Publications

Where Are the Gates: Discovering Effective Waypoints for Autonomous Drone Racing

Best Paper Award at IBERAMIA 2022

DeepPilot: A CNN for Autonomous Drone Racing

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

  1. Jose Martinez-Carranza, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez. "Warehouse Inspection with an Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle". Unmanned Systems. May, 2022.

  2. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Towards Autonomous Drone Racing without GPU using the OAK-D Smart Camera". Sensors. November, 2021. JCR Q1. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21227436

  3. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "On-board processing for autonomous drone racing: An overview”. Integration. May, 2021. JCR Q4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2021.04.007

  4. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Autonomous Drone Racing with an Opponent: A First Approach". 19th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI). Published in a Special Issue of “Computación y Sistemas” Journal. CONACYT Index. Mexico City, Mexico. October, 2020. https://www.cys.cic.ipn.mx/ojs/index.php/CyS/article/view/3486

  5. Rafael Lopez Campos, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Following and Overtaking: A Policy for Autonomous Car Driving". 19th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI). Published in a Special Issue of “Computación y Sistemas” Journal. CONACYT Index. Mexico City, Mexico. October, 2020. https://www.cys.cic.ipn.mx/ojs/index.php/CyS/article/view/3475

  6. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. “DeepPilot: A CNN for Autonomous Drone Racing”. Special Issue "UAV-Based Sensing Techniques, Applications and Prospective". Sensors. August, 2020. JCR Q1. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164524

  7. A. A. Cabrera-Ponce, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, J.A. Carrasco-Ochoa, J. F. Martinez-Trinidad, Jose Martinez-Carranza. “Gate Detection for Micro Aerial Vehicles using a Single Shot Detector”. IEEE Latin America Transactions. December, 2019. JCR Q4. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLA.2019.9011550

  8. Jose Martinez-Carranza, M. E. Miranda-Varela, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, A. A. Cabrera-Ponce, E. J. Sosa-Ceron, R. Domínguez-Colín. "An Open-Source-Based Software to Capture Aerial Images and Video Using Drones." Reality, data and space, International journal of Statistics and Geography. Volume 11, Issue 1. Pages 25-42. ISSN 2007-2961. March, 2020.


Peer-Reviewed International Conference Papers

  1. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Where Are the Gates: Discovering Effective Waypoints for Autonomous Drone Racing". Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13788. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22419-5_3 BEST PAPER AWARD

  2. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, and Jose Martinez-Carranza, “Leveraging a neural pilot via automatic gain tuning using gate detection for autonomous drone racing,” in 13th international micro air vehicle conference, Delft, the Netherlands, 2022, p. 110–118.

  3. M. E. Miranda-Varela, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, and Jose Martinez-Carranza, “Semantic segmentation of rgb aerial images using cnn and superregions,” in 13th international micro air vehicle conference, Delft, the Netherlands, 2022, p. 92–102.

  4. David Carcaño-Ventura, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza, "Exploring the use of RatSLAM for Drone Localization". 19th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI). CONACYT Index. Mexico City, Mexico. October, 2020.

  5. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Temporal CNN based Learning for Autonomous Drone Racing". IEEE 5th Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS). IEEE, Cranfield, UK. November, 2019.

  6. J. Arturo Cocoma-Ortega, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Aldrich A. Cabrera-Ponce, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Overcoming the Blind Spot in CNN-based Gate Detection for Autonomous Drone Racing". IEEE 5th Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS). IEEE, Cranfield, UK. November, 2019.

  7. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza, "Flight Coordination of MAVs in GPS-denied Environments using a Metric Visual SLAM". 11th International Micro Air Vehicle Conference (IMAV). Madrid, Spain. October, 2019.

  8. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, R. Munguia-Silva, Jose Martinez-Carranza, "Real-Time Landing Zone Detection for UAVs using Single Aerial Images". IMAV2018, 10th International Micro Air Vehicle Conference (IMAV). Melbourne, Australia. November, 2018.

  9. Jose Martinez-Carranza, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, A. A. Cabrera Ponce, R. Munguia-Silva. “Combining Deep Learning and RGBD SLAM for Monocular Indoor Autonomous Flight”. 15th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI). Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. October, 2018.

  10. S. Dionisio-Ortega, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza, I. Cruz-Vega. “A Deep Learning Approach Towards Autonomous Flight in Forest Environments”. 2018 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Computers (CONIELECOMP). Cholula, México. February, 2018.

  11. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. “Metric Monocular SLAM and Colour Segmentation for Multiple Obstacle Avoidance in Autonomous Flight”. IEEE 4th Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS). Linköping, Sweden. October, 2017.


Peer-Reviewed National Conference Papers

  1. R. Munguia Silva, L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, A. A. Cabrera Ponce, Jose Martinez-Carranza. On Combining a PID Controller and the Vicon System for Micro-Aerial Vehicles.Congreso Mexicano de Inteligencia Artificial. May 2016.


Dissemination of Science Articles

  1. L. Oyuki Rojas-Perez, Jose Martinez-Carranza. "Redes Neuronales Convolucionales para Pilotaje Autónomo de Carrera de Drones", Komputer Sapiens. Año 13, Volumen 1. 2021