Publications

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2026

HUNT: High-Speed UAV Navigation and Tracking in Unstructured Environments via Instantaneous Relative Frames
A. Saviolo, J. Mao, G. Loianno
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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NOVA: Navigation via Object-Centric Visual Autonomy for High-Speed Target Tracking in Unstructured GPS-Denied Environments
A. Saviolo, G. Loianno
IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics (T-FR)
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Reactive Collision Avoidance for Safe Agile Navigation
A. Saviolo, N. Picello, J. Mao, R. Verma, G. Loianno
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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Decentralized Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Safe Collision Avoidance in Quadrotor Teams with Limited Detection Range
M. Goarin, G. Li, A. Saviolo, G. Loianno
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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Learning Long-Horizon Predictions for Quadrotor Dynamics
P. Rao, A. Saviolo, T. Ferrari, G. Loianno
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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Unifying Foundation Models with Quadrotor Control for Visual Tracking Beyond Object Categories
A. Saviolo*, P. Rao*, V. Radhakrishnan, J. Xiao, G. Loianno
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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Active Learning of Discrete-Time Dynamics for Uncertainty-Aware Model Predictive Control
A. Saviolo, J. Frey, A. Rathod, M. Diehl, G. Loianno
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)
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Exploring Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robust Target Tracking using Micro Aerial Vehicles
A. Dionigi, M. Leomanni, A. Saviolo, G. Loianno, G. Costante
International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
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Learning Quadrotor Dynamics for Precise, Safe, and Agile Flight Control
A. Saviolo, G. Loianno
Annual Review in Control
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AutoCharge: Autonomous Charging for Perpetual Quadrotor Missions
A. Saviolo*, J. Mao*, R. Balu TMB*, V. Radhakrishnan, G. Loianno
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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GaPT: Gaussian Process Toolkit for Online Regression with Application to Learning Quadrotor Dynamics
F. Crocetti*, J. Mao*, A. Saviolo, G. Costante, G. Loianno
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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Physics-Inspired Temporal Learning of Quadrotor Dynamics for Accurate Model Predictive Trajectory Tracking
A. Saviolo, G. Li, G. Loianno
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Project Paper Code Video
AutoTune: Controller Tuning for High-Speed Flight
A. Loquercio*, A. Saviolo*, D. Scaramuzza
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Project Paper Code Video

Learning to Segment Human Body Parts with Synthetically Trained Deep CNNs
A. Saviolo, M. Bonotto, D. Evangelista, M. Imperoli, E. Menegatti, A. Pretto
Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System (IAS)
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