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Michael D Wagner
NREC Commercialization Specialist

Associated center: NREC

Email address: mwagner@cmu.edu

Mailing address:
National Robotics Engineering Center
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

For more information, see my personal homepage.

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Research interest keywords

architectures, artificial intelligence, data visualization, field robotics, human-computer interaction, mechatronics, mobile robots, and space robotics

Current Projects [Past projects]

DEPTHX: Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer - The DEPTHX: Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer project is developing an autonomy for underwater explorers to enable them to map their environment and plan and execute science investigations. The DEPTHX vehicle will explore the flooded caverns of the Zacaton Cenote in Mexico in 2006.	EventScope - EventScope's goal is to develop a teaching tool that lets students actively explore 3D representations of NASA mission sites while participating in a cross-disciplinary curriculum that illustrates scientific theories and principles with real-world data from the site.
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.
Science Autonomy - The Science Autonomy project seeks to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of robotic planetary investigations by enabling automatic detection of relevant science features, classification of feature properties, and exploration planning that responds on-the-fly.

Recent publications [View all 32 publications]

• 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

• Experimental Characterization of a Robotic Inflatable Wheel
  D. Apostolopoulos, M.D. Wagner, C. Leger, and J. Jones
  8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, September, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [941 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

• Life in the Atacama — Year 2: Geologic Reconnaissance Through Long-Range Roving and Implications on the Search for Life
  J.M. Dohm, N.A. Cabrol, E.A. Grin, J. Moersch, G.C. Diaz, C. Cockell, P. Coppin, G. Fisher, A.N. Hock, L. Marinangeli, E. Minkley, G.G. Ori, J.L. Piatek, K. Warren-Rhodes, S. Weinstein, M. Wyatt, T. Smith, M.D. Wagner, K. Stubbs, G. Thomas, and J. Glasgow
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI, March, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [106 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

• Spectroscopic Results from the Life in the Atacama (LITA) Project 2004 Field Season
  J.L. Piatek, J.E. Moersch, M. Wyatt, M. Rampey, N.A. Cabrol, D. Wettergreen, W.L. Whittaker, E.A. Grin, G.C. Diaz, C. Cockell, P. Coppin, J.M. Dohm, G. Fisher, A.N. Hock, L. Marinangeli, E. Minkley, G.G. Ori, A. Waggoner, K. Warren-Rhodes, S. Weinstein, D. Apostolopoulos, T. Smith, M.D. Wagner, K. Stubbs, G. Thomas, and J. Glasgow
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI, March, 2005. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [137 KB] copyrighted