Aleksis Liekna
Papers
9
Total Citations
84
H-Index
4
About
Aleksis Liekna is a researcher in multi-robot systems and swarm robotics, with a focus on practical, real-world applications. His work centers on task allocation, localization, and path planning for cooperative robot teams, particularly in indoor environments like vacuum cleaning and greenhouse automation. Liekna’s most cited paper, “Experimental analysis of contract net protocol in multi-robot task allocation” (2012, 35 citations), provides key insights into how robots can negotiate and divide tasks efficiently, using a vacuum cleaning domain as a testbed. He also contributed to the broader field with “Towards practical application of swarm robotics: overview of swarm tasks” (2014, 11 citations), which surveys how simple, bio-inspired robots can achieve complex collective behaviors. His research on integrating odometry with artificial landmarks for single-robot localization (2013, 8 citations) and multi-robot mapping using glyph-based landmarks (2013, 3 citations) addresses fundamental challenges in autonomous navigation. Liekna’s work is notable for its hands-on, experimental approach—building and testing real systems rather than relying solely on simulation—and for its exploration of .NET-based architectures for multi-robot management. His contributions help bridge the gap between theoretical swarm robotics and deployable, multi-agent systems.
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- 2Multi-robot System for Vacuum Cleaning Domain13 citations · 2014
- 3TOWARDS PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SWARM ROBOTICS: OVERVIEW OF SWARM TASKS11 citations · 2014
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- 5Mobile Robot Path Planning for Indoor Use4 citations · 2014
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- 8Mapping Implementation for Multi-robot System with Glyph Localisation3 citations · 2013
- 9Architecture and .NET Implementation of Multi- Robot Management System2 citations · 2013