Publications

2026

8 - Bary, T., Petit, L., & Macq, B. (2026). No Need for "Learning" to Defer? A Training Free Deferral Framework to Multiple Experts through Conformal Prediction. 2026 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). (under review)

7 - Poissant, D., Desbiens, A.L.,  Ferland, F. & Petit, L. (2026). ARENA: Adaptive Risk-aware and Energy-efficient NAvigation for Multi-Objective 3D Infrastructure Inspection with a UAV. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (under review) PDF 

6 - Alhosh, J., Tremblay, J.,  Wiltzer, H., Bodzay, E., Petit, L. & Meger, D. (2026). Learning to Sample: A Zero-Shot Reinforcement Learning Framework for Aquatic Environmental Mapping. 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (under review)

2025

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

2024

4 - Petit, L. & Desbiens, A.L. (2024). 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). Publisher | PDF | Demo 

2023

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

2022

2 - Petit, L. & Desbiens, A.L. (2022). 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). Publisher | PDF

2021

1 - Petit, L. & Desbiens, A.L. (2021). 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). Publisher | PDF | Demo | Available in OMPL | Best Student Paper Award and Finalist for the Best Paper Award