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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]

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.	Lunar Rover for Polar Crater Exploration - The Scarab lunar rover has been designed to carry a 1-meter coring drill and a payload of science instruments that can analyze the abundance of hydrogen, oxygen and other materials.
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 61 publications]

• DEPTHX Autonomy Software: Design and Field Results
  N. Fairfield, G.A. Kantor, D. Jonak, and D. Wettergreen
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-08-09, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [22460 KB] copyrighted

• Information-Optimal Selective Data Return for Autonomous Rover Traverse Science and Survey
  D.R. Thompson, T. Smith, and D. Wettergreen
  IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [470 KB] copyrighted

• 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

• Design of the Scarab Rover for Mobility and Drilling in the Lunar Cold Traps
  P. Bartlett, D. Wettergreen, and W.L. Whittaker
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, February, 2008. [Abstract]

• 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

• Long-Distance Autonomous Survey and Mapping in the Robotic Investigation of Life in the Atacama Desert
  D. Wettergreen, M.D. Wagner, D. Jonak, V. Baskaran, M. Deans, S. Heys, D. Pane, T. Smith, J. Teza, D.R. Thompson, P. Tompkins, and C. Williams
  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (iSAIRAS), February, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [4990 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

• 3D Mapping and Characterization of Sistema Zacatón from DEPTHX (DEep Phreatic THermal eXplorer)
  M. Gary, N. Fairfield, W.C. Stone, D. Wettergreen, G.A. Kantor, and J.M. Sharp~Jr
  Proceedings of KARST08: 11th Sinkhole Conference ASCE, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [498 KB] copyrighted

• Active Localization on the Ocean Floor With Multibeam Sonar
  N. Fairfield and D. Wettergreen
  Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS, 2008. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [4070 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]
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