Mariusz Wzorek

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Mariusz Wzorek is a prominent researcher specializing in autonomous robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and collaborative robotic systems. His work spans foundational challenges in robot autonomy, from low-level control and navigation to high-level multi-agent coordination and distributed situation awareness. Wzorek's early contributions established important groundwork for autonomous UAV operation, including a visual servoing system for indoor micro UAV exploration (52 citations) and a comprehensive navigation framework for autonomous aerial vehicles (32 citations). His control system framework based on extended state machines (33 citations) provided researchers with practical tools for designing and testing autonomous robots. More recently, he advanced the field of intelligent control through stochastic model-predictive collision avoidance using Bayesian policy optimization (44 citations) and deep learning-based quadcopter control via risk-aware active learning (43 citations), demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of probabilistic and data-driven approaches to robotic decision-making. His later research has shifted toward collaborative robotics and distributed cognition, exploring knowledge sharing frameworks, RDF graph synchronization, and active query-based mission planning for multi-agent systems. Collectively, Wzorek's body of work reflects a career dedicated to bridging theoretical control methods with real-world autonomous systems, making meaningful contributions across both aerial robotics and collaborative intelligence research.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Visual Servoing for Cooperative Indoor Exploration

   52 citations · 2008
2. 2
   Model-predictive control with stochastic collision avoidance using Bayesian policy optimization

   44 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Deep Learning Quadcopter Control via Risk-Aware Active Learning

   43 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Control System Framework for Autonomous Robots Based on Extended State Machines

   33 citations · 2006
5. 5
   From Motion Planning to Control - A Navigation Framework for an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

   32 citations · 2006
6. 6
   Hastily formed knowledge networks and distributed situation awareness for collaborative robotics

   12 citations · 2021
7. 7
   Evaluation of reactive obstacle avoidance algorithms for a quadcopter

   9 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Leveraging active queries in collaborative robotic mission planning

   4 citations · 2024
9. 9
   RGS$$^\oplus $$: RDF graph synchronization for collaborative robotics

   4 citations · 2023
10. 10
    Selected Aspects of Navigation and Path Planning in Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    4 citations · 2011

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