Publications

@inproceedings{bonilla2027flint,
  author = {Bonilla, William and Boisvert, Maxime and Poissant, David-Alexandre and Meger, David and Petit, Louis},
  title = {FLINT: Fast Lightweight Inference for Traversability},
  booktitle = {2027 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  year = {2027},
  note = {Under review},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26857}
}

Bonilla, W., Boisvert, M., Poissant, D., Meger, D. & Petit, L. FLINT: Fast Lightweight Inference for Traversability. (under review) 2027 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2027.

@inproceedings{bary2027deferral,
  author = {Bary, Tim and Macq, Beno{\^\i}t and Petit, Louis},
  title = {No Need for Learning to Defer? A Training Free Deferral Framework to Multiple Experts through Conformal Prediction},
  booktitle = {2027 AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  year = {2027},
  note = {Under review},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12573}
}

Bary, T., Macq, B. & Petit, L. No Need for Learning to Defer? A Training Free Deferral Framework to Multiple Experts through Conformal Prediction. (under review) 2027 AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2027.

@article{alhosh2027sample,
  author = {Alhosh, Julie and Tremblay, Jean-Fran{\c{c}}ois and Wiltzer, Harley and Bodzay, Ellen and Petit, Louis and Meger, David},
  title = {Learning to Sample: A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Aquatic Environmental Mapping},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  year = {2027},
  note = {Under review}
}

Alhosh, J., Tremblay, J., Wiltzer, H., Bodzay, E., Petit, L. & Meger, D. Learning to Sample: A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Aquatic Environmental Mapping. (under review) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2027.

@article{poissant2027arena,
  author = {Poissant, David-Alexandre and Desbiens, Alexis Lussier and Ferland, Fran{\c{c}}ois and Petit, Louis},
  title = {ARENA: Adaptive Risk-aware Navigation for Autonomous Aerial Inspection},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  year = {2027},
  note = {Under review},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19401}
}

Poissant, D., Desbiens, A.L., Ferland, F. & Petit, L. ARENA: Adaptive Risk-aware Navigation for Autonomous Aerial Inspection. (under review) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2027.

@article{zhu2026dds,
  author = {Zhu, Jiajun and Bary, Tim and Petit, Louis and Sun, Shangpeng},
  title = {DDS-Mamba-YOLO: Improved adaptive state-space modeling for tomato fruit and leaf disease detection},
  journal = {Smart Agricultural Technology},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772375526006490}
}

Zhu, J., Bary, T., Petit, L. & Sun, S. DDS-Mamba-YOLO: Improved adaptive state-space modeling for tomato fruit and leaf disease detection. Smart Agricultural Technology, 2026.

@inproceedings{tremblay2025topological,
  author = {Tremblay, Jean-Fran{\c{c}}ois and Alhosh, Julie and Petit, Louis and Lotfi, Faraz and Landauro, Lara and Meger, David},
  title = {Topological mapping for traversability-aware long-range navigation in off-road terrain},
  booktitle = {2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01925}
}

Tremblay, J., Alhosh, J., Petit, L., Lotfi, F., Landauro, L. & Meger, D. Topological mapping for traversability-aware long-range navigation in off-road terrain. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025.

@inproceedings{petit2024moar,
  author = {Petit, Louis and Desbiens, Alexis Lussier},
  title = {MOAR Planner: Multi-Objective and Adaptive Risk-Aware Path Planning for Infrastructure Inspection with a UAV},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.30575}
}

Petit, L. & Desbiens, A.L. MOAR Planner: Multi-Objective and Adaptive Risk-Aware Path Planning for Infrastructure Inspection with a UAV. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024.

@phdthesis{petit2023phd,
  author = {Petit, Louis},
  title = {Enabling Efficient Autonomous Exploration of Unknown Underground Mining Stopes using a Tethered Aerial Robot},
  school = {Universit{\'e} de Sherbrooke},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/20205}
}

Petit, L. Enabling Efficient Autonomous Exploration of Unknown Underground Mining Stopes using a Tethered Aerial Robot PhD thesis, Université de Sherbrooke, 2023.

@article{petit2022tape,
  author = {Petit, Louis and Desbiens, Alexis Lussier},
  title = {TAPE: Tether-Aware Path Planning for Autonomous Exploration of Unknown 3D Cavities Using a Tangle-Compatible Tethered Aerial Robot},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
  year = {2022},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.30817}
}

Petit, L. & Desbiens, A.L. TAPE: Tether-Aware Path Planning for Autonomous Exploration of Unknown 3D Cavities Using a Tangle-Compatible Tethered Aerial Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022.

@inproceedings{petit2021rrtrope,
  author = {Petit, Louis and Desbiens, Alexis Lussier},
  title = {RRT-Rope: A Deterministic Shortening Approach for Fast Near-optimal Path Planning in Large-Scale Uncluttered 3D Environments},
  booktitle = {2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.31948}
}

Petit, L. & Desbiens, A.L. RRT-Rope: A Deterministic Shortening Approach for Fast Near-optimal Path Planning in Large-Scale Uncluttered 3D Environments. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2021.