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Publications, Paul Tompkins

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

• Mission-level path planning and re-planning for rover exploration
  P. Tompkins, A. Stentz, and D. Wettergreen
  Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Vol. 54, No. 2, February, 2006, pp. 174 - 183. [Abstract]
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• 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]
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• Mission-Directed Path Planning for Planetary Rover Exploration
  P. Tompkins
  doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-20, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2005. [Abstract]
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• First Experiments in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert of Chile
  D. Wettergreen, N. Cabrol, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, C. Urmson, V. Verma, M.D. Wagner, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, April, 2005. [Abstract]
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• 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]
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• Sun-Synchronous Robotic Exploration: Technical Description and Field Experimentation
  D. Wettergreen, P. Tompkins, C. Urmson, M.D. Wagner, and W.L. Whittaker
  The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, January, 2005, pp. 3-30. [Abstract]
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• Field Experiments in Mission-Level Path Execution and Re-Planning
  P. Tompkins, A. Stentz, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8), March, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Global Path Planning for Mars Rover Exploration
  P. Tompkins, A. Stentz, and D. Wettergreen
  Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Mission-Level Path Planning for Rover Exploration
  P. Tompkins, A. Stentz, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8), March, 2004. [Abstract]
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• First Experiment in Sun-Synchronous Exploration
  D. Wettergreen, M.B. Dias, B. Shamah, J. Teza, P. Tompkins, C. Urmson, M.D. Wagner, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2002, pp. 3501-3507. [Abstract]
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• Mission Planning for the Sun-Synchronous Navigation Field Experiment
  P. Tompkins, A. Stentz, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Automated Surface Mission Planning Considering Terrain, Shadows, Resources and Time
  P. Tompkins, A. Stentz, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '01), Montreal, Canada., June, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Robotic Planetary Exploration by Sun-Synchronous Navigation
  D. Wettergreen, B. Shamah, P. Tompkins, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS '01), Montreal, Canada, June, 2001. [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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• Icebreaker: An Exploration of the Lunar South Pole
  P. Tompkins and A. Stroupe
  Proceedings of the 14th SSI Conference on Space Manufacturing, May, 1999.
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