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Publications, Christopher Urmson

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

• A Robust Approach to High-Speed Navigation for Unrehearsed Desert Terrain
  C. Urmson, J. Anhalt, D. Bartz, M. Clark, T. Galatali, A. Gutierrez, S. Harbaugh, J. Johnston, H. Kato, P.L. Koon, W. Messner, N. Miller, A. Mosher, K. Peterson, C. Ragusa, D. Ray, B.K. Smith, J.M. Snider, S. Spiker, J.C. Struble, J. Ziglar, and W.L. Whittaker
  Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 8, August, 2006, pp. 467-508. [Abstract]
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• Preplanning for high performance autonomous traverse of desert terrain exploiting a priori knowledge to optimize speeds and to detail paths
  A. Gutierrez, T. Galatali, J.P. Gonzalez, C. Urmson, and W.L. Whittaker
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-54, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2005. [Abstract]
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• Navigation Regimes for Off-Road Autonomy
  C. Urmson
  doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-23, 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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• 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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• High Speed Navigation of Unrehearsed Terrain: Red Team Technology for Grand Challenge 2004
  C. Urmson, J. Anhalt, M. Clark, T. Galatali, J.P. Gonzalez, J. Gowdy, A. Gutierrez, S. Harbaugh, M. Johnson-Roberson, H. Kato, P.L. Koon, K. Peterson, B.K. Smith, S. Spiker, E. Tryzelaar, and W.L. Whittaker
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-37, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 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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• A Generic Framework for Robotic Navigation
  C. Urmson, R. Simmons, and I. Nesnas
  IEEE Aerospace Conference 2003, March, 2003. [Abstract]
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• 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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• 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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• Principles of Computer System Design for Stereo Perception
  M.D. Wagner, D. O'Hallaron, D. Apostolopoulos, and C. Urmson
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-02-01, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 2002. [Abstract]
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• A Sensor Arm for Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search
  C. Urmson, B. Shamah, J. Teza, M.D. Wagner, D. Apostolopoulos, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, Helsinki, Finland, July, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Skyworker: a robot for assembly, inspection and maintenance of large scale orbital facilities
  P. Staritz, S. Skaff, C. Urmson, and W.L. Whittaker
  Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '01), Vol. 4, May, 2001, pp. 4180 - 4185. [Abstract]
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• Robotics for Assembly, Inspection, and Maintenance of Space Macrofacilities
  W.L. Whittaker, C. Urmson, P. Staritz, B. Kennedy, and R. Ambrose
  AIAA Space 2000 Conference and Exposition, AIAA, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA 20191, September, 2000. [Abstract]
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