Research
My research focuses on perception for robot autonomy. I am generally interested in how control and perception support robotic autonomy, particularly in challenging field environments.
Journal Articles
P. De Petris, M. Nissov and K. Alexis, “Morphy: A Compliant and Morphologically Aware Flying Robot,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, July 2025. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202400493
M. Nissov, J. Edlund, P. Spieler, C. Padgett, K. Alexis and S. Khattak, “Robust High-Speed State Estimation for Off-Road Navigation Using Radar Velocity Factors,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, December 2024. DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3486189
Conference Proceedings
J. Hatleskog, M. Nissov and K. Alexis, “IMU-Preintegrated Radar Factors for Asynchronous Radar-LiDAR-Inertial SLAM,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), December 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ICAR65334.2025.11338704
M. Kulkarni, M. Dharmadhikari, N. Khedekar, M. Nissov, M. Singh, P. Weiss and K. Alexis, “UniPilot: Enabling GPS-Denied Autonomy Across Embodiments,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), December 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ICAR65334.2025.11338632
N. Misyats, M. Harms, M. Nissov, M. Jacquet and K. Alexis, “Embedded Safe Reactive Navigation for Multirotors Systems Using Control Barrier Functions,” 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), May 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS65942.2025.11007827
P. De Petris, M. Nissov, M. Harms and K. Alexis, “Design, Modeling, Control and Experimental Evaluation of Flexy: A Novel Compliant Quadrotor,” 2024 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS60882.2024.10557063
M. Nissov, N. Khedekar and K. Alexis, “Degradation Resilient LiDAR-Radar-Inertial Odometry,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10611444
M. Nissov, S. Khattak, J. Edlund, C. Padgett, K. Alexis and P. Spieler, “ROAMER: Robust Offroad Autonomy Using Multimodal State Estimation with Radar Velocity Integration,” 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2024. DOI: 10.1109/AERO58975.2024.10521170
M. Nissov, D. Dagdilelis, R. Galeazzi and M. Blanke, “Analysing Cyber-resiliency of a Marine Navigation System Using Behavioural Relations,” 2021 European Control Conference (ECC), June 2021. DOI: 10.23919/ECC54610.2021.9654972
Other
M. Nissov, M. Singh and K. Alexis, “Tightly-Coupled Radar-Visual-Inertial Odometry,” arXiv, 2026. arXiv: 2603.23052
M. Nissov, N. Khedekar and K. Alexis, “Simultaneous Triggering and Synchronization of Sensors and Onboard Computers,” arXiv, July 2025. arXiv: 2507.05717