She has worked on several international and domestic scientific projects. As a part of the ERL 2019 (European Robotics League), she worked on the development of an algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping. She participated in the
MBZIRC2020 (Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge), working on a task related to autonomous exploration of the environment and firefighting. She also participated in
MBZIRC2023, where she led the autonomous search team. In the
HEKTOR (Heterogeneous autonomous robotic system in viticulture and mariculture), she developed the algorithm for autonomous exploration and mapping of the vineyard while in the
VIRTUALUAV (Development of a system of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) controlled in virtual environments) she worked on autonomous exploration of warehouses, boxes and shelves detection and labeling in the map. In 2019, she did an internship at the University of Seville, Spain, where she collaborated on work related to mobile and aerial robot collaboration as a part of the
AeRoTwin project. In 2020, she attended the
IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2023, as a part of the program Outgoing mobility of assistants of the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), she participated in a research visit at
CATEC (Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies) on the project
BEEYONDERS, where she developed an algorithm for autonomous exploration of the environment, construction site-like object detection and mapping. She completed her doctoral studies within the “Young researchers career development project--training of doctoral students” of the Croatian Science Foundation.
Her research interests are unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous systems, autonomous 2D and 3D mapping and exploration, and autonomous navigation with obstacle avoidance in 3D environments.
Ana has been active in IEEE for 10 years. She is the treasurer of the
IEEE Croatia Section, the Vice Chair of the IEEE Young Professionals Croatia Section interest group, as well as the coordinator of student activities. As part of IEEE, she organizes conferences, workshops, and technical lectures. She is an author or co-author of 4 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, 6 papers presented at international conferences, and a book chapter. The full list of publications is given
here.