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Overview

Pere Ridao is affiliated with the University of Girona in Spain and has focused their research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their work bridges these disciplines, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research topics notably include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Optical Measurement and Interference Techniques, Maritime Navigation and Safety, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, and Advanced Vision and Imaging.

The scientist has published numerous papers in respected venues, with recurring appearances in:

  • IEEE Access
  • Sensors
  • Journal of Field Robotics
  • OCEANS 2021: San Diego - Porto
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Recent publications by Pere Ridao include:

  • TWINBOT: Autonomous Underwater Cooperative Transportation, 2021, IEEE Access
  • Multirepresentation, Multiheuristic A* search-based motion planning for a free-floating underwater vehicle-manipulator system in unknown environment, 2020, Journal of Field Robotics
  • Underwater Object Recognition Using Point-Features, Bayesian Estimation and Semantic Information, 2021, Sensors
  • Underwater 3D Scanner to Counteract Refraction: Calibration and Experimental Results, 2022, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Docking of Non-Holonomic AUVs in Presence of Ocean Currents: A Comparative Survey, 2021, IEEE Access

Frequent collaborators in their research include Patryk Cieśląk, Narcís Palomeras, Guillem Vallicrosa, Joan Esteba, and Miguel Castillón.

Best Publications

  • Girona 500 AUV: From Survey to Intervention

    David Ribas;Narcis Palomeras;Pere Ridao;Marc Carreras

  • Underwater SLAM in man-made structured environments

    David Ribas;Pere Ridao;Juan Domingo Tardós;José Neira

  • Challenges and future trends in marine robotics

    Enrica Zereik;Marco Bibuli;Nikola Miskovic;Pere Ridao

  • Sparus II AUV—A Hovering Vehicle for Seabed Inspection

    Marc Carreras;Juan David Hernandez;Eduard Vidal;Narcis Palomeras

  • Underwater SLAM in man‐made structured environments

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  • Visual inspection of hydroelectric dams using an autonomous underwater vehicle

    Pere Ridao;Marc Carreras;David Ribas;Rafael Garcia

  • On the Identification of Non Linear Models of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

    P. Ridao;A. Tiano;A. El-Fakdi;M. Carreras

  • SLAM using an Imaging Sonar for Partially Structured Underwater Environments

    David Ribas;Pere Ridao;Jose Neira;Juan Tardos

  • Intervention AUVs: The Next Challenge

    Pere Ridao;Marc Carreras;David Ribas;Pedro J. Sanz

  • Coverage Path Planning with Real-time Replanning and Surface Reconstruction for Inspection of Three-dimensional Underwater Structures using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

    Enric Galceran;Ricard Campos;Narcís Palomeras;David Ribas

  • A new FPGA/DSP-based parallel architecture for real-time image processing

    J. Batlle;J. Martíi;P. Ridao;J. Amat

  • I-AUV Mechatronics Integration for the TRIDENT FP7 Project

    David Ribas;Pere Ridao;Alessio Turetta;Claudio Melchiorri

  • Autonomous underwater panel operation by GIRONA500 UVMS: A practical approach to autonomous underwater manipulation

    Patryk Cieslak;Pere Ridao;Mariusz Giergiel

  • Reconfigurable AUV for intervention missions: a case study on underwater object recovery

    Mario Prats;David Ribas;Narcís Palomeras;Juan Carlos García

  • A survey on Terrain Based Navigation for AUVs

    Sebastian Carreno;Philip Wilson;Pere Ridao;Yvan Petillot

  • Toward Autonomous Exploration in Confined Underwater Environments

    Angelos Mallios;Pere Ridao;David Ribas;Marc Carreras

  • Grasping for the Seabed: Developing a New Underwater Robot Arm for Shallow-Water Intervention

    Jose Javier Fernandez;Mario Prats;Pedro J. Sanz;Juan Carlos Garcia

  • COLA2: A Control Architecture for AUVs

    N. Palomeras;A. El-Fakdi;M. Carreras;P. Ridao

  • AUV homing and docking for remote operations

    N. Palomeras;G. Vallicrosa;A. Mallios;J. Bosch

  • Vision-based localization of an underwater robot in a structured environment

    M. Carreras;P. Ridao;R. Garcia;T. Nicosevici

  • A behavior-based scheme using reinforcement learning for autonomous underwater vehicles

    M. Carreras;J. Yuh;J. Batlle;Pere Ridao

  • ReviewIntervention AUVs: The next challenge☆☆☆

    Pere Ridao;Marc Carreras;David Ribas;Pedro J. Sanz

  • Force cooperation in a reconfigurable field multirobot system

    Wei Wang;Houxiang Zhang;Guanghua Zong;Jianwei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Garcia
Rafael Garcia Complutense University of Madrid
Yvan Petillot
Yvan Petillot Heriot-Watt University
Carlos Silvestre
Carlos Silvestre University of Macau
Antonio M. Pascoal
Antonio M. Pascoal Instituto Superior Técnico
José Neira
José Neira University of Zaragoza
Claudio Melchiorri
Claudio Melchiorri University of Bologna
Juan D. Tardós
Juan D. Tardós University of Zaragoza
Andreas Birk
Andreas Birk Jacobs University
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure
Junku Yuh
Junku Yuh Korea Institute of Robotics & Technology Convergence

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