Publications

Journals:

J22: Juan Jesús Roldán‐Gómez. Behavior-based architecture and reinforcement learning applied to  robot  control  in  disaster  scenarios. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, X(Y), 2026. Impact Factor (JCR, 2025): 1, Q4. Link 

J21: N. Fernández Talavera, Juan Jesús Roldán‐Gómez, Francisco Martín and MC Rodriguez‐Sanchez. An autonomous ground robot to support firefighters' interventions in indoor emergencies. Journal of Field Robotics, 40(3), 614-625. Impact Factor (JCR, 2022): 4.2, Q1. Link

J20: J.J. Roldán-Gómez and A. Barrientos. Multi-Robot Challenges: Challenges, Trends and Applications. Applied Sciences, 11(24), 11861. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 2.679, Q2. Link

J19: J.J. Roldán-Gómez, E. González-Gironda and A. Barrientos. A survey on robotic technologies for forest firefighting: applying drone swarms to improve firefighters' efficiency and safety. Applied Sciences, 11(1), 363, 2021. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 2.679, Q2. Link

J18: P. García-Auñón, J.J. Roldán-Gómez, J. de León, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Practical Applications using Multi-UAV Systems and Aerial Robotic Swarms. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, 18(3), 230-241, 2021. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 1.202, Q4. Link

J17: A. Martín-Barrio, J.J. Roldán, I. Rodríguez, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Design of a Hyper-Redundant Robot and Teleoperation using Mixed Reality for Inspection Tasks. Sensors, 20(8), 2181, 2020. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 3.576, Q1. Link

J16: J.J. Roldán, J. de León, P. Garcia-Aunon and A.Barrientos. A review on multi-robot systems: current challenges for operators and new developments of interfaces. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, 17(3), 305-316, 2020. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 1.202, Q4. Link

J15: J.J. Roldán, P. Garcia-Aunon, P. Mazariegos and A. Barrientos. SwarmCity project: monitoring traffic, pedestrians, climate and pollution with an aerial robotic swarm. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 1-17, 2020. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 3.006, Q2. Link

J14: M.C.F. Lima, A. Krus, C. Valero, A. Barrientos, J. del Cerro and J.J. Roldán. Monitoring plant status and fertilization strategy through multispectral images. Sensors, 20(2), 435, 2020. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 3.576, Q1. Link

J13: A. Martín-Barrio, J.J. Roldán, S. Terrile, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Application of immersive technologies and natural language to hyper-redundant robot teleoperation. Virtual Reality, 541-555, 2020. Impact Factor (JCR, 2020): 5.095, Q1. Link

J12: J.J. Roldán, E. Peña-Tapia, P. Garcia-Aunon, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Bringing adaptive & immersive interfaces to real-world multi-robot scenarios: application to surveillance and intervention in infrastructures. IEEE Access, 7 (1), 86319-86335, 2019. Impact Factor (JCR, 2019): 3.745, Q1. Link

J11: J.J. Roldán, V. Díaz-Maroto, J. Real, P.R. Palafox, J. Valente, M. Garzón and A. Barrientos. Press start to play: classifying multi-robot operators and predicting their strategies through a videogame. Robotics, 8 (3), 53-67, 2019. Science Citation Index (JCR, 2019): 0.62, Q3. Link

J10: P.R. Palafox, M. Garzón, J. Valente, J.J. Roldán and A. Barrientos. Robust Visual-Aided Autonomous Takeoff, Tracking and Landing of a small UAV on a Moving Landing Platform for Life-Long Operation. Applied Sciences, 9 (13), 2661, 2019. Impact Factor (JCR, 2019): 2.474, Q2. Link

J9: J.J. Roldán, E. Crespo, A. Martín-Barrio, E. Peña-Tapia and A. Barrientos. A training system for Industry 4.0 operators in complex assemblies based on virtual reality and process mining. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 59, 305-316, 2019. Impact Factor (JCR, 2019): 5.057, Q1. Link

J8: J. Valente, J.J. Roldán, M. Garzón and A. Barrientos. Towards Airborne Thermography via Low-Cost Thermopile Infrared Sensors. Drones, 3 (1), 30, 2019. CiteScore (Scopus, 2019): 5.4, Q1. Link

J7: P. Garcia-Aunon, J.J. Roldán and A. Barrientos. Monitoring traffic in future cities with aerial swarms: developing and optimizing a behavior-based surveillance algorithm. Cognitive Systems Research, 54, 273-286, 2018. Impact Factor (JCR, 2018): 1.384, Q3. Link

J6: J.J. Roldán, M.A. Olivares-Méndez, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Analyzing and improving multi-robot missions by using process mining. Autonomous Robots, 42 (6), 1187-1205, 2018. Impact Factor (JCR, 2018): 3.634, Q1. Link

J5: J.J. Roldán, E. Peña-Tapia, A. Martín-Barrio, M.A. Olivares-Méndez, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Multi-Robot Interfaces and Operator Situational Awareness: Study of the Impact of Immersion and Prediction. Sensors, 17 (8), 1720, 2017. Impact Factor (JCR, 2017): 2.475, Q1. Link

J4: J.J. Roldán, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Using Process Mining to Model Multi-UAV Missions through the Experience. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 32 (4), 40-47, 2017. Impact Factor (JCR, 2017): 2.596, Q2. Link

J3: J.J. Roldán, P. Garcia-Aunon, M. Garzón, J. de León, J del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Heterogeneous Multi-Robot System for Mapping Environmental Variables of Greenhouses. Sensors, 16 (7), 1018, 2016. Impact Factor (JCR, 2016): 2.677, Q1. Link

J2: J.J. Roldán, G. Joossen, D. Sanz, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses. Sensors, 15 (2), 3334-3350, 2015. Impact Factor (JCR, 2015): 2.033, Q1. Link

J1: M. Garzón, J. Valente, J.J. Roldán, L. Cancar, A. Barrientos and J. del Cerro. A multi-robot system for distributed area coverage and signal searching in large outdoor scenarios. Journal of Field Robotics, 33 (8), 1087-1106, 2015. Impact Factor (JCR, 2015): 2.059, Q1. Link

Conferences:

C24: V. Tejera Munguía, J.J. Roldán Gómez, J.L. Jorro Aragoneses. Ascending the mountain: collaborative reinforcement learning between agents with opposing goals. XLVII Jornadas de Automática, Córdoba, 2-4 September, 2026. Link

C23: J.J. Roldán Gómez, V. Tejera Munguía, C. García Saura, J.L. Jorro Aragoneses, D. Garzón Ramos. Project-based learning and scientific communication with reels in Robotics teaching. XLVII Jornadas de Automática, Córdoba, 2-4 September, 2026. Link

C22: J.J. Roldán Gómez, C Alonso Fernández, C Aguirre Maeso. SpaceRaceEdu: desarrollo de un videojuego multijugador educativo para el autoestudio y la autoevaluación. I Congreso de Innovación Docente de las Universidades Madrileñas: MadrID, Madrid, 4 October, 2024. Link

C21: L.M. Hidalgo García, J.J. Roldán Gómez. Intelligent interface for outdoor autonomous navigation assistance using geographic map metadata. XLV Jornadas de Automática, Málaga, 4-6 September, 2024. Link

C20: J.J. Roldán-Gómez, A. Sánchez-Alocén, R. Domínguez-Sáez, E. González-Mera, D. Moral-Jaraba, A. Nieto-Illescas. Simulation environment with virtual scenarios for search and rescue missions with drone swarms. XLV Jornadas de Automática, Málaga, 4-6 September, 2024. Link

C19: J.J. Roldán-Gómez. Artificial Stupidity in Robotics: Something Unwanted or Somehow Useful?. In ROBOT2022: Fifth Iberian Robotics Conference: Advances in Robotics, Volume 2 (pp. 26-37). Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. Link

C18: Antonio Barrientos, Constantino Valero, Jaime Del Cerro, Anne Marijke Krus, Juan Jesus Roldán, Juan Jose Ramirez, Matheus Cardim Lima, Koen Willekens, Chris Koopmans, Walter Rossing, Dirk Van Apeldoorn, Alessandra Trinchera, Sari Himanen, Joran Barbry, Liga Lepse and Hanne Lakkenborg Kristensen. Strip-Cropping Systems Robotization: Prototype Design Guidelines For Targeted Fertilisation. Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021. Link

C17: J.J. Roldán, P. Garcia-Aunon, E. Peña-Tapia and A. Barrientos. SwarmCity Project: Can an Aerial Swarm Monitor Traffic in a Smart City?. UNAGI'19: Workshop on UNmanned aerial vehicle Applications in the smart city: from Guidance technology to enhanced system Interaction. PerCom 2019: 2019 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, Kyoto, 11-15th March 2019. Link

C16: J.J. Roldán, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Should we Compete or Should we Cooperate? Applying Game Theory to Task Allocation in Drone Swarms. 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Madrid, October 1-5th 2018. Link

C15: E. Crespo, J.J. Roldán, A. Martín-Barrio, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Virtual reality and process mining applied to operator training in complex assembly tasks. IV Seminario de Innovación Docente en Automática (CEA-IFAC), León, January 10-12, 2018. Link

C14: F. Navarro, J. Fdez, M. Garzón, J.J. Roldán and A. Barrientos. Integrating 3D reconstruction and virtual reality: a new approach for immersive teleoperation. Robot 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference, Seville, November 22-24th 2017. Link

C13: K. Garapati, J.J. Roldán, M. Garzón, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. A Game of Drones: Game Theoretic Approaches for Multi-Robot Task Allocation in Security Missions. Robot 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference, Seville, November 22-24th 2017. Link

C12: E. Peña-Tapia, J.J. Roldán, M. Garzón, A. Martín-Barrio and A. Barrientos. Interfaz de Control para un Robot Manipulador mediante Realidad Virtual. XXXVIII Jornadas Nacionales de Automática, Gijón, September 6-8th 2017. Link

C11: J.J. Roldán, M. Garzón, J. de León, D. Garzón-Ramos, A. Martín-Barrio, S. Terrile, P. García-Aunon, J. del Cerro, C. Rossi and A. Barrientos. Proyecto PRIC: Protección Robotizada de Infraestructuras Críticas. Jornadas Nacionales de Robótica, Valencia, June 8-9th 2017. Link

C10: J.J. Roldán, P. Garcia-Aunon, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Determining mission evolution through UAV telemetry by using decision trees. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Budapest, October 9-12th 2016. Link

C9: M. Taboada, J.J. Roldán and A. Barrientos. Interfaz Inteligente y Adaptativa para Personas con Discapacidad. XXXVII Jornadas Nacionales de Automática. Madrid, September 7-9th 2016. Link

C8: F. Díez, J.J. Roldán and A. Barrientos. Modelado y Análisis de Misiones Multi-Robot mediante Minería de Procesos. XXXVII Jornadas Nacionales de Automática. Madrid, September 7-9th 2016. Link

C7: J.J. Roldán, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Multiple robots, single operator: considerations about information and commanding. RoboCity16: Open Conference on Future Trends in Robotics, Madrid, May 26-27th 2016. Link

C6: J.J. Roldan, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. A proposal of methodology for multi-UAV mission modeling. 23th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), June 16-19th 2015. Link

C5: J.J. Roldán, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Minería de procesos aplicada a las misiones robóticas. XXXVI Jornadas Nacionales de Automática, Bilbao, September 2-4th 2015. Link

C4: J.J. Roldán, B. Lansac, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. A proposal of multi-UAV mission coordination and control architecture. ROBOT2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference, Lisbon, November 19-21st 2015. Link

C3: A. Ruiz-Larrea, J.J. Roldán, M. Garzón, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. A UGV approach to measure the ground properties of greenhouses. ROBOT2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference, Lisbon, November 19-21st 2015. Link

C2: J.J. Roldán, D. Sanz, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Lift failure detection and management system for quadrotors. ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference, Madrid,  28-29th November 2013. Link

C1: D. Sanz, J. Valente, J. del Cerro, M.A. de Frutos, J.J. Roldán and A. Barrientos. Risk analysis for UAV safe operations: A rationalization for an agricultural environment. Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Associated High-technologies and Equipment for Agriculture (RHEA'12), September, 2012. Link

Book chapters:

B3: J.J. Roldán, E. Peña-Tapia, D. Garzón-Ramos, J. de León, M. Garzón, J. del Cerro and A. Barrientos. Multi-robot Systems, Virtual Reality and ROS: Developing a New Generation of Operator Interfaces. Robot Operating System (ROS), Volume 3, pp. 29-64. Springer International Publishing, 2018. Link

B2: J.J. Roldán, J. del Cerro, D. Garzón-Ramos, P. Garcia-Aunon, M. Garzón, J. de León and A. Barrientos. Robots in Agriculture: State of Art and Practical Experiences. Service Robots, In Tech, 2018. Link

B1: M. Garzón, J. Valente, J.J. Roldán, D. Garzón-Ramos, J. de León, A. Barrientos and J. del Cerro. Using ROS in Multi-robot Systems: Experiences and Lessons Learned from Real-World Field Tests. Robot Operating System (ROS), Volume 2, pp. 449-483. Springer International Publishing, 2017. Link