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DeWitt Talmadge Latimer, IV
Research Programmer

No longer a member of RI.

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My research at Carnegie Mellon focuses on the design of field robotic systems for inspecting and planning inspection of construction projects. Construction projects pose a unique challenge to robotics planning as the schedules and environment are less controlled than in factory settings.

The field inspection system focuses on tightly integrating sensors with field output devices to enable a robotic inspector to interact with field crews. This project focuses heavily on engineering a solution that extends commercial sensor platforms to robotic inspectors that can direct corrective actions in the field.

The inspection planning system is a planner designed to optimize the placement and movement of assessment sensors through a construction job site. This research focuses on developing a concept of measurement goals and achievability of such goals in the environment. From the map of the achievability of the goals, motion plans to deliver sensors to the various goal regions are developed and then minimized using conventional techniques.

CAD/CAM, construction, field robotics, inspection, multi-agent systems, planning, scheduling, and sensors

• Project LISTEN - Literacy/Language/Learning Innovation/Instruction that Speech Technology ENables

• Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor - Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor listens to children read aloud.

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

• 4-Month Evaluation of a Learner-controlled Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, C. Huang, B. Junker, R. Kennedy, H. Lan, D.T. Latimer, IV, R. O'Connor, R. Tassone, B. Tobin, and A. Wierman
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands, 2005.

• Running Surface Assessment Technology Review
  D.T. Latimer, IV, S. Gujar, J. Garrett, B. Akinci, S. Thayer, and C. Paredis
  tech. report CMU-ICES-TR-04-03-02, ICES, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Towards sensor based coverage with robot teams
  D.T. Latimer, IV, S. Srinivasa, V.L. Shue, S. Sonne, H. Choset, and A. Hurst
  Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '02), IEEE, Vol. 1, May, 2002, pp. 961 - 967. [Abstract]
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• Excavation in Space: A Survey of Automation Technologies
  D.T. Latimer, IV
  15th Space Studies Institute (SSI) Conference on Space Manufacturing, May, 2001, pp. 125 - 130. [Abstract]
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• Automatic Detection of Significant Variation from Designed Intent Utilizing Survey Data / CIAMS: Constuction Information and Management System
  D.T. Latimer, IV, O. Hammond, R. Hallon, C.T. Stidsen, and S. Lam
  17th IAARC/IFAC/IEEE International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), September, 2000, pp. 861 - 865. [Abstract]
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• Construction Metrology Standards in Orbiting Facility Construction, Maintenance, and Operation
  D.T. Latimer, IV
  Robotics 2000 Conference, The 4th International Conference and Exposition/Demonstration on Robotics for Challenging Situations and Environments, February, 2000, pp. 9 - 14. [Abstract]
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• How effective is unsupervised data collection for children's speech recognition?
  G. Aist, P. Chan, X.D. Huang, L. Jiang, R. Kennedy, D.T. Latimer, IV, J. Mostow, and C. Yeung
  International Conference on Speech and Language Processing (ICSLP98), December, 1998. [Abstract]
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