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Vandi Verma
PhD Student

No longer a member of RI.

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Research interest keywords

artificial intelligence, machine learning, and space robotics

Past Labs & Groups

Reliable Autonomous Systems Lab - We are developing reliable, highly autonomous systems (especially mobile robots) that operate in rich, uncertain environments.

Robot Learning Lab - Pursuing research on robot learning, mobile robotics, multi-robotics, human robot interaction, and basic machine learning.

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.	Mars Autonomy - Long-distance marsrover navigation with minimal human intervention.
Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search - Developing robots to search for meteorites in Antarctica, as an analog of a planetary exploration robot.	Sun Synchronous Navigation - We are developing the algorithms, technologies, and experiments that will fulfill the vision of sun-synchronous circumnavigation.

Recent publications [View all 15 publications]

• Autonomous Robotic Inspection for Lunar Surface Operations
  M. Bualat, L. Edwards, T.W. Fong, M. Broxton, L. Flueckiger, S.Y. Lee, E. Park, V. To, H. Utz, V. Verma, C. Kunz, and M. MacMahon
  6th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, July, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [861 KB] copyrighted

• Tractable Particle Filters for Robot Fault Diagnosis
  V. Verma
  doctoral dissertation, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1476 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

• 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]
  Download: pdf [610 KB] copyrighted

• 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]
  Download: pdf [500 KB] copyrighted

• Variable Resolution Particle Filter
  V. Verma, S. Thrun, and R. Simmons
  In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI, August, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [226 KB], ps.gz [153 KB] copyrighted

• Efficient Monitoring for Planetary Rovers
  V. Verma, G. Gordon, and R. Simmons
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligenceand Robotics in Space, May, 2003. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [210 KB], ps.gz [144 KB] copyrighted

• 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]

• Experiences with a Mobile Robotic Elderly Guide for the Elderly
  M. Montemerlo, J. Pineau, N. Roy, S. Thrun, and V. Verma
  National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI, August, 2002. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [459 KB], ps.gz [823 KB] copyrighted

• The AAAI-2001 Robot Exhibition
  B.P. Adams and V. Verma
  AI magazine, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2002, pp. 23-29. [Abstract]