Publications




Shape Reconstruction from Endoscopic Images
Chenyu Wu, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan, and Branislav Jaramaz
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 8th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS' 08), June, 2008
Smart Ocean Sensing Using the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet
John M. Dolan, Gregg Podnar, Stephen B. Stancliff, Ellie Lin Ratliff, Alberto Elfes, John HIginbotham, Jeff Hosler, John Moisan, and Tiffany Moisan
Conference Paper, Proceedings of NASA Earth Science Technology Conference (ESTC '08), June, 2008
Smoothing-based Optimization
Marius Leordeanu and Martial Hebert
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (CVPR) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 2008
State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High-Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Complex Environments
Thomas Howard, Colin Green, David Ferguson, and Alonzo Kelly
Journal Article, Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 25, No. 7, pp. 325 - 345, June, 2008
Towards Unsupervised Whole-Object Segmentation: Combining Automated Matting with Boundary Detection
Andrew Stein, Thomas Stepleton, and Martial Hebert
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (CVPR) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 2008
Unsupervised Modeling of Object Categories Using Link Analysis Techniques
Gunhee Kim, Christos Faloutsos, and Martial Hebert
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (CVPR) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June, 2008
Efficiently Using Cost Maps For Planning Complex Maneuvers
Dave Ferguson and Maxim Likhachev
Workshop Paper, ICRA '08 Workshop on Planning with Cost Maps, May, 2008
Information Value-Driven Approach to Path Clearance with Multiple Scout Robots
Maxim Likhachev and Anthony Stentz
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2651 - 2656, May, 2008
Duration prediction for proactive replanning
Brennan Sellner and Reid Simmons
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1365 - 1371, May, 2008
Hybrid Variants for Iterative Flattening Search
A. Oddi, A. Cesta, N. Policella, and S. F. Smith
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research (CPAIOR '08), pp. 355 - 360, May, 2008
Recovering from Inconsistency in Distributed Simple Temporal Networks
A. Gallagher and S. F. Smith
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 21st International Conference of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS '08), pp. 549 - 554, May, 2008
Toroidal Skin Drive for Snake Robot Locomotion
J. McKenna, D. Anhalt, F. Bronson, B. Brown, M. Schwerin, E. Shammas, and H. Choset
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1150 - 1155, May, 2008
A Decentralized Approach to Cooperative Situation Assessment in Multi-Robot Systems
Giuseppe Paolo Settembre, A. Farinelli, Paul Scerri, Katia Sycara, and M. Bernardine Dias
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '08), Vol. 1, pp. 31 - 38, May, 2008
A few good agents: Multi-agent social learning
Jean Hyaejin Oh and Stephen Smith
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '08), Vol. 1, pp. 339 - 346, May, 2008
A Least-Squares Unified View of PCA, LDA, CCA and Spectral Graph Methods
Fernando De la Torre Frade
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-29, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
A Miniature Mobile Robot for Precise and Stable Access to the Beating Heart
Nicholas Patronik
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-13, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Adaptive Multi-Robot Wide-Area Exploration and Mapping
Kian Hsiang Low, John M. Dolan, and Pradeep Khosla
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '08), pp. 23 - 30, May, 2008
Adaptive rate-dependent feedforward controller for hysteretic piezoelectric actuator
U-Xuan Tan, Ferdinan Widjaja, Win Tun Latt, K. C. Veluvolu, C. Y. Shee, Cameron Riviere, and Wei-Tech Ang
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 787 - 792, May, 2008
Adaptive Workspace Biasing for Sampling Based Planners
Matthew Zucker, James Kuffner, and J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3757 - 3762, May, 2008
Advising busy users on how to cut corners
Pradeep R. Varakantham and Stephen Smith
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-17, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
An easy calibration for oblique-viewing endoscopes
Chenyu Wu and Branislav Jaramaz
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1424 - 1429, May, 2008
An efficient system for combined route traversal and collision avoidance
Bradley Hamner, Sanjiv Singh, Stephan Roth, and Takeshi Takahashi
Journal Article, Autonomous Robots, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 365 - 385, May, 2008
An Optimization Approach to Planning for Mobile Manipulation
Dmitry Berenson, Howie Choset, and James Kuffner
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1187 - 1192, May, 2008
BlindAid: An Electronic Travel Aid for the Blind
Sandra Mau, Nicholas Melchior, Maxim Makatchev, and Aaron Steinfeld
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-07-39, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Computer Vision Tracking of Stemness
Kang Li, Eric Miller, Mei Chen, Takeo Kanade, Lee Weiss, and Phil Campbell
Conference Paper, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Special Session on In Vivo Microscopic Image Analysis (ISBI '08), pp. 847 - 850, May, 2008
Continuous-field path planning with constrained path-dependent state variables
G. Ayorkor Korsah, Anthony (Tony) Stentz, and M. Bernardine Dias
Workshop Paper, ICRA '08 Workshop on Path Planning on Costmaps, May, 2008
Decentralized Mapping of Robot-Aided Sensor Networks
Joseph Djugash, Sanjiv Singh, and Benjamin P. Grocholsky
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 583 - 589, May, 2008
Decision Making and Learning in Hybrid Dynamical Agents
Henny Admoni
Miscellaneous, Honors Thesis, Wesleyan University, May, 2008
Factorization-Based Calibration Method for MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit
Myung Hwangbo and Takeo Kanade
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1306 - 1311, May, 2008
Finding and Transferring Policies Using Stored Behaviors
Martin Stolle
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-27, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Fingertip force control with embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors
Yong-Lae Park, Seok Chang Ryu, Richard J. Black, Bezhad Moslehi, and Mark R. Cutkosky
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3431 - 3436, May, 2008
Flying Fast and Low Among Obstacles: Methodology and Experiments
Sebastian Scherer, Sanjiv Singh, Lyle J. Chamberlain, and Mike Elgersma
Journal Article, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 549 - 574, May, 2008
Friend or foe? Brain systems involved in the perception of dynamic signals of menacing and friendly social approaches
Elizabeth J. Carter and Kevin A. Pelphrey
Journal Article, Social Neuroscience, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 151 - 163, May, 2008
Gait Regulation Control Techniques for Robust Legged Locomotion
Galen Clark Haynes
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-19, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Inference for Distributions over the Permutation Group
Jonathan Huang, Carlos Ernesto Guestrin, and Leonidas Guibas
Tech. Report, CMU-ML-08-108, Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Information-Optimal Selective Data Return for Autonomous Rover Traverse Science and Survey
David R. Thompson, Trey Smith, and David Wettergreen
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 968 - 973, May, 2008
Iterated Filters for Bearing-Only SLAM
Stephen T. Tully, Hyungpil Moon, George A. Kantor, and Howie Choset
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1442 - 1448, May, 2008
LADAR-based Pedestrian Detection and Tracking
Luis Ernesto Navarro-Serment, Christoph Mertz, Nicolas Vandapel, and Martial Hebert
Workshop Paper, ICRA '08 1st Workshop on Human Detection from Mobile Robot Platforms, May, 2008
Learning to Detect Aircraft at Low Resolutions
Stavros Petridis, Christopher M. Geyer, and Sanjiv Singh
Conference Paper, Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS '08), pp. 474 - 483, May, 2008
Legible Simplification of Textured Urban Models
R. Chang, T. Butkiewicz, C. Ziemkiewicz, Z. Wartell, Nancy Pollard, and W. Ribarsky
Journal Article, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 27 - 36, May, 2008
Legless Locomotion: A Novel Locomotion Technique for Legged Robots
Ravi Balasubramanian, Alfred Rizzi, and Matthew T. Mason
Journal Article, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 575 - 594, May, 2008
Link analysis techniques for object modeling and recognition
Gunhee Kim
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-14, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Local quality assessment for optical coherence tomography
Peter Barnum, Mei Chen, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Gadi Wollstein, and Joel Schuman
Conference Paper, Proceedings of International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI '08), pp. 392 - 395, May, 2008
Motion Estimation using Multiple Non-Overlapping Cameras for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Junsik Kim, Myung Hwangbo, and Takeo Kanade
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3076 - 3081, May, 2008
Multi-level autonomy robot telesupervision
Gregg Podnar, John M. Dolan, Alberto Elfes, and Marcel Bergerman
Workshop Paper, ICRA '08 Workshop on New Vistas and Challenges in Telerobotics, May, 2008
Multi-sensor Detection and Tracking of Humans for Safe Operations with Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Susan M. Thornton, Mike Hoffelder, and Daniel D. Morris
Workshop Paper, Proceedings of 1st IEEE Workshop on Human Detection from Mobile Platforms, May, 2008
Occlusion Boundaries: Low-Level Detection to High-Level Reasoning
Andrew Stein
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-06, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Operation of Robotic Science Boats Using the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet System
Gregg Podnar, John M. Dolan, Alberto Elfes, Stephen B. Stancliff, Ellie Lin Ratliff, Jeff Hosler, T. Ames, John Moisan, Tiffany Moisan, J. Higinbotham, and E. A. Kulczycki
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1061 - 1068, May, 2008
Optimizing Information Value: Improving Rover Sensor Data Collection
J. Glasgow, G. Thomas, E. Pudenz, N. Cabrol, D. Wettergreen, and P. Coppin
Journal Article, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 593 - 604, May, 2008
Path and Trajectory Diversity: Theory and Algorithms
Michael S. Branicky, Ross Alan Knepper, and James Kuffner
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1359 - 1364, May, 2008