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Dominic Jonak
Senior Research Programmer

Associated center: FRC

Email address: dom@ri.cmu.edu

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

For more information, see my personal homepage.

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• 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.
• Life in the Atacama - Robotic field investigation will bring new scientific understanding of the Atacama as a habitat for life with distinct analogies to Mars.
• LORAX: Life on Ice, Robotic Antarctic Explorer - The LORAX: Life on Ice, Robotic Antarctic Explorer project is preparing technology for a robotic investigation of microorganisms surviving within the near-surface ice of the Antarctic plateau.
• Science Autonomy - The Science Autonomy project seeks to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of robotic planetary investigations by enabling automatic detection of relevant science features, classification of feature properties, and exploration planning that responds on-the-fly.

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

• 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

• Rover Design for Polar Astrobiological Exploration
  L. Pedersen, D. Wettergreen, D. Apostolopoulos, C. McKay, M.E. DiGioia, D. Jonak, S. Heys, J. Teza, and M.D. Wagner
  8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, September, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [367 KB] copyrighted

• Second Experiments in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert of Chile
  D. Wettergreen, N. Cabrol, V. Baskaran, F. Calderon, S. Heys, D. Jonak, R.A. Luders, D. Pane, T. Smith, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, D. Villa, C. Williams, and M.D. Wagner
  8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, September, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [945 KB] copyrighted

• Robotic Technologies for Surveying Habitats and Seeking Evidence of Life: Results from the 2004 Field Experiments of the “Life in the Atacama” Project
  D. Wettergreen, N. Cabrol, W.L. Whittaker, G.C. Diaz, F. Calderon, S. Heys, D. Jonak, R.A. Luders, J. Moersch, D. Pane, M. Smith, K. Stubbs, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, D. Villa, C. Williams, M.D. Wagner, A. Waggoner, S. Weinstein, and M. Wyatt
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI, March, 2005. [Abstract]

• Searching for Life with Rovers: Exploration Methods and Science Results from the 2004 Field Campaign of the "Life in the Atacama" Project and Applications to Future Mars Missions
  N.A. Cabrol, D. Wettergreen, W.L. Whittaker, E.A. Grin, J. Moersch, G.C. Diaz, C. Cockell, P. Coppin, J.M. Dohm, G. Fisher, A.N. Hock, L. Marinangeli, E. Minkley, G.G. Ori, J. Piatek, A. Waggoner, K. Warren-Rhodes, S. Weinstein, M. Wyatt, F. Calderon, S. Heys, D. Jonak, R.A. Luders, D. Pane, T. Smith, K. Stubbs, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, D. Villa, C. Williams, M.D. Wagner, G. Thomas, and J. Glasgow
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI, March, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [70 KB] copyrighted