Publications

Please See the updated list on my (Google Scholar Profile)

Journal Papers:

1. Human-Drone Collaboration via Mixed-Reality for Efficient Navigation and Interaction in Constrained Environments: A Comprehensive User Case Study, Luca Morando, Xynguan Zhou, XFarokh Atashzar, and Giuseppe Loianno. Autonomous Robots, 2025, [video]
2. Thermal and Visual Tracking of Photovoltaic Plants for Autonomous UAVInspection, Luca Morando, , Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, Jacopo Calla, Paolo Scuteri, and Antonio Sgorbissa. MDPI Drones, 2023 [paper]
3. Social Drone Sharing to Increase UAV Patrolling Autonomy in Pre- and Post-Emergency Scenarios Isabella Sole Bisio, Luca Morando, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto and Antonio Sgorbissa. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 [paper]

Conference Papers:

1. Wind-Aware Optimal Trajectory Planning for Efficient Gliding of Fixed-Wing Aerial Systems, Luca Morando, Nishanth Bobbili, Luca Masci, and Giuseppe LoiannoP 2026 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), ICRA 2026 (under review)
2. Flying Together: Human-Guided Immersive Shared Control for Aerial Robot Teams in Unknown Environments, Lou DeBel Air, Luca Morando, Keru Wang, Yang Zhou, Benjamin Jarvis, Charbel Toumieh, Ken Perlin, Dario Floreano and Giuseppe Loianno. 2026 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), ICRA 2026 (under review)
3. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Trajectory Tracking of Differentially Flat Fixed-Wing Aerial Systems, Pratyash Rao*, Nishanth Bobbili*, Luca Morando, Luca Masci and Giuseppe Loianno. 2026 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), ICRA 2026 (under review)
4. Trajectory Planning and Control for Differentially Flat Fixed-Wing Aerial Systems, Luca Morando*, Sanket A. Salunke*, Nishanth Bobbili, Luca Masci, Jeffrey Mao, Cristino de Souza, Hung Ngyen and Giuseppe Loianno. 2025 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), ICRA 2025 [paper], [video]
5. Enhancing Human-Drone Spatial Awareness with a Mixed Reality Interface for Drone Assisted Interactive Navigation, Sanket A. Salunkhe*, Pranav Nedunghat*, Luca Morando, Guanrui Li, and Giuseppe Loianno. 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), ICUAS 2025 [paper], [video]
6. Spatial Assisted Human-Drone Collaborative Navigation and Interaction through Immersive Mixed Reality, Luca Morando, and Giuseppe Loianno. 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), ICRA 2024 [paper] [video]
7. Social Drone Sharing to Increase the UAV Patrolling Autonomy in Emergency Scenarios, Luca Morando, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, and Antonio Sgorbissa. IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), RO-MAN 2020[paper]
8. Optimization based approach for UAV Patrolling Energy Autonomy Extension in Emergency Scenarios, Luca Morando, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, and Antonio Sgorbissa. Second Italian Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Machines (I-RIM), RO-MAN 2020

Workshop papers:

1. Trajectory Planning and Control for Differentially Flat Fixed-Wing Aerial Systems , Luca Morando*, Sanket A. Salunke*, Nishanth Bobbili, Luca Masci, Jeffrey Mao, Cristino de Souza, Hung Ngyen and Giuseppe Loianno. Robots in the Wild, ICRA 2025 Conference, Field Robotics, ICRA 2025 Conference, Beyond the Lab: Robust Planning and Control in Real World Scenarios, ICRA 2025 Conference ICRA 2025
2. Spatial Assisted Human-Drone Collaborative Navigation and Interaction through Immersive Mixed Reality , Luca Morando, and Giuseppe Loianno. Towards Collaborative Partners: Design, Shared Control, and Robot Learning for Physical Human-Robot Interaction, ICRA 2024, 2019

Ph.D. Thesis:

1. Hierarchical, Multi-layer and Human Aware Solution For The Deployment Of Autonomous Aerial Robots In Large Areas Monitoring And Inspection Scenarios, Luca Morando, Giuseppe Loianno and Antonio Sgorbissa. Ph.D. Thesis for International Degree in Robotics and Automation, University of Genova, New York University[paper]

Nomination and Awards:

1. Nomination as Best Paper Finalist for Aerial Robotics: Applications section at ICRA 2024 Conference at Yokohama in Japan

Newspaper Article:

1. Secolo XIX, Italian Newspaper. Full article about my story from UNIGE, passing through New York and finally at U.C. Berkeley with a full description of my aerial robotics research</b>[Article]