Dimitra Panagou
Professor, Robotics
Studies motion planning and decentralized control for multi-vehicle and multi-robot systems, including safety-critical navigation.
Dimitra Panagou's lab at Michigan works on planning, control & multi-robot systems and embodied & active vision. 53 papers since 2023, 11 at top venues, mostly ACC and CDC. 6 PhD students and 3 master's students. 47 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 14/ year
- at T1 venues
- 21%
- PhD students
- 6
- MS students
- 3
- alumni listed
- 47
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 16 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 15 papers2025 · T1 5
- 10 papers2024 · T1 2
- 12 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ACC, CDC, ICRA, IROS, Autonomous Robots
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems38 papers
- safety-critical3 papers
- Embodied & active vision1 paper
- decentralized1 paper
- multi-robot systems0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202616 papers
- ACCA Formal gatekeeper Framework for Safe Dual Control with Active Exploration
- ACCAdaptive Control Allocation for Underactuated Time-Scale Separated Non-Affine Systems
- ACCAutonomy Architectures for Safe Planning in Unknown Environments Under Budget Constraints
- CDCBackup-Based Safety Filters: A Comparative Review of Backup CBF, Model Predictive Shielding, and gatekeeper
- ICRA (T1)Beyond Collision Cones: Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for Nonholonomic Robots via Dynamic Parabolic Control Barrier Functions
- IEEE RA-L / ICRADiffCVaR: Reinforcement Learning for Risk Adaptation via Differentiable CVaR Barrier Functions
- IEEE RA-L / ICRADistributionally Robust Safety Under Arbitrary Uncertainties: A Safety Filtering Approach
- CDCFully Byzantine-Resilient Distributed Multi-Agent Q-Learning
- CDCMulti-Objective Kinodynamic Planning in Stochastic Environments
- ACCMulti-Robot Allocation for Information Gathering in Non-Uniform Spatiotemporal Environments
- ACCPartial Resilient Leader-Follower Consensus in Time-Varying Graphs
- L4DCProvably Safe Stein Variational Clarity-Aware Informative Planning
202515 papers
- Autonomous RobotsAdaptive Ergodic Search with Energy-Aware Scheduling for Persistent Multi-Robot Missions
- RSS (T1)Certifiably-Correct Mapping for Safe Navigation Despite Odometry Drift
- CDCClarity-Driven Ergodic Control for Persistent Tip-and-Cue Missions with Synchronized Rendezvous
- IEEE L-CSSCombinatorial Control Barrier Functions: Nested Boolean and p-Choose-r Compositions of Safety Constraints
- IEEE Control Systems LettersConformal Prediction in the Loop: Risk-Aware Control Barrier Functions for Stochastic Systems with Data-Driven State Estimators
- CDCDistributed Resilience-Aware Control in Multi-Robot Networks
- IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)Fusion of Indirect Methods and Iterative Learning for Persistent Velocity Trajectory Optimization of a Sustainably Powered Autonomous Surface Vessel
- CDCHow to Adapt Control Barrier Functions? A Learning-Based Approach with Applications to a VTOL Quadplane
- ICRA (T1)Learning to Refine Input Constrained Control Barrier Functions via Uncertainty-Aware Online Parameter Adaptation
- ICRA (T1)Maintaining Strong r-Robustness in Reconfigurable Multi-Robot Networks using Control Barrier Functions
- IROS (T1)meSch: Multi-Agent Energy-Aware Scheduling for Task Persistence
- IEEE L-CSSOnline Safety under Multiple Constraints and Input Bounds using gatekeeper: Theory and Applications
202410 papers
- Annual Reviews in ControlAdvances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems
- ACCAlgorithms for Finding Compatible Constraints in Receding-Horizon Control of Dynamical Systems.
- CDCConstruction of the Sparsest Maximally r-Robust Graphs
- ICRA (T1)Eclares: Energy-Aware Clarity-Driven Ergodic Search
- Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of SystemsFormally verified asymptotic consensus in robust networks.
- T-RO (T1)gatekeeper: Online Safety Verification and Control for Nonlinear Systems in Dynamic Environments
- CDCMulti-Agent Clarity-Aware Dynamic Coverage with Gaussian Processes
- ACCRisk-Aware Fixed-Time Stabilization of Stochastic Systems Under Measurement Uncertainty
- IEEE Control Systems LetteterRobust Safety-Critical Control for Systems With Sporadic Measurements and Dwell-Time Constraints
- CDCSafety-Aware Trajectory Tracking using High-Order Control Barrier Functions
202312 papers
- CDCAdaptation for Validation of Consolidated Control Barrier Functions.
- TAC (T1)Adversarial Resilience for Sampled-Data Systems Under High-Relative-Degree Safety Constraints.
- IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst.Adversary Detection and Resilient Control for Multiagent Systems.
- IEEE Trans. RoboticsAerial Swarm Defense Using Interception and Herding Strategies.
- CCTACollaborative Control of Aerial Robots for Inferring Human Intent from Gaze Following.
- ACCCompositions of Multiple Control Barrier Functions Under Input Constraints.
- ACCFuture-Focused Control Barrier Functions for Autonomous Vehicle Control.
- ACCPredictive Velocity Trajectory Control for a Persistently Operating Solar-Powered Autonomous Surface Vessel
- Autom.Robust Control Barrier Functions under high relative degree and input constraints for satellite trajectories.
- ICRA (T1)Safety Under Uncertainty: Tight Bounds with Risk-Aware Control Barrier Functions.
- IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.Safety-Critical Control for Systems With Impulsive Actuators and Dwell Time Constraints.
- IEEE L-CSS and CDCSensor-based Planning and Control for Robotic Systems: Introducing Clarity and Perceivability
Where alumni went47 listed
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