Research outputs
Selected research outputs
2026
Quantification of an atypical air environment in support of uncrewed aircraft operations over congested areas
McAree, O. (2026). Quantification of an atypical air environment in support of uncrewed aircraft operations over congested areas. The Aeronautical Journal, 1-18. doi:10.1017/aer.2026.10144
2020
Towards Software Based Optical Communication Methods for the Assistance of Docking Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Grindley, J., McAree, O., Ateeq, M., Abdullah, B., & Bezombes, F. (2020). Towards Software Based Optical Communication Methods for the Assistance of Docking Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. ELECTRONICS, 9(4). doi:10.3390/electronics9040655
Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet
Cook, J. M., Tedstone, A. J., Williamson, C., McCutcheon, J., Hodson, A. J., Dayal, A., . . . Tranter, M. (2020). Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet. CRYOSPHERE, 14(1), 309-330. doi:10.5194/tc-14-309-2020
2019
Requirements and Limitations of Thermal Drones for Effective Search and Rescue in Marine and Coastal Areas
Burke, C., McWhirter, P. R., Veitch-Michaelis, J., McAree, O., Pointon, H. A. G., Wich, S., & Longmore, S. (2019). Requirements and Limitations of Thermal Drones for Effective Search and Rescue in Marine and Coastal Areas. DRONES, 3(4). doi:10.3390/drones3040078
Thermal Infrared Imaging from Drones Offers a Major Advance for Spider Monkey Surveys
Spaan, D., Burke, C., McAree, O., Aureli, F., Rangel-Rivera, C. E., Hutschenreiter, A., . . . Wich, S. A. (2019). Thermal Infrared Imaging from Drones Offers a Major Advance for Spider Monkey Surveys. DRONES, 3(2). doi:10.3390/drones3020034
Thermal-Drones as a Safe and Reliable Method for Detecting Subterranean Peat Fires
Burke, C., Wich, S., Kusin, K., McAree, O., Harrison, M. E., Ripoll, B., . . . Longmore, S. (2019). Thermal-Drones as a Safe and Reliable Method for Detecting Subterranean Peat Fires. DRONES, 3(1). doi:10.3390/drones3010023
Successful observation of orangutans in the wild with thermal-equipped drones
Burke, C., Rashman, M. F., Longmore, S. N., McAree, O., Glover-Kapfer, P., Ancrenaz, M., & Wich, S. A. (2019). Successful observation of orangutans in the wild with thermal-equipped drones. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 7(3), 235-257. doi:10.1139/juvs-2018-0035
2018
Quantifying situation awareness for small unmanned aircraft Towards routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations
McAree, O., Aitken, J. M., & Veres, S. M. (2018). Quantifying situation awareness for small unmanned aircraft Towards routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations. AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL, 122(1251), 733-746. doi:10.1017/aer.2018.14
Addressing environmental and atmospheric challenges for capturing high-precision thermal infrared data in the field of astro-ecology
Burke, C., Rashman, M. F., McAree, O., Hambrecht, L., Longmore, S. N., Piel, A. K., & Wich, S. A. (2018). Addressing environmental and atmospheric challenges for capturing high-precision thermal infrared data in the field of astro-ecology. In HIGH ENERGY, OPTICAL, AND INFRARED DETECTORS FOR ASTRONOMY VIII Vol. 10709. doi:10.1117/12.2311673
2017
Formal Verification of Autonomous Vehicle Platooning
Kamali, M., Dennis, L. A., McAree, O., Fisher, M., & Veres, S. M. (2017). Formal Verification of Autonomous Vehicle Platooning. Science of Computer Programming, 148, 88-106. doi:10.1016/j.scico.2017.05.006
A ROS-integrated API for the KUKA LBR iiwa collaborative robot
Mokaram, S., Aitken, J. M., Martinez-Hernandez, U., Eimontaite, I., Cameron, D., Rolph, J., . . . Law, J. (2017). A ROS-integrated API for the KUKA LBR iiwa collaborative robot. In IFAC PAPERSONLINE Vol. 50 (pp. 15859-15864). doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2331
Towards artificial situation awareness by autonomous vehicles
McAree, O., Aitken, J. M., & Veres, S. M. (2017). Towards artificial situation awareness by autonomous vehicles. In IFAC PAPERSONLINE Vol. 50 (pp. 7038-7043). doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1349
2016
A model based design framework for safety verification of a semi-autonomous inspection drone
McAree, O., Aitken, J. M., & Veres, S. M. (2016). A model based design framework for safety verification of a semi-autonomous inspection drone. In 2016 UKACC 11th International Conference on Control (CONTROL) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/control.2016.7737551
Symbiotic relationship between robots — a ROS ARDrone/YouBot library
Aitken, J. M., McAree, O., & Veres, S. M. (2016). Symbiotic relationship between robots — a ROS ARDrone/YouBot library. In 2016 UKACC 11th International Conference on Control (CONTROL) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. doi:10.1109/control.2016.7737516
Lateral control of vehicle platoons with on-board sensing and Inter-Vehicle Communication
McAree, O., & Veres, S. M. (2016). Lateral control of vehicle platoons with on-board sensing and Inter-Vehicle Communication. In 2016 EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC) (pp. 2465-2470). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Towards Formal Verification of Small and Micro UAS
Veres, S. M., McAree, O., & Aitken, J. M. (2016). Towards Formal Verification of Small and Micro UAS. In 2016 EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC) (pp. 433-440). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2015
Floor Determination in the Operation of a Lift by a Mobile Guide Robot
McAree, O., Aitken, J. M., Boorman, L., Cameron, D., Chua, A., Collins, E. C., . . . Martinez-Hernandez, U. (2015). Floor Determination in the Operation of a Lift by a Mobile Guide Robot. In 2015 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MOBILE ROBOTS (ECMR). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Help! I Can't Reach the Buttons: Facilitating Helping Behaviors Towards Robots
Cameron, D., Collins, E. C., Chua, A., Fernando, S., McAree, O., Martinez-Hernandez, U., . . . Law, J. (2015). Help! I Can't Reach the Buttons: Facilitating Helping Behaviors Towards Robots. In BIOMIMETIC AND BIOHYBRID SYSTEMS, LIVING MACHINES 2015 Vol. 9222 (pp. 354-358). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_35
ROBO-GUIDE: Towards Safe, Reliable, Trustworthy, and Natural Behaviours in Robotic Assistants
Law, J., Aitken, J. M., Boorman, L., Cameron, D., Chua, A., Collins, E. C., . . . McAree, O. (2015). ROBO-GUIDE: Towards Safe, Reliable, Trustworthy, and Natural Behaviours in Robotic Assistants. In TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS (TAROS 2015) Vol. 9287 (pp. 149-154). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22416-9_17
2014
Development of a Generic Network Enabled Autonomous Vehicle System
Coombes, M., Eaton, W., McAree, O., & Chen, W. -H. (2014). Development of a Generic Network Enabled Autonomous Vehicle System. In 2014 UKACC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL (CONTROL) (pp. 621-627). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Bridging the skills gap in STEM industries
Mohtadi, C., McAree, O., & Schlosser, J. (2014). Bridging the skills gap in STEM industries. In Sefi Annual Conference 2014.
2013
Path-following control for small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles under wind disturbances
Liu, C., McAree, O., & Chen, W. -H. (2013). Path-following control for small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles under wind disturbances. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL, 23(15), 1682-1698. doi:10.1002/rnc.2938
Artificial Situation Awareness for Increased Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial Systems in the Terminal Area
McAree, O., & Chen, W. -H. (2013). Artificial Situation Awareness for Increased Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial Systems in the Terminal Area. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, 70(1-4), 545-555. doi:10.1007/s10846-012-9738-x
2012
Building an electric model vehicle with obstacle avoidance system
Fenesan, A., Mcaree, O., Chen, W. -H., Pana, T., & Bamber, T. (2012). Building an electric model vehicle with obstacle avoidance system. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATION AND COMPUTING (ICAC 12) (pp. 358-362). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Development of an autopilot system for rapid prototyping of high level control algorithms
Coombes, M., McAree, O., Chen, W. -H., & Render, P. (2012). Development of an autopilot system for rapid prototyping of high level control algorithms. In Proceedings of 2012 UKACC International Conference on Control (pp. 292-297). IEEE. doi:10.1109/control.2012.6334645
Path following for small UAVs in the presence of wind disturbance
Liu, C., McAree, O., & Chen, W. -H. (2012). Path following for small UAVs in the presence of wind disturbance. In Proceedings of 2012 UKACC International Conference on Control (pp. 613-618). IEEE. doi:10.1109/control.2012.6334700
2011
Artificial situation awareness for autonomous terminal area operations of unmanned aerial systems
McAree, O., & Chen, W. H. (2011). Artificial situation awareness for autonomous terminal area operations of unmanned aerial systems. In Auvsi Unmanned Systems North America Conference 2011 Vol. 2 (pp. 1128-1142).
2010
Development of an Autonomous Control System for a Small Fixed Pitch Helicopter
McAree, O., Clarke, J., & Chen, W. -H. (2010). Development of an Autonomous Control System for a Small Fixed Pitch Helicopter. In 2ND IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMPUTER CONTROL (ICACC 2010), VOL. 3 (pp. 13-17). doi:10.1109/ICACC.2010.5486728