Comparison of Different LiDAR Sensors in SLAM: Criteria Formulation and Results
R. Bettencourt, R. Serra, P. U. Lima and A. Vale
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Funchal, Portugal, pp. 1-6 (2025)
DOI: 10.1109/ICARSC65809.2025.10970156

Optimizing Mobile Robot Fleet Distributions in Solar Farms
D. Cerdeira, R. Bettencourt and A. Vale
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Funchal, Portugal, pp. 9-14 (2025)
DOI: 10.1109/ICARSC65809.2025.10970171

Indoor 2.5D Navigation for Ground Robots
R. Bettencourt, C. Caramalho, G. Nunes, R. Serra, A. Vale and P. U. Lima
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Funchal, Portugal, pp. 33-38 (2025)
DOI: 10.1109/ICARSC65809.2025.10970157

Development of a Radiation Detection System Coupled to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Security and Defence Applications
Luís Marques
PhD Thesis, March 2025, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Pedro Vaz and Alberto Vale.

Path Optimization of a Mobile Radiation Detection System in Security Inspection
L. Marques, R. Coito, T. Costa, S. Fernandes, A. Vale, P. Vaz
In: Rocha, Á., Vaseashta, A. (eds) Developments and Advances in Defense and Security (MICRADS 2024). Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 423 (2025), Springer, Singapore.
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0235-3_24

Mechanical analysis of a waveguide pipe for the reflectometry diagnostic in DEMO
R. Luís, Y. Nietiadi, T. Zerez, V. Devanne, G. Bourmaud, A. Silva, A. Vale, A. Malaquias, J.H. Belo, F. da Silva, J. Santos, B. Gonçalves
Fusion Engineering and Design Vol. 215 (2025) 114970.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2025.114970

Breeding Blanket Remote Maintenance Concepts in EU DEMO: From vertical extraction to horizontal accommodation in cask
Gonçalo Teixeira, Alberto Vale
Fusion Engineering and Design Vol. 215 (2025) 114902.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2025.114902

Exploring Millimeter-Wave Radar Algorithms for Obstacle Detection and Tracking
Rafael Carvalho
MSc Thesis, June 2024, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale. (link)

Exploring Millimeter-Wave Radar Algorithms for Obstacle Detection and Tracking
R. Carvalho, A. Vale
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Paredes de Coura, Portugal, 2024, pp. 82-87
DOI: 10.1109/ICARSC61747.2024.10535941

An Integrated Method for Landing Site Selection and Autonomous Reactive Landing for Multirotors
N. Veiga, A. Vale, R. Ventura
6th Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT 2023), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 978. Springer, Cham.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-59167-9_24

Radioactive source localization using a mobile radiation detection system featuring informed path-based decisions
L. Marques, R. Coito, T. Costa, S. Fernandes, A. Vale, P. Vaz
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2024).
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2024.3354461

GEERS: Georeferenced Enhanced EKF Using Point Cloud Registration and Segmentation
R. Bettencourt, J. Lewis, R. Serra, M. Basiri, A. Vale and P. U. Lima
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2024).
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3349828

A mobile radiation detection system for security inspection and monitoring
L. Marques, R. Coito, S. Fernandes, T. Costa, A. Vale, P. Vaz
EPJ Web of Conferences 288, 06001 (2023).
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202328806001

Developing a systematic approach to enhance visualization and performance of a fleet of industrial mobile robots through Process Mining
Tiago Saraiva
MSc Thesis, December 2023, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Rodrigo Ventura and Alberto Vale. (link)

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for trajectory tracking and obstacle avoidance of industrial mobile robots
Francisco Madeira
MSc Thesis, December 2023, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Rodrigo Ventura and Alberto Vale. (link)

Radar in UAV obstacle detection and height navigation
Hélder Pereira
MSc Thesis, December 2023, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Routing problem optimization for mobile robots including the number and location of charging points
Daniel Batista
MSc Thesis, December 2023, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale. (link)

Assessment of mobile robot operations for transportation and manipulation in nuclear facilities
Rafael Batista
MSc Thesis, November 2023, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale. (link)

Decentralized Market-Based Task Allocation Algorithm for a Fleet of Industrial Mobile Robots
J. Tavares, A. Vale, R. Ventura
2023 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), Coimbra, Portugal (2023) 1-6.
DOI: 10.1109/ECMR59166.2023.10256388

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications: Challenges and Trends
A. Vale, R. Ventura, J. Corisco, N. Catarino, N. Veiga, S. Sargento
In: Abdelkader, M., Koubaa, A. (eds) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications: Challenges and Trends. Synthesis Lectures on Intelligent Technologies,
Springer, Cham, ISBN 978-3-031-32037-8 (2023) 127-168.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32037-8_4

A Mobile Radiation Detection System for Security and Defence
L. Marques, A. Vale and J. Vaz
European Defence Agency, EDA research, technology, and innovation papers award 2023
Publications Office of the European Union, 2023.
DOI: 10.2836/568224

Neutronics Simulations for DEMO Diagnostics
Raul Luís, Yohanes Nietiadi, Antonio Quercia, Alberto Vale, Jorge Belo, António Silva, Bruno Gonçalves, Artur Malaquias, Andrei Gusarov, Federico Caruggi, Enrico Perelli Cippo, Maryna Chernyshova, Barbara Bienkowska and Wolfgang Biel
Sensors 2023, 23(11), 5104.
DOI: 10.1016/10.3390/s23115104

Optioneering of transportation systems in nuclear facilities
Gonçalo Teixeira, Ben Drumm, Alberto Vale
Fusion Engineering and Design Vol. 191 (2023) 113741.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113741

Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives of Microwave Reflectometry for Plasma Position and Shape Control on Future Nuclear Fusion Devices
B. Gonçalves, P. Varela, A. Silva, F. Silva, J. Santos, E. Ricardo, A. Vale, R. Luís, Y. Nietiadi, A. Malaquias, J. Belo, J. Dias, J. Ferreira, T. Franke, W. Biel, S. Heuraux, T. Ribeiro, G. De Masi, O. Tudisco, R. Cavazzana, G. Marchiori and O. D’Arcangelo
Sensors 2023, 23(8), 3926.
DOI: 10.3390/s23083926

Thermomechanical analysis of a multi-reflectometer system for DEMO
Y. Nietiadi, R. Luís, A. Silva, J. Belo, A. Vale, A. Malaquias, B. Gonçalves, F. Silva, J. Santos, E. Ricardo, W. Biel
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 190 (2023) 113530.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113530

Development of a Portable Neutron Detection System for Security and Defense Applications
Luís Marques, Alberto Vale, Pedro Vaz
In Book: Developments and Advances in Defense and Security. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Springer, Singapore, Vol. 328 (2023) 283-293.
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7689-6_24

A diagnostics slim cassette for reflectometry measurements in DEMO: Design and simulation studies
Raul Luís, Yohanes Nietiadi, Jorge H. Belo, António Silva, Alberto Vale, Artur Malaquias, Bruno Gonçalves, Filipe da Silva, Jorge Santos, Emanuel Ricardo, Thomas Franke, Andreas Krimmer, Wolfgang Biel
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 190 (2023) 113512.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113512

Neutron and Gamma-Ray Detection System Coupled to a Multirotor for Screening of Shipping Container Cargo
Luís Marques, Luís Félix, Gonçalo Cruz, Vasco Coelho, João Caetano, Alberto Vale, Carlos Cruz, Luís Alves, Pedro Vaz
Sensors 2023, 23(1), 329.
DOI: 10.3390/s23010329

Optioneering of transportation systems in nuclear facilities
Gonçalo Teixeira
MSc Thesis, November 2022, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale. (link)

Safe Landing Site Selection and Autonomous Landing of a UAV in Unstructured Environments
Nuno Veiga
MSc Thesis, November 2022, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Decentralized trajectory optimization for a fleet of industrial mobile robots
Inês Silva
MSc Thesis, November 2022, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Decentralized Market-Based Task Allocation for a Fleet of Industrial Mobile Robots
João Tavares
MSc Thesis, October 2022, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

ITER collective Thomson scattering—Preparing to diagnose fusion-born alpha particles
S. B. Korsholm, A. Chambon, B. Gonçalves, V. Infante, T. Jensen, M. Jessen, E. B. Klinkby, A. W. Larsen, R. Luis, Y. Nietiadi, E. Nonbø, J. Rasmussen, D. Rechena, M. Salewski, A. Taormina, A. Vale, P. Varela, L. Sanchez, R. M. Ballester, V. Udintsev, and Y. Liu
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83 (2022) 103539.
DOI: 10.1063/5.0101867

Radioactive hot-spot Localization and identification using deep learning
Filipe Mendes, Miguel Barros, Alberto Vale and Bruno Gonçalves
Journal of Radiological Protection, Vol. 42 (2022) 1.
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac1a5c

Risk Analysis and Maintenance in Nuclear Facilities
André Luís
MSc Thesis, July 2022, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Virgínia Infante. (link)

EU DEMO Remote Maintenance System development during the Pre-Concept Design Phase
Oliver Crofts, Antony Loving, Marc Torrance, Stuart Budden, Ben Drumm, Tristan Tremethick, Didier Chauvin, Mikko Siukoc, William Brace, Viktor Milushev, Martin Mittwollen, Timo Lehmann, Felix Rauscher, Georg Fischer, Paolo Pagani, Yan Wang, Carste Baars, Alberto Vale
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 179 (2022) 113121.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113121

A multipurpose mobile manipulator for autonomous firefighting and construction of outdoor structures
Basiri, M., Gonçalves, J., Rosa, J., Bettencourt, R., Vale, A., and Lima, P.
Field Robotics, October, Vol. 1 (2021) 102–126.
DOI: 10.55417/fr.2021004

Design and integration studies of a diagnostics slim cassette concept for DEMO
Jorge H Belo, Yohanes Setiawan Nietiadi, Raul Luís, António Silva, Alberto Vale, Bruno Gonçalves, Thomas Franke, Andreas Krimmer and Wolfgang Biel
Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 61 (2021) 116046.
DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac24d3

Comparison of three key remote sensing technologies for mobile robot localization in nuclear facilities
Emil T. Jonasson, Luís Pinto, Alberto Vale
Fusion Engineering and Design Vol. 172 (2021) 112691.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112691

Radiological Scouting, Monitoring and Inspection using Drones
Luís Pinto, Alberto Vale, Yoeri Brouwer, Jorge Borbinha, José Corisco, Rodrigo Ventura, Ana Margarida Silva, André Mourato, Gonçalo Marques, Yuri Romanets, Susana Sargento, Bruno Gonçalves
Sensors Vol. 21 (2021) 3143.
DOI: 10.3390/s21093143

Pulsed thermography digital motion stabilization for the unmanned vehicle inspection of solar farms and GFRP wind blades through UAVs and UGVs
Beñat Urtasun, Pablo López de Uralde, Karlos Velar, Eider Gorostegui, Joonas Neelov, Steve Wright, Matthew Studley, Pedro Lima, Alberto Vale, Meysam Basiri
Proceedings of Thermal Infrared Applications XLIII, Vol. 11743 (2021) 1174307.
DOI: 10.1117/12.2585902

An autonomous mobile manipulator to build outdoor structures consisting of heterogeneous brick patterns
Meysam Basiri, João Gonçalves, José Rosa, Alberto Vale, Pedro Lima
SN Applied Sciences, 558 (2021).
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-021-04506-7

RAMI analysis of the Collective Thomson Scattering system front-end – Part2 – reliability block diagram analysis
Diogo Rechena, Virgínia Infante, Elsa Henriques, Søren B.Korsholm, Axel W.Larsen, Bruno Gonçalves, Alberto Vale, Raul Luís
Fusion Engineering and Design Vol. 171 (2021) 112593.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112593

RAMI analysis of the collective Thomson scattering system front-end – Part1 – Failure modes effects and criticality analysis
Diogo Rechena, Virgínia Infante, Elsa Henriques, Søren B.Korsholm, Axel W.Larsen, Bruno Gonçalves, Alberto Vale, Raul Luís
Fusion Engineering and Design Vol. 168 (2021) 112454.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112454

State-of-the-Art Mobile Radiation Detection Systems for Different Scenarios
Luís Marques, Alberto Vale, Pedro Vaz
Sensors Vol. 21 (2021) 1051.
DOI: 10.3390/s21041051

Informative path planner with exploration–exploitation trade-off for radiological surveys in non-convex scenarios
Yoeri Brouwer, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 136 (2021) 103691.
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2020.103691

Optimal Landmarks Placement for robot navigation
Délio Bengaló
MSc Thesis, May 2021, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Vision-Based Pick and Place by a Mobile Manipulator
José Silva
MSc Thesis, February 2021, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Pedro Lima. (link)

Vertical navigation for UAV that includes intelligent landing
Pedro Pereira
MSc Thesis, January 2021, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Real-time radionuclides detection using artificial intelligence
Filipe Mendes
MSc Thesis, January 2021, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Bruno Gonçalves. (link)

Radioactive hot-spot detection using machine learning algorithms
Miguel Barros
MSc Thesis, January 2021, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Bruno Gonçalves. (link)

Modeling and Control for a Rhombic-Like Vehicle: A case study
Chenshan Xu
MSc Thesis, January 2021, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Alexandra Moutinho. (link)

Performance Analysis of Geiger-Müller and Cadmium Zinc Telluride Sensors Envisaging Airborne Radiological Monitoring in NORM Sites
Jorge Borbinha, Yuriy Romanets, Pedro Teles, José Corisco, Pedro Vaz, Diogo Carvalho, Yoeri Brouwer, Raul Luís, Luís Pinto, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura, Bruno Areias, André Reis, Bruno Gonçalves
Sensors Vol. 20 (2020) 1538.
DOI: 10.3390/s20051538

Design Estimation of Multirotor for Heliostat Cleaning Purposes
Valentina Herrera
MSc Thesis, January 2020, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Willie Smit. (link)

Radioactive hot-spot detection using unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance
D. Macedo, A. Vale, Y. Brouwer, B. Gonçalves, H. Fernandes
Oral presentation and published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA2019), 17-21 June 2019, Portoroz, Slovenia.
EPJ Web of Conferences Vol. 225 (2020) 06005.
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202022506005

Design optimization of a ducted-drone to perform inspection operations
João Vilaça, Alberto Vale and Filipe Cunha
ROBOT2019: Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1092. Springer, Cham (2019).
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35990-4_1

Radiological Monitor for Mobile Robots Operating in Scenarios with Nuclear Threats
Yoeri Brouwer
MSc Thesis, November 2019, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Integration of RGB and thermal images for detection and tracking
Jorge Espada
MSc Thesis, November 2019, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Ricardo Ferreira. (link)

Mitigation of EC breakdown in the gyrotron transmission line of the ITER Collective Thomson Scattering diagnostic via a Split Biased Waveguide
A. W. Larsen, S.B. Korsholm, B. Gonçalves, H. E. Gutierrez, E. Henriques, V. Infante, T. Jensen, M. Jessen, E.B. Klinkby, E. NonbØl, R. Luis, A. Vale, A. Lopes, V. Naulin, S.K. Nielsen, M. Salewski, J. Rasmussen, A. Taormina, C. MØllsØe, T. Mussenbrock and J. Trieschmann
Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 14 (2019).
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/11/C11009

Path planning and space occupation for remote maintenance operations of transportation in DEMO
Alberto Vale, José Dias
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 146 Part A (2019) 325-328.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.057

Optimal Visual Markers Placement for Marker-Based Localization of UAVs in Indoor Environments
Jorge Cordeiro
MSc Thesis, June 2019, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Designing for Remote Handling: the case-study of the ITER Plasma Position Reflectometry in-vessel antennas
A. Vale, F. Afonso, F. Mourão, P. Varela
Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 14 (2019).
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/07/C07003

Design and development of the ITER CTS diagnostic
S. Korsholm, B. Gonçalves, H. Gutierrez, E. Henriques, V. Infante, T. Jensen, M. Jessen, E. Klinkby, A. Larsen, F. Leipold, A. Lopes, R. Luis, V. Naulin, S. Nielsen, E. Nonbøl, J. Rasmussen, M. Salewski, M. Stejner, A. Taormina, A. Vale, C. Vidal, L. Sanchez, R. Ballester, V. Udintsev
20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC20), EPJ Web Conf., Vol. 203 (2019)
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920303002

Design of duct-drones
João Vilaça
MSc Thesis, December 2018, Instituto Superior Técnico and Portuguese Air Force Academy,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Filipe Cunha.

Outdoor Multi-Sensor Navigation of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle
David Dias
MSc Thesis, December 2018, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Pedro Lima and Alberto Vale. (link)

Radioactive hot-spot detection using unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance
Duarte Macedo
MSc Thesis, November 2018, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Horácio Fernandes. (link)

Nuclear and Thermal Analysis of a Reflectometry Diagnostics Concept for DEMO
R. Luís, R. Moutinho, L. Prior, P. B. Quental, A. Lopes, H. Policarpo, N. Velez, A. Vale, A. Silva, and A. Malaquias.
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 46 (2018) 1939-9375.
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2017.2780922

Integration Concept of the Reflectometry Diagnostic for the Main Plasma in DEMO
A. Malaquias, A. Silva, R. Moutinho, R. Luis, A. Lopes, P. B. Quental, L. Prior, N. Velez, H. Policarpo, A. Vale, W. Biel, J. Aubert, M. Reungoat, F. Cismondi, and T. Franke
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 46 (2018) 451-457.
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2017.2784785

Remote inspection with multicopters, radiological sensors and SLAM techniques
Henrique Carvalho, Alberto Vale, Rúben Marques, Rodrigo Ventura, Yoeri Brouwer and Bruno Gonçalves
Poster, intensive oral presentation and published in the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA2017), 19-23 June 2017, Liège, Belgium.
EPJ Web of Conferences 170, 07014 (2018)
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817007014

Mobile Robot Localization Using On-board and Off-board Laser Range Finders and Reflective Markers
Henrique Carvalho.
MSc Thesis, November 2017, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Logistics Management of Multiple Mobile Robots in Confined Spaces
Victor Zatta.
MSc Thesis, November 2017, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Assessment of navigation technologies for automated guided vehicle in nuclear fusion facilities
Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura, Pedro Lopes, Isabel Ribeiro
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 97 (2017) 153-170.
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2017.08.006

Application of unmanned aerial vehicles for radiological inspection
Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura, Paulo Carvalho
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 124 (2017) 492-495.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.06.002

FFMECA and recovery strategies for ex-vessel remote maintenance systems in DEMO
Alberto Vale
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 124 (2017) 619-622.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.02.101

Assessment of navigation technologies for autonomous vehicles in nuclear fusion facilities
Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro, Rodrigo Ventura, Pedro Lopes
Oral presentation in the 29th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2016), Prague, Czech Republic, 5-9 September 2016.

FFMECA and recovery strategies for ex-vessel remote maintenance systems in DEMO
Alberto Vale
Presentation as poster in the 29th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2016), Prague, Czech Republic, 5-9 September 2016.

Assessment of unmanned aerial vehicles for reactor inspection
Paulo Carvalho, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura
Presentation as poster in the 29th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2016), Prague, Czech Republic, 5-9 September 2016.

Human machine interface to manually drive rhombic like vehicles such as transport casks in ITER
Pedro Lopes, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura.
Proceedings of the 9th IFAC Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles Symposium (IAV2016), Vol. 49, pp 248-253, Leipzig, Germany, 29 June - 1 July 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.750

Overview of progress on the European DEMO remote maintenance strategy
Oliver Crofts, Antony Loving, Daniel Iglesias, Matti Coleman, Mikko Siuko, Martin Mittwollen, Vicente Queral, Alberto Vale, Eric Villedieu.
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 109–111 Part B (2015) 1392 - 1398.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.12.013

Human machine interface to manually drive rhombic like vehicles such as transport casks in ITER
Pedro Lopes.
MSc Thesis, November 2015, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Assessment of ex-vessel transportation in Remote Maintenance Systems of DEMO
Alberto Vale.
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 98-99 (2015) 1660-1663.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.158

A Multi-Purpose Rescue Vehicle and a Human-Robot Interface architecture for remote assistance in ITER
João Soares, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura.
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 98-99 (2015) 1656-1659.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.148

Calibration of laser range finders for mobile robot localization in ITER
Tiago Sousa, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura.
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO2015), 541-549, Alsace, France, 21-23 July 2015.
DOI: 10.5220/0005536505410549

Calibration of multiple laser range finders for mobile robot localization in ITER
Tiago Sousa.
MSc Thesis, June 2015, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Human machine interface to manually drive rhombic like vehicles such as transport casks in ITER
Pedro Lopes, Alberto Vale, Rodrigo Ventura.
4th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA2015), 1-8, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-24 April 2015.
DOI: 10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465513

Book chapter: Motion Planning of Large Scale Vehicles for Remote Material Transportation
Alberto Vale and Isabel Ribeiro.
In Book: Motion and Operation Planning of Robotic Systems, Springer International Publishing, Vol. 29 (2015) 249-292.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14705-5_9

Performance analysis of Fast Marching-based motion planning for autonomous mobile robots in ITER scenarios
Javier V. Gomez, Alberto Vale, Santiago Garrido, Luis Moreno.
In Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 63, 36-49 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2014.09.016

Patent PT106574: Driving and steering wheel system for omnidirectional vehicles
Inventors: Alberto Vale, Ricardo Oliveira, Rodrigo Ventura
International classification B60B 19/12 (2006.01). Applicant: Instituto Superior Técnico. Filled on October 2012 and issued on October 2032. Published in 2014.

Assessment of ex-Vessel Movers in Remote Maintenance Systems of DEMO
Alberto Vale
Presented as a poster in the 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2014), San Sebastian, Spain, 29 September - 3 October 2014.

Human-Robot Interface Architecture for a Multi-Purpose Rescue Vehicle for Remote Assistance
João Soares, Rodrigo Ventura, Alberto Vale
Presented as a poster in the 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2014), San Sebastian, Spain, 29 September - 3 October 2014.

Human-Robot Interface Architecture for a Multi-Purpose Rescue Vehicle for remote handling in ITER
João Soares.
MSc Thesis, October 2014, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. (link)

Trajectory optimization for autonomous mobile robots in ITER
Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Filipe Valente, Isabel Ribeiro.
In Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 62 (2014) 871-888.
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2014.01.007

Simulating Trajectories for Remote Handling Vehicles Carrying Activated Components
Alberto Vale was interviewed by the Mathworks and the user story was published on the Mathworks website, 92157v00, 2014.

Flexible path optimization for the Cask and Plug Remote Handling System in ITER
Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Filipe Valente, João Ferreira, Isabel Ribeiro, Carmen Gonzalez.
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 88 (2013) 1900–1903.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.02.095

Localization of Cask and Plug Remote Handling System in ITER using multiple Video Cameras
João Ferreira, Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 88 (2013) 1992–1996.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.10.008

Logistics management for storing multiple cask plug and remote handling systems in ITER
Rodrigo Ventura, João Ferreira, Iulian Filip, Alberto Vale.
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 88 (2013) 2062–2066.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.02.036

Motion planning and localization approaches for mobile robot navigation in ITER
A. Vale, F. Valente, I. Ribeiro, J. Ferreira, R. Ventura.
Robótica Magazine, number 91, 2nd trimester, 2013.
ISSN: 0874-9019.

Path Following Control of Rhombic Like Vehicles: Performance Assessment with Dynamic Vehicle Model
Nuno Silva, Alberto Vale and Luca Baglivo
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO2013), Vol. 2, 48-57, Reykjavik, Iceland, SciTePress, 29-31 July 2013.
DOI: 10.5220/0004439500480057

Comparison of different approaches for mobile robot localization using onboard laser range finder
Mattia Tavernini, Alberto Vale, João Ferreira, Luca Baglivo and Mariolino De Cecco
Accepted to the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO2013).

Vehicle localization system using off-board range sensor network
J. Ferreira, A. Vale, R. Ventura
Proceedings of the 8th IFAC Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles Symposium (IAV2013), Vol. 8, part 1, pp 102-107, Gold Coast, Australia, 26-28 June 2013.
DOI: 10.3182/20130626-3-AU-2035.00032

Four New Path Following Controllers for Rhombic Like Vehicles
Nuno Silva, Luca Baglivo, Alberto Vale, Mariolino De Cecco
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), 3204-3211, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631023

Fast Marching in motion planning for rhombic like vehicles operating in ITER
Javier V. Gómez, Alberto Vale, Filipe Valente, João Ferreira, Santiago Garrido and Luis Moreno
Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), 5513-5518, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013.
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631371

Bringing the Power of the Sun to Earth: Portuguese Contribution
Bruno Gonçalves, Alberto Vale, Carlos Silva
Técnica 01, Engineering Magazine, March 2013.
ISSN 0040-1714.

Performance Study of the FM2 Planning Method for Remote Handling Operations in ITER
J. V. Gómez, S. Garrido, L. Moreno, A. Vale, F. Valente, J. Ferreira.
In Book: 2nd Workshop on Fusion Technologies and the Contribution of TECHNOFUSIÓN. Sección de Publicaciones de la UC3M 2012.
ISBN: 978-84-695-6616-9.

Localization of Cask and Plug Remote Handling System in ITER using multiple Video Cameras
João Ferreira, Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro
Presented as a poster in the 27th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2012), Liège, Belgium, 24 - 28 September 2012.

Logistics Management for Parking Multiple Cask Plug and Remote Handling Systems in ITER
Rodrigo Ventura, João Ferreira, Iulian Filip, Alberto Vale
Presented as a poster in the 27th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2012), Liège, Belgium, 24 - 28 September 2012.

Flexible Path Optimization for the Cask and Plug Remote Handling System in ITER
Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Filipe Valente, João Ferreira, Isabel Ribeiro, Carmen Gonzalez
Presented as a poster in the 27th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2012), Liège, Belgium, 24 - 28 September 2012.

Motion planning and localization approaches for mobile robot navigation in ITER
A. Vale, F. Valente, I. Ribeiro, J. Ferreira and R. Ventura
Proceedings Robótica'2012, pages 75-80, Guimarães, Portugal. Best presentation award.
ISBN: 978-972-98603-4-8. (PDF)

The Remote Handling Systems for ITER
I. Ribeiro, C. Damiani, A. Tesini, S. Kakudate, M. Siuko, C. Neri.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 86 (2011) 471–477.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.01.138

Optimized Trajectories of the Transfer Cask System in ITER
Filipe Valente, Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Isabel Ribeiro.
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 86 (2011) 1967–1970.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.12.027

Mobile Robot Navigation for Remote Handling operations in ITER
Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro
III Workshop de Robótica: Robótica Experimental, 28-29 Noviembre 2011. Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de la Universidad de Sevilla, España. (PDF)

Motion Planning for a Rhombic-Like Vehicle Operating in ITER Scenarios
Daniel Fonte.
MSc Thesis, June 2011, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Miguel Ayala Botto.
Best master thesis award from the Portuguese Robotics Society in 2011. (link)

Path Optimization of Rhombic-Like Vehicles: An Approach Based on Rigid Body Dynamic
Daniel Fonte, Filipe Valente, Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro.
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), 106-111, Tallinn, Estonia, June 20-23, 2011.
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2011.6088557

Behavior of Digital and Analog Controller Devices for Manual Driving of Rhombic like Vehicles
João Bivar, Alberto Vale.
Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2011), 1065-1070, Corfu, Greece, June 20-23 2011.
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2011.5983033

Sensor Network and Localization methods for a mobile robot
João Ferreira.
MSc Thesis, December 2010, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal,
supervised by Alberto Vale and Rodrigo Ventura. Honorable mention from the Portuguese Robotics Society award in 2010. (link)

The Remote Handling Systems for ITER
I. Ribeiro, C. Damiani, A. Tesini, S. Kakudate, M. Siuko, C. Neri.
Presented as an invited plenary tak in the 26th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2010), Porto, Portugal, 27 September - 1 October 2010. (PDF)

ITER Transfer Cask System: status of design, issues and future development
C. González, C. Damiani, J-P Friconneau, A. Tesini, I. Ribeiro, A. Vale.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 85 (2010), 2295-2299.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.09.010

Optimized Trajectories of the Transfer Cask System in ITER
Filipe Valente, Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Isabel Ribeiro.
Presented as a poster in the 26th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2010), Porto, Portugal, 27 September - 1 October 2010. (PDF)

Optimizing range finder sensor network coverage in Indoor Environment
J. Ferreira, A. Vale, R. Ventura.
7th Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV2010), 282-287, Italy, September 2010.
DOI: 10.3182/20100906-3-IT-2019.00050

A motion planning methodology for rhombic-like vehicles for ITER remote handling operations
D. Fonte, F. Valente, A. Vale, I. Ribeiro.
7th Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV2010), 443-448, Italy, September 2010.
DOI: 10.3182/20100906-3-IT-2019.00077

Challenges of the Transfer Cask System Operation in ITER
Ribeiro I., Vale A., Ruibanys P., Queral V..
Highlighting Portuguese Science - Associate Laboratories' Review, July, 2010, pp.70-71. (PDF)

From CAD to a ITER Tokamak Building Maquette: Support to Remote Handling Operations
Pedro Diogo and Alberto Vale.
CIENCIA 2010, 4-7 July 2010, Lisbon Congress Center, Lisboa, Portugal.

ITER Transfer Cask System: status of design, issues and future development
C. González, C. Damiani, J-P Friconneau, A. Tesini, I. Ribeiro, A. Vale.
Presented as a poster in the 9th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, China, October 2009.

Geometric Feasibility of the ITER Air Cushion Remote Handling Casks and Extensions to Free Roaming Navigation
Isabel Ribeiro, Pedro Lima, Pedro Aparício.
Technical Report, RT-402-98, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, June 1998. (PDF)

Active Docking of a Transport Cask Vehicle Subject to 6 Degrees of Freedom Misalignments
Isabel Ribeiro, Pedro Lima, Pedro Aparício, Renato Ferreira.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, San Diego, USA, October 1997, pp. 973-976. (PDF)

Conceptual Study on Flexible Guidance and Navigation for ITER Remote Handling Transport Casks
Isabel Ribeiro, Pedro Lima, Pedro Aparício, Renato Ferreira.
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, San Diego, USA, October 1997, pp. 969-972. (PDF)

Conceptual Study on Flexible Guidance and Navigation for ITER Remote Handling Transport Casks
Isabel Ribeiro, Pedro Lima, Pedro Aparício, Renato Ferreira.
Technical Report, RT-401-97, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, April 1997.