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Gregg Podnar
Program Manager

Email address: gwp@cmu.edu
Office: NSH 4225
Phone: (412) 268-6273
Fax: 412-268-6436

Mailing address:
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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3-D perception, artificial intelligence, biological vision, concurrent design, concurrent engineering, design, display devices, field robotics, haptics, hazardous environments, human-computer interaction, inspection, medical applications, medical imaging, medical robotics, microrobotics, mobile robots, optics, sensor fusion, sensors, space robotics, stereo vision, teleoperation, and video systems

• Medical Instrumentation Lab - We are developing intelligent tools for microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery.
• Tele-Supervised Autonomous Robotics - Research in the T-SAR lab focusses on providing end-to-end tools for telesupervision of autonomous robots.

• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot - Very Low Cost - We are deveopling a suite of highly capable mobile robots for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and First Responders which are very low in total ownership costs.
• Micron: Intelligent Microsurgical Instruments - Suppression of hand tremor to improve precision in microsurgery.
• Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet - We are developing a HAB Investigation Telesupervised Adaptive Sensor System (HABITASS) to address the limitations of existing systems.

• Multi-Level Autonomy Robot Telesupervision
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, A. Elfes, and M. Bergerman
  Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '08), May, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [6410 KB] copyrighted

• Operation of Robotic Science Boats Using the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet System
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, and A. Elfes
  Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '08), May, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [9340 KB] copyrighted

• Human Telesupervision of Very Heterogeneous Planetary Robot Teams
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, A. Elfes, and M. Bergerman
  Proceedings of the 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (AIAA 2007), September, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [7699 KB] copyrighted

• The Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
  A. Elfes, G. Podnar, J. Dolan, S.B. Stancliff, E.L. Ratliff, J. Hosler, T. Ames, J. Moisan, T. Moisan, J. Higinbotham, and E. Kulczycki
  Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization III: Readiness for GEOSS, August, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Harmful Algal Bloom Characterization Via the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
  J. Dolan, G. Podnar, S.B. Stancliff, E.L. Ratliff, J. Higinbotham, J. Hosler, T. Ames, J. Moisan, T. Moisan, and A. Elfes
  Proc. NASA Science Technology Conference 2007 (NSTC-07), May, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [503 KB] copyrighted

• Toward Effective Needle Steering in Brain Tissue
  J.A. Engh, MD, G. Podnar, D. Kondziolka, and C. Riviere
  28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS '06), August, 2006, pp. 559 - 562. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [445 KB] copyrighted

• Flexible Needle Steering System for Percutaneous Access to Deep Zones of the Brain
  J.A. Engh, MD, G. Podnar, S. Khoo, and C. Riviere
  Proceedings of the IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April, 2006, pp. 103 - 104. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [283 KB] copyrighted

• A Robot Supervision Architecture for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration and Operation
  E. Halberstam, L.E. Navarro-Serment, R. Conescu, S. Mau, G. Podnar, A.D. Guisewite, H. Brown, A. Elfes, J. Dolan, and M. Bergerman
  PowerPoint Presentation at the Earth & Space 2006 Conference, March, 2006.
  Download: pdf [1948 KB] copyrighted

• A Robot Supervision Architecture for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration and Operation
  E. Halberstam, L.E. Navarro-Serment, R. Conescu, S. Mau, G. Podnar, A.D. Guisewite, H. Brown, A. Elfes, J. Dolan, and M. Bergerman
  Tenth Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Earth & Space 2006 Conference, ASCE, March, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Human Telesupervision of a Fleet of Autonomous Robots for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration
  G. Podnar, J. Dolan, A. Elfes, M. Bergerman, H. Brown, and A.D. Guisewite
  Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March, 2006. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [752 KB] copyrighted