Below is a list of my publications, including book chapters, journals, and conference papers. I also reported my preprints, posters, workshop contributions, and workshop sessions, and PhD thesis. Drop me an e-mail if you are looking for the preprint of some specific paper not available here.

Please see my Google Scholar profile for a full list of citations and co-authors.


Preprints

  • G. Silano, A. Cabellero, D. Liuzza, L. Iannelli, S. Bogdan, and M. Saska, “A Signal Temporal Logic Approach for Task-Based Coordination of Multi-Aerial Systems: a Wind Turbine Inspection Case Study,” pp. 1–16, 2024.
  • V. Kratky, G. Silano, M. Vrba, C. Papaioannidis, I. Mademlis, R. Penicka, I. Pitas, and M. Saska, “Gesture-Controlled Aerial Robot Formation for Human-Swarm Interaction in Safety Monitoring Applications,” pp. 1–8, 2024.


Book Chapters

  • G. Silano and L. Iannelli, “CrazyS: a software-in-the-loop simulation platform for the Crazyflie 2.0 nano-quadcopter,” in “Robot Operating System (ROS): The Complete Reference (Volume 4),” A. Koubaa, Ed. , Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 81–115, 2020.


Journals

  • C. A. Dimmig, G. Silano, K. McGuire, C. Gabellieri, W. Honig, J. Moore, and M. Kobilarov, “Survey of Simulators for Aerial Robots,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2024. In Press.
  • A. Caballero and G. Silano, “A Signal Temporal Logic Motion Planner for Bird Diverter Installation Tasks with Multi-Robot Aerial Systems,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 81361–81377, July, 2023. Impact factor: 3.9.
  • D. Hert et al., “MRS Drone: A Modular Platform for Real-World Deployment of Aerial Multi-Robot Systems,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 108, no. 64, pp. 1–34, July, 2023. Impact factor: 3.3.
  • A. Ahmad, D. Bonilla Licea, G. Silano, T. Baca, and M. Saska, “PACNav: A collective navigation approach for UAV swarms deprived of communication and external localization,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1–19, November, 2022. Impact factor: 2.985.
  • A. Basiri, V. Mariani, G. Silano, M. Aatif, L. Iannelli, and L. Glielmo, “A survey on the application of path-planning algorithms for multi-rotor UAVs in precision agriculture,” The Journal of Navigation, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 364–383, January, 2022. Impact factor: 1.995.
  • G. Silano and L. Iannelli, “MAT-Fly: An Educational Platform for Simulating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aimed to Detect and Track Moving Objects,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 39333–39343, March, 2021. Impact factor: 3.745.
  • G. Silano, T. Baca, R. Penicka, D. Liuzza, and M. Saska, “Power Line Inspection Tasks with Multi-Aerial Robot Systems via Signal Temporal Logic Specifications,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 4169–4176, April, 2021. Impact factor: 3.608. Accepted also to ICRA’21.


Conferences

  • D. Bonilla Licea, H. El Hammouti, G. Silano, and M. Saska, “Harnessing the Potential of Omnidirectional Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles in Cooperative Jamming Against Eavesdropping,” in 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), December, 2024, Cape Town, South Africa. To Appear.
  • G. Silano, E. Rikos, V. Rajkumar, O. Gehrke, T. A. Zerihun, C. Rodio, and R. Lazzari, “Integrating Power-to-Heat Services in Geographically Distributed Multi-Energy Systems: A Case Study from the ERIGrid 2.0 Project,” in 2024 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES 2024), pp. 1–6, September, 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  • V. Rajkumar et al., “Laboratory Middleware for the Cyber-Physical Integration of Energy Research Infrastructures,” in 2024 12th Workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (MSCPES), pp. 1–5, May, 2024, Hong Kong, China.
  • D. Bonilla Licea, G. Silano, M. Ghogho, and M. Saska, “Omnidirectional Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicle Pose Optimization: A Novel Approach to Physical Layer Security,” in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 9021–9025, April, 2024, Seoul, Korea.
  • G. Silano, A. Afifi, M. Saska, and A. Franchi, “A Signal Temporal Logic Planner for Ergonomic Human–Robot Collaboration,” in 2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 328–335, June, 2023, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland.
  • D. Bonilla Licea, G. Silano, M. Ghogho, and M. Saska, “Communications-Aware Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities,” in 2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 366–371, June, 2023, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland.
  • V. Cataffo, G. Silano, L. Iannelli, V. Puig, and L. Glielmo, “A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Strategy for Autonomous Racing of Scale Vehicles,” in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp. 100–105, October, 2022, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • D. Hert et al., “MRS Modular UAV Hardware Platforms for Supporting Research in Real-World Outdoor and Indoor Environments,” in 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 1264–1273, June, 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • A. Calvo, G. Silano, and J. Capitan, “Mission Planning and Execution in Heterogeneous Teams of Aerial Robots supporting Power Line Inspection Operations,” in 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 1644–1649, June, 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • A. Dmytruk, G. Silano, D. Bicego, D. Bonilla Licea, and M. Saska, “A Perception-Aware NMPC for Vision-Based Target Tracking and Collision Avoidance with a Multi-Rotor UAV,” in 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 1668–1673, June, 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • L. Demkiv, M. Ruffo, G. Silano, J. Bednar, and M. Saska, “An Application of Stereo Thermal Vision for Preliminary Inspection of Electrical Power Lines by MAVs,” in 2021 Aerial Robotic Systems Physically Interacting with the Environment (AIRPHARO), pp. 1–8, October, 2021, Biograd na Moru, Croatia.
  • D. Bonilla Licea, G. Silano, M. Ghogho, and M. Saska, “Optimum Trajectory Planning for Multi-Rotor UAV Relays with Tilt and Antenna Orientation Variations,” in 29th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pp. 1586–1590, September, 2021, Dublin, Ireland.
  • M. Terlizzi, G. Silano, L. Russo, M. Aatif, A. Basiri, V. Mariani, L. Iannelli, and L. Glielmo, “A Vision-Based Algorithm for a Path Following Problem,” in 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 1630–1635, June, 2021, Athens, Greece.
  • G. Silano, J. Bednar, T. Nascimento, J. Capitan, M. Saska, and A. Ollero, “A Multi-Layer Software Architecture for Aerial Cognitive Multi-Robot Systems in Power Line Inspection Tasks,” in 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 1624–1629, June, 2021, Athens, Greece.
  • G. Silano, P. Oppido, and L. Iannelli, “Software-in-the-loop simulation for improving flight control system design: a quadrotor case study,” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp. 466–471, October, 2019, Bari, Italy.
  • P. Daponte, L. De Vito, L. Glielmo, L. Iannelli, D. Liuzza, F. Picariello, and G. Silano, “A review on the use of drones for precision agriculture,” in 2018 1st Workshop - Metrology for Agriculture and Foresty (MetroAgriFor), pp. 1–11, October, 2018, Ancona, Italy.
  • G. Silano, E. Aucone, and L. Iannelli, “CrazyS: A Software-In-The-Loop Platform for the Crazyflie 2.0 Nano-Quadcopter,” in 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), pp. 352–357, June, 2018, Zadar, Croatia.
  • G. Silano and L. Iannelli, “An educational simulation platform for GPS-denied unmanned Aerial Vehicles aimed to the detection and tracking of moving objects,” in 2016 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), pp. 1018–1023, September, 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


Posters

  • G. Silano, P. Oppido, and L. Iannelli, “Software-in-the-loop simulation for improving flight control system design: a quadrotor case study,” in SIDRA (Italian Society of Automatic Control), National Meeting, September, 2019, Ancona, Italy.
  • G. Silano and L. Iannelli, “An educational simulation platform for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles aimed to detect and track moving objects,” in SIDRA (Italian Society of Automatic Control), National Meeting, September, 2017, Milan, Italy.


Workshop Contributions

  • A. Ahmad, D. Bonilla Licea, G. Silano, T. Baca, and M. Saska, “PACNav: Enhancing Collective Navigation for UAV Swarms in Communication-Challenged Environments,” in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1–2, May, 2024, Contribution accepted for discussion at the workshop session: "Breaking Swarm Stereotypes", Yokohama, Japan.
  • G. Silano, V. Kratky, M. Vrba, C. Papaioannidis, I. Mademlis, R. Penicka, I. Pitas, and M. Saska, “Human-Swarm Interaction with a Gesture-Controlled Aerial Robot Formation for Safety Monitoring Applications,” in 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1–5, October, 2023, Contribution accepted for discussion at the workshop session: "Human Multi-Robot Interaction Workshop", Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • A. Caballero and G. Silano, “Automating Bird Diverter Installation through Multi-Aerial Robots and Signal Temporal Logic Specifications,” in 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1–2, October, 2023, Contribution accepted for discussion at the workshop session: "Formal methods techniques in robotics systems: Design and control", Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • G. Silano, A. Afifi, M. Saska, and A. Franchi, “Ergonomic Collaboration between Humans and Robots: An Energy-Aware Signal Temporal Logic Perspective,” in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1–4, June, 2023, Contribution accepted for discussion at the workshop session: "Energy Efficient Aerial Robotic Systems", ExCeL, London, UK.
  • G. Silano et al., “Coordination of a Heterogeneous Team of Aerial Robots to Support Power Line Inspection Operations,” in 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June, 2022, Contribution accepted for discussion at the tutorial session: "AERIAL-CORE – Boosting the adoption of aerial robotics in real-world applications", Drubovnik, Croatia.
  • G. Silano, D. Liuzza, L. Iannelli, and M. Saska, “A framework for power line inspection tasks with multi-robot systems from signal temporal logic specifications,” in SIDRA (Italian Society of Automatic Control), National Meeting, September, 2020, Cagliari, Italy.
  • A. Afifi, G. Silano, M. Tognon, G. Oriolo, and A. Franchi, “A General Control Architecture for Visual Servoing and Physical Interaction Tasks for Aerial Vehicles,” in MBZIRC Symposium 2020, the First International Robotic Challenges Symposium, February, 2020, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.



Miscellaneous

  • T. Příhodová, G. Silano, A. Ahmad, V. Krátký, T. Báča, P. Petráček, V. Sasková, J. Bednář, and M. Saska, “2022 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems in Prague [Education],” IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 104–106, March, 2023. Impact factor: 5.229.


PhD Thesis

  • G. Silano, “Software-in-the-loop Methodologies for the Analysis and Control Design of Small UAV Systems,” PhD thesis, University of Sannio in Benevento, July, 2020.

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