Örebro Universitet
Federico Pecora

Federico Pecora

Associate Professor

AASS Research Center
School of Science and Technology
Örebro University
70182 Örebro, Sweden
Room T2215
Phone +46 (0)19 30 33 19
federico.pecora@oru.se

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Research

My research interests lie at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. I focus specifically on constraint-based reasoning, automated planning, and search techniques for hybrid reasoning. Most of my recent work focuses on the use of these methods for plan-based robot control, multi-robot coordination, and the integration of these with robot motion planning and control. I am active in two application areas: service robots for use in domestic environments; and decision support tools for industrial applications with large autonomous vehicles. I am fascinated by the problem of using AI for robots, and I find that some of the most compelling research questions in AI originate from the use of model-based approaches to robot control.

I am the initiator and principal maintainer of the Meta-CSP Framework, an open source software API for supporting the theoretical study and implementation of hybrid reasoning algorithms. I have also developed the coordination_oru library, a general-purpose tool for integrated motion planning, coordination and control for fleets of autonomous robots. Both software libraries are used in industrial research and development by third parties, including Volvo, Scania and Epiroc.

Teaching

Current and upcoming courses

  • Computational complexity theory (50DT041 / PhD in Computer Science / since 2018 / material / syllabus)
  • Algorithms, data structures and complexity (DT505G / Computer Science Engineering / since 2016 / syllabus)
  • Data structures and algorithms (DT127G / Computer Science / since 2017 / syllabus)
  • Advanced Artificial Intelligence (DT4048 / MSc in Robotics and Intelligent Systems / since 2011 / material / syllabus)
  • AI Search Methods for Mobile Robots (DT102U / SMARTER program / since 2018 / syllabus)

Past courses

  • Planning and Scheduling (DT4047 / MSc in Robotics and Intelligent Systems / 2015-2017 / material / syllabus)
  • Project Work in Robotics and Intelligent Systems (DT4005 / MSc in Robotics and Intelligent Systems / 2008-2015 / syllabus)
  • Java for Interfaces and Networks (DT3010 / Computer Science / 2008-2011 / material / syllabus)
  • Agent-Based Simulation (DT3022, DT3021 / Computer Science / 2008–2011 / material / syllabus)
  • J2EE Web Applications (IK2011 / Informatics / 2008 / material / syllabus)

Publications

[1] G. Chimamiwa, A. Giaretta, M. Alirezaie, F. Pecora and A. Loutfi. Are Smart Homes Adequate for Older Adults with Dementia?. Sensors, 22(11), 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[2] C. S. Swaminathan, T. P. Kucner, M. Magnusson, L. Palmieri, S. Molina, A. Mannucci, F. Pecora and A. J. Lilienthal. Benchmarking the utility of maps of dynamics for human-aware motion planning. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[3] J. Salvado, M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. DiMOpt : a Distributed Multi-robot Trajectory Optimization Algorithm. In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 10110-10117, 2022 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[4] J. Salvado, M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. A Network-Flow Reduction for the Multi-Robot Goal Allocation and Motion Planning Problem. In IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[5] J. Salvado, M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. Combining Multi-Robot Motion Planning and Goal Allocation using Roadmaps. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pages 10016-10022, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[6] M. Mansouri, F. Pecora and P. Schüller. Combining Task and Motion Planning : Challenges and Guidelines. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[7] P. Forte, A. Mannucci, H. Andreasson and F. Pecora. Construction Site Automation : Open Challenges for Planning and Robotics. In Proceedings of the 9th ICAPS Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob) 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[8] G. Chimamiwa, M. Alirezaie, F. Pecora and A. Loutfi. Multi-sensor dataset of human activities in a smart home environment. Data in Brief, 34, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[9] A. Mannucci, L. Pallottino and F. Pecora. On Provably Safe and Live Multirobot Coordination with Online Goal Posting. IEEE Transactions on robotics, 37(6):1973-1991, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[10] S. Zhang and F. Pecora. Online Sequential Task Assignment With Execution Uncertainties for Multiple Robot Manipulators. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(4):6993-7000, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[11] P. Forte, A. Mannucci, H. Andreasson and F. Pecora. Online Task Assignment and Coordination in Multi-Robot Fleets. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(3):4584-4591, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[12] M. Cecchi, M. Paiano, A. Mannucci, A. Palleschi, F. Pecora and L. Pallottino. Priority-Based Distributed Coordination for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems with Realistic Assumptions. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(3):6131-6138, 2021 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[13] S. Tomic, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Learning Normative Behaviors through Abstraction. , 325(325):1547-1554, 2020 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[14] A. Palleschi, A. Mannucci, D. Caporale, F. Pecora and L. Pallottino. Toward distributed solutions for heterogeneous fleet coordination. In Proceedings of the 2nd Italian Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Machines 2020 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[15] A. Sgorbissa, I. Papadopoulos, C. Papadopoulos, A. Saffiotti, A. K. Pandey, L. Merton, N. Y. Chong, H. Kamide, J. Lee, L. Battistuzzi, R. Menicatti, C. Koulouglioti, G. Randhawa, F. Pecora, S. Kanoria, Y. Lim and R. Mastrolonardo. CARESSES : The Flower that Taught Robots about Culture. In HRI '19 : 2019 14TH ACM/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION, pages 371-371, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[16] M. Mansouri, B. Lacerda, N. Hawes and F. Pecora. Multi-Robot Planning Under Uncertain Travel Times and Safety Constraints. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-19), pages 478-484, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[17] A. Mannucci, L. Pallottino and F. Pecora. Provably Safe Multi-Robot Coordination With Unreliable Communication. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(4):3232-3239, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[18] J. Grosinger, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Robots that Maintain Equilibrium : Proactivity by Reasoning About User Intentions and Preferences. Pattern Recognition Letters, 118:85-93, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[19] F. Pecora, M. Mansouri, N. Hawes and L. Kunze. Special Issue on Reintegrating Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Künstliche Intelligenz, 33(4):315-317, 2019 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[20] F. Pecora, H. Andreasson, M. Mansouri and V. Petkov. A Loosely-Coupled Approach for Multi-Robot Coordination, Motion Planning and Control, ICAPS. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, 2018-June:485-493, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[21] R. Menicatti, C. T. Recchiuto, B. Bruno, R. Zaccaria, A. A. Khaliq, U. Köckemann, F. Pecora, A. Saffiotti, H. D. Bui, N. Y. Chong, Y. Lim, V. C. Pham, N. T. V. Tuyen, N. Melo, J. Lee, M. Busy, E. Lagrue, J. Montanier, A. K. Pandey and A. Sgorbissa. Collaborative Development Within a Social Robotic, Multi-Disciplinary Effort : the CARESSES Case Study. In 2018 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO), pages 117-124, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[22] A. A. Khaliq, U. Köckemann, F. Pecora, A. Saffiotti, B. Bruno, C. T. Recchiuto, A. Sgorbissa, H. D. Bui and N. Y. Chong. Culturally aware Planning and Execution of Robot Actions. In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 326-332, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[23] U. Köckemann, A. A. Khaliq, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Domain Reasoning for Robot Task Planning : A Position Paper. In PlanRob 2018 : Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Planning and Robotics, pages 102-105, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[24] J. Salvado, R. Krug, M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. Motion Planning and Goal Assignment for Robot Fleets Using Trajectory Optimization. In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 7940-7946, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[25] S. Tomic, A. Martinoli, A. Wasik, F. Pecora, P. U. Lima and A. Saffiotti. Towards Institutions for Mixed Human-Robot Societies. In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, (AAMAS' 18), pages 2216-2217, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[26] A. Wasik, S. Tomic, A. Saffiotti, F. Pecora, A. Martinoli and P. U. Lima. Towards Norm Realization in Institutions Mediating Human-Robot Societies. In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 297-304, 2018 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[27] B. Bruno, F. Mastrogiovanni, F. Pecora, A. Sgorbissa and A. Saffiotti. A framework for Culture-aware Robots based on Fuzzy Logic. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[28] J. Renoux, M. Alirezaie, L. Karlsson, U. Köckemann, F. Pecora and A. Loutfi. Context Recognition in Multiple Occupants Situations : Detecting the Number of Agents in a Smart Home Environment with Simple Sensors. In Knowledge-based techniques for problem solving and reasoning(KnowProS 2017) : A workshop at AAAI 2017, February 5, 2017, San Francisco, U.S.A., ws17:758-764, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[29] M. Mansouri, F. Lagriffoul and F. Pecora. Multi Vehicle Routing with Nonholonomic Constraints and Dense Dynamic Obstacles. In 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 3522-3529, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[30] B. Bruno, N. Y. Chong, H. Kamide, S. Kanoria, J. Lee, Y. Lim, A. Kumar Pandey, C. Papadopoulos, I. Papadopoulos, F. Pecora, A. Saffiotti and A. Sgorbissa. Paving the Way for Culturally Competent Robots : a Position Paper. In 2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pages 553-560, 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[31] J. Grosinger, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Proactivity through equilibrium maintenance with fuzzy desirability. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) 2017 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[32] M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. A robot sets a table : a case for hybrid reasoning with different types of knowledge. Journal of experimental and theoretical artificial intelligence (Print), 28(5):801-821, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[33] M. Beetz, R. Chatila, J. Hertzberg and F. Pecora. AI Reasoning Methods for Robotics. In Springer Handbook of Robotics, pages 329-356, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[34] A. A. Khaliq, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Children playing with robots using stigmergy on a smart floor. In 2016 Intl IEEE Conferences on Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People, and Smart World Congress (UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SmartWorld), pages 1098-1103, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[35] A. Loutfi, A. Jönsson, L. Karlsson, L. Lind, M. Lindén, F. Pecora and T. Voigt. Ecare@Home : A Distributed Research Environment on Semantic Interoperability. In Internet of Things Technologies for HealthCare. HealthyIoT 2016, pages 3-8, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[36] M. Mansouri, H. Andreasson and F. Pecora. Hybrid Reasoning for Multi-robot Drill Planning in Open-pit Mines. Acta Polytechnica, 56(1):47-56, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[37] J. Grosinger, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Making Robots Proactive through Equilibrium Maintenance. In 25th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[38] A. Abdul Khaliq, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Point-to-point safe navigation of a mobile robot using stigmergy and RFID technology. In 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 1497-1504, 2016 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[39] H. Andreasson, A. Bouguerra, M. Cirillo, D. N. Dimitrov, D. Driankov, L. Karlsson, A. J. Lilienthal, F. Pecora, J. P. Saarinen, A. Sherikov and T. Stoyanov. Autonomous transport vehicles : where we are and what is missing. IEEE robotics & automation magazine, 22(1):64-75, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[40] M. Alirezaie, F. Pecora and A. Loutfi. Context Recognition : Towards Automatic Query Generation. In Ambient Intelligence : 12th European Conference, AmI 2015, Athens, Greece, November 11-13, 2015, Proceedings, pages 205-218, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[41] S. Stock, M. Mansouri, F. Pecora and J. Hertzberg. Hierarchical Hybrid Planning in a Mobile Service Robot. In KI 2015 : Advances in Artificial Intelligence, pages 309-315, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[42] A. A. Khaliq, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Inexpensive, reliable and localization-free navigation using an RFID floor. In 2015 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR) 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[43] U. Köckemann, F. Pecora and L. Karlsson. Inferring Context and Goals for Online Human-Aware Planning. In International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), pages 550-557, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[44] S. Rockel, ?. Konečný, S. Stock, J. Hertzberg, F. Pecora and J. Zhang. Integrating physics-based prediction with semantic plan execution monitoring. In 2015 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS), pages 2883-2888, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[45] B. Bruno, J. Grosinger, F. Mastrogiovanni, F. Pecora, A. Saffiotti, S. Sathyakeerthy and A. Sgorbissa. Multi-modal sensing for human activity recognition. In Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Kobe, Japan, Aug 31 - Sept 4, 2015, pages 594-600, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[46] S. Stock, M. Mansouri, F. Pecora and J. Hertzberg. Online task merging with a hierarchical hybrid task planner for mobile service robots. In 2015 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS), pages 6459-6464, 2015 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[47] J. Ullberg, A. Loutfi and F. Pecora. A customizable approach for monitoring activities of elderly users in their homes. In Activity Monitoring by Multiple Distributed Sensing : Second International Workshop, AMMDS 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, August 24, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, pages 13-25, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[48] M. Di Rocco, S. Sathyakeerthy, J. Grosinger, F. Pecora, A. Saffiotti, M. Bonaccorsi, F. Cavallo, R. Limosani, A. Manzi, G. Teti and P. Dario. A Planner for Ambient Assisted Living : From High-Level Reasoning to Low-Level Robot Execution and Back. In Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[49] F. Cavallo, R. Limosani, A. Manzi, M. Bonaccorsi, R. Esposito, M. Di Rocco, F. Pecora, G. Teti, A. Saffiotti and P. Dario. Development of a socially believable multi-robot solution from town to home. Cognitive Computation, 6(4):954-967, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[50] L. Zhang, A. Saffiotti, F. Pecora and J. Zhang. Evaluation metrics for an experience-based mobile artificial cognitive system. In 11th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA2014), pages 2225-2232, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[51] ?. Konečný, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Execution Knowledge for Execution Monitoring : what, why, where and what for?. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2014 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[52] J. Grosinger, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Find Out Why Reading This Paper is an Opportunity of Type Opp0. In CogRob 2014 : The 9th International Workshop on Cognitive Robotics, pages 6, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[53] U. Köckemann, F. Pecora and L. Karlsson. Grandpa Hates Robots - Interaction Constraints for Planning in Inhabited Environments. In Proceedings of the 28th National Conference on Artifical Intelligence (AAAI 2014), pages 2293-2299, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[54] M. Cirillo, F. Pecora, H. Andreasson, T. Uras and S. Koenig. Integrated Motion Planning and Coordination for Industrial Vehicles. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[55] F. Pecora. Is Model-Based Robot Programming a Mirage? : A Brief Survey of AI Reasoning in Robotics. Künstliche Intelligenz, 28(4):255-261, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[56] M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. More Knowledge on the Table:Planning with Space, Time and Resources for Robots. In 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA), pages 647-654, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[57] ?. Konečný, S. Stock, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Planning domain + execution semantics: a way towards robust execution?. In Qualitative Representations for Robots : Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[58] J. Grosinger, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Robots and Bananas : Exploring Deliberation in Cognitive Robots. In AI and Robotics : Papers from the AAAI-14 Workshop, pages 2, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[59] J. Hertzberg, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, S. Rockel, B. Neumann, J. Lehmann, K. S. Dubba, A. G. Cohn, A. Saffiotti, F. Pecora, M. Mansouri, ?. Konečný, M. Günther, S. Stock, L. Seabra Lopes, M. Oliveira, G. H. Lim, H. Kasaei, V. Mokhtari, L. Hotz and W. Bohlken. The RACE Project : Robustness by Autonomous Competence Enhancement. Künstliche Intelligenz, 28(4):297-304, 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[60] S. Tomic, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Too cool for school : adding social constraints in human aware planning. In CogRob 2014 : The 9th International Workshop on Cognitive Robotics 2014 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[61] S. Rockel, B. Neumann, J. Zhang, F. Pecora, ?. Konečný, A. Saffiotti, A. Tomé, A. Pinho, L. Sebra Lopes, K. Dubba, A. Cohn, M. Günther, S. Stock, J. Hertzberg, S. von Riegen and L. Hotz. An ontology-based multi-level robot architecture for learning from experiences. In Designing intelligent robots: reintegrating AI : Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium, pages 52-57, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[62] M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. A representation for spatial reasoning in robotic planning. 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[63] M. Di Rocco, F. Pecora, P. K. Sivakumar and A. Saffiotti. Configuration Planning with Multiple Dynamic Goals. In Designing intelligent robots : reintegrating AI II. Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium, pages 12-17, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[64] U. Köckemann, F. Pecora and L. Karlsson. Expressive Planning Through Constraints. In Twelfth Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pages 155-164, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[65] S. Coradeschi, A. Cesta, G. Cortellessa, L. Coraci, J. Gonzalez, L. Karlsson, F. Furfari, A. Loutfi, A. Orlandini, F. Palumbo, F. Pecora, S. von Rump, J. Ullberg and B. Östlund. GiraffPlus : combining social interaction and long term monitoring for promoting independent living. In 2013 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI), pages 578-585, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[66] M. Mansouri and F. Pecora. Including qualitative spatial knowledge in the sense-plan-act loop. 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[67] S. Sathyakeerthy, M. Di Rocco, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Scaling up ubiquitous robotic systems from home to town (and beyond). In UbiComp '13 Adjunct Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication, pages 107-110, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[68] M. Di Rocco, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. When Robots are Late : Configuration Planning for Multiple Robots with Dynamic Goals. In 2013 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS), pages 5915-5922, 2013 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[69] F. Pecora and M. Cirillo. A constraint-based approach for multiple non-holonomic vehicle coordination in industrial scenarios. In ICAPS 2012 Workshop on Combining Task and Motion Planning for Real-World Applications, pages 45-52, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[70] F. Pecora, M. Cirillo, F. Dell’Osa, J. Ullberg and A. Saffiotti. A constraint-based approach for proactive, context-aware human support. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, 4(4):347-367, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[71] M. Günther, J. Hertzberg, M. Mansouri, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Hybrid reasoning in perception : a case study. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 45(22):90-95, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[72] M. Mansouri, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Maintaining timelines with hybrid fuzzy context inference. In PSTL 2012 : proceedings of the workshop on planning and scheduling with timelines, pages 40-47, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[73] F. Pecora, M. Cirillo and D. Dimitrov. On mission-dependent coordination of multiple vehicles under spatial and temporal constraints. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 5262-5269, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[74] J. Ullberg and F. Pecora. Propagating temporal constraints on sets of intervals. In ICAPS Workshop on Planning and Scheduling with Timelines, pages 25-32, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[75] G. Amato, M. Broxvall, S. Chessa, M. Dragone, C. Gennaro, R. Lopez, L. Maguire, M. T. McGinnity, A. Micheli, A. Renteria, G. M. P. O’Hare and F. Pecora. Robotic UBIquitous COgnitive Network. In Ambient Intelligence : Software and Applications, pages 191-195, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[76] U. Köckemann, F. Pecora and L. Karlsson. Towards planning with very expressive languages via problem decomposition into multiple CSPs. In Coplas 2012 : proceedings of the workshop on constraint satisfaction techniques for planning and scheduling problems, pages 33-42, 2012 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[77] A. Cesta, G. Cortellessa, R. Rasconi, F. Pecora, M. Scopelliti and L. Tiberio. Monitoring elderly people with the robocare domestic environment : interaction synthesis and user evaluation. Computational intelligence, 27(1):60-82, 2011 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[78] M. Cirillo, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Proactive assistance in ecologies of physically embedded intelligent systems : a constraint-based approach. In Handbook of research on ambient intelligence and smart environments : trends and perspectives, pages 534-557, 2011 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[79] J. Ullberg, S. Coradeschi and F. Pecora. On-line ADL recognition with prior knowledge. In STAIRS 2010 : proceedings of the fifth Starting AI Researchers' Symposium, pages 354-366, 2010 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[80] A. Saffiotti and F. Pecora. SOFTEC : the Swedish open facility for technology in elder care. In International Conference on Ageing, Disability and Independence 2010 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[81] F. Pecora and M. Cirillo. A Constraint-Based Approach for Plan Management in Intelligent Environments. In Proc of the Workshop on Scheduling and Planning Applications (at ICAPS-09). Thessaloniki, Greece. 2009 [ BibTeX | DiVA | PDF ]
[82] M. Cirillo, F. Lanzellotto, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Monitoring domestic activities with temporal constraints and components. In Intelligent environments 2009, pages 117-124, 2009 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[83] E. Di Lello, A. Loutfi, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Robotic furniture in a smart environment : the PEIS table. In Workshops Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, pages 185-192, 2009 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[84] A. Cesta, L. Iocchi, G. R. Leone, D. Nardi and F. Pecora. Robotic, sensory and problem-solving ingredients for the future home. In Intelligent environments : methods, algorithms and applications, pages 67-87, 2009 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[85] J. Ullberg, A. Loutfi and F. Pecora. Towards continuous activity monitoring with temporal constraints. In Proceedings of Workshop on Planning and Plan Execution for Real-World Systems at ICAPS'09) 2009 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[86] G. Cortellessa, M. Scopelliti, L. Tiberio, G. Koch Svedberg, A. Loutfi and F. Pecora. A cross-cultural evaluation of domestic assistive robots. In AAAI fall symposium : technical report, v FS-08-02, pages 24-31, 2008 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[87] G. Cortellessa, A. Loutfi and F. Pecora. An on-going evaluation of domestic robots. In Robotic helpers : user interaction, interfaces and companions in assistive and therapy robotics, pages 87-91, 2008 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[88] A. Cesta, S. Fratini, A. Oddi and F. Pecora. APSI Case# 1 : pre-planning science operations in Mars Express. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation for Space (ISAIRAS'08) 2008 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[89] A. Cesta, S. Fratini and F. Pecora. Planning with multiple-components in OMPS. In New frontiers in applied artificial intelligence, pages 435-445, 2008 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[90] A. Cesta, G. Cortellessa, M. V. Giuliani, F. Pecora, M. Scopelliti and L. Tiberio. The RoboCare project : the user’s view. In Aging, disability and independence : selected papers from the 4th international conference on aging, disability and independence, pages 85-104, 2008 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
[91] A. Borissov, J. Janecek, F. Pecora and A. Saffiotti. Towards a network robot system for object identification and localization in RoboCup@Home. In Proceedings of Workshop on Network Robot Systems at IROS'08 2008 [ BibTeX | DiVA ]
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