Puthumanaillam, G., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Bobadilla, L., & Ornik, M. “GUIDEd Agents: Enhancing Navigation Policies through Task-Specific Uncertainty Abstraction in Localization-Limited Environments.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026.
Kaarlela, T., Padrão, P., Boswell, K. M., Xanthidis, M., Duran, A., & Bobadilla, L. “Underwater Digital Twin Applications: A Systematic Literature Review.” Digital Twin, 2605418, 2026.
Raxit, S., Newaz, A. A. R., Fuentes, J., Padrão, P., Cavalcanti, A., & Bobadilla, L. “Multi-Robot Trajectory Planning via Constrained Bayesian Optimization and Local Cost Map Learning with STL-Based Conflict Resolution.” 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1–7, 2026.
Raxit, S., Fuentes, J., Padrão, P., Newaz, A. A. R., Hoque, M. T., Kulp, M., & Bobadilla, L. “Energy-Efficient Multi-Robot Coverage Path Planning of Non-Convex Regions of Interests.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2026.
Puthumanaillam, G., Jiang, H., Hernandez, R., Fuentes, J., Padrão, P., Bobadilla, L., & Ornik, M. “Muninn: Your Trajectory Diffusion Model But Faster.” Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2026), 2026. Outstanding Student Paper Award.
Kaarlela, T., Pitkäaho, T., Bobadilla, L., Fuentes, J., Padrão, P., & Dianatfar, M. “Digital Twins in Advanced Robotics.” In Foundations of Digital Twins, pp. 105–123. Elsevier, 2026.
Borges, J. V. T., Coelho, F., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Costa, R. R., Hsu, L., & Bobadilla, L. “A New Implementation of NeoSLAM and a Comparative Evaluation with RatSLAM.” 2026 IEEE 22th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2026.
Puthumanaillam, G., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Thangeda, P., Schafer, W. E., Song, J. H., Jagdale, K., Bobadilla, L., & Ornik, M. “TRACE: A Self-Improving Framework for Robot Behavior Forecasting with Vision-Language Models.” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 11128–11135, 2025.
Correa, D., Kaarlela, T., Fuentes, J., Padrão, P., Duran, A., & Bobadilla, L. “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Robotized Coral Reef Sample Collection.” 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2025.
Puthumanaillam, G., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Bobadilla, L., & Ornik, M. “Enhancing Robot Navigation Policies with Task-Specific Uncertainty Managements.” 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2025), pp. 2717–2720, 2025.
Puthumanaillam, G., Penumarti, A., Vora, M., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Bobadilla, L., Shin, J., & Ornik, M.“Belief-Conditioned One-Step Diffusion: Real-Time Trajectory Planning with Just-Enough Sensing.” Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2025), pp. 68–92, PMLR, 2025.
Reis, G. M., Sawada, L. O., Padrão, P., & Fuentes, J. “BOARD #196A: Enhancing AI Education through Marine Robotics and Real-World Data: A Case Study in Coastal Environmental Monitoring.” 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2025.
Raxit, S., Newaz, A. A. R., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., & Bobadilla, L. “BOW: Bayesian Optimization Over Windows for Motion Planning in Complex Environments.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.
Fuentes, J., Padrão, P., Newaz, A. A. R., & Bobadilla, L. “Learning-Based Adaptive Navigation for Scalar Field Mapping and Feature Tracking.” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1–7, 2025.
Puthumanaillam, G., Padmanabhan, R., Fuentes, J., Cruz, N., Padrão, P., Hernandez, R., Jiang, H., Schafer, W., Bobadilla, L., & Ornik, M. “Online Learning of Deceptive Policies under Intermittent Observation.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.14453, 2025.
Coelho, F., Borges, J. V. T., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Costa, R. R., Hsu, L., & Bobadilla, L. “Bioinspired SLAM Approach for Unmanned Surface Vehicle.” IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2025.
Correa, D., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Kaarlela, T., & Bobadilla, L. “A Web-Based Interactive Digital Twin for Marine Robotics Education.” International Conference on Extended Reality, pp. 227–235. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025.
Reis, G. M., Sawada, L. O., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., & Dabruzzo, J. “Machine Learning for Enhanced Water Property Estimation in Coastal Environmental Monitoring.” OCEANS 2025 – Great Lakes, pp. 1–8, IEEE, 2025.
Devesa, A., Kaarlela, T., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Bobadilla, L., & Amini, M. H. “AI-Driven Heterogeneous Robot Teams for Critical Infrastructure Resilience.” OCEANS 2025 – Great Lakes, pp. 1–8, IEEE, 2025.
Rojas, C. A., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Reis, G. M., Albayrak, A. R., Osmanoglu, B., & Bobadilla, L. “Combining Multi-Satellite Remote and In-Situ Sensing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle State Estimation.” Ocean Engineering, 310, 118708, 2024.
Newaz, A. A. R., Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Alam, T., Govindarajan, G., & Bobadilla, L. “LCD-RIG: Limited Communication Decentralized Robotic Information Gathering Systems.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(11), 10034–10041, 2024.
Dargie, W., Padrão, P., Bobadilla, L., & Poellabauer, C. “Link Quality Fluctuation in Wireless Networks Deployed on the Surface of Different Water Bodies.” IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(23), 39789–39797, 2024.
Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Kaarlela, T., Bayuelo, A., & Bobadilla, L. “Towards Optimal Human-Robot Interface Design Applied to Underwater Robotics Teleoperation.” 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), pp. 2368–2375, 2024.
Kaarlela, T., Pitkäaho, T., Pieskä, S., Padrão, P., Bobadilla, L., Tikanmäki, M., Haavisto, T., Blanco Bataller, V., Laivuori, N., & Luimula, M. “Towards Metaverse: Utilizing Extended Reality and Digital Twins to Control Robotic Systems.” Actuators, 12(6), 219, 2023.
Kaarlela, T., Padrão, P., Pitkäaho, T., Pieskä, S., & Bobadilla, L. “Digital Twins Utilizing XR-Technology as Robotic Training Tools.” Machines, 11(1), 13, 2022.
Padrão, P., Dominguez, A., Bobadilla, L., & Smith, R. N. “Towards Learning Ocean Models for Long-Term Navigation in Dynamic Environments.” OCEANS 2022 – Chennai, pp. 1–6, IEEE, 2022.
Padrão, P., Fuentes, J., Bobadilla, L., & Smith, R. N. “Estimating Spatio-Temporal Fields through Reinforcement Learning.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, 878246, 2022.
Rojas, C. A., Padrão, P. V., Fuentes, J. E., Albayrak, A. R., Osmanoglu, B., & Bobadilla, L. “Combining Remote and In-Situ Sensing for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Localization and Navigation.” OCEANS 2022 – Hampton Roads, pp. 1–7, IEEE, 2022.
de Oliveira Mieli, A., Ramos, G. L., de Matos, L. J., de Moura, M. B., Padrão, P. V., & Monteiro, N. N.“Applicability of COST231 and Miura Prediction Methods in Outdoor-Indoor Coverage in the 700 MHz Band.” Brazilian Journal of Development, 7(10), 95872–95884, 2021.
Padrão, P., Hsu, L., Vilzmann, M., & Kondak, K. "A Comparative Study of Sensor Fault Detection Approaches Applied to an Autonomous Solar-Powered Aircraft.” 2019 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), pp. 761–766, IEEE, 2019.
Lopes, P. V. P., Hsu, L., Vilzmann, M., & Kondak, K. “Model-Based Sensor Fault Detection in an Autonomous Solar-Powered Aircraft.” Proceedings of the 10th Aerospace Technology Congress, no. 162, pp. 247–254, 2019.
Padrão, P., Menezes Filho, R. P., de Souza, A. C., & de Souza, T. C. “MSP Talks: Sharing Experiences and Inspiring People.” Congresso Brasileiro de Automática (CBA), 1(1), 2019.