Leonardo Colombo

@upm-csic.es

Center for Automation and Robotics
Spanish National Research Council

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Geometric Mechanics, Geometric Control, Non-parametric models
1269

Scholar Citations

19

Scholar h-index

47

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Robust Geometric Control of Catenary Robots under Unstructured Force Uncertainties
    AA Simoes, L Colombo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27705 , 2026
    2026
  • Angle-based Localization and Rigidity Maintenance Control for Multi-Robot Networks
    J Presenza, LJ Colombo, JI Giribet, I Mas
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11754 , 2026
    2026
  • Book Review: Geometric Mechanics Part III, Broken Symmetry and Composition of Maps
    L Colombo
    Geometric Mechanics, 1-6 , 2026
    2026
  • Data-Driven Boundary Control of Distributed Port-Hamiltonian Systems
    T Beckers, L Colombo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.04266 , 2026
    2026
  • Dissipation-assisted stabilization of periodic orbits via actuated exterior impacts in hybrid mechanical systems with symmetry
    W Clark, L Colombo, A Bloch
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.00254 , 2026
    2026
  • Stable Walking for Bipedal Locomotion under Foot-Slip via Virtual Nonholonomic Constraints
    L Colombo, ÁR Abella, AA Simoes, A Bloch
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29050 , 2026
    2026
  • Structure-Preserving Learning of Nonholonomic Dynamics
    T Beckers, A Bloch, L Colombo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.27580 , 2026
    2026
  • Nonholonomic mechanics and virtual constraints on Riemannian homogeneous spaces
    E Stratoglou, AA Simoes, A Bloch, LJ Colombo
    Automatica 185, 112754 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 3
  • Observer-Based Estimation and Hydrostatic Inertia Modeling for Cooperative Transport of Variable-Inertia Loads with Quadrotors
    J Goodman, L Colombo, J Giribet
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.24260 , 2026
    2026
  • Learning-Based Geometric Leader-Follower Control for Cooperative Rigid-Payload Transport with Aerial Manipulators
    OY Nieto, L Colombo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.21768 , 2026
    2026
  • Aggressiveness-Aware Learning-based Control of Quadrotor UAVs with Safety Guarantees
    L Colombo, T Beckers, J Giribet
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.21936 , 2026
    2026
  • Quantum Riemannian Cubics with Obstacle Avoidance for Quantum Geometric Model Predictive Control
    L Colombo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.08881 , 2026
    2026
  • Virtual Constraint for a Quadrotor UAV Enforcing a Body-Axis Pointing Direction
    A Anahory Simoes, L Colombo, J Giribet, E Stratoglou
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2602.24268 , 2026
    2026
  • Virtual Holonomic and Nonholonomic Constraints on Lie groups
    A Anahory Simoes, A Bloch, L Colombo, E Stratoglou
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.17531v2 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 5
  • Egorov-Type Semiclassical Limits for Open Quantum Systems with a Bi-Lindblad Structure
    L Colombo, A López-Gordón
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03041 , 2026
    2026
  • Dual-quaternion learning control for autonomous vehicle trajectory tracking with safety guarantees
    O Yago Nieto, A Anahory Simoes, JI Giribet, L Colombo
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2601.03097 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Learning-based Decentralized Control with Collision Avoidance for Multi-agent Systems
    O Yago Nieto, A Anahory Simoes, JI Giribet, LJ Colombo
    IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 1-12 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Structure-Preserving Optimal Control of Open Quantum Systems via a Discrete Contact PMP
    L Colombo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.18879 , 2025
    2025
  • Variational Dissipative Mechanics on Lie Algebroids
    A Anahory Simoes, L Colombo
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv: 2512.17424 , 2025
    2025
  • Physics-informed Learning for Passivity-based Tracking Control
    T Beckers, L Colombo
    Decision and Control (CDC), 2025 IEEE 65th Annual Conference on., 2091-2096 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Optimal control of underactuated mechanical systems: A geometric approach
    L Colombo, D Martin De Diego, M Zuccalli
    Journal of Mathematical Physics 51 (8) , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 61
  • Higher-order variational problems on Lie groups and optimal control applications.
    L Colombo, D De Diego
    Journal of Geometric Mechanics 6 (4) , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 60
  • Dynamic interpolation for obstacle avoidance on Riemannian manifolds
    A Bloch, M Camarinha, LJ Colombo
    International Journal of Control 94 (3), 588-600 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 48
  • Geometric control for load transportation with quadrotor uavs by elastic cables
    JR Goodman, T Beckers, LJ Colombo
    IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 31 (6), 2848-2862 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 41
  • Geometric integrators for higher-order variational systems and their application to optimal control
    L Colombo, S Ferraro, D Martin de Diego
    Journal of Nonlinear Science 26 (6), 1615-1650 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 41
  • A geometric approach to the optimal control of nonholonomic mechanical systems
    A Bloch, L Colombo, R Gupta, DM De Diego
    Analysis and geometry in control theory and its applications, 35-64 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 40
  • Geometric Control of two Quadrotors Carrying a Rigid Rod with Elastic Cables
    JR Goodman, LJ Colombo
    Journal of Nonlinear Science 32 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 33
  • Variational obstacle avoidance problem on Riemannian manifolds
    A Bloch, M Camarinha, L Colombo
    Decision and Control (CDC), 2017 IEEE 56th Annual Conference on., 145-150 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 27
  • On the Existence and Uniqueness of Poincaré Maps for Systems with Impulse Effects
    J Goodman, L Colombo
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 64 (4), 1815-1821 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 26
  • Variational point-obstacle avoidance on Riemannian manifolds
    A Bloch, M Camarinha, L Colombo
    Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems 33, 109–121 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 24
  • Online learning-based trajectory tracking for underactuated vehicles with uncertain dynamics
    T Beckers, LJ Colombo, S Hirche, GJ Pappas
    IEEE Control Systems Letters 6, 2090-2095 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 22
  • Dual quaternion cluster-space formation control
    JI Giribet, LJ Colombo, P Moreno, I Mas, DV Dimarogonas
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6 (4), 6789-6796 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 22
  • Symmetries and periodic orbits in simple hybrid Routhian systems
    LJ Colombo, MEE Irazú
    Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems 36, 100857 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 22
  • Variational collision avoidance problems on Riemannian manifolds
    M Assif, R Banavar, A Bloch, M Camarinha, L Colombo
    2018 IEEE conference on decision and control (CDC), 2791-2796 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 22
  • Online learning-based formation control of multi-agent systems with Gaussian processes
    T Beckers, S Hirche, L Colombo
    2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2197-2202 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 21
  • Geometric Hamilton–Jacobi theory for higher-order autonomous systems
    L Colombo, M De León, PD Prieto-Martínez, N Román-Roy
    Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 47 (23), 235203 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 21
  • Higher-order discrete variational problems with constraints
    L Colombo, D Martin de Diego, M Zuccalli
    Journal of Mathematical Physics 54 (9) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 21
  • Discrete second-order Euler–Poincaré equations: applications to optimal control
    L Colombo, F Jimenez, DM De Diego
    international Journal of Geometric methods in modern physics 9 (04), 1250037 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 20
  • Collision avoidance of multiagent systems on Riemannian manifolds
    JR Goodman, LJ Colombo
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 60 (1), 168-188 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 19
  • Motion feasibility conditions for multiagent control systems on Lie groups
    LJ Colombo, DV Dimarogonas
    IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 7 (1), 493-502 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 19