Mirko Kovac

According to our database, Mirko Kovac authored at least 58 papers between 2007 and 2024.

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2024

Hybrid Soft Electrostatic Metamaterial Gripper for Multi-surface, Multi-object Adaptation.

Ryo Kanno, Pham H. Nguyen, Joshua Pinskier, David Howard, Sukho Song, Mirko Kovac

CoRR, 2024

Gotta catch 'em all, safely! Aerial-deployed soft underwater gripper.

Luca Romanello, Daniel Joseph Amir, Heinrich Stengel, Mirko Kovac, Sophie F. Armanini

CoRR, 2024

Aerial Tensile Perching and Disentangling Mechanism for Long-Term Environmental Monitoring.

Tian Lan, Luca Romanello, Mirko Kovac, Sophie F. Armanini, Basaran Bahadir Kocer

CoRR, 2024

Fresh Properties and Autonomous Deposition of Pseudoplastic Cementitious Mortars for Aerial Additive Manufacturing.

Barrie Dams, Binling Chen, Yusuf Furkan Kaya, Lachlan Orr, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Paul Shepherd, Mirko Kovac, Richard J. Ball

IEEE Access, 2024

2023

Editorial: Soft aerial robots: Design, control, and applications of morphologically adaptive flyers.

Pham Huy Nguyen, Mirko Kovac, Begoña C. Arrue

Frontiers Robotics AI, October, 2023

FireDrone: Multi-Environment Thermally Agnostic Aerial Robot.

David Häusermann, Sam Bodry, Fabian Wiesemüller, Aslan Miriyev, Severin Siegrist, Fan Fu, Sabyasachi Gaan, Matthias M. Koebel, Wim J. Malfait, Shanyu Zhao, Mirko Kovac

Adv. Intell. Syst., September, 2023

Biopolymer Cryogels for Transient Ecology-Drones.

Fabian Wiesemüller, Severin Meyer, Yijie Hu, Dominik Bachmann, Annapaola Parrilli, Gustav Nyström, Mirko Kovac

Adv. Intell. Syst., July, 2023

Use of Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Performance Enhancement of Aerial-Aquatic Vehicles.

Daniel Gortat, Alejandro Ortega Ancel, André Farinha, Raphael Zufferey, Mirko Kovac

Adv. Intell. Syst., February, 2023

Hygroscopically-driven transient actuator for environmental sensor deployment.

Manuela Heinrich, Fabian Wiesemüller, Xavier Aeby, Yusuf Furkan Kaya, Deeptanshu Sivaraman, Pham Huy Nguyen, Sukho Song, Gustav Nyström, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2023

Evaluating Immersive Teleoperation Interfaces: Coordinating Robot Radiation Monitoring Tasks in Nuclear Facilities.

Harvey Stedman, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Nejra van Zalk, Mirko Kovac, Vijay M. Pawar

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

Learning Tethered Perching for Aerial Robots.

Fabian Hauf, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Alan Slatter, Hai-Nguyen Nguyen, Oscar Pang, Ronald Clark, Edward Johns, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

2022

Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces.

Lei Li, Siqi Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Shanyuan Song, Chuqian Wang, Shaochang Tan, Wei Zhao, Gang Wang, Wenguang Sun, Fuqiang Yang, Jiaqi Liu, Bohan Chen, Haoyuan Xu, Pham Nguyen, Mirko Kovac, Li Wen

Sci. Robotics, 2022

An Aerial Parallel Manipulator With Shared Compliance.

Brett Stephens, Lachlan Orr, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Hai-Nguyen Nguyen, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2022

Aerial additive manufacturing with multiple autonomous robots.

Ketao Zhang, Pisak Chermprayong, Feng Xiao, Dimos Tzoumanikas, Barrie Dams, Sebastian Kay, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Alec Burns, Lachlan Orr, Christopher L. Choi, Durgesh Dattatray Darekar, Wenbin Li, Steven Hirschmann, Valentina Soana, Shamsiah Awang Ngah, Sina Sareh, Ashutosh Choubey, Laura Margheri, Vijay M. Pawar, Richard J. Ball, Chris Williams, Paul Shepherd, Stefan Leutenegger, Robert Stuart-Smith, Mirko Kovac

Nat., 2022

AI reflections in 2021.

Cameron Buckner, Risto Miikkulainen, Stephanie Forrest, Silvia Milano, James Zou, Carina Prunk, Christopher Irrgang, I. Glenn Cohen, Hao Su, Robin R. Murphy, Russell H. Taylor, Axel Krieger, Mirko Kovac, Jathan Sadowski, Vidushi Marda

Nat. Mach. Intell., 2022

Transient bio-inspired gliders with embodied humidity responsive actuators for environmental sensing.

Fabian Wiesemüller, Ziwen Meng, Yijie Hu, André Farinha, Yunus Govdeli, Pham H. Nguyen, Gustav Nyström, Mirko Kovac

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2022

VRTAB-Map: A Configurable Immersive Teleoperation Framework with Online 3D Reconstruction.

Harvey Stedman, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Mirko Kovac, Vijay M. Pawar

Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2022

Immersive View and Interface Design for Teleoperated Aerial Manipulation.

Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Harvey Stedman, Patryk Kulik, Izaak Caves, Nejra van Zalk, Vijay M. Pawar, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

On a Balanced Delta Robot for Precise Aerial Manipulation: Implementation, Testing, and Lessons for Future Designs.

Angus B. Clark, Nicholas Baron, Lachlan Orr, Mirko Kovac, Nicolás Rojas

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

2021

Optic Flow-Based Reactive Collision Prevention for MAVs Using the Fictitious Obstacle Hypothesis.

Feng Xiao, Peter Zheng, Julien di Tria, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2021

Self-Sensing Cellulose Structures With Design-Controlled Stiffness.

Fabian Wiesemüller, Crystal Winston, Alexandre Poulin, Xavier Aeby, Aslan Miriyev, Thomas Geiger, Gustav Nyström, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2021

Undulatory Swimming Performance Explored With a Biorobotic Fish and Measured by Soft Sensors and Particle Image Velocimetry.

Fabian Schwab, Fabian Wiesemüller, Claudio Mucignat, Yong-Lae Park, Ivan Lunati, Mirko Kovac, Ardian Jusufi

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Challenges in Control and Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial-Aquatic Vehicles.

André Farinha, Julien di Tria, Raphael Zufferey, Sophie F. Armanini, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the 29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2021

Robotic Electrospinning Actuated by Non-Circular Joint Continuum Manipulator for Endoluminal Therapy.

Zicong Wu, Chuqian Lou, Zhu Jin, Shaoping Huang, Ning Liu, Yun Zou, Mirko Kovac, Anzhu Gao, Guang-Zhong Yang

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

Deep Neuromorphic Controller with Dynamic Topology for Aerial Robots.

Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Mohamad Abdul Hady, Harikumar Kandath, Mahardhika Pratama, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

2020

TiltDrone: A Fully-Actuated Tilting Quadrotor Platform.

Peter Zheng, Xinkai Tan, Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Erdeng Yang, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

Unmanned Aerial Sensor Placement for Cluttered Environments.

André Farinha, Raphael Zufferey, Peter Zheng, Sophie F. Armanini, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

MEDUSA: A Multi-Environment Dual-Robot for Underwater Sample Acquisition.

Diego Debruyn, Raphael Zufferey, Sophie F. Armanini, Crystal Winston, André Farinha, Yufei Jin, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

Skills for physical artificial intelligence.

Aslan Miriyev, Mirko Kovac

Nat. Mach. Intell., 2020

Omni-Drone: on the Design of a Novel Aerial Manipulator with Omni-directional Workspace.

Salua Hamaza, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots, 2020

2019

Consecutive aquatic jump-gliding with water-reactive fuel.

Raphael Zufferey, Alejandro Ortega Ancel, André Farinha, Robert Siddall, Sophie F. Armanini, M. Nasr, R. V. Brahmal, Grant Kennedy, Mirko Kovac

Sci. Robotics, 2019

A review of collective robotic construction.

Kirstin H. Petersen, Nils Napp, Robert Stuart-Smith, Daniela Rus, Mirko Kovac

Sci. Robotics, 2019

An Integrated Delta Manipulator for Aerial Repair: A New Aerial Robotic System.

Pisak Chermprayong, Ketao Zhang, Feng Xiao, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2019

SailMAV: Design and Implementation of a Novel Multi-Modal Flying Sailing Robot.

Raphael Zufferey, Alejandro Ortega Ancel, Célia Raposo, Sophie Franziska Armanini, André Farinha, Robert Siddall, Ion Berasaluce, Haijun Zhu, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2019

Bioinspired design of a landing system with soft shock absorbers for autonomous aerial robots.

Ketao Zhang, Pisak Chermprayong, Dimos Tzoumanikas, Wenbin Li, Marius Grimm, Mariusz Smentoch, Stefan Leutenegger, Mirko Kovac

J. Field Robotics, 2019

Fully autonomous micro air vehicle flight and landing on a moving target using visual-inertial estimation and model-predictive control.

Dimos Tzoumanikas, Wenbin Li, Marius Grimm, Ketao Zhang, Mirko Kovac, Stefan Leutenegger

J. Field Robotics, 2019

A Design and Fabrication Approach for Pneumatic Soft Robotic Arms Using 3D Printed Origami Skeletons.

Ketao Zhang, Yifan Zhu, Chuqian Lou, Peter Zheng, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2019

A Passively Adaptive Microspine Grapple for Robust, Controllable Perching.

Hai-Nguyen Nguyen, Robert Siddall, Brett Stephens, Alberto Navarro-Rubio, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2019

2018

Rotorigami: A rotary origami protective system for robotic rotorcraft.

Pisak Chermprayong, Marc Emmanuelli, Haris Nadeem, Mirko Kovac

Sci. Robotics, 2018

Power and Control Autonomy for High-Speed Locomotion With an Insect-Scale Legged Robot.

Benjamin Goldberg, Raphael Zufferey, Neel Doshi, Elizabeth Farrell Helbling, Griffin Whittredge, Mirko Kovac, Robert J. Wood

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

2017

A biologically inspired, flapping-wing, hybrid aerial-aquatic microrobot.

Hongqiang Wang, E. Farrell Helbling, Noah T. Jafferis, Raphael Zufferey, Aaron C. Ong, Kevin Y. Ma, Nicholas G. Gravish, Pakpong Chirarattananon, Mirko Kovac, Robert J. Wood

Sci. Robotics, 2017

Efficient Aerial-Aquatic Locomotion With a Single Propulsion System.

Yu Herng Tan, Robert Siddall, Mirko Kovac

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2017

SpiderMAV: Perching and stabilizing micro aerial vehicles with bio-inspired tensile anchoring systems.

K. Zhang, Pisak Chermprayong, T. M. Alhinai, Robert Siddall, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

2015

High-Power Propulsion Strategies for Aquatic Take-off in Robotics.

Robert Siddall, Grant Kennedy, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the Robotics Research, 2015

Tensile Web Construction and Perching with Nano Aerial Vehicles.

Adam Braithwaite, Talib Alhinai, Maximilian Haas-Heger, Edward McFarlane, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the Robotics Research, 2015

A water jet thruster for an aquatic micro air vehicle.

Robert Siddall, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

2014

3D printing with flying robots.

Graham Hunt, Faidon Mitzalis, Talib Alhinai, Paul A. Hooper, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

2012

Multi-stage micro rockets for robotic insects.

Mirko Kovac, Maria Bendana, Rohit Krishnan, Jessica Burton, Michael Smith, Robert J. Wood

Proceedings of the Robotics: Science and Systems VIII, 2012

Aerodynamic evaluation of four butterfly species for the design of flapping-gliding robotic insects.

Mirko Kovac, Daniel M. Vogt, Daniel Ithier, Michael Smith, Robert J. Wood

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012

2011

The locomotion capabilities of the EPFL jumpglider: A hybrid jumping and gliding robot.

Mirko Kovac, Wassim-Hraiz, Oriol Fauria, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2011

The EPFL jumpglider: A hybrid jumping and gliding robot with rigid or folding wings.

Mirko Kovac, Wassim-Hraiz, Oriol Fauria, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2011

Aerial Locomotion in Cluttered Environments.

Dario Floreano, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Adam Klaptocz, Jürg Germann, Mirko Kovac

Proceedings of the Robotics Research, 2011

2010

Bioinspired Jumping Locomotion for Miniature Robotics.

Mirko Kovac

PhD thesis, 2010

Steerable miniature jumping robot.

Mirko Kovac, Manuel Schlegel, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Auton. Robots, 2010

Towards a Self-Deploying and Gliding Robot.

Mirko Kovac, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the Flying Insects and Robots, 2010

2009

A miniature jumping robot with self-recovery capabilities.

Mirko Kovac, Manuel Schlegel, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009

2008

A miniature 7g jumping robot.

Mirko Kovac, Martin Fuchs, André Guignard, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008

2007

A 1.5g SMA-actuated Microglider looking for the Light.

Mirko Kovac, André Guignard, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007