GIOVANNI PINI
Senior Robotics Software Engineer
HOPE Technik, Singapore
 

PUBLICATIONS LIST

  • Journal Articles
    • G. Pini, M.Gagliolo, A. Brutschy, M.Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2013). Task partitioning in a robot swarm: A study on the effect of communication. Swarm Intelligence. Volume 7, Issue 2-3, pp. 173-199. (Bib)
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, C. Pinciroli, M.Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2013). Autonomous task partitioning in robot foraging: an approach based on cost estimation. Adaptive Behavior. Volume 21, Issue 2, pp. 117-135. (Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, G. Pini , C. Pinciroli, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Self-organized task allocation to sequentially interdependent tasks in swarm robotics. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. In press.
    • C. Pinciroli, V. Trianni, R. O'Grady, G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Brambilla, N. Mathews, E. Ferrante, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, L. M. Gambardella, M. Dorigo (2012). ARGoS: a Modular, Parallel, Multi-Engine Simulator for Multi-Robot Systems. Swarm Intelligence, Volume 6, Number 4, pp. 271-295. (Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, N.-L. Tran, N. Baiboun, Frison M., G. Pini, A. Roli, M. Dorigo and M. Birattari (2012). Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Volume 60, Issue 11, pp. 1408-1420. (Bib)
    • M. Dorigo, D. Floreano, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, S. Nolfi, T. Baaboura, M. Birattari, M. Bonani, M. Brambilla, A. Brutschy, D. Burnier, A. Campo, A. L. Christensen, A. Decugnière, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, E. Ferrante, A. Fröster, J. Martinez Gonzales, J. Guzzi, V. Longchamp, S. Magnenat, N. Mathews, M. Montes de Oca, R. O'Grady, C. Pinciroli, G. Pini, P. Rétornaz, J. Roberts, V. Sperati, T. Stirling, A. Stranieri, T. Stützle, V. Trianni, E. Tuci, A. E. Turgut and F. Vaussard (2012). Swarmanoid: a novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. In press.
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Frison, A. Roli, M. Dorigo and M. Birattari (2011). Task partitioning in swarms of robots: An adaptive method for strategy selection. Swarm Intelligence, Volume 5, Numbers 3-4, pp. 283-304. (Bib)
    • G. Pini, and E. Tuci (2008). On the Design of Neuro-controllers for Individual and Social Learning Behaviour in Autonomous Robots: an Evolutionary Approach. Connection Science Journal, Volume 20, Numbers 2-3, pp. 211-230. (Bib)
  • Book chapters
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo (2011). Task partitioning in swarms of robots: reducing performance losses due to interference at shared resources. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), Volume 85, pp. 217-228. (Bib)
  • Conference Articles
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, G.Francesca, M.Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2012). Multi-armed Bandit Formulation of the Task Partitioning Problem in Swarm Robotics. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2012). Bruxelles, Belgium, September 2012. (Bib)
    • C. Pinciroli, V. Trianni, R. O'Grady, G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Brambilla, N. Mathews, E. Ferrante, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, T. Stirling, A. Gutiérrez, L. M. Gambardella, M. Dorigo. ARGoS: a Modular, Multi-Engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), pages 5027-5034. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2011. (Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, N.-L. Tran, N. Baiboun, M. Frison, G. Pini, A. Roli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari. Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization. Proceedings of the 12th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2011), pages 90-101. Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2011. (Bib)
    • M. Frison, N.-L. Tran, N. Baiboun, A. Brutschy, G. Pini, A.Roli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2010). Self-organized Task Partitioning in a Swarm of Robots. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2010). Bruxelles, Belgium, September 2010. (Bib)
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo (2009). Interference Reduction Through Task Partitioning in a Robotic Swarm. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2009, cd-rom). Milano, Italy, July 2009. (Bib)
    • G. Pini, E. Tuci, and M. Dorigo (2007). Evolution of Social and Individual Learning in Autonomous Robots. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Social Learning in Embodied Agents (SLEA). CD-ROM, 2007. (Bib)
  • Technical reports
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, C. Pinciroli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2012). Autonomous Task Partitioning in Swarms of Robots: an Approach Based on Cost Estimation. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2012-018 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, N.-L. Tran, N. Baiboun, Frison M., G. Pini, A. Roli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2012). Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2012-011 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, A. Scheidler, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2012). Task Partitioning in a Robot Swarm: Retrieving Objects by Transferring Them Directly Between Sequential Sub-tasks. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2012-010 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, G.Francesca, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2012). Multi-armed Bandit Formulation of the Task Partitioning Problem in Swarm Robotics. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2012-009 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, G. Pini, C.Pinciroli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2012). Self-organized Task Allocation to Sequentially Interdependent Tasks in Swarm Robotics. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2012-008 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, G. Pini, and A. Decugnière (2012). Grippable Objects for the Foot-bot. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2012-001 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • M. Dorigo, D. Floreano, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, S. Nolfi, T. Baaboura, M. Birattari, M. Bonani, M. Brambilla, A. Brutschy, D. Burnier, A. Campo, A. L. Christensen, A. Decugnière, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, E. Ferrante, A. Fröster, J. Martinez Gonzales, J. Guzzi, V. Longchamp, S. Magnenat, N. Mathews, M. Montes de Oca, R. O'Grady, C. Pinciroli, G. Pini, P. Rétornaz, J. Roberts, V. Sperati, T. Stirling, A. Stranieri, T. Stützle, V. Trianni, E. Tuci, A. E. Turgut and F. Vaussard (2011). Swarmanoid: a novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2011-014 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Frison, A. Roli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2011). Task partitioning in swarms of robots: An adaptive method for strategy selection. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2011-013 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • C. Pinciroli, V. Trianni, R. O'Grady, G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Brambilla, N. Mathews, E. Ferrante, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, T. Stirling, Á. Gutiérrez, L.M. Gambardella, and M. Dorigo (2011). ARGoS: a Pluggable, Multi-Physics Engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2011-009 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • M. Firson, N.-L. Tran, N. Baiboun, A. Brutschy, G. Pini, A. Roli, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari (2010). Self-Organized Task Partitioning in a Swarm of Robots. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2010-016 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF Bib)
    • A. Brutschy, G. Pini, N. Baiboun, A. Decugnière, and M. Birattari (2010). The IRIDIA-TAM: A Device for Task Abstraction for the E-Puck Robot. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2010-015 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini Towards Collective Robotics in a 3D Space: Simulation With Hand-bot Robots (2009). Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-009 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo (2009). Interference Reduction Through Task Partitioning in a Robotic Swarm. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-006 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini and E. Tuci (2007). On the Design of Neuro-controllers for Individual and Social Learning Behaviour in Autonomous Robots: An Evolutionary Approach. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-020 IRIDIA, CoDe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. (PDF, Bib)
  • Misc
    • M.Dorigo, M. Birattari, R. O'Grady, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, D. Floreano, S. Nolfi, T. Baaboura, M. Bonani, M. Brambilla, A. Brutschy, D. Burnier, A. Campo, A. L. Christensen, A. Decugnière, G. Di Caro, F. Ducatelle, E. Ferrante, J. Martinez Gonzales, J. Guzzi, V. Longchamp, S. Magnenat, N. Mathews, M. Montes de Oca, C. Pinciroli, G. Pini, F. Rey, P. Rétornaz, J. Roberts, F. Rochat, V. Sperati, T. Stirling, A. Stranieri, T. Stützle, V. Trianni, E. Tuci, A. E. Turgut, and F. Vaussard. Swarmanoid, The Movie. 25th Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-11). San Francisco, USA. September 2011. Best video award - AAAI video competition 2011 (Watch Bib)
    • G. Pini (2009). Towards Collective Robotics in a 3D Space: Simulation With Hand-Bot Robots. Rapport d'avancement de recherche. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2009. (PDF, Bib)
    • G. Pini (2007). Strategie Evolutive per Compiti di Apprendimento Sociale in Robot Autonomi. Master thesis. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, 2007. (Document -in Italian- available on request, Bib)