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2026

Conference Publication

Onto-map relocalization by multi-hypothesis LiDAR–inertial odometry

Nguyen, Tien-Dat, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Le, Gia-Uy, Nguyen, Vinh and Nguyen, Vinh-Hao (2026). Onto-map relocalization by multi-hypothesis LiDAR–inertial odometry. 2026 11th International Conference on Applying New Technology in Green Buildings (ATiGB), Danang, Vietnam, 10-11 July 2026. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/atigb70203.2026.11628243

Onto-map relocalization by multi-hypothesis LiDAR–inertial odometry

2026

Journal Article

A third-order Gaussian process trajectory representation framework with closed-form kinematics for continuous-time motion estimation

Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Cao, Ziyu, Li, Kailai, Talbot, William, Jin, Tongxing, Yuan, Shenghai, Barfoot, Timothy D. and Xie, Lihua (2026). A third-order Gaussian process trajectory representation framework with closed-form kinematics for continuous-time motion estimation. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 42, 2648-2667. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2026.3701957

A third-order Gaussian process trajectory representation framework with closed-form kinematics for continuous-time motion estimation

2026

Journal Article

Cooperative aerial robot inspection challenge: a benchmark for heterogeneous multi-uncrewed-aerial-vehicle planning and lessons learned

Cao, Muqing, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Yuan, Shenghai, Anastasiou, Andreas, Zacharia, Angelos, Papaioannou, Savvas, Kolios, Panayiotis, Panayiotou, Christos G., Polycarpou, Marios M., Xu, Xinhang, Zhang, Mingjie, Gao, Fei, Zhou, Boyu, Chen, Ben M. and Xie, Lihua (2026). Cooperative aerial robot inspection challenge: a benchmark for heterogeneous multi-uncrewed-aerial-vehicle planning and lessons learned. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 33 (2), 125-136. doi: 10.1109/mra.2025.3584341

Cooperative aerial robot inspection challenge: a benchmark for heterogeneous multi-uncrewed-aerial-vehicle planning and lessons learned

2026

Journal Article

ProbPer-LiLo: probabilistic persistency modeling for life-long mapping

Ali, Waqas, Cai, Yixi, Jensfelt, Patric and Nguyen, Thien-Minh (2026). ProbPer-LiLo: probabilistic persistency modeling for life-long mapping. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 11 (3), 2530-2537. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2026.3653311

ProbPer-LiLo: probabilistic persistency modeling for life-long mapping

2026

Journal Article

Aerial target encirclement and interception with noisy range

Liu, Fen, Yuan, Shenghai, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Meng, Wei and Xie, Lihua (2026). Aerial target encirclement and interception with noisy range. Automatica, 183 112600, 112600. doi: 10.1016/j.automatica.2025.112600

Aerial target encirclement and interception with noisy range

2026

Journal Article

Resilient Tracking of Bearing-Constrained Leader–Follower Formations Under Denial-of-Service Attacks

Le-Phan, Nhat-Minh, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Liu, Wenjie and Xie, Lihua (2026). Resilient Tracking of Bearing-Constrained Leader–Follower Formations Under Denial-of-Service Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, PP (99), 1-12. doi: 10.1109/tcns.2026.3719506

Resilient Tracking of Bearing-Constrained Leader–Follower Formations Under Denial-of-Service Attacks

2025

Journal Article

Tire wear aware trajectory tracking control for Multi-axle Swerve-drive Autonomous Mobile Robots

Hu, Tianxin, Xu, Xinhang, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Liu, Fen, Yuan, Shenghai and Xie, Lihua (2025). Tire wear aware trajectory tracking control for Multi-axle Swerve-drive Autonomous Mobile Robots. Journal of Automation and Intelligence, 4 (4), 243-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jai.2025.05.003

Tire wear aware trajectory tracking control for Multi-axle Swerve-drive Autonomous Mobile Robots

2025

Journal Article

EGS-SLAM: RGB-D Gaussian Splatting SLAM with events

Chen, Siyu, Yuan, Shenghai, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Huang, Zhuyu, Shi, Chenyang, Jin, Jing and Xie, Lihua (2025). EGS-SLAM: RGB-D Gaussian Splatting SLAM with events. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10 (10), 10003-10010. doi: 10.1109/lra.2025.3598665

EGS-SLAM: RGB-D Gaussian Splatting SLAM with events

2025

Journal Article

Graph optimality-aware stochastic LiDAR bundle adjustment with progressive spatial smoothing

Li, Jianping, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Cao, Muqing, Yuan, Shenghai, Hung, Tzu-Yi and Xie, Lihua (2025). Graph optimality-aware stochastic LiDAR bundle adjustment with progressive spatial smoothing. IEEE Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26 (11), 19076-19091. doi: 10.1109/tits.2025.3597242

Graph optimality-aware stochastic LiDAR bundle adjustment with progressive spatial smoothing

2025

Conference Publication

HelmetPoser: a helmet-mounted IMU dataset for data-driven estimation of human head motion in diverse conditions

Li, Jianping, Leng, Qiutong, Liu, Jinxin, Xu, Xinhang, Jin, Tongxin, Cao, Muqing, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Yuan, Shenghai, Cao, Kun and Xie, Lihua (2025). HelmetPoser: a helmet-mounted IMU dataset for data-driven estimation of human head motion in diverse conditions. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Atlanta, GA, United States, 19-23 May 2025. Washington, DC, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11128564

HelmetPoser: a helmet-mounted IMU dataset for data-driven estimation of human head motion in diverse conditions

2025

Journal Article

Robust loop closure by textual cues in challenging environments

Jin, Tongxing, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Xu, Xinhang, Yang, Yizhuo, Yuan, Shenghai, Li, Jianping and Xie, Lihua (2025). Robust loop closure by textual cues in challenging environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10 (1), 812-819. doi: 10.1109/lra.2024.3511397

Robust loop closure by textual cues in challenging environments

2025

Conference Publication

Autonomous 3D Moving target encirclement and interception with range measurement

Liu, Fen, Yuan, Shenghai, Nguyen, Thien-Minh and Su, Rong (2025). Autonomous 3D Moving target encirclement and interception with range measurement. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025), Hangzhou, China, 19-25 October 2025. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iros60139.2025.11246819

Autonomous 3D Moving target encirclement and interception with range measurement

2025

Conference Publication

ULOC: learning to localize in complex large-scale environments with ultra-wideband ranges

Thien-Minh Nguyen,, Yang, Yizhuo, Tien-Dat Nguyen,, Yuan, Shenghai and Xie, Lihua (2025). ULOC: learning to localize in complex large-scale environments with ultra-wideband ranges. 2025 International Conference on Robotics and Automation-ICRA-Annual, Atlanta, GA, United States, 19-23 May 2025. New York, NY, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11128859

ULOC: learning to localize in complex large-scale environments with ultra-wideband ranges

2025

Conference Publication

Large-scale UWB anchor calibration and one-shot localization using gaussian process

Yuan, Shenghai, Lou, Boyang, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Yin, Pengyu, Cao, Muqing, Xu, Xinghang, Li, Jianping, Xu, Jie, Chen, Siyu and Xie, Lihua (2025). Large-scale UWB anchor calibration and one-shot localization using gaussian process. 2025 International Conference on Robotics and Automation-ICRA-Annual, Atlanta, GA, United States, 19-23 May 2025. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11127688

Large-scale UWB anchor calibration and one-shot localization using gaussian process

2025

Conference Publication

Coordinate-consistent localization via continuous-time calibration and fusion of UWB and SLAM observations

Nguyen, Tien-Dat, Nguyen, Thien-Minh and Nguyen, Vinh-Hao (2025). Coordinate-consistent localization via continuous-time calibration and fusion of UWB and SLAM observations. International Symposium on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ISEE 2025, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 23-24 October 2025. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/isee68370.2025.11223429

Coordinate-consistent localization via continuous-time calibration and fusion of UWB and SLAM observations

2024

Journal Article

A data-driven control method for ground locomotion on sloped terrain of a hybrid aerial-ground robot

Xu, Xinhang, Yang, Yizhuo, Cao, Muqing, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Cao, Kun and Xie, Lihua (2024). A data-driven control method for ground locomotion on sloped terrain of a hybrid aerial-ground robot. Journal of Automation and Intelligence, 3 (4), 219-229. doi: 10.1016/j.jai.2024.08.001

A data-driven control method for ground locomotion on sloped terrain of a hybrid aerial-ground robot

2024

Journal Article

AV-FDTI: audio-visual fusion for drone threat identification

Yang, Yizhuo, Yuan, Shenghai, Yang, Jianfei, Nguyen, Thien Hoang, Cao, Muqing, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Wang, Han and Xie, Lihua (2024). AV-FDTI: audio-visual fusion for drone threat identification. Journal of Automation and Intelligence, 3 (3), 144-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jai.2024.06.002

AV-FDTI: audio-visual fusion for drone threat identification

2024

Journal Article

Eigen is all you need: efficient lidar-inertial continuous-time odometry with internal association

Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Xu, Xinhang, Jin, Tongxing, Yang, Yizhuo, Li, Jianping, Yuan, Shenghai and Xie, Lihua (2024). Eigen is all you need: efficient lidar-inertial continuous-time odometry with internal association. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9 (6), 5330-5337. doi: 10.1109/lra.2024.3391049

Eigen is all you need: efficient lidar-inertial continuous-time odometry with internal association

2024

Journal Article

HCTO: Optimality-aware LiDAR inertial odometry with hybrid continuous time optimization for compact wearable mapping system

Li, Jianping, Yuan, Shenghai, Cao, Muqing, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Cao, Kun and Xie, Lihua (2024). HCTO: Optimality-aware LiDAR inertial odometry with hybrid continuous time optimization for compact wearable mapping system. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 211, 228-243. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2024.04.004

HCTO: Optimality-aware LiDAR inertial odometry with hybrid continuous time optimization for compact wearable mapping system

2024

Conference Publication

I2EKF-LO: a dual-iteration Extended Kalman Filter Based LiDAR odometry

Yu, Wenlu, Xu, Jie, Zhao, Chengwei, Zhao, Lijun, Nguyen, Thien-Minh, Yuan, Shenghai, Bai, Mingming and Xie, Lihua (2024). I2EKF-LO: a dual-iteration Extended Kalman Filter Based LiDAR odometry. 2024 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 14-18 October 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iros58592.2024.10801455

I2EKF-LO: a dual-iteration Extended Kalman Filter Based LiDAR odometry