Pablo Garcia-Aunon
Centre for Automation and Robotics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Papers
9
Total Citations
249
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About
Pablo Garcia-Aunon is a leading researcher in multi-robot systems, with a focus on aerial robotic swarms for environmental monitoring, surveillance, and infrastructure management. His work centers on developing behavior-based control algorithms and adaptive interfaces that enable heterogeneous robot teams to operate effectively in real-world scenarios. Garcia-Aunon’s most cited paper (113 citations) introduces a heterogeneous multi-robot system for mapping environmental variables in greenhouses, demonstrating how mobile sensory systems can replace large sensor networks to improve crop productivity. He has also pioneered immersive interfaces for multi-robot missions, addressing challenges like operator workload and situational awareness in surveillance and intervention tasks (41 citations). His research on behavior-based control for aerial swarms in search and surveillance missions (23 citations) and heuristic algorithms for discrete search tasks (22 citations) has advanced the scalability and robustness of swarm robotics. Notably, Garcia-Aunon leads the SwarmCity project (20 citations), which uses aerial robotic swarms to monitor traffic, pedestrians, climate, and pollution in urban environments. His contributions have significant implications for precision agriculture, smart cities, and autonomous infrastructure inspection, making him a key figure in the practical deployment of multi-robot systems.
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- 3Behavior-Based Control for an Aerial Robotic Swarm in Surveillance Missions23 citations · 2019
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- 8Aplicaciones practicas de los sistemas multi-UAV y enjambres aéreos5 citations · 2021
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