By Professor Matt Garratt

Journal articles

Hafeez H; Iyer S; Sowmya A; Plested J; Garratt M, 2026, 'Object detection and tracking in 360 degree omnidirectional images: A review', Neurocomputing, 700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2026.134434

Tran VP; Garratt MA; Kasmarik K; Anavatti SG, 2026, 'Hybrid swarm intelligence framework for online gas field estimation in cluttered environments using online Newton learning', Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115583

Munasinghe I; Dombawala C; Perera A; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2026, 'SBCR-A*: Supercover-Based Corridor Reconstruction for Optimal Path Length in Grid-Based Navigation', Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-026-02450-5

Li X; Tran VP; Annavati SG; Garratt M, 2026, 'Physics Informed Fuzzy Extended State Observer-Based Active Adaptive Control for Flapping-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles', IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 34, pp. 2820 - 2834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TFUZZ.2026.3701775

Veda A; Ihtisham Babar M; Garratt M; Srinivasan M; Ravi S, 2026, 'Bees in clutter: observing flight strategies to inspire visually guided autonomous navigation', Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ae76a2

Pham LTA; Tran VP; Muthusamy PK; Garratt MA; Nguyen NP, 2026, 'Nonlinear Disturbance Observer-Based Adaptive Flight Control for Nano Quadcopter Systems in Strong Wind Gusts', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 11, pp. 695 - 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2026.3682553

Munasinghe I; Perera A; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2026, 'UGV Path Optimization in UAV-Assisted Environments Using Visibility-Aware Path Simplification', Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 15, pp. 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jsan15030041

Jakobi TR; Garratt M; Srinivasan MV; Ravi S, 2026, 'Threading the needle: spatial constraints sharpen visual sensitivity in honeybees', Biology Letters, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0849

Xie K; Plested J; Garratt M, 2026, 'Dual-Input Spatiotemporal Deep Learning With ConvLSTM-U-Net for Gas Dispersion Prediction From Sparse Mobile Sensor Data', IEEE Sensors Journal, 26, pp. 15513 - 15523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2026.3680011

Ghanem R; Ali IM; Kasmarik K; Garratt M, 2026, 'A decision support framework on simulation fidelity for transferable and autonomously optimised swarm behaviour', International Journal of Production Research, 64, pp. 3066 - 3087, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2025.2587219

Desai R; Garratt MA; Srinivasan MV; Ravi S, 2026, 'Effects of object motion on visual acuity in honeybees', Journal of Experimental Biology, 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251776

Mohiuddin MB; Boiko I; Tran VP; Garratt M; Abdallah A; Zweiri Y, 2025, 'Reinforcement learning for end-to-end UAV slung-load navigation and obstacle avoidance', Scientific Reports, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-18220-6

Ghanem R; Ali IM; Kasmarik K; Garratt M, 2025, 'Simulation-based multi-objective optimization for mission specific tuning of swarming robots', Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 99, pp. 102215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2025.102215

Debie E; Kasmarik K; Garrat M, 2025, 'Task-focused robotic swarming: Maximising effectiveness via specialised roles', Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2025.105133

Jakobi T; Garratt M; Srinivasan M; Ravi S, 2025, 'How honeybees perceive and traverse apertures', Journal of Experimental Biology, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250145

Tran VP; Perera AG; Garratt MA; Kasmarik K; Anavatti SG, 2025, 'Active Sensing Strategy: Multi-Modal, Multi-Robot Source Localization and Mapping in Real-World Settings With Fixed One-Way Switching', Journal of Field Robotics, 42, pp. 1166 - 1190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.22441

Mahima KTY; Perera AG; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2025, 'FlowCraft: Unveiling adversarial robustness of LiDAR scene flow estimation', Pattern Recognition Letters, 191, pp. 37 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2025.02.029

Abpeikar S; Garratt M; Anavatti S; Ghanem R; Kasmarik K, 2025, 'A Dual-Task Deep Reinforcement Learning and Domain Transfer Architecture for Bootstrapping Swarming Collective Motion Skills', IEEE Systems Journal, 19, pp. 327 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2025.3536783

Ghanem R; Ali IM; Abpeikar S; Kasmarik K; Garratt M, 2025, 'Optimizing and predicting swarming collective motion performance for coverage problems solving: A simulation-optimization approach', Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 139, pp. 109522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2024.109522

Hayajneh MR; Garibeh MH; Younes AB; Garratt MA, 2025, 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning Using Acceleration-Based Potential Field Methods', Electronics Switzerland, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics14010176

Liu J; Anavatti S; Garratt M; Abbass HA, 2024, 'A hierarchical mission planning system for multi-uncrewed ground vehicles using fast cost evaluation and ant colony optimisation', Information Sciences, 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2024.121029

Tran VP; Garratt MA; Anavatti SG; Ravi S, 2024, 'Collaborative gas source localization strategy with networked nano-drones in unknown cluttered environments', Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2024.101615

Desai R; Garratt MA; Srinivasan MV; Ravi S, 2024, 'Honey bee foraging behaviour can be influenced by preferencesfor oscillating flowers', Animal Behaviour, 214, pp. 147 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.06.005

Muthusamy PK; Suthar B; Muthusamy R; Garratt M; Pota H; Seneviratne L; Zweiri Y, 2024, 'Self-Organizing BFBEL Control System for a UAV Under Wind Disturbance', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 71, pp. 5021 - 5033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2023.3285922

Singh S; Garratt M; Srinivasan M; Ravi S, 2024, 'Analysis of collision avoidance in honeybee flight', Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0601

Pham HQ; Singh S; Garratt M; Ravi S, 2024, 'Controlling a bio-inspired miniature blimp using a depth sensing neural-network camera', Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ad1ef1

Debie E; Kasmarik K; Garratt M, 2024, 'Swarm Robotics: A Survey from a Multi-Tasking Perspective', ACM Computing Surveys, 56, pp. 1 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3611652

Muthusamy PK; Tran VP; Garratt M; Annavati S; Pota H; Kok JM, 2024, 'Resilient Flight Control for a 32g Nano Helicopter', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 71, pp. 16057 - 16067, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2024.3387096

Bhat SS; Anavatti SG; Garratt M; Ravi S, 2024, 'Review of autonomous outdoor blimps and their applications', Drone Systems and Applications, 12, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/dsa-2023-0052

Tran VP; Mabrok MA; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA; Petersen IR, 2024, 'Robust Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Second-Order Euler-Lagrange Systems With Uncertainties and Disturbances via Nonlinear Negative-Imaginary Systems Theory', IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 54, pp. 5102 - 5114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2024.3365554

Yasas Mahima KT; Perera AG; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2024, 'Toward Robust 3D Perception for Autonomous Vehicles: A Review of Adversarial Attacks and Countermeasures', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25, pp. 19176 - 19202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2024.3456293

Mahima KTY; Perera A; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2023, 'Exploring Adversarial Robustness of LiDAR Semantic Segmentation in Autonomous Driving', Sensors, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23239579

Tran VP; Perera A; Garratt MA; Kasmarik K; Anavatti SG, 2023, 'Coverage Path Planning With Budget Constraints for Multiple Unmanned Ground Vehicles', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24, pp. 12506 - 12522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2023.3285624

Tran VP; Mabrok MA; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA; Petersen IR, 2023, 'Robust Fuzzy Q-Learning-Based Strictly Negative Imaginary Tracking Controllers for the Uncertain Quadrotor Systems', IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 53, pp. 5108 - 5120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2022.3175366

Nguyen H; Hussein A; Garratt MA; Abbass HA, 2023, 'Swarm Metaverse for Multi-Level Autonomy Using Digital Twins', Sensors, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23104892

Al-Mahturi A; Santoso F; Garratt MA; Anavatti SG, 2023, 'A Novel Evolving Type-2 Fuzzy System for Controlling a Mobile Robot under Large Uncertainties', Robotics, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/robotics12020040

Tran VP; Garratt MA; Kasmarik K; Anavatti SG, 2023, 'Dynamic Frontier-Led Swarming: Multi-Robot Repeated Coverage in Dynamic Environments', IEEE Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica, 10, pp. 646 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2023.123087

Tran VP; Garratt MA; Kasmarik K; Anavatti SG; Leong AS; Zamani M, 2023, 'Multi-gas source localization and mapping by flocking robots', Information Fusion, 91, pp. 665 - 680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2022.11.001

Francis S; Anavatti S; Garratt M; Hassan O; Ali S, 2023, 'Dense Scene Flow Estimation with the GVF Snake Model for Obstacle Detection Using a 3D Sensor in the Path-Planning Module', International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2023-0015

Abpeikar S; Kasmarik K; Garratt M, 2023, 'Iterative transfer learning for automatic collective motion tuning on multiple robot platforms', Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 17, pp. 1113991, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2023.1113991

Dong X; Garratt MA; Anavatti SG; Abbass HA, 2022, 'MobileXNet: An Efficient Convolutional Neural Network for Monocular Depth Estimation', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23, pp. 20134 - 20147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2022.3179365

Long NK; Sgarioto D; Garratt M; Sammut K, 2022, 'Response component analysis for sea state estimation using artificial neural networks and vessel response spectral data', Applied Ocean Research, 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2022.103320

Dong X; Garratt MA; Anavatti SG; Abbass HA, 2022, 'Towards Real-Time Monocular Depth Estimation for Robotics: A Survey', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23, pp. 16940 - 16961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2022.3160741

Liu J; Anavatti S; Garratt M; Abbass HA, 2022, 'Modified continuous Ant Colony Optimisation for multiple Unmanned Ground Vehicle path planning', Expert Systems with Applications, 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.116605

Liu J; Anavatti S; Garratt M; Tan KC; Abbass HA, 2022, 'A survey, taxonomy and progress evaluation of three decades of swarm optimisation', Artificial Intelligence Review, 55, pp. 3607 - 3725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10462-021-10095-z

Rajamohan D; Kim J; Garratt M; Pickering M, 2022, 'Image based Localization under large perspective difference between Sfm and SLAM using split sim(3) optimization', Autonomous Robots, 46, pp. 437 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10514-021-10031-8

Liu J; Anavatti S; Garratt M; Abbass HA, 2022, 'Multi-operator continuous ant colony optimisation for real world problems', Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2021.100984

Muthusamy PK; Garratt M; Pota H; Muthusamy R, 2022, 'Real-Time Adaptive Intelligent Control System for Quadcopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicles With Payload Uncertainties', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69, pp. 1641 - 1653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2021.3055170

Al-Mahasneh AJ; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2022, 'Online Model-Free Reinforcement Learning for Output Feedback Tracking Control of a Class of Discrete-Time Systems with Input Saturation', IEEE Access, 10, pp. 104966 - 104979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3210136

Abpeikar S; Kasmarik K; Garratt M; Hunjet R; Khan M; Qiu H, 2022, 'Automatic Collective Motion Tuning using Actor-Critic Deep Reinforcement Learning', Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 72, pp. 101085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2022.101085

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