Field Robotics Center Seminar
Characterization and Control of a Hopping Robot with Omni-Orientational Mobility for Rough Terrain
Event Location: NSH 1109Bio: Bryan is a Masters student in the Robotics Institute. He is conducting his thesis research at the National Robotics Engineering Center under the guidance of Dr. Dimi Apostolopoulos and plans to graduate in December 2009. His interests include mobile robot system design, design of mechanisms for controllability, and control for unique [...]
Target Tracking, Geolocation, and Search with Small UAVs
Event Location: NSH 1109Bio: Michael is a Ph.D student at the Robotics Institute.Abstract: Cooperative surveillance using teams of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a fruitful area of study given the many real-world applications and open research problems it offers. In this talk I will present our vision for such teams in an air-ground collaboration context [...]
Global Scan-Matching for Incremental Map Construction Using Line Features
Event Location: NSH 1109Bio: Don Burnette is a Ph.D. student at the Robotics Institute. Abstract: I propose a laser based odometry algorithm which utilizes line feature based scan matching to determine the pose of a robot in an unknown, structured environment, while incrementally building a map of that environment. The algorithm is tested on a variety of data sets, using different types of laser range scanners, in various real world environments. The algorithm incrementally generates line-feature based maps in real-time as the robot moves throughout the environment, [...]
Classification of Mars Terrain Using Multiple Data Sources
Event Location: NSH 1109Bio: Alan Kraut is a student in the Robotics Institute, conducting research under David Wettergreen. His current research interests focus on the application of machine learning to computer vision for space robotics. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 2008.Abstract: Data about Mars are being [...]
Design and Development of a Multi-Hop Routing Protocol for Distributed Sensing Applications
Event Location: GHC 2109Bio: Abhinav Valada is a Research Assistant in the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University. He is working on the Distributed SensorWebs project under Dr. George Kantor. His current research interests focus on algorithms for multi-agent coordination, scheduling and control. He received a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Instrumentation [...]
Self-Aware Helicopters: A New Era for Vertical Flight
Event Location: GHC 2109Bio: Lyle specializes in perception systems for flying vehicles of all sizes. He has worked as a Research Engineer at the CMU Field Robotics Center for the past five years. He has also worked on perception and mobility systems for robots at JPL and IBM. At Caltech, he completed a B.S. in [...]