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James Martin Operations Manager - NREC Associated center: NREC Email address: jmartin@rec.ri.cmu.edu Office: NREC 229 Phone: (412) 683-4145 Fax: 412-681-6289 Mailing address: National Robotics Engineering Center 10 40th Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201 For more information, see my personal homepage.

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Biography

Previous Duties:

CoreSampler, 1984:.....Mechanical Design and Fabrication Team
This vehicle drilled core samples from the walls of the Three Mile Island basement to determine the depth and severity of radioactive material that soaked into the concrete.

1985 - Specified and cordinated renovation of the Field Robitics Center (FRC)

1985-1994 - Lab Coordinator for FRC

NavLab I, 1986:.....Mechanical Design and Fabrication Team
Pioneered high performance outdoor navigation. NavLab deployed racks of computers, laser scanners, and color cameras providing cutting-edge perception in its time.

Remote Work Vehicle, 1986:.....Testsite Development and Project Support
The Remote Work Vehicle was developed for a broad agenda of clean-up operations like washing contaminated surfaces, removing sediments, demolishing radiated structures, applying surface treatments, and packaging and transporting materials.

Pipe Mapping , 1988:.....Mechanical Design and Fabrication Lead
Mobile pipe mapping computes magnetic and radar data over a dense grid to infer the depth and location of buried pipes. This outperforms hand-held pipe detectors.

Ambler, 1990:.....Fabrication Team
Ambler is a walking robot that enables energy-efficient overlapping gaits. Developed as a testbed for research in walking robots operating in rugged terrain.

Navlab II, 1992:.....Mechanical Design and Fabrication Lead
This automated HUMMER pioneered trinocular vision, WARP computing, and sensor fusion to navigate offroad terrain.

1994-1996 - Specified and renovated the National Robotics Engineering Consortium Building

Interests and Responsibilities

Ongoing Duties: Establish and maintain research environment at the NREC.

This consists of facility development and maintenance and research project support.

Past Labs & Groups

NavLab - Autonomous Vehicles and Driver Assistance

Past Projects

Ambler - We are developing the Ambler, a six-legged walking robot that addresses the challenges of exploring rugged terrains, acquiring samples, and avoiding dangerous situations.

Pioneer - Robots for Chornobyl Stabilization