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Publications in Journals

2027

#32) Nonlinear trajectory tracking control of a towed vessel by a single autonomous tug

Xuanzhi Zhu, Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, IF: 6.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 19/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#31) Event-triggered neural network adaptive hybrid attitude control

João Silvestre, Joel Reis, Pedro Casau, Paulo Oliveira

Published in Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems , IF: 3.2, Edition: SCI, Rank: 15/345, Q1 in Mathematics, Applied

2026

#30) QuadRocket: an aerial robotic testbed for adaptive thrust-vector control of rocket-like vehicles

Pedro Santos, Joel Reis, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IF: 7.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 4/59, Q1 in Engineering, Aerospace

#29) Geometric reduced-attitude tracking under a time-varying conic constraint via smooth reference-shaping

Pedro Santos, Joel Reis, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Control Systems Letters, IF: 1.9, Edition: ESCI, Rank: 52/88, Q3 in Automation & Control Systems

#28) Attitude estimation on SO(3) under biased, scaled, and misaligned rate gyro measurements

Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IF: 7.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 12/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#27) Koopman-based discrete-time controller design for nonlinear flexible spacecraft dynamics

Maria Khodaverdian, Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IF: 7.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 4/59, Q1 in Engineering, Aerospace

#26) Bottom-following control of AUVs using multibeam forward-looking sonar

Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Control Engineering Practice, IF: 5.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 21/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#25) Hybrid triggering adaptive prescribed performance control of underactuated UAVs

Linghuan Kong, Joel Reis, Wei He, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF: 7.4, Edition: SCI, Rank: 11/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#24) Trajectory generation and extended high-gain observer-based output feedback control for an underactuated flying inverted pendulum

Weiming Yang, Joel Reis, Gan Yu, Linghuan Kong, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IF: 7.9, Edition: SCI, Rank: 10/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

2025

#23) Output feedback control of an underactuated flying inverted pendulum

Weiming Yang, Joel Reis, Gan Yu, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Control Engineering Practice, IF: 5.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 21/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#22) Event-triggered prescribed-time tracking control for UAVs using polynomial error trajectories

Linghuan Kong, Joel Reis, Wei He, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IF: 7.9, Edition: SCI, Rank: 10/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#21) On the asymptotic stability of 2-D linear inhomogeneous systems

Yanhao Ju, Joel Reis, Yuangong Sun, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IF: 7.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 12/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#20) Kinematics-informed neural network control on SO(3)

Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Automatica, IF: 6.2, Edition: SCI, Rank: 18/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

2024

#19) On dynamic performance control for a quadrotor-slung-load system with unknown load mass

Linghuan Kong, Joel Reis, Wei He, Xinbo Yu, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Automatica, IF: 6.2, Edition: SCI, Rank: 18/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#18) Robust nonlinear 3D control of an inverted pendulum balanced on a quadrotor

Weiming Yang, Gan Yu, Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Automatica, IF: 6.2, Edition: SCI, Rank: 18/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#17) Experimental validation of a robust prescribed performance nonlinear controller for an unmanned aerial vehicle with unknown mass

Linghuan Kong, Joel Reis, Wei He, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IF: 6.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 17/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

2023

#16) Comprehensive nonlinear control strategy for VTOL-UAVs with windowed output constraints

Linghuan Kong, Joel Reis, Wei He, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IF: 4.4, Edition: SCI, Rank: 23/88, Q2 in Automation & Control Systems

#15) Kalman-based velocity-free trajectory tracking control of an underactuated aerial vehicle with unknown system dynamics

Joel Reis, Gan Yu, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Automatica, IF: 6.2, Edition: SCI, Rank: 18/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#14) Reduced-complexity active disturbance rejection controller for quadrotor-slung-load transportation

Gan Yu, Joel Reis, David Cabecinhas, Rita Cunha, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems , IF: 8.4, Edition: SCI, Rank: 9/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#13) Discrete-time Kalman filter for heave motion estimation

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Ocean Engineering, IF: 6.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 1/26, Q1 in Engineering, Marine

#12) Quadrotor neural network adaptive control: Design and experimental validation

Gan Yu, Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IF: 5.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 15/48, Q2 in Robotics

#11) Nonlinear backstepping controller for an underactuated ASV with model parametric uncertainty: Design and experimental validation

Joel Reis, Wei Xie, David Cabecinhas, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, IF: 14.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 7/368, Q1 in Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

2022

#10) High performance quadrotor slung load transportation with damped oscillations

Joel Reis, Gan Yu, David Cabecinhas, Carlos Silvestre

Published in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, IF: 3.1, Edition: SCI, Rank: 20/345, Q1 in Mathematics, Applied

#9) Earth velocity and rigid-body attitude estimation on SO(3) using biased measurements

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IF: 6.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 17/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

2021

#8) Attitude, body-fixed Earth rotation rate, and sensor bias estimation using single observations of direction of gravitational field

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Automatica, IF: 6.2, Edition: SCI, Rank: 18/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

2020

#7) Design and experimental validation of a nonlinear controller for underactuated surface vessels

Wei Xie, Joel Reis, David Cabecinhas, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Nonlinear Dynamics, IF: 5.7, Edition: SCI, Rank: 20/172, Q1 in Mechanics

#6) Kalman filter cascade for attitude estimation on rotating earth

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IF: 6.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 17/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

2019

#5) Attitude estimation using high-grade gyroscopes

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Control Engineering Practice, IF: 5.3, Edition: SCI, Rank: 21/88, Q1 in Automation & Control Systems

#4) Calibration of high-grade inertial measurement units using a rate table

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Sensors Letters, IF: 2.4, Edition: ESCI, Rank: 40/81, Q2 in Instruments & Instrumentation

#3) Nonlinear observer on SO(3) for attitude estimation on rotating earth using single vector measurements

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Control Systems Letters, IF: 1.9, Edition: ESCI, Rank: 52/88, Q3 in Automation & Control Systems

2018

#2) Source localization based on acoustic single direction measurements

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IF: 7.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 4/59, Q1 in Engineering, Aerospace

2016

#1) Design and experimental validation of a USBL underwater acoustic positioning system

Joel Reis, Marco Morgado, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Published in Sensors, IF: 4.0, Edition: SCI, Rank: 24/81, Q2 in Instruments & Instrumentation

Publications in Conferences

#6) Bottom-following control of AUVs using multibeam forward-looking sonar

Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Presented in IFAC World Congress, Busan, Republic of Korea, 2026

#5) Kalman filter as observer and smoother for rigid-body motion control applications

Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Presented in IFAC Workshop on Aerospace Control Education, Bertinoro, Italy, 2024

#4) Event-triggered trajectory tracking control of an underactuated autonomous surface vessel

Pedro Casau, Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre

Presented in American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2022

#3) Attitude observers aided by implicit measurements of the Earth angular velocity

Joel Reis, Carlos Silvestre, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira

Presented in Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju, Republic of Korea, 2020

#2) Nonlinear attitude observer on SO(3) based on single body-vector measurements

Joel Reis, Pedro Batista, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre

Presented in Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018

#1) Filter design for localization aided by direction and Doppler measurements

Joel Reis, Paulo Oliveira, Pedro Batista, Carlos Silvestre

Presented in International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 2014

Joel Oliveira Reis

List of Publications

Publications in Journals

#32) Nonlinear trajectory tracking control of a towed vessel by a single autonomous tug

#31) Event-triggered neural network adaptive hybrid attitude control

#30) QuadRocket: an aerial robotic testbed for adaptive thrust-vector control of rocket-like vehicles

#29) Geometric reduced-attitude tracking under a time-varying conic constraint via smooth reference-shaping

#28) Attitude estimation on SO(3) under biased, scaled, and misaligned rate gyro measurements

#27) Koopman-based discrete-time controller design for nonlinear flexible spacecraft dynamics

#26) Bottom-following control of AUVs using multibeam forward-looking sonar

#25) Hybrid triggering adaptive prescribed performance control of underactuated UAVs

#24) Trajectory generation and extended high-gain observer-based output feedback control for an underactuated flying inverted pendulum

#23) Output feedback control of an underactuated flying inverted pendulum

#22) Event-triggered prescribed-time tracking control for UAVs using polynomial error trajectories

#21) On the asymptotic stability of 2-D linear inhomogeneous systems

#20) Kinematics-informed neural network control on SO(3)

#19) On dynamic performance control for a quadrotor-slung-load system with unknown load mass

#18) Robust nonlinear 3D control of an inverted pendulum balanced on a quadrotor

#17) Experimental validation of a robust prescribed performance nonlinear controller for an unmanned aerial vehicle with unknown mass

#16) Comprehensive nonlinear control strategy for VTOL-UAVs with windowed output constraints

#15) Kalman-based velocity-free trajectory tracking control of an underactuated aerial vehicle with unknown system dynamics

#14) Reduced-complexity active disturbance rejection controller for quadrotor-slung-load transportation

#13) Discrete-time Kalman filter for heave motion estimation

#12) Quadrotor neural network adaptive control: Design and experimental validation

#11) Nonlinear backstepping controller for an underactuated ASV with model parametric uncertainty: Design and experimental validation

#10) High performance quadrotor slung load transportation with damped oscillations

#9) Earth velocity and rigid-body attitude estimation on SO(3) using biased measurements

#8) Attitude, body-fixed Earth rotation rate, and sensor bias estimation using single observations of direction of gravitational field

#7) Design and experimental validation of a nonlinear controller for underactuated surface vessels

#6) Kalman filter cascade for attitude estimation on rotating earth

#5) Attitude estimation using high-grade gyroscopes

#4) Calibration of high-grade inertial measurement units using a rate table

#3) Nonlinear observer on SO(3) for attitude estimation on rotating earth using single vector measurements

#2) Source localization based on acoustic single direction measurements

#1) Design and experimental validation of a USBL underwater acoustic positioning system

Publications in Conferences

#6) Bottom-following control of AUVs using multibeam forward-looking sonar

#5) Kalman filter as observer and smoother for rigid-body motion control applications

#4) Event-triggered trajectory tracking control of an underactuated autonomous surface vessel

#3) Attitude observers aided by implicit measurements of the Earth angular velocity

#2) Nonlinear attitude observer on SO(3) based on single body-vector measurements

#1) Filter design for localization aided by direction and Doppler measurements