. Pirri, F. Gianni, M. Papadakis, P. Pizzoli, M. Sinha, A. Pianese, E. Corrao, S. Priori, F. Febrini, S. and Angeletti, S. Rescue Robots at Earthquake-Hit Mirandola, Italy: a Field Report. In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics. November 2012, College Station, Texas. 

[4] Papadakis, P. Gianni, M. Pizzoli, M. and Pirri, F. Constraint-free Topological Mapping and Path Planning by Maxima Detection of the Kernel Spatial Clearance Density. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods. Vilamoura February 2012 

[3] Gianni, M. Papadakis, P. Pirri, F. Pizzoli, M. Awareness in Mixed Initiative Planning. In Proceedings of the AAAI 2011 Fall Symposium Robot-Human Team-Work in Dynamic Adverse Environment. November 2011, Arlington (VA).  

[2] Gianni, M. Papadakis, P. Pirri, F. Liu, M. Pomerleau, F. Colas, F. Zimmerman, K. Svoboda, T. Petricek, T. Kruijff, G.J.M. Zender, H. Khambhaita, H. A unified framework for planning and execution-monitoring of mobile robots. In Proceedings of the AAAI 2011 Workshop on Automated Action Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots (PAMR), August 2011, San Francisco (CA).  

[1] H. Khambhaita, G. J. M. Kruijff, M. Mancas, M. Gianni, P. Papadakis, F. Pirri, M. Pizzoli . Help me help you: how to learn intentions, actions and plans. In Proceedings of the AAAI 2011 Spring Symposium Help Me Help You: Bridging the gaps in Human-Agent Collaboration. March 2011, Palo Alto (CA). 

Book Chapters

[2] Gianni, M. Ferri, F. and Pirri, F. ARE: Augmented Reality Environment for Mobile Robots. In Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2013. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer 2013. Oxford, UK 2013. 

[1] Kruijff, G.J.M. Janicek, M. Keshavdas, S. Larochelle, B. Zender, H. Smets, N. Mioch, T. Neerincx, M. Diggelen, J.V. Colas, F. Liu, M. Pomerleau, F. Siegwart, R. Hlavac, V. Svoboda, T. Petricek, T. Reinstein, M. Zimmerman, K. Pirri, F. Gianni, M. Papadakis, P. Sinha, A. Balmer, P. Tomatis, N. Wrost, R. Linder, T. Surmann, H. Tretyakov, V. Corrao, S. Pratzler-Wanczura, S. and Sulk, M. Experience in System Design for Human-Robot Teaming in Urban Search & Rescue. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics. July 2012, Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan. 

Workshops

[7] Parasuraman, R. Caccamo, S. Freda, L. Gianni, M. Ogren, P. and Byung-Cheol Min. An Approach to Recover from Communication Loss in Field Robots. In Proceedings of the RSS Workshop on Robot Communication in the Wild: Meeting the Challenges of Real-World Systems. June 2017. MIT Cambrige MA, USA. 

[6] Corrao, S. Guerrieri, T. Gianni, M. Pirri, F. and Pianese, M. Impiego futuro di unità robotiche nella valutazione di scenari incidentali di tipo USAR e CBRN: Stato dell’arte del progetto europeo "TRADR - Long Term Human-Robot Teaming for Robot Assisted Disaster”. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Valutazione e Gestione del Rischio negli Insediamenti Civili ed Industriali (VGR). Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Roma, Italy, September 2016. 

[5] Gianni, M. Pirri, F. and Ruiz, M. A. Dynamic contact sensing for articulated tracked vehicles. In Proceedings of the RSS 2015 Workshop on Learning for Visual and Tactile Interaction. Rome, Italy, July 2015. Abstract 

[4] Gianni, M. Kruijff-Korbayova, I. Worst, R. and the NIFTi Project Team. Human-robot teaming in disaster response - a user-centric approach. In Proceedings of the ICRA 2015 Workshop on Robotics & Automation Technologies for Humanitarian Applications: Where we are & Where we can be. Seattle, Washington, May 2015. 

[3] Ferri, F. Gianni, M. Menna, M. and Pirri, F. Point Cloud Segmentation and 3D Path Planning for Tracked Vehicles in Cluttered and Dynamic Environments. In Proceedings of the 3rd IROS Workshop on Robots in Clutter: Perception and Interaction in Clutter. Chicago, Illinois, September 2014. 

[2] Gianni, M. Papadakis, P. and Pirri, F. Shifting and inhibition in cognitive control. In Proceedings of the IROS 2012 Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, October 2012, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. 

[1] M. Gianni, G.J.M. Kruijff, and F. Pirri. Learning cross-modal translatability: grounding speech act on visual perception. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Learning for Human-Robot Interaction Modeling. RSS 2010, June 2010, Zaragoza (ES). Poster PDF 

PhD Thesis

[0] Gianni, M. Multilayered Cognitive Control for Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Ph.D. Thesis. Sapienza – University of Rome - 2014