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Publications, Tele-Supervised Autonomous Robotics

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

• Multi-Level Autonomy Robot Telesupervision
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, A. Elfes, and M. Bergerman
  Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '08), May, 2008. [Abstract]
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• Operation of Robotic Science Boats Using the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet System
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, and A. Elfes
  Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '08), May, 2008. [Abstract]
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• Scheduling for Humans in Multirobot Supervisory Control
  S. Mau and J. Dolan
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '07), October, 2007, pp. 1637 - 1643. [Abstract]
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• Human Telesupervision of Very Heterogeneous Planetary Robot Teams
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, A. Elfes, and M. Bergerman
  Proceedings of the 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (AIAA 2007), September, 2007. [Abstract]
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• The Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
  A. Elfes, G. Podnar, J. Dolan, S.B. Stancliff, E.L. Ratliff, J. Hosler, T. Ames, J. Moisan, T. Moisan, J. Higinbotham, and E. Kulczycki
  Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization III: Readiness for GEOSS, August, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Scheduling for Humans and Team Size Issues in Multirobot Supervisory Control
  S. Mau
  master's thesis, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-07-20, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Harmful Algal Bloom Characterization Via the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
  J. Dolan, G. Podnar, S.B. Stancliff, E.L. Ratliff, J. Higinbotham, J. Hosler, T. Ames, J. Moisan, T. Moisan, and A. Elfes
  Proc. NASA Science Technology Conference 2007 (NSTC-07), May, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Adaptive Sampling for Multi-Robot Wide-Area Exploration
  K.H. Low, G. Gordon, J. Dolan, and P. Khosla
  Proceedings of the IEEE 2007 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '07), April, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Scheduling to Minimize Downtime in Human-Multirobot Supervisory Control
  S. Mau and J. Dolan
  Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, October, 2006. [Abstract]
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• On the Interdependence of Sensing and Estimation Complexity in Sensor Networks
  Y. Rachlin, R. Negi, and P. Khosla
  Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN '06), April, 2006. [Abstract]
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• A Robot Supervision Architecture for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration and Operation
  E. Halberstam, L.E. Navarro-Serment, R. Conescu, S. Mau, G. Podnar, A.D. Guisewite, H. Brown, A. Elfes, J. Dolan, and M. Bergerman
  Tenth Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Earth & Space 2006 Conference, ASCE, March, 2006. [Abstract]
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• A Robot Supervision Architecture for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration and Operation
  E. Halberstam, L.E. Navarro-Serment, R. Conescu, S. Mau, G. Podnar, A.D. Guisewite, H. Brown, A. Elfes, J. Dolan, and M. Bergerman
  PowerPoint Presentation at the Earth & Space 2006 Conference, March, 2006.
  Download: pdf [1948 KB] copyrighted

• Human Telesupervision of a Fleet of Autonomous Robots for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, A. Elfes, M. Bergerman, H. Brown, and A.D. Guisewite
  Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Safe and Efficient Robotic Space Exploration with Tele-Supervised Autonomous Robots
  A. Elfes, J. Dolan, G. Podnar, S. Mau, and M. Bergerman
  Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium, March, 2006, pp. 104 - 113.. [Abstract]
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• Adaptive Sampling for Multi-Robot Wide Area Prospecting
  K.H. Low, G. Gordon, J. Dolan, and P. Khosla
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-51, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [273 KB] copyrighted

• Towards a Telesupervisory Multi- Robot Lunar and Planetary Exploration Architecture
  J. Dolan, G. Podnar, and A. Elfes
  Proceedings of the AIAA Space Automation & Robotics Symposium, March, 2005.

• Efficient Mapping Through Exploitation of Spatial Dependencies
  Y. Rachlin, J. Dolan, and P. Khosla
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '05), 2005. [Abstract]
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• A Probabilistic Approach for the Adaptive Integration of Multiple Visual Cues Using an Agent Framework
  A. Soto
  doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-02-30, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Distributed Surveillance and Reconnaissance Using Multiple Autonomous ATVs: CyberScout
  M. Saptharishi, C.S. Oliver, C.P. Diehl, K. Bhat, J. Dolan, A. Trebi-Ollennu, and P. Khosla
  IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation: Special Issue on Multi-Robot Systems, Vol. 18, No. 5, October, 2002, pp. 826 - 836. [Abstract]
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• A Robotic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Environmental Research and Monitoring
  A. Elfes, M.F.M. Campos, M. Bergerman, S.S. Bueno, and G. Podnar
  First Scientific Conference on the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), June, 2000.

• Tracking Multiple Moving Objects for Real-Time Robot Navigation
  E. Prassler, J. Scholz, and A. Elfes
  Journal of Autonomous Robots, Special Issue on Perception for Mobile Agents, Vol. 8, 2000.
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• Cyber-ATVs: Dynamic and Distributed Reconnaissance and Surveillance Using All-Terrain UGVs
  A. Soto, M. Saptharishi, A. Trebi-Ollennu, J. Dolan, and P. Khosla
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, August, 1999, pp. 329-334. [Abstract]
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• Robotic Assistants for Aircraft Inspectors
  M. Siegel, P. Gunatilake, and G. Podnar
  Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, March, 1998, pp. 16 - 30.
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• Incorporating Spatial Representations at Multiple Levels of Abstraction in a Replicated Multilayered Architecture for Robot Control
  A. Elfes
  Intelligent Robots:Sensing, Modelling, and Planning, R. C. Bolles, H. Bunke, and H. Noltemeier, ed., World Scientific Publishers, New York, NY, 1997. [Abstract]
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• Software for 3D-TV and 3D-Stereoscopic Computer Workstations
  M. Siegel, V.S. Grinberg, A. Jordan, J.S. McVeigh, G. Podnar, S. Safier, and S. Sethuraman
  Proc. of the 1995 International Workshop on Stereoscopic and Three Dimensional Imaging, European Projects RACE II - DISTIMA and COST 230, September, 1995, pp. 251 - 260.
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• Geometry of Binocular Imaging II: The Augmented Eye
  V.S. Grinberg, G. Podnar, and M. Siegel
  Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems II, Vol. 2409, February, 1995, pp. 142 - 149.
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• Robot Navigation: Integrating Perception, Environmental Constraints and Task Execution Within a Probabilistic Framework
  A. Elfes
  Reasoning With Uncertainty in Robotics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1995, pp. 93 - 130.

• Geometry of Binocular Imaging
  V.S. Grinberg, G. Podnar, and M. Siegel
  Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems, Vol. 2177, February, 1994, pp. 56 - 65.
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• Dynamic Control of Robot Perception Using Multi-Property Inference Grids
  A. Elfes
  Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '92), May, 1992. [Abstract]
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• Dynamic Control of Robot Perception Using Stochastic Spatial Models
  A. Elfes
  Information Processing in Mobile Robots, G. Schmidt, ed., 1991. [Abstract]
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