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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Citations
20108
World Ranking
320
National Ranking
3

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73
Citations
20090
World Ranking
763
National Ranking
6

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  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Spain Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Anibal Ollero is a researcher affiliated with the University of Seville in Spain. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Ocean Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The research conducted by Ollero covers a range of specialized topics, including:

  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
  • Power Line Inspection Robots

Ollero's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • "Design of the High-Payload Flapping Wing Robot E-Flap," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "How ornithopters can perch autonomously on a branch," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Compliant Bimanual Aerial Manipulation: Standard and Long Reach Configurations," 2020, IEEE Access
  • "Benchmarks for Aerial Manipulation," 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ollero include:

  • José Ángel Acosta
  • José Ramiro Martínez-de Dios
  • Guillermo Heredia
  • Saeed Rafee Nekoo
  • Alejandro Suárez

The most common venues publishing Ollero's work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Applied Sciences
  • IEEE Access

Best Publications

  • Aerial Manipulation: A Literature Review

    Fabio Ruggiero;Vincenzo Lippiello;Anibal Ollero

  • An Unmanned Aircraft System for Automatic Forest Fire Monitoring and Measurement

    Luis Merino;Fernando Caballero;J. Ramiro Martínez-De-Dios;Iván Maza

  • Experimental Results in Multi-UAV Coordination for Disaster Management and Civil Security Applications

    Iván Maza;Fernando Caballero;Jesús Capitán;J. R. Martínez-De-Dios

  • Autonomous transportation and deployment with aerial robots for search and rescue missions

    Markus Bernard;Konstantin Kondak;Ivan Maza;Anibal Ollero

  • Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators

    Anibal Ollero;Marco Tognon;Alejandro Suarez;Dongjun Lee

  • A cooperative perception system for multiple UAVs: Application to automatic detection of forest fires

    Luis Merino;Fernando Caballero;J.R. Martínez-de Dios;Joaquín Ferruz

  • Multiple UAV cooperative searching operation using polygon area decomposition and efficient coverage algorithms

    Ivan Maza;Anibal Ollero

  • Multi-UAV Cooperation and Control for Load Transportation and Deployment

    I. Maza;K. Kondak;M. Bernard;A. Ollero

  • Control of an aerial robot with multi-link arm for assembly tasks

    A. E. Jimenez-Cano;J. Martin;G. Heredia;A. Ollero

  • An intelligent system for false alarm reduction in infrared forest-fire detection

    B.C. Arrue;A. Ollero;J.R. Matinez de Dios

  • Control of a multirotor outdoor aerial manipulator

    Guillermo Heredia;A. E. Jimenez-Cano;I. Sánchez;Domingo Llorente

  • The AEROARMS Project: Aerial Robots with Advanced Manipulation Capabilities for Inspection and Maintenance

    Anibal Ollero;Guillermo Heredia;Antonio Franchi;Gianluca Antonelli

  • Vision-Based Odometry and SLAM for Medium and High Altitude Flying UAVs

    F. Caballero;L. Merino;J. Ferruz;A. Ollero

  • Sensor and actuator fault detection in small autonomous helicopters

    G. Heredia;A. Ollero;M. Bejar;R. Mahtani

  • Computer vision techniques for forest fire perception

    J. R. Martinez-de Dios;B. C. Arrue;A. Ollero;L. Merino

  • Control and perception techniques for aerial robotics

    Aníbal Ollero;Luís Merino

  • A multilayer control for multirotor UAVs equipped with a servo robot arm

    F. Ruggiero;M.A. Trujillo;R. Cano;H. Ascorbe

  • Cooperative Fire Detection using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    L. Merino;F. Caballero;J.R. Martinez-de Dios;A. Ollero

  • The autonomous mobile robot AURORA for greenhouse operation

    A. Mandow;J.M. Gomez-de-Gabriel;J.L. Martinez;V.F. Munoz

  • Decentralized Multi-Robot Cooperation with Auctioned POMDPs

    Jesus Capitan;Matthijs Spaan;Luis Merino;Anibal Ollero

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Maza
Ivan Maza University of Seville
Gianluca Antonelli
Gianluca Antonelli University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Fabrizio Caccavale
Fabrizio Caccavale University of Basilicata
Stefano Chiaverini
Stefano Chiaverini University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Johan Wiklund
Johan Wiklund Syracuse University
Roger M. Goodall
Roger M. Goodall Loughborough University
Vincenzo Lippiello
Vincenzo Lippiello University of Naples Federico II
Salah Sukkarieh
Salah Sukkarieh University of Sydney
YangQuan Chen
YangQuan Chen University of California, Merced
Adam Wolisz
Adam Wolisz Technical University of Berlin

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