publications

Kovac, M., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2008) Towards the Self Deploying Microglider, a biomimetic jumping and gliding robot. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines, pp. 41-42. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Roberts, J.F., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2008) Energy Management for Indoor Hovering Robots. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2008). To appear. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Hauert, S., Winkler, L., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2008) Ant-based Swarming with Positionless Micro Air Vehicles for Communication Relay. Swarm Intelligence: Special Issue on Swarm Robotics. To appear. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Kovac, M., Fuchs, M., Guignard, A., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2008) A miniature 7g jumping robot. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'2008), pp. 373 - 378. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Beyeler, A. and Floreano, D. (2008) Visual autopilot for near-obstacle flight. Patent # PCT/IB2008/051497. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. (2008) Bio-inspired Flying Robots: Experimental Synthesis of Autonomous Indoor Flyers. Lausanne : EPFL/CRC Press, 2008. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Kovac, M., Savioz, G., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) Towards the Self Deploying Microglider; Gliding Flight and Bioinspired Wing Folding Mechanism. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, pp. 61-62. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Leven, S., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) A Simple and Robust Fixed-Wing Platform for Outdoor Flying Robot Experiments. International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, pp. 69-70. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Floreano, D., Hauert, S., Leven, S. and Zufferey, J.-C. (2007) Evolutionary Swarms of Flying Robots. International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, pp. 35-36. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Roberts, J.F., Stirling, T., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) Quadrotor Using Minimal Sensing For Autonomous Indoor Flight. European Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition (EMAV2007). [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Beyeler, A. and Floreano, D. (2007) Insect-inspired Autonomous Microflyer. International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, pp. 133-134. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Klaptocz, A., Beyeler, A., Nicoud, J.-D. and Floreano, D. (2007) A 10-gram Vision-based Flying Robot. Advanced Robotics, 21(14) pp. 1671-1684. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Beyeler, A., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) 3D Vision-based Navigation for Indoor Microflyers. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07). [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Kovac, M., Guignard, A., Nicoud, J.-D., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) A 1.5g SMA-actuated Microglider looking for the Light. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'2007), pp. 367-372. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Floreano, D., Srinivasan, M., Ellington, C. and Zufferey, J.-C. (2007) International symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, Book of Abstracts. Lausanne : EPFL, 2007. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Kovac, M., Guignard, A., Nicoud, J.-D., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) A 1.5g SMA actuated Microglider looking for the Light. Presented at: EPFL. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Kovac, M., Fuchs, M., Savioz, G., Guignard, A., Nicoud, J.-D., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) Self Deploying Microglider. Presented at: Flying Insects and Robots Symposium, Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, 12-17.8.2007. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Beyeler, A., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) Optic-flow-based Altitude and Forward Speed Regulation using Stereotypical Lateral Movements. Presented at: International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, Monte Verità, Switzerland, August 12-17. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Beyeler, A., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2007) Bioinspired Vision-based Microflyers. Presented at: EPFL. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Guanella, A., Beyeler, A. and Floreano, D. (2006) Flying over the Reality Gap: From Simulated to Real Indoor Airships. Autonomous Robots, 21(3) pp. 243-254. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Klaptocz, A., Beyeler, A., Nicoud, J.-D. and Floreano, D. (2006) A 10-gram Microflyer for Vision-based Indoor Navigation. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2006, best paper award), Beijing, China, pp. 3267-3272. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Beyeler, A., Mattiussi, C., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2006) Vision-based Altitude and Pitch Estimation for Ultra-light Indoor Aircraft. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'06), pp. 2836-2841. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2006) Fly-inspired Visual Steering of an Ultralight Indoor Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 22(1) pp. 137-146. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Floreano, D., Epars, Y., Zufferey, J.-C. and Mattiussi, C. (2006) Evolution of Spiking Neural Circuits in Autonomous Mobile Robots. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 21(9) pp. 1005-1024. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Floreano, D., Zufferey, J.-C. and Nicoud, J.-D. (2005) From Wheels to Wings with Evolutionary Spiking Neurons. Artificial Life, 11(1-2) pp. 121-138. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2005) Toward 30-gram Autonomous Indoor Aircraft: Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance and Altitude Control. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'2005). [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2005) Bio-inspired Indoor Microflyers. Presented at: 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, Monte Verità, Locarno, Switzerland, 9-14 July. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. (2005) Bio-inspired vision-based flying robots. Ph.D. Thesis, 2005. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2004) Optic-flow-based Navigation for Ultralight Indoor Aircraft. Presented at: Insect Sensors and Robotics, Brisbane, Australia, 23-26 August 2004. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. (2004) Optic-flow-based steering and altitude control for ultra-light indoor aircraft. Technical Report, 2004. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Floreano, D., Zufferey, J.-C. and Mattiussi, C. (2003) Evolving Spiking Neurons from Wheels to Wings. Dynamic Systems Approach for Embodiment and Sociality, 6 pp. 65-70. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Beyeler, A. and Floreano, D. (2003) Vision-based Navigation from Wheels to Wings. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2003), pp. 2968-2973. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Zufferey, J.-C., Floreano, D., van Leeuwen, M. and Merenda, T. (2002) Evolving Vision-based Flying Robots. 2nd International Workshop on Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV'2002), pp. 592-600. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Nicoud, J.-D. and Zufferey, J.-C. (2002) Toward Indoor Flying Robots. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'2002), pp. 787-792. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Leven, S., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. A Low-cost, Safe and Easy-to-Use Flying Platform for Outdoor Robotic Research and Education. Presented at: International Symposium on Flying Insects and Robots, Monte-Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, August 12-17, 2007. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]

Hauert, S., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. Swarming without positioning information: an application in aerial radio communication relay. Autonomous Robots. To appear. [detailed record] [bibtex]

Hauert, S., Winkler, L., Zufferey, J.-C. and Floreano, D. Pheromone-based Swarming for Position-less MAVs. Presented at: Flying Insects and Robots Symposium, Monte-Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 12-17 August. [detailed record] [pdf] [bibtex]