CHEPFLEnvironmental Engineering Institute (IIE, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering ENAC)
Alcherio Martinoli
Full Professor
Leads the Distributed Intelligent Systems and Algorithms Laboratory, working on swarm and distributed robotics, multi-robot localization and intelligent vehicles.
Alcherio Martinoli's lab at EPFL works on planning, control & multi-robot systems, robot perception & SLAM and distributed, cloud & edge systems. 17 papers since 2023, 7 at top venues, mostly ICRA and IROS. 6 PhD students and 9 master's students. 24 alumni, most often to Google and Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 4/ year
- at T1 venues
- 41%
- PhD students
- 6
- MS students
- 9
- alumni listed
- 24
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 5 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 4 papers2025 · T1 1
- 3 papers2024 · T1 2
- 5 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, IROS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems7 papers
- Robot perception & SLAM6 papers
- Distributed, cloud & edge systems2 papers
- environmental1 paper
- environmental engineering0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20265 papers
- ICRA (T1)Benchmarking and Experimental Validation of a Real-Time Multi-Robot Hybrid Coverage Algorithm for Known Environments
- ICRA (T1)Calibration-Free Gas Source Localization with Mobile Robots: Source Term Estimation Based on Concentration Measurement Ranking
- ANTSDistributed MPC for Connectivity-Constrained Fixed-Wing Aerial Swarms (opens in a new tab)
- International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic SystemsMulti-robot Online Coverage with a Team of Resource-Constrained Micro Aerial Vehicles (opens in a new tab)
- International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic SystemsProbabilistic Multi-Robot Gas Source Localization with Uncalibrated Sensors: A Distributed Estimation Approach
20254 papers
- IROS (T1)Cumulative Informative Path Planning for Efficient Gas Source Localization with Mobile Robots
- IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazineIn Memoriam: Prof. Reymond Clavel [RAM Society News] (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopedia of RoboticsMulti-robot System Architectures (opens in a new tab)
- IROS WorkshopPhysics-Based Gas Mapping with Nano Aerial Vehicles: The ADApprox Algorithm
20243 papers
- AIMDesign and Evaluation of Modular Gas and Wind Sensing Nodes for Static and Mobile Deployments
- ICRA (T1)Lumped Drag Model Identification and Real-Time External Force Detection for Rotary-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Sense in Motion with Belief Clustering: Efficient Gas Source Localization with Mobile Robots
20235 papers
- Sensors3D Gas Sensing with Multiple Nano Aerial Vehicles: Interference Analysis, Algorithms and Experimental Validation (opens in a new tab)
- IFAC World Congress . The World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic ControlAutomatic Multi-Robot Control Design and Optimization Leveraging Multi-Level Modeling: An Exploration Case Study (opens in a new tab)
- SensorsInformation-Driven Gas Distribution Mapping for Autonomous Mobile Robots (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Multi-Robot 3D Gas Distribution Mapping: Coordination, Information Sharing and Environmental Knowledge (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Towards Efficient Gas Leak Detection in Built Environments: Data-Driven Plume Modeling for Gas Sensing Robots (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went24 listed, 87% to industry
Industry 20Academia 3
Most often to
- Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc
- Applied Minds Inc
Also to
- EPFL
- the Distributed Robotics Laboratory
- the Institute for Energy and Environment
Apply to EPFLFall 2027
EDIC Computer and Communication Sciences PhD
- Round
- Round 1
- Opens
- —
- GRE
- optional
- English
- TOEFL 100 / IELTS 7.0
- Fee
- none
Confirmed on the program page.
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