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• Combining Cost and Reliability for Rough Terrain Navigation
  J. Kwak, M. Pivtoraiko, and R. Simmons
  9th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (iSAIRAS'08), February, 2008. [Abstract]
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• Human-Robot Teams for Large-Scale Assembly
  R. Simmons, S. Singh, F. Heger, L.M. Hiatt, S.C. Koterba, N. Melchior, and B.P. Sellner
  Proceedings of the NASA Science Technology Conference 2007 (NSTC-07), May, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [411 KB] copyrighted

• Particle RRT for Path Planning in Very Rough Terrain
  N. Melchior, J. Kwak, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the NASA Science Technology Conference 2007 (NSTC-07), May, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1019 KB], ps.gz [2299 KB] copyrighted

• Socially Distributed Perception: GRACE plays Social Tag at AAAI 2005
  M.P. Michalowski, S. Sabanovic, C.F. DiSalvo, D. Busquets Font, L.M. Hiatt, N. Melchior, and R. Simmons
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 22, No. 4, May, 2007, pp. 385-397. [Abstract]

• Particle RRT for Path Planning with Uncertainty
  N. Melchior and R. Simmons
  2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 2007, pp. 1617-1624. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [866 KB], ps.gz [2095 KB] copyrighted

• Natural Person-Following Behavior for Social Robots
  R. Gockley, J. Forlizzi, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, March, 2007, pp. 17-24. [Abstract]
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• A Preliminary Study of Peer-to-Peer Human-Robot Interaction
  T.W. Fong, J. Scholtz, J. Shah, L. Flueckiger, C. Kunz, D. Lees, J. Schreiner, M. Siegel, L. Hiatt, I. Nourbakhsh, R. Simmons, R. Ambrose, R. Burridge, B. Antonishek, M. Bugajska, A. Schultz, and J.G. Trafton
  International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE, October, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Towards Proactive Replanning for Multi-Robot Teams
  B.P. Sellner and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling in Space 2006, October, 2006. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [450 KB], ps.gz [566 KB] copyrighted

• Modeling Affect in Socially Interactive Robots
  R. Gockley, R. Simmons, and J. Forlizzi
  Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN06), September, 2006, pp. 558-563. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [289 KB] copyrighted

• Coordinated Multi-Agent Teams and Sliding Autonomy for Large-Scale Assembly
  B.P. Sellner, F. Heger, L. Hiatt, R. Simmons, and S. Singh
  Proceedings of the IEEE - Special Issue on Multi-Robot Systems, Vol. 94, No. 7, July, 2006, pp. 1425 - 1444. [Abstract]
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• A spatial model of engagement for a social robot
  M.P. Michalowski, S. Sabanovic, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC 2006), IEEE, March, 2006, pp. 762 - 767. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [198 KB] copyrighted

• Attaining Situational Awareness for Sliding Autonomy
  B.P. Sellner, L.M. Hiatt, R. Simmons, and S. Singh
  Proceedings of HRI 2006, March, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Interactions with a Moody Robot
  R. Gockley, J. Forlizzi, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, Salt Lake City, Utah, March, 2006, pp. 186-193. [Abstract]
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• Multimodal person tracking and attention classification
  M.P. Michalowski and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2006), ACM, March, 2006, pp. 347-348. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [133 KB] copyrighted

• Robots in the wild: observing human-robot social interaction outside the lab
  S. Sabanovic, M.P. Michalowski, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC 2006), IEEE, March, 2006, pp. 596 - 601. [Abstract]
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• Socially Distributed Perception
  M.P. Michalowski, C.F. DiSalvo, S. Sabanovic, D. Busquets Font, L.M. Hiatt, N. Melchior, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2006), ACM, March, 2006, pp. 349-350. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [136 KB] copyrighted

• What to Communicate? Execution-time Decision in Multi-agent POMDPs
  M. Roth, R. Simmons, and M. Veloso
  The 8th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), 2006. [Abstract]

• Results in Sliding Autonomy for Multi-robot Spatial Assembly
  F. Heger, L. Hiatt, B.P. Sellner, R. Simmons, and S. Singh
  Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, September, 2005. [Abstract]
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• The Peer-to-Peer Human-Robot Interaction Project
  T.W. Fong, I. Nourbakhsh, R. Ambrose, R. Simmons, A. Schultz, and J. Scholtz
  AIAA Space 2005, September, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Designing Robots for Long-Term Social Interaction
  R. Gockley, A. Bruce, J. Forlizzi, M.P. Michalowski, A. Mundell, S. Rosenthal, B.P. Sellner, R. Simmons, K. Snipes, A. Schultz, and J. Wang
  Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), IEEE, August, 2005, pp. 2199 - 2204. [Abstract]
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• Point-based POMDP Algorithms: Improved Analysis and Implementation
  T. Smith and R. Simmons
  Proc. of the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, July, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Social Tag: Finding the Person with the Pink Hat
  C.F. DiSalvo, D. Busquets Font, L. Hiatt, N. Melchior, M.P. Michalowski, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Twentieth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2005), AAAI, July, 2005, pp. 1726-1727.
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• Decentralized Communication Strategies for Coordinated Multi-Agent Policies
  M. Roth, R. Simmons, and M. Veloso
  Multi-Robot Systems. From Swarms to Intelligent Automata, Lynne E. Parker, Frank E. Schneider, Alan C. Shultz, ed., Springer, Vol. III, 2005, pp. 93-106. [Abstract]

• Reasoning About Joint Beliefs for Execution-Time Communication Decisions
  M. Roth, R. Simmons, and M. Veloso
  The Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2005. [Abstract]

• Social Tag: Finding the Person with the Pink Hat
  M.P. Michalowski, D. Busquets Font, C.F. DiSalvo, L. Hiatt, N. Melchior, R. Simmons, and S. Sabanovic
  AAAI Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition: Papers from the 2005 AAAI Workshop, Technical Report WS-05-11, AAAI, 2005, pp. 40-44. [Abstract]
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• User Modelling for Principled Sliding Autonomy in Human-Robot Teams
  B.P. Sellner, R. Simmons, and S. Singh
  Proceedings of the NRL Multirobot Workshop 2005, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Real-time fault diagnosis [robot fault diagnosis]
  V. Verma, G. Gordon, R. Simmons, and S. Thrun
  Robotics & Automation Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 2, June, 2004, pp. 56 - 66. [Abstract]
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• Decision-theoretic Monte Carlo smoothing for scaling tracking in hybrid dynamic systems
  V. Verma and R. Simmons
  Vol. 3, March, 2004, pp. 1986 - 1992. [Abstract]
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• Preliminary Results in Sliding Autonomy for Coordinated Teams
  J. Brookshire, S. Singh, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of The 2004 Spring Symposium Series, March, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Heuristic Search Value Iteration for POMDPs
  T. Smith and R. Simmons
  Proc. of UAI 2004, Banff, Alberta, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Preliminary Results in Sliding Autonomy for Assembly by Coordinated Teams
  J. Brookshire, S. Singh, and R. Simmons
  2004. [Abstract]
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• Approaches for Heuristically Biasing RRT Growth
  C. Urmson and R. Simmons
  IEEE/RSJ IROS 2003, October, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Maintaining line of sight communications networks between planetary rovers
  S. Anderson, R. Simmons, and D. Goldberg
  Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, (IROS 2003), Vol. 3, October, 2003, pp. 2266 - 2272. [Abstract]
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• Variable Resolution Particle Filter
  V. Verma, S. Thrun, and R. Simmons
  In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI, August, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Efficient Monitoring for Planetary Rovers
  V. Verma, G. Gordon, and R. Simmons
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligenceand Robotics in Space, May, 2003. [Abstract]
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• A Generic Framework for Robotic Navigation
  C. Urmson, R. Simmons, and I. Nesnas
  IEEE Aerospace Conference 2003, March, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Market-Based Multi-Robot Planning in a Distributed Layered Architecture
  D. Goldberg, V. Cicirello, M.B. Dias, R. Simmons, S. Smith, and A. Stentz
  Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata: Proceedings from the 2003 International Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 2, 2003, pp. 27-38. [Abstract]

• Probabilistic Models for Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis
  V. Verma, J. Fernandez, and R. Simmons
  The Second IARP and IEEE/RAS Joint Workshop on Technical Challenges for Dependable Robots in Human Environments., Raja Chatila, ed., Toulouse, France, October, 2002. [Abstract]

• Stereo Vision Based Navigation for Sun-Synchronous Exploration
  C. Urmson, M.B. Dias, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '02), Vol. 1, September, 2002, pp. 805 - 810. [Abstract]
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• A Layered Architecture for Coordination of Mobile Robots
  R. Simmons, T. Smith, M.B. Dias, D. Goldberg, D. Hershberger, A. Stentz, and R.M. Zlot
  Multi-Robot Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata, Proceedings from the 2002 NRL Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, May, 2002. [Abstract]

• A Social Robot that Stands in Line
  Y. Nakauchi and R. Simmons
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 12, No. 3, May, 2002, pp. 313 - 324.

• The Role of Expressiveness and Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
  A. Bruce, I. Nourbakhsh, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA' 02), May, 2002. [Abstract]
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• A Distributed Layered Architecture for Mobile Robot Coordination: Application to Space Exploration
  D. Goldberg, V. Cicirello, M.B. Dias, R. Simmons, S. Smith, T. Smith, and A. Stentz
  Proceedings of the 3rd International NASA Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, 2002. [Abstract]

• A Multiple Information Source Planner for Autonomous Planetary Exploration
  S. Moorehead, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), June, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Non-Parametric Fault Identification for Space Rovers
  V. Verma, J. Langford, and R. Simmons
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Space (iSAIRAS), June, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Autonomous Exploration Using Multiple Sources of Information
  S. Moorehead, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Future Directions in Multi-Robot Autonomy and Planetary Surface Construction
  T. Smith, R. Simmons, S. Singh, and D. Hershberger
  Proceedings of the 2001 Space Studies Institute Conference, May, 2001.
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• The Science Autonomy System of the Nomad Robot
  M.D. Wagner, D. Apostolopoulos, K. Shillcutt, B. Shamah, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2001, pp. 1742-1749. [Abstract]
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• Technology for Autonomous Space Systems
  A. Stroupe, S. Singh, R. Simmons, T. Smith, P. Tompkins, V. Verma, R. Vitti-Lyons, and M.D. Wagner
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-00-02, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.
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• The Role of Expressiveness and Attention in Human-Robot Interaction
  A. Bruce, I. Nourbakhsh, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings, 2001 AAAI Fall Symposium, 2001. [Abstract]
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• First Results in the Coordination of Heterogeneous Robots for Large-Scale Assembly
  R. Simmons, S. Singh, D. Hershberger, J. Ramos, and T. Smith
  Proc. of the ISER '00 Seventh International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, December, 2000.
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• A Social Robot that Stands in Line
  Y. Nakauchi and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '00), October, 2000.
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• Recent Progress in Local and Global Traversability for Planetary Rovers
  S. Singh, R. Simmons, T. Smith, A. Stentz, V. Verma, A. Yahja, and K. Schwehr
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2000, IEEE, April, 2000. [Abstract]
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• Lessons Learned from Xavier
  R. Simmons, J.L. Fernandez, R. Goodwin, S. Koenig, and J. O'Sullivan
  Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2000, pp. 733 - 39. [Abstract]
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• Social Behavioral Robot that Stands in Line
  Y. Nakauchi and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of SMC '99, October, 1999.
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• Autonomous Navigation Field Results of a Planetary Analog Robot in Antarctica
  S. Moorehead, R. Simmons, D. Apostolopoulos, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, June, 1999. [Abstract]
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• Optimizing Symbolic Model Checking for Constraint-Rich Models
  B. Yang, R. Simmons, R. Bryant, and D. O'Hallaron
  tech. report CMU-CS-99-118, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 1999. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [136 KB], ps.gz [48 KB] copyrighted

• Xavier: An Autonomous Mobile Robot on the Web
  R. Simmons, J. Fernandez, R. Goodwin, S. Koenig, and J. O'Sullivan
  Robotics and Automation Magazine, 1999. [Abstract]
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• A Task Description Language for Robot Control
  R. Simmons and D. Apfelbaum
  Proceedings Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems, October, 1998.
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• Languages and Tools for Task-Level Robotics Integration
  R. Simmons and S. Thrun
  Proceedings of the 1998 AAAI Spring Symposium, 1998.

• Solving Robot Navigation Problems with Initial Pose Uncertainty Using Real-Time Heuristic Search
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems, 1998, pp. 144 - 153. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [99 KB], ps.gz [63 KB] copyrighted

• Xavier: A Robot Navigation Architecture Based on Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Models
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Artificial Intelligence Based Mobile Robotics: Case Studies of Successful Robot Systems, D. Kortenkamp, R. Bonasso and R. Murphy, ed., MIT Press, 1998, pp. 91 - 122. [Abstract]

• Evolution of a Prototype Lunar Rover: Addition to Laser-Based Hazard Detection, and Results from Field Trials in Lunar Analogue Terrain
  E. Krotkov, M. Hebert, L. Henriksen, P. Levin, M. Maimone, R. Simmons, and J. Teza
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 7, No. 2, July, 1997, pp. 119 - 130. [Abstract]

• Visualization Tools for Validating Software of Autonomous Spacecraft
  R. Simmons and G. Whelan
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation in Space, July, 1997.
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• Field Trials of a Prototype Lunar Rover under Multi-Sensor Safeguarded Teleoperation Control
  E. Krotkov, M. Hebert, L. Henriksen, P. Levin, M. Maimone, R. Simmons, and J. Teza
  American Nuclear Society Seventh Topical Meeting on Robotics & Remote Systems, May, 1997, pp. 575 - 582. [Abstract]
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• A Layered Architecture for Office Delivery Robots
  R. Simmons, R. Goodwin, K. Haigh, S. Koenig, and J. Sullivan
  First International Conference on Autonomous Agents, February, 1997, pp. 235 - 242. [Abstract]
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• A Modular Architecture for Office Delivery Robots
  R. Simmons, R. Goodwin, K.Z. Haigh, S. Koenig, and J. O'Sullivan
  Autonomous Agents 1997, February, 1997, pp. 245 - 252. [Abstract]
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• Xavier: Experience with a Layered Robot Architecture
  R. Simmons, R. Goodwin, K. Haigh, S. Koenig, J. O'Sullivan, and M. Veloso
  Agents '97, 1997.
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• Safeguarded Teleoperation for Lunar Rovers
  E. Krotkov, R. Simmons, F. Cozman, and S. Koenig
  26th Int'l Conf. on Environmental Systems, July, 1996. [Abstract]
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• Perception, Planning, and Control for Autonomous Walking with the Ambler Planetary Rover
  E. Krotkov and R. Simmons
  Intl. Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, April, 1996, pp. 155-180.

• Safeguarded Teleoperation for Lunar Rovers: From Human Factors to Field Trials
  E. Krotkov, R. Simmons, F. Cozman, and S. Koenig
  IEEE Planetary Rover Technology and Systems Workshop, April, 1996. [Abstract]
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• The Curvature-Velocity Method for Local Obstacle Avoidance
  R. Simmons
  International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 1996.
  Download: pdf [64 KB], ps.gz [94 KB] copyrighted

• Amelia
  R. Simmons, S. Thrun, G. Armstrong, R. Goodwin, K. Haigh, S. Koenig, S. Mahamud, D. Nikovski, and J. O'Sullivan
  Proceedings of the AAAI Thirteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1996.

• Easy and Hard Testbeds for Real-Time Search Algorithms
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Thirteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 1996, pp. 279 - 285. [Abstract]
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• Passive Distance Learning for Robot Navigation
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings ofthe Thirteenth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 1996, pp. 266 - 274. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [71 KB], ps.gz [322 KB] copyrighted

• The Effect of Representation and Knowledge on Goal-Directed Exploration with Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Machine Learning Journal, 1996, pp. 227 - 250. [Abstract]
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• The Effect of Representation and Knowledge on Goal-Directed Exploration with Reinforcement-Learning Algorithms
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Machine Learning, Vol. 22, No. 1/3, 1996, pp. 227 - 250. [Abstract]
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• Unsupervised Learning of Probabilistic Models for Robot Navigation
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '96), 1996, pp. 2301 - 2308. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [127 KB], ps.gz [200 KB] copyrighted

• Robot Navigation with Markov Models: A Framework for Path Planning and Learning with Limited Computational Resources
  S. Koenig, R. Goodwin, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the International Workshop on Reasoning with Uncertainty in Robotics, December, 1995. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [76 KB], ps.gz [175 KB] copyrighted

• Stereo Perception and Dead Reckoning for a Prototype Lunar Rover
  E. Krotkov, M. Hebert, and R. Simmons
  Autonomous Robots, Vol. 2, No. 4, December, 1995, pp. 313-331.
  Download: pdf [369 KB], ps.gz [889 KB] copyrighted

• The Effect of Representation and Knowledge on Goal-Directed Exploration with Reinforcement Learning Algorithms: The Proofs
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  tech. report CMU-CS-95-177, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 1995. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [114 KB], ps.gz [35 KB] copyrighted

• Probabilistic Robot Navigation in Partially Observable Environments
  R. Simmons and S. Koenig
  Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI '95), July, 1995, pp. 1080 - 1087. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [60 KB], ps.gz [70 KB] copyrighted

• Ambler: Performance of a Six-Legged Planetary Rover
  E. Krotkov, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  Acta Astonautica, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1995, pp. 75-81. [Abstract]
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• Experience with Rover Navigation for Lunar-Like Terrains
  R. Simmons, E. Krotkov, L. Chrisman, F. Cozman, R. Goodwin, M. Hebert, L. Katragadda, S. Koenig, G. Krishnaswamy, Y. Shinoda, W.L. Whittaker, and P. Klarer
  Proceedings of the 1995 Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '95), IEEE, 1995, pp. 441 - 446. [Abstract]
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• Mixed-Mode Control of Navigation for a Lunar Rover
  R. Simmons, E. Krotkov, L. Chrisman, F. Cozman, R. Goodwin, M. Hebert, G. Heredia, S. Koenig, P. Muir, Y. Shinoda, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the SSI/Princeton Space Manufacturing Conference, 1995.
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• Real-Time Search in Nondeterministic Domains
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings ofthe Fourteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 1995, pp. 1660 - 1667. [Abstract]
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• Experience with Rover Navigation for Lunar-Like Terrains
  R. Simmons, E. Krotkov, M. Hebert, and L. Katragadda
  International Lunar Exploration Conference, November, 1994.
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• Structured Control for Autonomous Robots
  R. Simmons
  IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 10, No. 1, February, 1994.

• Lunar Rover Technology Demonstrations with Dante and Ratler
  E. Krotkov, J. Bares, L. Katragadda, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation for Space, 1994.

• Risk-Sensitive Planning with Probabilistic Decision Graphs
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representationand Reasoning (KR), 1994, pp. 363 - 373. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [195 KB], ps.gz [106 KB] copyrighted

• Autonomous Walking in Natural Terrain: A Retrospective on the Performance of the Ambler
  E. Krotkov and R. Simmons
  3rd International Symposium of Experimental Robotics III, October, 1993.
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• Rational Handling of Multiple Goals for Mobile Robots
  R. Goodwin and R. Simmons
  tech. report CMU-CS-93-204, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 1993. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [107 KB], ps.gz [50 KB] copyrighted

• Autonomous Walking Results with the Ambler Hexapod Planetary Rover
  E. Krotkov, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Conference of Intelligent Autonomous Systems, 1993, pp. 46 - 53. [Abstract]
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• Complexity Analysis of Real-Time Reinforcement Learning
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 1993, pp. 99 - 105. [Abstract]
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• The Winning Robots from the 1993 Robot Competition
  I. Nourbakhsh, S. Morse, C. Becker, M. Balabanovic, E. Gat, R. Simmons, S. Goodridge, H. Potlapalli, D. Hinkle, K. Jung, and D.V. Vactor
  AI Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1993.

• Complexity Analysis of Real-Time Reinforcement Learning Applied to Finding Shortest Paths in Deterministic Domains
  S. Koenig and R. Simmons
  tech. report CMU-CS-93-106, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1992.
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• Rational Handling of Multiple Goals for Mobile Robots
  R. Goodwin and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems (AIPS-92), June, 1992. [Abstract]
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• Performance of a six-legged planetary rover: power, positioning, and autonomous walking
  E. Krotkov and R. Simmons
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, May, 1992, pp. 169 - 174. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [603 KB] copyrighted

• 1991 Year End Report Autonomous Planetary Rover
  E. Krotkov, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-92-02, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February, 1992. [Abstract]
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• ODYSSEUS: An Autonomous Mobile Robot
  R. Simmons, S. Thrun, C. Athanassiou, J. Cheng, L. Chrisman, R. Goodwin, G. Hsu, and H. Wan
  AI Magazine, 1992.
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• Ambler: a six-legged planetary rover
  E. Krotkov, J. Bares, T. Kanade, T. Mitchell, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  Fifth International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 1991, Robots in Unstructured Environments (ICAR '91), Vol. 1, June, 1991, pp. 717 - 722. [Abstract]
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• An integrated walking system for the Ambler planetary rover
  R. Simmons and E. Krotkov
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, April, 1991, pp. 2086 - 2091. [Abstract]
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• Concurrent Planning and Execution for a Walking Robot
  R. Simmons
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-90-16, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1990. [Abstract]
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• Integrated System for Single Leg Walking
  R. Simmons, E. Krotkov, and G. Roston
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-90-15, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1990. [Abstract]
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• Single Leg Walking with Integrated Perception, Planning, and Control
  E. Krotkov, R. Simmons, and C. Thorpe
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems '90. 'Towards a New Frontier of Applications', Vol. 1, July, 1990, pp. 97 - 102. [Abstract]
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• Experience with a Task Control Architecture for Mobile Robots
  L. Lin, R. Simmons, and C. Fedor
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-89-29, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1989.
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• Ambler: An Autonomous Rover for Planetary Exploration
  J. Bares, M. Hebert, T. Kanade, E. Krotkov, T. Mitchell, R. Simmons, and W.L. Whittaker
  IEEE Computer, Vol. 22, No. 6, June, 1989, pp. 18-26. [Abstract]
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• A Case Study in Robot Exploration
  L. Lin, T. Mitchell, A. Phillips, and R. Simmons
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-89-01, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 1989.
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