Publications

A complete list can be found on my Google Scholar profile.

Journals

J8. Beatrice Capelli, María Santos, and Lorenzo Sabattini, “Towards the Legibility of Multi-Robot Systems”, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 2024.

J7. Riku Funada, María Santos, Ryuichi Maniwa, Junya Yamauchi, Masayuki Fujita, Mitsuji Sampei, and María Egerstedt, “Distributed Coverage Hole Prevention for Visual Environmental Monitoring with Quadcopters via Nonsmooth Control Barrier Functions”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024.

J6. Anastasia Bizyaeva, Giovanna Amorim, María Santos, Alessio Franci, and Naomi Ehrich Leonard. “Switching transformations for decentralized control of opinion patterns in signed networks: application to dynamic task allocation”, IEEE Control Systems Letters, June 2022.

J5. Soobum Kim, María Santos, Luis Guerrero-Bonilla, Anthony Yezzi, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Coverage Control of Mobile Robots With Different Maximum Speeds for Time-Sensitive Applications”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 3001-3007, April 2022. [PDF]

J4. María Santos, Gennaro Notomista, Siddharth Mayya, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Interactive Multi-Robot Painting Through Colored Motion Trails”, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Robotic Control Systems, Vol. 7, pp. 143, Oct. 2020. [PDF]

J3. María Santos and Magnus Egerstedt. “From Motions to Emotions: Can the Fundamental Emotions be Expressed in a Robot Swarm?”, International Journal of Social Robotics, July 2020. [PDF]

J2. María Santos, Yancy Diaz-Mercado, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Coverage Control for Multi-Robot Teams With Heterogeneous Sensing Capabilities”. Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 919-925, Apr. 2018. [PDF]

J1. Joaquín López, Diego Pérez, María Santos and Miguel Cacho. “GuideBot. A Tour Guide System Based on Mobile Robots”. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 10:381, Nov. 2013.

Conference Proceedings

C11. Giovanna Amorim, \textbf{María Santos}, Shinkyu Park, Alessio Franci, Naomi Ehrich Leonard. “Threshold Decision-Making Dynamics Adaptive to Physical Constraints and Changing Environment. European Control Conference (ECC), 2024 (accepted).

C10. Charlotte Cathcart, María Santos, Shinkyu Park, and Naomi Ehrich Leonard. “Proactive Opinion-Driven Robot Navigation around Human Movers”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, MI, USA, Oct. 2023.

C9. Kensuke Nakamura*, María Santos*, and Naomi Ehrich Leonard. “Voronoi-based Learning of Spatial Fields for Multi-robot Coverage”. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 2022, pp. 9980-9986. (*Equal contribution).

C8. María Santos, Udari Madhushani, Alessia Benevento, and Naomi Ehrich Leonard. “Multi-robot Learning and Coverage of Unknown Spatial Fields”, 2021 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), Cambridge, United Kingdom, Nov. 2021, pp. 137-145. [PDF]

C7. Alessia Benevento, María Santos, Giuseppe Notarstefano, Kamran Paynabar, Matthieu Bloch, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Multi-Robot Coordination for Estimation and Coverage of Unknown Spatial Fields”, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, May 2020, pp. 7740-7746. [PDF]

C6. Riku Funada, María Santos, Takuma Gencho, Junya Yamauchi, Masayuki Fujita, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Visual Coverage Maintenance for Quadcopters Using Nonsmooth Barrier Functions”, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, May 2020, pp. 3255-3261. [PDF]

C5. Gennaro Notomista, Siddharth Mayya, Mario Selvaggio, María Santos, and Cristian Secchi. “A set-theoretic approach to multi-task execution and prioritization”. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, May 2020, pp. 9873-9879. [PDF]

C4. María Santos, Siddharth Mayya, Gennaro Notomista, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Decentralized Minimum Energy Coverage Control for Time-Varying Density Functions”. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Multi-robot and Multi-agent Systems (MRS), New Brunswick, NJ, Aug. 2019, pp. 155-161. Outstanding paper finalist. [PDF]

C3. Gennaro Notomista, María Santos, Seth Hutchinson, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Sensor Coverage Control Using Robots Constrained to a Curve”. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, May 2019, pp. 3010-3016. [PDF]

C2. Riku Funada, María Santos, Junya Yamauchi, Takeshi Hatanaka, Masajuki Fujita, and Magnus Egerstedt. “Visual Coverage Control for Teams of Quadcopters via Control Barrier Functions”. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, May 2019, pp. 3010-3016. [PDF]

C1. María Santos and Magnus Egerstedt. “Coverage Control for Multi-Robot Teams with Heterogeneous Sensing Capabilities Using Limited Communications”. 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Madrid, Oct. 2018, pp. 5313-5319. [PDF]

Conference Workshops

W2. María Santos, Udari Madhushani, Alessia Benevento, and Naomi Ehrich Leonard. “Multi-robot Learning and Coverage of Unknown Spatial Fields”. ARMS-2022: AAMAS Workshop on Autonomous Robots and Multi-Robot Systems, Aukland, New Zealand, May 2022.

W1. María Santos and Magnus Egerstedt. “From Motions to Emotions: Exploring the Emotional Expressiveness of Robot Swarms”. ICRA-X: Robotic Art Program, Montréal, May 2019.

Theses

T4. María Teresa Santos Fernández. “Coverage Control: From Heterogeneous Robot Teams to Expressive Swarms, PhD Thesis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, July 2020.

T3. María Teresa Santos Fernández. Musical Abstractions for Multi-Robot Coordination, Master’s Thesis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Apr. 2016.

T2. María Teresa Santos Fernández. Sistema de Evitación de Obstáculos en 3D Basado en CVM. (3D Obstacle Avoidance System Based on CVM.). Master’s Thesis, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, July 2014.

T1. María Teresa Santos Fernández. Adaptación de Herramientas del Entorno RIDE para su Utilización en la Arquitectura ROS. (Adaptation of RIDE Environment Tools to the ROS Architecture.) Proyecto Final de Carrera (Final Engineering Degree Project), School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, Sep. 2013.