Publications - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Tanja Schultz, Ivica Rogina, and Alex Waibel

Conference Paper, Proceedings of 1996 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP '96), Vol. 2, pp. 781 - 784, May, 1996

A Bayesian Approach to Landmark Discovery and Active Perception for Mobile Robot Navigation

Sebastian Thrun

Tech. Report, CMU-CS-96-122, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

A Constraint Satisfaction Approach to Makespan Scheduling

C. Cheng and Stephen Smith

Conference Paper, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems (AIPS '96), pp. 45 - 52, May, 1996

An Integrated Process-Planning/Production-Scheduling Shell for Agile Manufacturing

Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol, David W. Hildum, Thomas J. Laliberty, Stephen Smith, John McA'Nulty, and Dag Kjenstad

Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-10, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Characterizing Stereo Matching Problems using Local Spatial Frequency

Mark Maimone

Tech. Report, CMU-CS-96-125, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Configurable, Mixed-Initiative Systems for Planning and Scheduling

Stephen Smith, O. Lassila, and Marcel Becker

Book Section/Chapter, Advanced Planning Technology: Technological Achievements of the ARPA/Rome Laboratory Planning Initiative, pp. 235 - 241, May, 1996

Determination of Optimally Stable Position of a Sheet Metal Part for Automated Handling

Venkat Ayyadevara and R. H. Sturges

Journal Article, Proceedings of Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Forum, pp. 286 - 290, May, 1996

Developing a New Medical Augmented Reality System

Frederick Morgan

Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-19, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Early Results in the Grading of Vegetative Cuttings Using Computer Vision

Qiang Ji and Sanjiv Singh

Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-22, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Earth-Moon Communication from a Moving Lunar Rover

Deepak Bapna, Martin C. Martin, and William (Red) L. Whittaker

Conference Paper, Proceedings of 42nd International Instrumentation Symposium, pp. 613 - 622, May, 1996

Indoor Environment Recognition for a Mobile Robot Using Ultrasonic Sensors - Measuring the Direction and Distance of Multiple Objects

Teruko Yata, A. Ohya, and S. Yuta

Conference Paper, Proceedings of World Automation Congress (WAC '96) International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, pp. 803 - 808, May, 1996

Intelligent Access to Digital Video: The Informedia Project

Howard Wactlar, Takeo Kanade, Michael Smith, and Scott Stevens

Journal Article, IEEE Computer, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 46 - 52, May, 1996

Missing the Memory Wall: The Case for Processor/Memory Integration

A. Saulsbury, F. Pong, and Andreas Nowatzyk

Conference Paper, Proceedings of 23rd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA '96), pp. 90 - 101, May, 1996

Model for Characterizing and Creating Certificate Programs in Technology-Specific Areas

Carol L. Hoover

Tech. Report, CMU-CS-96-128, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Models and Techniques for Dynamic Demand-Responsive Transportation Planning: A State-of-the-Art Assessment Inspired by the Aeromedical Regulation and Evacuation Problem

Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol and Alexander Kott

Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-09, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Recognizing Objects by Matching Oriented Points

Andrew Johnson and Martial Hebert

Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-04, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Reflections on a Concurrent Design Methodology: A Case Study in Wearable Computer Design

Susan Finger, J. Stivoric, C. Amon, L. Gursoz, Fritz B. Prinz, Daniel Siewiorek, A. Smailagic, and Lee Weiss

Journal Article, Computer-Aided Design: Special Issue on Computer-aided Concurrent Design, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 393 - 404, May, 1996

Reinforcement Learning: A Survey

L. P. Kaelbling, M. L. Littman, and Andrew Moore

Journal Article, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Vol. 4, pp. 237 - 285, May, 1996

Scalable Trigram Backoff Language Models

Kristie Seymore and Ronald Rosenfeld

Tech. Report, CMU-CS-96-139, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 1996

Using DITOPS as a Tool for Mixed-Initiative Schedule Improvement

Marcel Becker and Stephen Smith

Miscellaneous, May, 1996

Synthesizing Grasps from Generalized Prototypes

Nancy S. Pollard

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2124 - 2130, April, 1996

A Sorting Image Sensor: An Example of Massively Parallel Intensity-to-Time Processing for Low-Latency Computational Sensors

Vladimir Brajovic and Takeo Kanade

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2, pp. 1638 - 1643, April, 1996

Collision Detection Using a Flexible Manipulator: A Feasibility Study

Stewart Moorehead and D. Wang

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 804 - 809, April, 1996

Mobile Robot for Automatic Installation of Floor Tiles

Dimitrios (Dimi) Apostolopoulos, Hagen Schempf, and J. West

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 3652 - 3657, April, 1996

Online, Interactive Learning of Gestures for Human/Robot Interfaces

Christopher Lee and Yangsheng Xu

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 2982 - 2987, April, 1996

Optimal control sequence for underactuated manipulators

Marcel Bergerman and Yangsheng Xu

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 3714 - 3719, April, 1996

Pose from Pushing

Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 165 - 171, April, 1996

Three-dimensional human running

Jessica K. Hodgins

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 3271 - 3276, April, 1996

Unsupervised Learning of Probabilistic Models for Robot Navigation

Sven Koenig and Reid Simmons

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2301 - 2308, April, 1996

Building and Learning with Programmable Bricks

Randy Sargent, Mitchel Resnick, Fred Martin,, and Brian Silverman

Book Section/Chapter, In Constructionism In Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World, April, 1996

A Modular Neural Network Approach to Autonomous Navigation

Ian Davis

PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-35, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 1996

A rapidly deployable manipulator system

Chris Paredis, H. Benjamin Brown, and Pradeep Khosla

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2, pp. 1434 - 1439, April, 1996

A separable combination of wheeled rover and arm mechanism: (DM)2

Yangsheng Xu, Christopher Lee, and H. Benjamin Brown

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2383 - 2388, April, 1996

A single wheel, gyroscopically stabilized robot

H. Benjamin Brown and Yangsheng Xu

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4, pp. 3658 - 3663, April, 1996

A Taxonomy for Stereo Computer Vision Experiments

Mark Maimone and Steven Shafer

Workshop Paper, ECCV '96 Workshop on Performance Characteristics of Vision Algorithms, pp. 59 - 79, April, 1996

A Vision of Structured CAD for MEMS

Gary K. Fedder

Workshop Paper, 5th ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshop, pp. 76 - 80, April, 1996

BendCad: a design system for concurrent multiple representations of parts

Cheng-Hua Wang and R. H. Sturges

Journal Article, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 133 - 144, April, 1996

Cooperative 2-DOF Robots for Precision Assembly

Arthur Quaid and Ralph Hollis

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2188 - 2193, April, 1996

Coordination of Multiple Agents in Distributed Manufacturing Scheduling

Jyi Shane Liu

PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-16, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 1996

Dead reckoning for a lunar rover on uneven terrain

Y. Fuke and Eric Krotkov

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 411 - 416, April, 1996

Design of a Modular Tactile Sensor and Actuator Based on an Electrorheological Gel

Richard Voyles, Gary K. Fedder, and Pradeep Khosla

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 13 - 17, April, 1996

Developing Planning and Reactive Control for a Hexapod Robot

David Wettergreen and Chuck Thorpe

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2718 - 2723, April, 1996

Driving Simulator Tests of Lane Departure Collision Avoidance Systems

Louis Tijerina, James J. Jackson, Dean Pomerleau, Richard A. Romano, and Andrew D. Pertersen

Conference Paper, Proceedings of ITS America 6th Annual Meeting: Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Benefits, pp. 636 - 648, April, 1996

Dynamic Mission Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots

Barry Brummit and Anthony (Tony) Stentz

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 2396 - 2401, April, 1996

Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning - A Lifelong Learning Approach

Sebastian Thrun

Book, April, 1996

Finding All Stable Orientations of Assemblies with Friction

R. Mattikalli, David Baraff, and Pradeep Khosla

Journal Article, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 290 - 301, April, 1996

First Results in Vision-Based Crop Line Tracking

Mark Ollis and Anthony (Tony) Stentz

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 951 - 956, April, 1996

Image Processor Drives Across America

Dean Pomerleau and Todd Jochem

Magazine Article, Photonics Spectra, pp. 80 - 85, April, 1996

Learning Maps for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation

Sebastian Thrun and A. Buecken

Tech. Report, CMU-CS-96-121, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 1996

Mobile Robotics: Perspectives and Realities

Chuck Thorpe and Martial Hebert

Workshop Paper, International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Machines, April, 1996