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Liam Pedersen
PhD Student

No longer a member of RI.

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Autonomous robotic science and exploration, with an emphasis on Bayesian methods.

Recently built the rock and meteorite classification system onboard the Nomad robot used to search for meteorites in Antarctica.

Other areas of interest are active sensor selection and statistically modelling the environment.

Instrument pilot

• Autonomous Rover Technologies - Pursuing breakthroughs and insights into fundamental aspects of robot perception, navigation, position estimation, and integrated exploratory science from a robot.
• Global Connection Project - The Global Connection Project develops software tools and technologies to increase the power of images to connect, inform, and inspire people to become engaged and responsible global citizens.
• Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search - Developing robots to search for meteorites in Antarctica, as an analog of a planetary exploration robot.
• Sun Synchronous Navigation - We are developing the algorithms, technologies, and experiments that will fulfill the vision of sun-synchronous circumnavigation.

• 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

• Autonomous characterization of unknown environments
  L. Pedersen
  2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, May, 2001, pp. 277 - 284. [Abstract]
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• Autonomous Robotic Meteorite Identification in Antarctica
  L. Pedersen, M.D. Wagner, D. Apostolopoulos, and W.L. Whittaker
  2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2001, pp. 4158-4165. [Abstract]
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• Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search: Outcomes
  D. Apostolopoulos, L. Pedersen, B. Shamah, K. Shillcutt, M.D. Wagner, and W.L. Whittaker
  2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2001, pp. 4174-4179. [Abstract]
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• Technology and Field Demonstration of Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites
  D. Apostolopoulos, M.D. Wagner, B. Shamah, L. Pedersen, K. Shillcutt, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Journal of Robotics Research, December, 2000. [Abstract]
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• Robotic Rock Classification and Autonomous Exploration
  L. Pedersen
  doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-01-14, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 2000.
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• Autonomous Science Decisions for Mars Sample Return
  T.L. Roush, V. Gulick, R. Morris, P. Gazis, G. Benedix, C. Glymour, J. Ramsey, L. Pedersen, M. Ruzon, W. Buntine, and J. Oliver
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXX, 1999.

• Robotic Rock Classification Using Visible Light Reflectance Spectroscopy: Preliminary results from the Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search program
  L. Pedersen, D. Apostolopoulos, W.L. Whittaker, W. Cassidy, P. Lee, and T. Roush
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXX, 1999.

• Search for Meteorites at Martin Hills and Pirrit Hills, Antarctica
  P. Lee, W.A. Cassidy, D. Apostolopoulos, D. Bassi, L. Bravo, H. Cifuentes, M. Deans, A. Foessel, S. Moorehead, M. Parris, C. Puebla, L. Pedersen, M. Sibenac, F. Valdés, N. Vandapel, and W.L. Whittaker
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXX, 1999.
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• Robotic Deployment of Electro-Magnetic Sensors for Meteorite Search
  L. Pedersen
  Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '98), Vol. 1, May, 1998, pp. 618 - 623. [Abstract]
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