Biography

Dr. Guerrero received his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania. His postdoctoral research experience includes positions at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of California. Additionally, Dr. Guerrero has received academic awards including the Fulbright-Garcia Robles scholarship, multiple Outstanding Teaching awards, and has been finalist for Best Paper awards at international conferences.

Dr. Guerrero’s research interests include the development of mathematical models and control strategies to achieve autonomy and resiliency of heterogeneous multi-robot systems.

Honors and Awards

  • Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI), 2021.
  • DARS Conference Best Paper Award finalist, 2018
  • ICRA 2017 Best Multi-Robot Systems Paper Award finalist, 2017.
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant in MEAM Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2013.
  • Outstanding Professor of the Core Engineering Courses, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2013.
  • ASME Rice-Cullimore Scholarship, 2012.
  • Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship for graduate studies, 2012.
  • Academic Excellence Award, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2008.

Research Funding

  • Grant for the construction of a multi-robot systems laboratory (Principal Investigator), $500,000.00 USD, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2022.

Journal Publications

  1. A. A. Nguyen, L. Guerrero-Bonilla, F. Jabbari and M. Egerstedt, Scalable, Pairwise Collaborations in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams, in IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 8, pp. 604-609, 2024.
  2. P. Saha, L. Guerrero-Bonilla, M. Egerstedt and S. Mukhopadhyay, Learning Deep Neural Network Controller for Path Following of Unicycle Robots, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 248-255, Jan. 2023.
  3. S. Kim, M. Santos, L. Guerrero-Bonilla, A. Yezzi and M. Egerstedt. Coverage Control of Mobile Robots with Different Maximum Speeds for Time-Sensitive Applications, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 3001-3007, April 2022.
  4. L. Guerrero-Bonilla and D. V. Dimarogonas. Perimeter Surveillance Based on Set-Invariance, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 9-16, January 2021.
  5. L. Guerrero-Bonilla and V. Kumar. Realization of r-Robust Formations in the Plane Using Control Barrier Functions, IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 343-348, April 2020. Also presented at CDC 2019.
  6. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, D. Saldaña and V. Kumar. Design Guarantees for Resilient Robot Formations on Lattices, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 89-96, Jan. 2019. Also presented at ICRA 2019.
  7. Y. Mulgaonkar, A. Makineni, L. Guerrero-Bonilla and V. Kumar. Robust Aerial Robot Swarms Without Collision Avoidance, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 596-603, Jan. 2018.
  8. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, A. Prorok and V. Kumar. Formations for Resilient Robot Teams. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 841-848, April 2017. * ICRA 2017 Best Multi-Robot Systems Paper Award finalist.

Conference Publications

  1. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, C. Nieto-Granda and M. Egerstedt. Ensured Continuous Surveillance despite Sensor Transition using Control Barrier Functions, 2022 International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR), Geneva, Switzerland, 2022.
  2. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, C. Nieto-Granda and M. Egerstedt. Robust Perimeter Defense Using Control Barrier Functions, 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), Cambridge, UK, 2021.
  3. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, M. Egerstedt and D. V. Dimarogonas. Area Defense and Surveillance on Rectangular Regions Using Control Barrier Functions, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
  4. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, D. Saldaña and V. Kumar. Dense r-robust formations on lattices, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
  5. L. Guerrero-Bonilla and V. Kumar. Trajectory Tracking with Velocity Constraints Using Control Barrier Functions, Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2019. Luis Guerrero-Bonilla Last update: July 2025 Page 5 of 5
  6. D. Saldaña, L. Guerrero-Bonilla and V. Kumar. Resilient backbones in hexagonal robot formations, The 14th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS). *DARS 2018 Best Paper Award finalist.
  7. L. Guerrero-Bonilla, K. Mohta, S. Bhattacharya and V. Kumar. Flight trajectory tracking and recovery in presence of large disturbances, 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Miami, FL, USA, 2017, pp. 1438-1446.
  8. Y. Mulgaonkar, B. Araki, J. Koh, L. Guerrero-Bonilla, D. Aukes, A. Makineni, M. Tolley, D. Rus, R. Wood and V. Kumar. The flying monkey: A mesoscale robot that can run, fly, and grasp, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, 2016, pp. 4672-4679.
  9. Kennedy MD, III, Guerrero L., Kumar V. Decentralized Algorithm for Force Distribution with Applications to Cooperative Transport, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 5C: 39th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference.
  10. L. Guerrero and J.B. Lee. MEMS Switch Design and the Pull-In Instability, 38 Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Tecnológico de Monterrey, 2008.

Book Chapters

  1. Guerrero-Bonilla, L., Nieto-Granda, C., Egerstedt, M. (2023). Ensured Continuous Surveillance Despite Sensor Transition Using Control Barrier Functions. In: Billard, A., Asfour, T., Khatib, O. (eds) Robotics Research. ISRR 2022. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25555-7_28.
  2. Saldaña, D., Guerrero-Bonilla, L., Kumar, V. (2019). Resilient Backbones in Hexagonal Robot Formations. In: Correll, N., Schwager, M., Otte, M. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05816-6_30.