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Publications, Reliable Autonomous Systems Lab

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Socially Distributed Perception: GRACE plays Social Tag at AAAI 2005
  M.P. Michalowski, S. Sabanovic, C.F. DiSalvo, D. Busquets Font, L.M. Hiatt, N. Melchior, and R. Simmons
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 22, No. 4, May, 2007, pp. 385-397. [Abstract]

• Making Friends: Building Social Robots through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  S. Sabanovic, M.P. Michalowski, and L.R. Caporael
  Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Socially Assistive Robotics: Papers from the 2007 AAAI Spring Symposium, Technical Report SS-07-07, AAAI, March, 2007, pp. 71-77. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1236 KB] copyrighted

• Natural Person-Following Behavior for Social Robots
  R. Gockley, J. Forlizzi, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, March, 2007, pp. 17-24. [Abstract]
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• Modeling Affect in Socially Interactive Robots
  R. Gockley, R. Simmons, and J. Forlizzi
  Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN06), September, 2006, pp. 558-563. [Abstract]
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• A Latent Cause Model of Classical Conditioning
  A. Courville
  doctoral dissertation, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 2006. [Abstract]
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• A spatial model of engagement for a social robot
  M.P. Michalowski, S. Sabanovic, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC 2006), IEEE, March, 2006, pp. 762 - 767. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [198 KB] copyrighted

• Interactions with a Moody Robot
  R. Gockley, J. Forlizzi, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, Salt Lake City, Utah, March, 2006, pp. 186-193. [Abstract]
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• Multimodal person tracking and attention classification
  M.P. Michalowski and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2006), ACM, March, 2006, pp. 347-348. [Abstract]
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• Robots in the wild: observing human-robot social interaction outside the lab
  S. Sabanovic, M.P. Michalowski, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC 2006), IEEE, March, 2006, pp. 596 - 601. [Abstract]
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• Socially Distributed Perception
  M.P. Michalowski, C.F. DiSalvo, S. Sabanovic, D. Busquets Font, L.M. Hiatt, N. Melchior, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2006), ACM, March, 2006, pp. 349-350. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [136 KB] copyrighted

• What to Communicate? Execution-time Decision in Multi-agent POMDPs
  M. Roth, R. Simmons, and M. Veloso
  The 8th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), 2006. [Abstract]

• Designing Robots for Long-Term Social Interaction
  R. Gockley, A. Bruce, J. Forlizzi, M.P. Michalowski, A. Mundell, S. Rosenthal, B.P. Sellner, R. Simmons, K. Snipes, A. Schultz, and J. Wang
  Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), IEEE, August, 2005, pp. 2199 - 2204. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [593 KB] copyrighted

• Social Tag: Finding the Person with the Pink Hat
  C.F. DiSalvo, D. Busquets Font, L. Hiatt, N. Melchior, M.P. Michalowski, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Twentieth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2005), AAAI, July, 2005, pp. 1726-1727.
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• Tractable Particle Filters for Robot Fault Diagnosis
  V. Verma
  doctoral dissertation, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1476 KB] copyrighted

• Decentralized Communication Strategies for Coordinated Multi-Agent Policies
  M. Roth, R. Simmons, and M. Veloso
  Multi-Robot Systems. From Swarms to Intelligent Automata, Lynne E. Parker, Frank E. Schneider, Alan C. Shultz, ed., Springer, Vol. III, 2005, pp. 93-106. [Abstract]

• Reasoning About Joint Beliefs for Execution-Time Communication Decisions
  M. Roth, R. Simmons, and M. Veloso
  The Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2005. [Abstract]

• Social Tag: Finding the Person with the Pink Hat
  M.P. Michalowski, D. Busquets Font, C.F. DiSalvo, L. Hiatt, N. Melchior, R. Simmons, and S. Sabanovic
  AAAI Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition: Papers from the 2005 AAAI Workshop, Technical Report WS-05-11, AAAI, 2005, pp. 40-44. [Abstract]
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• Real-time fault diagnosis [robot fault diagnosis]
  V. Verma, G. Gordon, R. Simmons, and S. Thrun
  Robotics & Automation Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 2, June, 2004, pp. 56 - 66. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [610 KB] copyrighted

• Tekkotsu: A Rapid Development Framework for Robotics
  E. Tira-Thompson
  master's thesis, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2004. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [4218 KB] copyrighted

• Decision-theoretic Monte Carlo smoothing for scaling tracking in hybrid dynamic systems
  V. Verma and R. Simmons
  Vol. 3, March, 2004, pp. 1986 - 1992. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [500 KB] copyrighted

• Preliminary Results in Sliding Autonomy for Coordinated Teams
  J. Brookshire, S. Singh, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of The 2004 Spring Symposium Series, March, 2004. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [414 KB] copyrighted

• Policy Search in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
  J. Bagnell and J. Schneider
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-45, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [351 KB], ps.gz [269 KB] copyrighted

• Variable Resolution Particle Filter
  V. Verma, S. Thrun, and R. Simmons
  In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI, August, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [226 KB], ps.gz [153 KB] copyrighted

• Boosting Stochastic Problem Solvers Through Online Self-Analysis of Performance
  V. Cicirello
  doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-27, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1930 KB], ps.gz [810 KB] copyrighted

• Efficient Monitoring for Planetary Rovers
  V. Verma, G. Gordon, and R. Simmons
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligenceand Robotics in Space, May, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [210 KB], ps.gz [144 KB] copyrighted

• A Generic Framework for Robotic Navigation
  C. Urmson, R. Simmons, and I. Nesnas
  IEEE Aerospace Conference 2003, March, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Market-Based Multi-Robot Planning in a Distributed Layered Architecture
  D. Goldberg, V. Cicirello, M.B. Dias, R. Simmons, S. Smith, and A. Stentz
  Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata: Proceedings from the 2003 International Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 2, 2003, pp. 27-38. [Abstract]

• Amplification of Search Performance through Randomization of Heuristics
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming: 8th International Conference, Proceedings, Springer-Verlag, Vol. LNCS 2470 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, September, 2002, pp. 124-138. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [280 KB], ps.gz [166 KB] copyrighted

• A Layered Architecture for Coordination of Mobile Robots
  R. Simmons, T. Smith, M.B. Dias, D. Goldberg, D. Hershberger, A. Stentz, and R.M. Zlot
  Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata, Proceedings from the 2002 NRL Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, May, 2002. [Abstract]

• A Social Robot that Stands in Line
  Y. Nakauchi and R. Simmons
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 12, No. 3, May, 2002, pp. 313 - 324.

• The Role of Expressiveness and Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
  A. Bruce, I. Nourbakhsh, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA' 02), May, 2002. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [183 KB] copyrighted

• Distributed Coordination of Resources via Wasp-like Agents
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  First NASA GSFC/JPL Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts (WRAC), January, 2002. [Abstract]
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• A Distributed Layered Architecture for Mobile Robot Coordination: Application to Space Exploration
  D. Goldberg, V. Cicirello, M.B. Dias, R. Simmons, S. Smith, T. Smith, and A. Stentz
  Proceedings of the 3rd International NASA Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, 2002. [Abstract]

• Randomizing Dispatch Scheduling Policies
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  The 2001 AAAI Fall Symposium: Using Uncertainty Within Computation, November, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [96 KB], ps.gz [117 KB] copyrighted

• A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Multi-Agent Systems for Shop Floor Routing
  V. Cicirello
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-28, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [178 KB], ps.gz [85 KB] copyrighted

• A Market Approach to Multirobot Coordination
  M.B. Dias and A. Stentz
  tech. report CMU-RI -TR-01-26, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [341 KB], ps.gz [1929 KB] copyrighted

• Improved Routing Wasps for Distributed Factory Control
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  The IJCAI-01 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing: New AI Paradigms for Manufacturing, August, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [148 KB], ps.gz [90 KB] copyrighted

• Insect Societies and Manufacturing
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  The IJCAI-01 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing: New AI Paradigms for Manufacturing, August, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [151 KB], ps.gz [351 KB] copyrighted

• Solving Uncertain Markov Decision Problems
  J. Bagnell, A.Y. Ng, and J. Schneider
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-25, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [970 KB], ps.gz [2556 KB] copyrighted

• Autonomous Helicopter Control using Reinforcement Learning Policy Search Methods
  J. Bagnell and J. Schneider
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2001, IEEE, May, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [224 KB], ps.gz [104 KB] copyrighted

• Wasp Nests for Self-Configurable Factories
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  Agents '01, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents, ACM Press, May, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [417 KB], ps.gz [241 KB] copyrighted

• Ant Colony Control for Autonomous Decentralized Shop Floor Routing
  V. Cicirello and S. Smith
  ISADS-2001: Fifth International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems, IEEE Computer Society, March, 2001, pp. 383 - 390. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [79 KB], ps.gz [220 KB] copyrighted

• The Role of Expressiveness and Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
  A. Bruce, I. Nourbakhsh, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings, 2001 AAAI Fall Symposium, 2001. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [45 KB] copyrighted

• Distributed Robotic Mapping of Extreme Environments
  S. Thayer, B. Digney, M.B. Dias, A. Stentz, B. Nabbe, and M. Hebert
  Proceedings of SPIE: Mobile Robots XV and Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies VII, Vol. 4195, November, 2000. [Abstract]
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• A Social Robot that Stands in Line
  Y. Nakauchi and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '00), October, 2000.
  Download: pdf [5087 KB] copyrighted

• A Free Market Architecture for Distributed Control of a Multirobot System
  M.B. Dias and A. Stentz
  6th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-6), July, 2000, pp. 115-122. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [190 KB] copyrighted

• Q2: memory-based active learning for optimizing noisy continuous functions
  A. Moore, J. Schneider, J. Boyan, and M.S. Lee
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '00), Vol. 4, April, 2000, pp. 4095 - 4102. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [650 KB] copyrighted

• Lessons Learned from Xavier
  R. Simmons, J.L. Fernandez, R. Goodwin, S. Koenig, and J. O'Sullivan
  Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2000, pp. 733 - 39. [Abstract]
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• A Free Market Architecture for Coordinating Multiple Robots
  A. Stentz and M.B. Dias
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-99-42, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1999. [Abstract]
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• Social Behavioral Robot that Stands in Line
  Y. Nakauchi and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of SMC '99, October, 1999.
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• Distributed Value Functions
  J. Schneider, W. Wong, A. Moore, and M. Riedmiller
  International Conference on Machine Learning, 1999.
  Download: pdf [149 KB], ps.gz [54 KB] copyrighted

• Xavier: An Autonomous Mobile Robot on the Web
  R. Simmons, J. Fernandez, R. Goodwin, S. Koenig, and J. O'Sullivan
  Robotics and Automation Magazine, 1999. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [782 KB], ps.gz [1020 KB] copyrighted

• Q2: Memory-based active learning for optimizing noisy continuous functions
  A. Moore, J. Schneider, J. Boyan, and M. Lee
  International Conference of Machine Learning, June, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [721 KB], ps.gz [491 KB] copyrighted

• Value Function Based Production Scheduling
  J. Schneider, J. Boyan, and A. Moore
  Machine Learning: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference (ICML '98), March, 1998. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [144 KB], ps.gz [77 KB] copyrighted

• Solving Robot Navigation Problems with Initial Pose Uncertainty Using Real-Time Heuristic Search
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems, 1998, pp. 144 - 153. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [99 KB], ps.gz [63 KB] copyrighted

• Xavier: A Robot Navigation Architecture Based on Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Models
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Artificial Intelligence Based Mobile Robotics: Case Studies of Successful Robot Systems, D. Kortenkamp, R. Bonasso and R. Murphy, ed., MIT Press, 1998, pp. 91 - 122. [Abstract]

• A Layered Architecture for Office Delivery Robots
  R. Simmons, R. Goodwin, K. Haigh, S. Koenig, and J. Sullivan
  First International Conference on Autonomous Agents, February, 1997, pp. 235 - 242. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [230 KB], ps.gz [175 KB] copyrighted

• Sensor-Based Planning with the Freespace Assumption
  S. Koenig and Y. Smirnov
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '97), 1997. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [211 KB], ps.gz [74 KB] copyrighted

• Xavier: Experience with a Layered Robot Architecture
  R. Simmons, R. Goodwin, K. Haigh, S. Koenig, J. O'Sullivan, and M. Veloso
  Agents '97, 1997.
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• The Curvature-Velocity Method for Local Obstacle Avoidance
  R. Simmons
  International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 1996.
  Download: pdf [64 KB], ps.gz [94 KB] copyrighted

• Active Learning on Non-Stationary Functions
  J. Schneider
  Working Notes of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Active Learning, 1996.
  Download: pdf [123 KB], ps.gz [60 KB] copyrighted

• Exploiting Model Uncertainty Estimates for Safe Dynamic Control Learning
  J. Schneider
  Neural Information Processing Systems 9, 1996.
  Download: pdf [159 KB], ps.gz [51 KB] copyrighted

• Passive Distance Learning for Robot Navigation
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings ofthe Thirteenth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 1996, pp. 266 - 274. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [71 KB], ps.gz [322 KB] copyrighted

• Robot Navigation with Markov Models: A Framework for Path Planning and Learning with Limited Computational Resources
  S. Koenig, R. Goodwin, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the International Workshop on Reasoning with Uncertainty in Robotics, December, 1995. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [76 KB], ps.gz [175 KB] copyrighted

• Probabilistic Robot Navigation in Partially Observable Environments
  R. Simmons and S. Koenig
  Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI '95), July, 1995, pp. 1080 - 1087. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [60 KB], ps.gz [70 KB] copyrighted

• Memory-based Stochastic Optimization
  A. Moore and J. Schneider
  Neural Information Processing Systems 8, 1995.
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