Publications
Please visit my Google Scholar page to see a complete list of publications sorted by citation or sorted by year.
*denotes student mentee co-author
+denotes student advisee co-author
Journal Papers
- Stochastic Dynamic Games in Belief Space, W. Schwarting*, A. Pierson, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2021 [arXiv] [pdf]
- Social behavior for autonomous vehicles, W. Schwarting*, A. Pierson, J. Alonso-Mora, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2019 [online] [pdf]
- Probabilistic Risk Metrics for Navigating Occluded Intersections, S. McGill, G. Rosman, T. Ort*, A. Pierson, I. Gilitschenski, B. Araki*, L. Fletcher, S. Karaman, D. Rus, and J. Leonard, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2019, with joint IROS option [pdf]
- Controlling Non-Cooperative Herds with Robotic Herders, A. Pierson and M. Schwager, Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2018 [pdf]
- Intercepting Rogue Robots: An Algorithm for Capturing Multiple Evaders with Multiple Pursuers, A. Pierson, Z. Wang, and M. Schwager, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2017, with join ICRA option [pdf]
- Adapting to Sensing and Actuation Variations in Multi-Robot Coverage, A. Pierson, L. Figueiredo*, L. Pimenta, and M. Schwager, International Journal of Robotics Research, 2017 [pdf]
- Pigeons Produce Aerodynamic Torques through Changes in Wing Trajectory During Low Speed Aerial Turns, I.G. Ros, M. Badger, A. Pierson, L. Bassman, and A. Biewener, Journal of Experimental Biology, 2015 [online]
- Pigeons Steer Like Helicopters and Generate Down- and Upstroke Lift During Low Speed Turns, I.G. Ros, L. Bassman, M. Badger, A. Pierson, and A. Biewener, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011 [online] [pdf]
Conference Papers
- Assessing Reputation to Improve Team Performance in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Coverage, M. Coffey+, and A. Pierson, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024 [pdf]
- Gathering Data from Risky Situations with Pareto-Optimal Trajectories, B. Brodt+, and A. Pierson, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024 [pdf]
- Partial Belief Space Planning for Scaling Stochastic Dynamic Games, K. Vakil+, M. Coffey+, and A. Pierson, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024 [pdf]
- Selective Negotiations for Scaling Stochastic Dynamic Games, K. Vakil+ and A. Pierson, IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), 2023 [pdf]
- Reactive and Safe Co-Navigation with Haptic Guidance, M. Coffey+, D. Zhang, R. Tron, and A. Pierson, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023 [pdf]
- Covering Dynamic Demand with Multi-Resource Heterogeneous Teams, M. Coffey+ and A. Pierson, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023 [pdf]
- Obscuring Objectives with Pareto-Optimal Privacy-Aware Trajectories, B. Brodt+ and A. Pierson, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 [pdf]
- Heterogeneous Coverage and Multi-Resource Allocation in Supply-Constrained Teams, M. Coffey+ and A. Pierson, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 [pdf]
- Collaborative Teleoperation with Haptic Feedback for Collision-Free Navigation of Ground Robots, M. Coffey+ and A. Pierson, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022 [pdf]
- Free-Space Ellipsoid Graphs for Multi-Agent Target Monitoring, A. Ray*, A. Pierson, and D. Rus, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022. [pdf]
- Multi-Robot Task Assignment for Drone Videography with Viewpoint Optimization, A. Ray*, A. Pierson, H. Zhu, J. Alonso-Mora, and D. Rus, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021 [pdf]
- Designing and Deploying a Mobile UVC Disinfection Robot, A. Pierson, J.W. Romanishin, H. Hansen, L. Zamora Yañez*, and D. Rus, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021 [pdf]
- Safe Path Planning with Multi-Model Risk Level Sets, Z. Huang, W. Schwarting*, A. Pierson, H. Guo, M. Ang Jr., and D. Rus, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020 [pdf]
- Weighted Buffered Voronoi Cells for Distributed Semi-Cooperative Behavior, A. Pierson, W. Schwarting*, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020 [pdf]
- Generating Visibility-Aware Trajectories for Cooperative and Proactive Motion Planning, N. Buckman*, A. Pierson, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020 [pdf]
- Probabilistic Risk Metrics for Navigating Occluded Intersections, S. McGill, G. Rosman, T. Ort*, A. Pierson, I. Gilitschenski, B. Araki*, L. Fletcher, S. Karaman, D. Rus, and J. Leonard, RA-L paper jointly accepted to IROS proceedings, 2019 [pdf]
- Sharing is Caring: Socially-Compliant Autonomous Intersection Negotiation, N. Buckman*, W. Schwarting*, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019 [pdf]
- Learning Risk Level Set Parameters from Data for Safer Driving, A. Pierson, W. Schwarting*, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2019, Accepted for Oral Presentation (<10% of accepted papers) [pdf]
- Dynamic Risk Density for Autonomous Navigation in Cluttered Environments without Object Detection, A. Pierson, C. Vasile, A. Gandhi*, W. Schwarting*, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019 [pdf]
- Navigating Congested Environments with Risk Level Sets, A. Pierson, W. Schwarting*, S. Karaman, and D. Rus, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018 [pdf]
- Distributed Target Tracking in Cluttered Environments with Guaranteed Collision Avoidance, A. Pierson and D. Rus, IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), 2017 [pdf]
- Intercepting Rogue Robots: An Algorithm for Capturing Multiple Evaders with Multiple Pursuers, A. Pierson, Z. Wang, and M. Schwager, RA-L paper jointly accepted to ICRA proceedings, 2017 [pdf]
- Cooperative Multi-Quadrotor Pursuit of an Evader in an Environment with No-Fly Zones, A. Pierson, A. Ataei, I. C. Paschalidis, and M. Schwager, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2016. Best Paper Finalist [pdf]
- Bio-Inspired Non-Cooperative Multi-Robot Herding, A. Pierson and M. Schwager, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 [pdf]
- Adapting to Performance Variations in Multi-Robot Coverage, A. Pierson, L. C. Figueiredo*, L. C. A. Pimenta, and M. Schwager, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 [pdf]
- Adaptive Inter-Robot Trust for Robust Multi-Robot Sensor Coverage, A. Pierson and M. Schwager, International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR), 2013 [pdf]
- Translational and Rotational Components of Low Speed Turning in the Pigeon columba livia, I. G. Ros, M. Badger, A. Pierson, L. Bassman, and A. Biewener, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2011
Patent Applications
- Social Behavior for Autonomous Vehicles, US Provisional Patent Application No 62/936,033
- Autonomous Navigation in a Cluttered Environment, US Patent Application No 16/741,039
- Systems and Methods for Estimating the Risk Associated with a Vehicular Maneuver, US Patent Application No 16/440,546
- Navigating Congested Environments with Risk Level Sets, US Patent Application No 16/283,158
Thesis
Analysis of Multi-Agent Systems Under Varying Degrees of Trust, Cooperation, and Competition, Boston University, January 2017.