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University of California, Los Angeles: Los Angeles, California, US

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Brett Thomas Lopez

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

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A contracting hierarchical observer for pose-inertial fusion

arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.02777
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T
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Adaptive Robust Control Contraction Metrics: Transient Bounds in Adaptive Control with Unmatched Uncertainties

2023 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
2023 | Conference paper
Contributors: Gessow, Samuel G; Lopez, Brett T
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Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry and Mapping: Perceptive and Connective SLAM

arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.01843
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Chen, Kenny; Nemiroff, Ryan; Lopez, Brett T
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Dynamic Adaptation Gains for Nonlinear Systems With Unmatched Uncertainties

IEEE Control Systems Letters
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Joint On-Manifold Gravity and Accelerometer Intrinsics Estimation for Inertially Aligned Mapping

2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2023 | Conference paper
Contributors: Nemiroff, Ryan; Chen, Kenny; Lopez, Brett T
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Multi-Robot Task Assignment and Path Finding for Time-Sensitive Missions with Online Task Generation

arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.06153
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Thorne, David; Lopez, Brett T
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Unmatched control barrier functions: Certainty equivalence adaptive safety

2023 American Control Conference (ACC)
2023 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Adaptive coverage path planning for efficient exploration of unknown environments

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Bouman, Amanda; Ott, Joshua; Kim, Sung-Kyun; Chen, Kenny; Kochenderfer, Mykel J; Lopez, Brett; Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar; Burdick, Joel
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Adaptive variants of optimal feedback policies

Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett; Slotine, Jean-Jacques
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Direct lidar odometry: Fast localization with dense point clouds

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Chen, Kenny; Lopez, Brett T; Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar; Mehta, Ankur
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Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry: Lightweight LIO with Continuous-Time Motion Correction

2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chen, Kenny; Nemiroff, Ryan; Lopez, Brett T
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Faster: Fast and safe trajectory planner for navigation in unknown environments

IEEE Transactions on Robotics
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Tordesillas, Jesus; Lopez, Brett T; Everett, Michael; How, Jonathan P
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Nebula: Quest for robotic autonomy in challenging environments; team costar at the darpa subterranean challenge

arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.11470
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Agha, Ali; Otsu, Kyohei; Morrell, Benjamin; Fan, David D; Thakker, Rohan; Santamaria-Navarro, Angel; Kim, Sung-Kyun; Bouman, Amanda; Lei, Xianmei; Edlund, Jeffrey et al.
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Performance analysis of adaptive dynamic tube MPC

AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Morozov, Savva; Lusk, Parker C; Lopez, Brett; How, Jonathan P
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Safe motion planning with tubes and contraction metrics

2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Singh, Sumeet; Tsukamoto, Hiroyasu; Lopez, Brett T; Chung, Soon-Jo; Slotine, Jean-Jacques
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Sliding on manifolds: Geometric attitude control with quaternions

2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E
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Towards robust state estimation by boosting the maximum correntropy criterion Kalman filter with adaptive behaviors

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Fakoorian, Seyed; Santamaria-Navarro, Angel; Lopez, Brett T; Simon, Dan; Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Universal Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

IEEE Control Systems Letters
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Unsupervised monocular depth learning with integrated intrinsics and spatio-temporal constraints

2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chen, Kenny; Pogue, Alexandra; Lopez, Brett T; Agha-Mohammadi, Ali-Akbar; Mehta, Ankur
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Adaptive nonlinear control with contraction metrics

IEEE Control Systems Letters
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Analysis of state estimation drift on a MAV using PX4 autopilot and MEMS IMU during dead-reckoning

2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference
2020 | Conference paper
Contributors: Jang, Jong Tai; Santamaria-Navarro, Angel; Lopez, Brett T; Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar
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Drivocopter: A concept hybrid aerial/ground vehicle for long-endurance mobility

2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference
2020 | Conference paper
Contributors: Kalantari, Arash; Touma, Thomas; Kim, Leon; Jitosho, Rianna; Strickland, Kyle; Lopez, Brett T; Agha-Mohammadi, Ali-Akbar
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Dynamic landing of an autonomous quadrotor on a moving platform in turbulent wind conditions

2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2020 | Conference paper
Contributors: Paris, Aleix; Lopez, Brett T; How, Jonathan P
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Robust Adaptive Control Barrier Functions: An Adaptive & Data-Driven Approach to Safety (Extended Version)

arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.10028
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E; How, Jonathan P
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Robust adaptive control barrier functions: An adaptive and data-driven approach to safety

IEEE Control Systems Letters
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E; How, Jonathan P
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Adaptive robust model predictive control for nonlinear systems

2019 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Lopez, Brett Thomas
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Contraction metrics in adaptive nonlinear control

arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.13138
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Dynamic tube MPC for nonlinear systems

2019 American Control Conference (ACC)
2019 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E; How, Jonathan P
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Real-time planning with multi-fidelity models for agile flights in unknown environments

2019 international conference on robotics and automation (ICRA)
2019 | Conference paper
Contributors: Tordesillas, Jesus; Lopez, Brett T; Carter, John; Ware, John; How, Jonathan P
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Periodic partial extinction in acoustically coupled fuel droplet combustion

Combustion and flame
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Bennewitz, John W; Valentini, Dario; Plascencia, Miguel A; Vargas, Andres; Sim, Hyung Sub; Lopez, Brett; Smith, Owen I; Karagozian, Ann R
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Robust collision avoidance via sliding control

2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2018 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques; How, Jonathan P
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Robust powered descent with control contraction metrics

2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
2018 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E; How, Jonathan P
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Aggressive 3-D collision avoidance for high-speed navigation

Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017 IEEE International Conference on
2017 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; How, Jonathan P
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Aggressive collision avoidance with limited field-of-view sensing

2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2017 | Conference paper
Contributors: Lopez, Brett T; How, Jonathan P
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Semantic-level decentralized multi-robot decision-making using probabilistic macro-observations

2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2017 | Conference paper
Contributors: Omidshafiei, Shayegan; Liu, Shih-Yuan; Everett, Michael; Lopez, Brett T; Amato, Christopher; Liu, Miao; How, Jonathan P; Vian, John
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Hierarchical bayesian noise inference for robust real-time probabilistic object classification

arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.01042
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Omidshafiei, Shayegan; Lopez, Brett T; How, Jonathan P; Vian, John
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Low-latency trajectory planning for high-speed navigation in unknown environments

2016 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Lopez, Brett Thomas
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Brett Thomas Lopez

Measurable augmented reality for prototyping cyberphysical systems: A robotics platform to aid the hardware prototyping and performance testing of algorithms

IEEE Control Systems Magazine
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Omidshafiei, Shayegan; Agha-Mohammadi, Ali-Akbar; Chen, Yu Fan; Ure, Nazim Kemal; Liu, Shih-Yuan; Lopez, Brett T; Surati, Rajeev; How, Jonathan P; Vian, John
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Online heterogeneous multiagent learning under limited communication with applications to forest fire management

2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Ure, N Kemal; Omidshafiei, Shayegan; Lopez, Brett Thomas; Agha-Mohammadi, Ali-akbar; How, Jonathan P; Vian, John
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