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Nathaniel Fairfield
PhD Student

Associated center: FRC

Email address: than@cmu.edu

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

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My primary areas of interest are robotic exploration in environments which require a high level of autonomy, and extending the capabilities of a robotic system via human-robot collaboration. These interests lead me to all sorts of good robotics problems like SLAM, planning, science autonomy and machine learning; as well as human-interface stuff like data visualization, mission specification, and realtime interaction.

artificial intelligence, control, data visualization, field robotics, hazardous environments, human-computer interaction, motion planning, obstacle avoidance, planning, sensor fusion, and space robotics

• DEPTHX: Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer - The DEPTHX: Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer project is developing an autonomy for underwater explorers to enable them to map their environment and plan and execute science investigations. The DEPTHX vehicle will explore the flooded caverns of the Zacaton Cenote in Mexico in 2006.

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

• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation and Proximity Operations for Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX)
  W. Stone, N. Fairfield, and G.A. Kantor
  Masterclass in AUV Technology for Polar Science: Proceedings of an International Masterclass Held at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, 28-39 March 2006, Society for Underwater Technology, London, March, 2007. [Abstract]

• Experiments in Navigation and Mapping with a Hovering AUV
  G.A. Kantor, N. Fairfield, D. Jonak, and D. Wettergreen
  Intl. Conf. on Field and Service Robotics, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1131 KB] copyrighted

• Field Results of the Control, Navigation, and Mapping Systems of a Hovering AUV
  N. Fairfield, D. Jonak, G.A. Kantor, and D. Wettergreen
  Intl. Symp. on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1988 KB] copyrighted

• Real-Time SLAM with Octree Evidence Grids for Exploration in Underwater Tunnels
  N. Fairfield, G.A. Kantor, and D. Wettergreen
  Journal of Field Robotics, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1867 KB] copyrighted

• Towards Particle Filter SLAM with Three Dimensional Evidence Grids in a Flooded Subterranean Environment
  N. Fairfield, G.A. Kantor, and D. Wettergreen
  Proceedings of ICRA 2006, May, 2006, pp. 3575 - 3580. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1310 KB] copyrighted

• Three Dimensional Evidence Grids for SLAM in Complex Underwater Environments
  N. Fairfield, G.A. Kantor, and D. Wettergreen
  Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium of Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST), AUSI, Lee, New Hampshire, August, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [808 KB], ps.gz [1892 KB] copyrighted