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James Teza
Senior Research Engineer

Associated centers: SRI and FRC

Email address: jpt@cs.cmu.edu

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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Research interest keywords

field robotics, mechatronics, mobile robots, and space robotics

Current Projects [Past projects]

Life in the Atacama - Robotic field investigation will bring new scientific understanding of the Atacama as a habitat for life with distinct analogies to Mars.

LORAX: Life on Ice, Robotic Antarctic Explorer - The LORAX: Life on Ice, Robotic Antarctic Explorer project is preparing technology for a robotic investigation of microorganisms surviving within the near-surface ice of the Antarctic plateau.

Recent publications [View all 17 publications]

• Analysis of High-Efficiency Solar Cells in Mobile Robot Applications
  F. Calderon, R.A. Luders, D. Wettergreen, J. Teza, and A. Guesalaga
  Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 129, No. 3, August, 2007, pp. 343-346. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [297 KB] copyrighted

• Design and Control of a Passively Steered, Dual Axle Vehicle
  M.D. Wagner, S. Heys, D. Wettergreen, J. Teza, D. Apostolopoulos, G.A. Kantor, and W.L. Whittaker
  8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, September, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [4416 KB] copyrighted

• 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

• 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]
  Download: pdf [945 KB] copyrighted

• 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]
  Download: pdf [526 KB] copyrighted

• Fluorescence Imager for Biological Imaging in Daylight
  S. Weinstein, D. Pane, L.A. Ernst, E. Minkley, F. Lanni, D. Wettergreen, M.D. Wagner, S. Heys, J. Teza, and A. Waggoner
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI, March, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [40 KB] copyrighted

• 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]
  Download: pdf [70 KB] copyrighted

• Results of the Inflatable Robotic Rover Testbed
  D. Apostolopoulos, M.D. Wagner, S. Heys, and J. Teza
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-18, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [5769 KB] copyrighted

• 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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