Pubblications
GCtronic's know-how also relies on experience gained through several years of research. These publications give an overview of the academic background. The copyright is with the respective publishers.
Jurnal
- Caprari, G., Colot, A., Siegwart, R., Halloy, J. and Deneubourg, J.-L. (2005) Animal and Robot Mixed Societies - Building Cooperation Between Microrobots and Cockroaches. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. Vol.12, No. 2, June, pp 58-65.
- Caprari, G., Estier, T. and Siegwart, R. (2002) Fascination of Down Scaling - Alice the Sugar Cube Robot. Journal of Micro-Mechatronics, VSP, Utrecht, Vol. 1, No. 3, 177-189.
Peer-reviewed Proceedings
- Tâche, F., Asadpour, M., Caprari, G., Karlen, W. and Siegwart, R. (2005) Perception and Behavior of InsBot : Robot-Animal Interaction Issues. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR, 2005. [ROBIO'2005] [show abstract] [pdf]
- Greuter, M., Shah, G., Caprari, G., Tâche, F., Siegwart, R. and Sitti, M. (2005) Toward Micro Wall-Climbing Robots Using Biomimetic Fibrillar Adhesives. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment, Awara-Spa, Fukui, Japan. In press. [AMIRE'2005] [show abstract]
- Simon Garnier, Christian Jost, Raphael Jeanson, Jacques Gautrais, Asadpour, M., Caprari, G. and Guy Theraulaz (2005) Collective Decision-Making by a Group of Cockroach-like Robots. IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium. [show abstract]
- Caprari, G. and Siegwart, R. (2005) Mobile Micro-Robots Ready to Use: Alice. In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Canada, in press. [IROS'2005]
- Colot, A., Caprari, G. and Siegwart, R. (2004) InsBot: Design of an Autonomous Mini Mobile Robot Able to Interact with Cockroaches. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, p. 2418-2423. [ICRA'2004] [home page] [show abstract] [pdf]
- Caprari, G. and Siegwart, R. (2003) Design and Control of the Mobile Micro Robot Alice. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment, Brisbane, Australia, p. 23-32. [AMiRE'2003] [home page] [show abstract] [pdf]
- Lauria, M., Freese, M., Estier, T., Lamon, P., Caprari, G. and Siegwart, R. (2003) LameAlice, a Nanorover for Planetary Exploration. In Video Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Teipei, Taiwan. [ICRA'2003] [home page] [show abstract]
- Floreano, D., Schoeni, N., Caprari, G. and Blynel, J. (2002) Evolutionary Bits'n'Spikes. In R. K. Standish, M. A. Beadau and H. A. Abbass, editors. Artificial Life VIII: Proceedings of the Eight International Conference on Artificial Life, MIT Press. [Alife VIII] [show abstract] [pdf]
- Caprari, G., Arras, K.O. and Siegwart, R. (2001) Robot Navigation in Centimeter Range Labyrinths. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn, Germany, October 22-25. [AMIRE'2001] [pdf]
- Caprari, G., Estier, T. and Siegwart, R. (2000) Fascination of Down Scaling - Alice the Sugar Cube Robot. In Workshop Proceedings on Mobile Micro-Robots, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, USA, April 24-28. [ICRA'2000] [pdf]
- Caprari, G., Arras, K.O. and Siegwart, R. (2000) The Autonomous Miniature Robot Alice: From Prototypes to Applications. In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Takamatsu, Japan, October/November, 793-798. [IROS'2000] [pdf]
- Freese, M., Kaelin, M., Lehky, J.-M., Caprari, G., Estier, T. and Siegwart, R. (1999) LAMAlice : A Mini Mobile Robot for Planetary Exploration. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science, Nagoya, Japan, November. [MHS'1999] [pdf]
- Caprari, G., Balmer, P., Piguet, R. and Siegwart, R. (1998) The Autonomous Micro Robot ALICE: A platform for Scientific and Commercial Applications. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science, Nagoya, Japan, November 25-28. [MHS'1998] [pdf]
- Büchi, R., Caprari, G., Vuscovic, V. and Siegwart, R. (1996) A Remote Controlled Mobile Mini Robot. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Micro Machine and Human Science - Toward Micro-Mechatronics, Nagoya, Japan, October 2-4.
PhD Thesis
- Caprari, G. (2003) Autonomous Micro-Robots: Applications and Limitations. Thèse n° 2753, Faculté Sciences et Techniques de l'Ingénieur, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2003. Acceptée sur proposition du jury: Prof. R. Siegwart (directeur de thèse), Prof. D. Floreano (rapporteur), Dr. F. Mondada (rapporteur), Prof. J-D. Nicoud (rapporteur), Prof. S. Shooter (rapporteur).. [show abstract] [pdf]