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Software Systems Group
Head: Scott Thayer
Contact: Scott Thayer

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Associated center: FRC

This page last updated - September 2005.

The Software Systems Group fields modular, reliable, and maintainable software in defense and security applications. We maintain specific expertise in map-based command and control applications, actuation and control, a well as mapping and localization systems. In addition to design, we maintain an analysis team that has significant experience in the reverse-engineering and documentation of complex software systems.

Name - Title <Email Address>
• David Kachmar - Project Assistant <dkachmar@andrew.cmu.edu>

• Advanced Sensor Based Defect Management at Construction Sites - This research project builds on, combines and extends the advances in generating 3D environments using laser scanners.
• Dismount Control Project - We are deveopling Dismount, a system used to track position of an individual and programming a robot to follow it.
• Expeditionary Target Identification and Exchange System - we are developing ETIES, a modular software system that provides for target identification, handoff, and engagement.
• Human Odometer - We are developing the Human Odometer - a system designed for situational awareness for firefighter tracking.

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

• A Formalism for Utilization of Sensor Systems and Integrated Project Models for Active Construction Quality Control
  B. Akinci, F. Boukamp, C. Gordon, D. Huber, C. Lyons, and K. Park
  Automation in Construction, Vol. 15, No. 2, February, 2006, pp. 124--138. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [2250 KB] copyrighted

• An Analysis of the Human Odometer
  U. Wong, C. Lyons, and S. Thayer
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-47, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [558 KB] copyrighted

• Assessment of visualization software for support of construction site inspection tasks using data collected from reality capture technologies
  C. Gordon, B. Akinci, F. Boukamp, and D. Huber
  Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, July, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [86 KB] copyrighted

• Combining Reality Capture Technologies for Construction Defect Detection: A Case Study
  C. Gordon, F. Boukamp, D. Huber, E. Latimer, K. Park, and B. Akinci
  EIA9: E-Activities and Intelligent Support in Design and the Built Environment, 9th EuropIA International Conference, October, 2003, pp. 99-108. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [115 KB] copyrighted