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David Wettergreen
Assoc. Research Professor

Associated centers: SRI and FRC

Email address: dsw@ri.cmu.edu

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

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Research interest keywords

architectures, artificial intelligence, autonomous navigation, computer vision, field robotics, human-robot interaction, legged locomotion, machine learning, mobile robots, planning, space robotics, systems engineering, and visual tracking

Current Labs & Groups

Human-Robot Interaction Group - We are interested in many aspects of human-robot interaction related to how humans and robots can work safely and effectively together.

Current Projects [Past projects]

Anthropocentric Robotics - The goal of this project is to improve human-robot interaction by using anthropological resesarch methods to study how people think about robots.	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.
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.	TRESTLE: Autonomous Assembly by Teams of Coordinated Robots - The TRESTLE project is developing the architectural framework necessary to coordinate robots performing complex assembly projects.

Recent publications [View all 55 publications]

• Autonomous Rover Reflectance Spectroscopy with Dozens of Targets
  F. Calderon, D.R. Thompson, and D. Wettergreen
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (iSAIRAS), February, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [513 KB] copyrighted

• Intelligent Maps for Autonomous Kilometer-Scale Science Survey
  D.R. Thompson and D. Wettergreen
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (iSAIRAS), February, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [758 KB] copyrighted

• Plowing for Controlled Steep Crater Descents
  J. Ziglar, D. Kohanbash, D. Wettergreen, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (iSAIRAS), February, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [6045 KB] copyrighted

• 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

• Multi-scale Features for Detection and Segmentation of Rocks in Mars Images
  H. Dunlop, D.R. Thompson, and D. Wettergreen
  IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1253 KB] copyrighted

• Technologies Toward Lunar Crater Exploration
  J. Ziglar, D. Kohanbash, D. Wettergreen, and W.L. Whittaker
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-07-40, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [6719 KB] copyrighted

• Spatial Point Process Models for the Clustering Behavior of Northern Plains Boulders
  D.R. Thompson and D. Wettergreen
  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1042 KB] copyrighted

• Experiments in Navigation and Mapping with a Hovering AUV
  G.A. Kantor, N. Fairfield, D. Jonak, and D. Wettergreen
  Intl. Conf. on Field and Service Robotics, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1131 KB] copyrighted

• Field Results of the Control, Navigation, and Mapping Systems of a Hovering AUV
  N. Fairfield, D. Jonak, G.A. Kantor, and D. Wettergreen
  Intl. Symp. on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [1988 KB] copyrighted

• Generating Exponentially Smaller POMDP Models Using Conditionally Irrelevant Variable Abstraction
  T. Smith, D.R. Thompson, and D. Wettergreen
  Proc. Int. Conf. on Applied Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [706 KB] copyrighted