Luis Rodolfo GARCIA CARRILLO
Curriculum Vitae
Luis Rodolfo GARCIA CARRILLO
College of Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5797
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5797
email: luis.garcia@tamucc.edu
phone: +1 (361) 825-3652
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My expertise draws from the areas of robotics, computer vision, and control theory. The study of
these fields together with the essential underlying physics and sensors of unmanned agents problems allows the development of low-level autopilot strategies for stability, as well as of visionbased higher-level functions for path planning. Experimental validation of my theoretical developments include autonomous navigation of small UAVs in hostile environments where human
interactions are limited or not possible.
EDUCATION
• Ph.D., Control Systems
Sept, 2011
- Institution: University of Technology of Compiègne. Compiègne, France
- Dissertation Title: Vision-based hovering and trajectory tracking of a quad-rotor
- Adviser: Rogelio Lozano
• M.Sc., Electrical Engineering
Sept, 2007
- Institution: Institute of Technology of La Laguna. Coahuila, México
- Dissertation: Computer vision techniques for automatic takeoff and landing of helicopters
- Adviser: Alejandro Dzul
• B.Sc., Electronic Engineering
- Institution: Institute of Technology of La Laguna. Coahuila, México
May, 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences (ENCS)
College of Science and Engineering (S&E)
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX, USA
July, 2013 - Present
• Postdoctoral Researcher
Feb, 2012 - June 2013
Center for Control, Dynamical-Systems, and Computation (CCDC)
Institute of Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Project: Bio-inspired global video tracking by networks of unmanned aircraft systems
Activities: Development and implementation of swarming-inspired estimation algorithms,
with the objective of allowing groups of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to cooperatively
estimate the position of target agents.
Grant: W911NF-09-D-0001 from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO).
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• Visiting Researcher
French-Mexican Laboratory on Computer Science and Control
CINVESTAV - IPN, México D.F., México
Grant: National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Oct, 2011 - Jan, 2012
• Graduate Student Researcher
Sept 2008 - Sept 2011
Heuristics and Diagnostics for Complex Systems (Heudiasyc)
University of Technology of Compiègne. Compiègne, France
Project: Autonomous Take-off and Landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Adviser: Rogelio Lozano
Grant: National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Picardie French Region
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor
July, 2013 - Present
– Institution: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
– Course: ENGR2326 - Dynamics (Fall 2013)
• Teaching Assistant
Sept, 2008 - Sept, 2011
– Institution: University of Technology of Compiègne. Compiègne, France
– Course: SIT58 - Control and observation of embedded real-time systems
Activities: Led discussions, laboratory experiments, and tutorials for the students enrolled.
Evaluation and examinations of assignments, record of grades and student progress, maintain
regular office hours to meet with students. Introduced new graduate students to computer
vision basics, both in theory and practical aspects.
• Robotics Mentor
Sept 2012 - June 2013
– Institution: Santa Barbara High School. Santa Barbara, California
– Course: Physics & Green Engineering - Robotics
Activities: Introducing students to the basics of robotics, computer programming, sensing
devices, actuators, and development of simple control algorithms.
AWARDS
• 2014 National System of Researchers SNI - Level I (granted by CONACYT - Mexico)
This award recognizes the work of a mexican researcher dedicated to the production of scientific knowledge and technology.
PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIPS
• France: Ph.D. studies financial support, provided the French Picardie Region project “ALTO”
(2008-2011)
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• México: Grants provided by the “Mexican National Council on Science and Technology
(CONACYT)”: Postdoctoral Researcher (2012), Ph.D. Studies (2008-2011), M.Sc. Studies
(2005-2007). M.Sc. Studies Grant provided by the General Directorate for Technological
Higher Education (2007).
PUBLICATIONS
Books
[1] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, A. Dzul, R. Lozano and C. Pégard. Quad Rotorcraft Control: VisionBased Hovering and Navigation. Springer, September 2012.
Journal Publications (ISI-Thomson JCR)
Submitted / Under review / In preparation
[1] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, K.G. Vamvoudakis, J.P. Hespanha. “Intelligent Optimal Tracking for
UAVs under Adversarial Inputs”. In preparation, 2013.
[2] K.G. Vamvoudakis, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, J.P. Hespanha. “Learning Consensus of Double
Integrator Multi-Agents in the Presence of Adversaries”. In preparation, 2013.
[3] A. Ramı́rez, E.S. Espinoza, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, S. Mondié, A. Garcı́a, and R. Lozano. “Stability Analysis of a Vision-Based UAV Controller: An Application to Autonomous Road
Following Missions”, Submitted to Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2013.
[4] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, W.J. Russell, J.P. Hespanha, and G.E. Collins. “State Estimation of
Multi-Agent Systems under Impulsive Noise and Disturbances”. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2013.
[5] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, G. Flores, G. Sanahuja, and R. Lozano. “Quad Rotorcraft Switching
Control: An Application for the Task of Path Following”. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on
Control Systems Technology, 2013.
[6] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, I. Fantoni, E. Rondon, A. Dzul. “3-dimensional Position and Velocity Regulation of a Quad-rotor Using Optical Flow”. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2013.
Accepted / Published
[7] A. Ramı́rez, E.S. Espinoza, L.R.Garcı́a Carrillo, S. Mondié, A. Garcı́a, and R. Lozano, ”Stability Analysis of a Vision-Based UAV Controller: An Application to Autonomous Road
Following Missions”. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, to appear 2013.
[8] J.E. Gomez Balderas, G. Flores, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo and R. Lozano. “Tracking a Ground
Moving Target with a Quadrotor Using Switching Control”. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic
Systems, vol. 70, issue 1-4, pp. 65-78, April 2013.
[9] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, A. Dzul and R. Lozano. “Hovering quad-rotor control: A comparison of
nonlinear controllers using visual feedback”. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic
Systems, vol. 48, issue 4, pp. 3159-3170, October 2012.
[10] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, A. Dzul, R. Lozano and C. Pégard. “Combining Stereo Vision and Inertial Navigation System for a Quad-Rotor UAV”. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
vol. 65, issue 1-4, pp. 373-387, January 2012.
[11] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E. Rondón, A. Sanchez, A. Dzul and R. Lozano. “Stabilization and
trajectory tracking of a quad-rotor UAV using vision”. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic
Systems, vol. 61, issue 1-4, pp. 103-118, January 2011.
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[12] A. Sanchez, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E. Rondón, R. Lozano and O. Garcı́a. “Hovering flight
improvement of a quad-rotor mini UAV using brushless DC motors”. Journal of Intelligent
and Robotic Systems, vol. 61, issue 1-4, pp. 85-101, January 2011.
Book Chapters
[1] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, J.A. Guerrero and R. Lozano. “Towards Vision based Coordination of
Quadrotor Platoons”. In UAV Flight Formation Control, chapter 9, pp. 225-245, ISTE Ltd and
John Wiley & Sons Inc., March 2012.
[2] A. Sanchez, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E. Rondón and O. Garcı́a. “Improving attitude stabilization of a quad-rotor using motor current feedback”. In Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Embedded
Control, chapter 7, pp. 133-152, ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc., June 2010.
Conference Publications
Submitted / Under review / In preparation
[1] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo and D. Um, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site Selection and UAV
for next generation”. Submitted to International Conference and Exhibition on Mechanical
& Aerospace Engineering, 2013
Accepted / Published
[2] A. Ramı́rez, E.S. Espinoza, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, S. Mondié, and R. Lozano. “Stability analysis of a vision-based UAV controller for autonomous road following missions”. The 2013
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, (ICUAS 2013).
[3] K.G. Vamvoudakis, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, and J.P. Hespanha. “Learning Consensus in Adversarial Environments”. To appear in SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, Baltimore, Maryland, 2013. (invited paper)
[4] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E.S. Espinoza Quesada and S. Mondié. “Controller’s parameters tuning
in presence of time-delay measurements: an application to vision-based quad-rotor navigation”. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2012), pp. 5667-5672, Maui,
Hawaii, USA, December 2012.
[5] G. Flores, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, G. Sanahuja and R. Lozano. “PID Switching Control for a
Highway Estimation and Tracking Applied on a Convertible Mini-UAV”. In IEEE Conference
on Decision and Control (CDC 2012), pp. 3110-3115, Maui, Hawaii, USA, December 2012.
[6] J.E. Gomez Balderas, G. Flores, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, Rogelio Lozano and G. Sanahuja.
“Tracking a Ground Moving Target with a Quadrotor Using Switching Control”. In IEEE
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS 2012), Philadelphia, PA
USA, June 2012.
[7] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, G. Flores, G. Sanahuja and R. Lozano. “Quad-Rotor Switching Control: An Application for the Task of Path Following”. In American Control Conference (ACC
2012), pp. 4637-4642, Montréal, Canada, June 2012.
[8] J. Escareno, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, C. Chauffaut, R. Lozano and V. Santibanez. “NonholomicLike Corridor Navigation of a Quad-Rotor MAV Using Optical Flow”. In IFAC Conference on
Embedded Systems, Computational Intelligence and Telematics in Control (CESCIT 2012),
pp. 248-253, Wurzburg, Germany, April 2012.
[9] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, A. Dzul, and R. Lozano. “Comparison of different state estimation algorithms for quadrotor control”. In Research, Development and Education on Unmanned Aerial
Systems (RED-UAS 2011), Sevilla, España, December 2011.
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[10] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, A. Dzul, R. Lozano and C. Pégard. “Combining Stereo Vision and
Inertial Navigation System for a Quad-Rotor UAV”. In 2011 International Conference on
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS 2011), Denver, CO, USA. May 2011.
[11] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E. Rondón, A. Dzul, A. Sanchez and R. Lozano. “Hovering quad-rotor
control: A comparison of nonlinear controllers using visual feedback”. In 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2010), pp. 1662-1667, Atlanta, Georgia USA. December 2010.
[12] E. Rondón, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo and I. Fantoni. “Vision-based altitude, position and speed
regulation of a quad-rotor rotorcraft”. In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems (IROS 2010), pp. 628-633, Taipei, Taiwan. October 2010.
[13] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, Eduardo Rondon, Anand Sanchez, Alejandro Dzul and Rogelio Lozano.
“Position control of a quad-rotor UAV using vision”. In 18th IFAC Syposium on Automatic
Control in Aerospace (IFAC 2010), pp. 31-36, Nara, Japan. September 2010.
[14] L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E. Rondón, A. Sanchez, C. Pégard and R. Lozano. “Stabilization and
trajectory tracking of a quad-rotor UAV using vision”. In International Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV 2010), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. June 2010.
[15] A. Sanchez, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, E. Rondón, R. Lozano and O. Garcı́a. “Hovering flight improvement of a quad-rotor mini UAV using brushless DC motors”. In International Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV 2010), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
June 2010.
[16] J.G. Castrejón Lozano, L.R. Garcı́a Carrillo, A. Dzul and R. Lozano. “Sphercial simplex
sigma-point kalman filters: A comparison in the inertial navigation of a terrestrial vehicle”.
In American Control Conference (ACC 2008), pp. 3536-3541, Seattle, Washington, USA.
June 2008.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Journal Editor Board Member
– Global Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) (2013-present).
• Reviewer for Scholarly Publications
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Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (JIRS) (2010-present).
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (JMST) (2011-present).
Robotica (2011-present).
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (2012-present).
• International Program Committee Member
– IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (2013).
• Reviewer for Technical Meetings and Conferences
– IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, American Control Conference, IFAC World
Congress, European Control Conference, IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, IEEE Mediterranean
Conference on Control and Automation.
• Conference Session Chair
– UAV 2010: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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SKILLS
• Sofwtare
– Computer Vision: Open CV
– Optimization: CVX (Matlab Software for Disciplined Convex Programming)
– Operating Systems: Windows, MAC OS, Ubuntu
– Programming Languages: C, C++, Matlab, Java, LabView
– Desktop Tools: LaTeX, MS Office.
• Languages
– English.
– French.
– Spanish (native).
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REFERENCES
Rogelio Lozano
CNRS Research Director
Heudiasyc UMR 6599
University of Technology of Compiègne
Centre de Recherches de Royallieu
60205 Compiègne Cedex, France
Tel: +33 344-23-44-95
rlozano@hds.utc.fr
Rafael Fierro
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Eng.
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Tel: +1 505-277-4125
rfierro@ece.unm.edu
Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, Ph.D.
Faculty Project Research Scientist
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng.
Univ. of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560
Tel: +1 805-893-7785
kyriakos@ece.ucsb.edu
João Hespanha
Professor
CCDC Director
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng.
Univ. of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560
Tel: +1 805 893-7042
hespanha@ece.ucsb.edu
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