Four New Path Following Controllers for Rhombic Like Vehicles.
Nuno Silva, Luca Baglivo, Alberto Vale, Mariolino De Cecco
Submitted to the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013).

Fast Marching in motion planning for rhombic like vehicles operating in ITER.
Javier V. Gómez, Alberto Vale, Filipe Valente, João Ferreira, Santiago Garrido and Luis Moreno
Submitted to the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013).

Localization of Cask and Plug Remote Handling System in ITER using multiple Video Cameras.
João Ferreira, Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro
Presented as a poster in the 27th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2012), Liège, Belgique, 24 - 28 September 2012 and submitted to the Fusion Engineering and Design.

Logistics Management for Parking Multiple Cask Plug and Remote Handling Systems in ITER.
Rodrigo Ventura, João Ferreira, Iulian Filip, Alberto Vale
Presented as a poster in the 27th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2012), Liège, Belgique, 24 - 28 September 2012 and submitted to the Fusion Engineering and Design.

Flexible Path Optimization for the Cask and Plug Remote Handling System in ITER.
Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Filipe Valente, João Ferreira, Isabel Ribeiro, Carmen González
Presented as a poster in the 27th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2012), Liège, Belgique, 24 - 28 September 2012 and submitted to the Fusion Engineering and Design.

Motion planning and localization approaches for mobile robot navigation in ITER.
A. Vale, F. Valente, I. Ribeiro, J. Ferreira and R. Ventura
Proceedings Robótica'2012, pages 75-80, Guimarães, Portugal, ISBN: 978-972-98603-4-8

Mobile Robot Navigation for Remote Handling operations in ITER
Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro
III Workshop de Robótica: Robótica Experimental, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de la Universidade de Sevilha – Espanha
28-29 November 2011 (ROBOT2011).

Path Optimization of Rhombic-Like Vehicles: An Approach Based on Rigid Body Dynamic
Daniel Fonte, Filipe Valente, Alberto Vale, Isabel Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Tallinn, Estonia,
20-23 June 2011 (ICAR2011).

Behavior of Digital and Analog Controller Devices for Manual Driving of Rhombic like Vehicles
João Bivar, Alberto Vale
Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Corfu, Greece,
20-23 June 2011 (MED2011).

Challenges of the Transfer Cask System Operation in ITER
Ribeiro I., Vale A., Ruibanys P., Queral V.
Highlighting Portuguese Science - Associate Laboratories' Review, pp.70-71
July 2010.

ITER Transfer Cask System: status of design, issues and future development
C. González, C. Damiani, J-P Friconneau, A. Tesini, I. Ribeiro, A. Vale
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol.85 (2010), 2295-2299,
October 2010.

Optimized Trajectories of the Transfer Cask System in ITER
Filipe Valente, Alberto Vale, Daniel Fonte, Isabel Ribeiro
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol.85 (2010), 2295-2299, October 2010, presented as a poster in the 26th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2010), Porto - Portugal,
27 September - 1 October 2010.

A motion planning methodology for rhombic-like vehicles for ITER remote handling operations
D. Fonte, F. Valente, A. Vale, I. Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Lecce - Itália,
6-8 September (IAV2010).

Optimizing range finder sensor network coverage in indoor environment
Optimizing range finder sensor network coverage in indoor environment J. Ferreira, A. Vale, R. Ventura
Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Lecce - Itália,
6-8 September (IAV2010).

ITER Transfer Cask System: status of design, issues and future developments
C. Gutiérrez, C. Damiani, M. Irving, J-P. Friconneau, A. Tesini, I. Ribeiro, A. Vale
Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Dalian - China,
11-16 Outubro 2009 (ISFNT2009).

Simulation of the propagation of the meningococcal disease by geographic scattering using cellular automatons
Carla Regina Kuss Ferreira, Alberto Manuel Martinho Vale, Guilherme Brunel Martins, Liliana Madalena Gramani Cumin
BIOMAT Consortium, Institute for Advanced Studies of Biosystems, Armação dos Búzios, RJ - Brasil,
24-29 November 2007 (BIOMAT 2007).

Prototipo para la Monitorización de la Infraestructura Ferroviaria Utilizando Sensores LIDAR, Imagen de Vídeo y GPS: Primeros Resultados
Fernando Gómez Bravo, Alberto Vale, João Gomes Mota
Actas de las XXVIII Jornadas de Automática, Huelva, ISBN: 978-84-690-749-8,
Setembro 2007.

State Variables Estimation Using Particle Filter: Experimental Comparison with Kalman Filter
Marcos del Toro Peral, Fernando Gómez Bravo, Alberto Martinho Vale
IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing, Alcalá de Henares – Espanha,
3-5 Outubro 2007.

Navigation strategies for cooperative localization based on a particle-filter approach
Fernando Gomez Bravo, Alberto Vale, Maria Isabel Ribeiro
Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 14:3, pp. 263-279 IOS Press 2007.

LIDAR data segmentation for track clearance anomaly detection on over-head power lines
Alberto Vale, João Gomes Mota
Technology Transfer in Developing Countries: Automation in Infrastructure Creation, IFAC Workshop, Turkey,
17-19 May 2007.

Estimación de Variables de Estado Utilizando el Filtro de Partículas: Comparación con el Filtro de Kalman
Marcos del Toro Peral, Fernando Gómez Bravo, Alberto Martinho Vale
XXVII Jornadas de Automática Almería,
6-9 September 2006.

Detection and Classification of Clearance Anomalies on Over-Head Power Lines
Alberto Vale, João Gomes Mota
Proceedings of the 7th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, Lisboa,
11-13 September 2006.

Particle-Filter Approach and Motion Strategy for Cooperative Localization
Fernando Gomez Bravo, Alberto Vale, Maria Isabel Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Setúbal – Portugal,
1-5 August 2006 (ICINCO2006).

Taking Accurate Measurements of High Voltage Installations with Laser Range Scanners and GPS
João Gomes Mota, Alberto Vale, Artur Matos André, M. Isabel Ribeiro
International Council on Large Electric Systems 2006.

Particle-Filter Approach and Motion Strategies for Cooperative Localization
Fernando Goméz Bravo, Alberto Vale, M. Isabel Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems 2006 (IAS-9).

Tese de Doutoramento – Mobile Robot Navigation in Outdoor Environments: A Topological Approach
Alberto Vale
Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa,
June 2005.

[Project RESCUE Report] "Final Technical Report"
A. Bernardino, L. Custódio, J. Frazão, P. Lima, F. Melo, M. I. Ribeiro, J. Santos-Victor, A. Vale
Lisboa, November 2004.

Feature Extraction and Selection for Mobile Robot Navigation in Unstructured Environments
Alberto Vale, José Miguel Lucas, Maria Isabel Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 5th IFAC/EURON Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
Lisboa, 5 - 7 July 2004 (IAV2004).

[Project RESCUE Report] "3rd Year Technical Report"
A. Bernardino, L. Custódio, J. Frazão, P. Lima, M. I. Ribeiro, J. Santos-Victor, A. Vale
Lisboa, 7 December 2003.

[Project RESCUE Report] "2nd Year Technical Report"
A. Bernardino, L. Custódio, J. Frazão, T. Krause, P. Lima, M. I. Ribeiro, J. Santos-Victor, A. Vale
Lisboa, 17 June 2003.

Environment Mapping as a Topological Representation
Alberto Vale, Maria Isabel Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics
Universidade de Coimbra, 30 June - 3 July 2003 (ICAR2003).

[Project RESCUE Report] "1st Year Technical Report"
A. Bernardino, L. Custódio, P. Lima, M. I. Ribeiro, J. Santos-Victor, A. Vale
Lisboa, 26 July 2002.

A probabilistic approach for the localization of mobile robots in topological maps
Alberto Vale, Maria Isabel Ribeiro
Proceedings of the 10th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Lisboa, 9 - 12 July 2002 (MED2002).

Navigation in a Maze
A. Vale, J. Simões, J. Machado, P. Lima
Robótica 2001 Magazine, 45 (pp 66-70) 2001.

Navigation in a Maze>
A. Vale, J. Simões, J. Machado
Internal report of ISR/IST, RT-403-2000, October 2000.

Remote Operation and Internet
A. Vale, N. Antunes, P. Inácio, M. Ribeiro, J. Sequeira
Proceedings of the 4th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control
Guimarães, October 2000 - ISBN 972-98603-0-0.

SimProEpi – Simulação e Propagação de Epidemias
A. Vale, P. Inácio, N. Antunes
Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Biomedical Engineering and Computational Intelligence
Lisboa, July 1999.

Determinação de raízes de funções
A. Vale, N. Antunes, A. Rosa
Proceedings of 4th National Meeting of Electrical Engineers, Lisbon,
May 1999.

Determinação de raízes de funções
A. Vale, N. Antunes, A. Rosa
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Genetics Algorithms and Artificial Life
Lisboa, 1998.