Publications




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
Place Recognition-based Fixed-Lag Smoothing for Environments with Unreliable GPS
Roozbeh Mottaghi, Michael Kaess, Ananth Ranganathan, Richard Roberts, and Frank Dellaert
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1862 - 1867, May, 2008
Planning with Uncertainty in Position Using High-Resolution Maps
Juan Pablo Gonzalez
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-02, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Pose Estimation Using Starfield Occlusion
John Kua
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-21, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Quantified Brain Asymmetry for Age Estimation of Normal and Alzheimer's Disease/Mild Cognitive Impairment Subjects
Leonid Teverovskiy, Jim Becker, Oscar Lopez, and Yanxi Liu
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI '08), pp. 1509 - 1512, May, 2008
Replanning with Uncertainty in Position: Sensor Updates vs. Prior Map Updates
Juan Pablo Gonzalez and Anthony (Tony) Stentz
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1806 - 1813, May, 2008
Robot Diaries Interim Project Report: Development of a Technology Program for Middle School Girls
Emily Hamner, Tom Lauwers, Debra Bernstein, Kristen Stubbs, Kevin Crowley, and Illah Nourbakhsh
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-25, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Robotic Origami Folding
Devin Balkcom and Matthew T. Mason
Journal Article, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 613 - 627, May, 2008
Robust and Efficient Plan Recognition for Dynamic Multi-agent Teams
Gita Sukthankar and Katia Sycara
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '08), Vol. 3, pp. 1383 - 1388, May, 2008
Statistical Approaches to Multi-Scale Point Cloud Processing
Ranjith Unnikrishnan
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-15, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Studies in Using Image Segmentation to Improve Object Recognition
Caroline Pantofaru
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-23, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2008
Target prediction for icon clicking by athetoid persons
K. C. Olds, S. Sibenaller, Rory Cooper, Dan Ding, and Cameron Riviere
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2043 - 2048, May, 2008
Tracking a Moving Target in Cluttered Environments with Ranging Radios
Geoffrey Hollinger, Joseph Djugash, and Sanjiv Singh
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1430 - 1435, May, 2008
Tracking Algorithms Based on Dynamics of Individuals and MultiDimensional Scaling
Jose Maria Cabero, Fernando De la Torre Frade, I. Arizaga, and A. Sanchez
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (ISWPC '08), pp. 388 - 395, May, 2008
Transitioning Multiagent Technology to UAV Applications
Paul Scerri, T. Von Goten, J. Fudge, Sean R. Owens, and Katia Sycara
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '08), Vol. 1, pp. 89 - 96, May, 2008
FMDistance: A Fast and Effective Distance Function for Motion Capture Data
Kensuke Onuma, Christos Faloutsos, and Jessica K. Hodgins
Conference Paper, Proceedings of Eurographics '08, pp. 83 - 86, April, 2008
Modeling and filtering athetoid movement for assistive computer interfaces
K. Olds, S. Sibenaller, D. Ding, R. A. Cooper, and C. N. Riviere
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 4th IASTED International Conference on Telehealth and Assistive Technologies (TAT '08), pp. 123 - 128, April, 2008
Remote Operation of the Black Knight Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle
Jean-Sebastien Valois, Herman Herman, John Bares, and David P. Rice
Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE Unmanned Systems Technology X, Vol. 6962, April, 2008
Successful User Interfaces for RADAR
Andrew Faulring, Ken Mohnkern, Aaron Steinfeld, and Brad A. Myers
Workshop Paper, CHI '08 Workshop on Usable Artificial Intelligence, April, 2008
Vehicle detection and tracking for the Urban Challenge
Michael Darms, Christopher R. Baker, Paul Rybski, and Christopher Urmson
Workshop Paper, 5th Workshop Fahrerassistenz-systeme (FAS '08), pp. 57 - 67, April, 2008
A Decentralized Model for Multi-Attribute Negotiations with Incomplete Information
G. Lai, Katia Sycara, and C. Li
Book Section/Chapter, Rational, Robust, and Secure Negotiations in Multi-Agent Systems, pp. 39 - 57, April, 2008
A General Model for Pareto Optimal Multi-Attribute Negotiations
G. Lai, C. Li, and Katia Sycara
Book Section/Chapter, Rational, Robust, and Secure Negotiations in Multi-Agent Systems, pp. 59 - 80, April, 2008
A Mobile Robot Driven by Miniature Onboard Motors for Cardiac Intervention
Peter David Allen, Nicholas Patronik, Marco A. Zenati, and Cameron Riviere
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 34th Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC '08), April, 2008
A Model of Human Teamwork for Agent-Assisted Search Operations
Gita Sukthankar, Katia Sycara, Joseph Andrew Giampapa, and Christopher Burnett
Conference Paper, Proceedings of NATO Research and Technology Organisation: Human Factors and Medicine Panel Symposium, April, 2008
Automated Requirements-Driven Definition of Norms for the Regulation of Behavior in Multi-Agent Systems
Martin Kollingbaum, Ivan J. Jureta, Wamberto Vasconcelos, and Katia Sycara
Workshop Paper, AISB '08 Workshop on Behaviour Regulation in Multi-Agent Systems, Vol. 4, pp. 43 - 48, April, 2008
Brain mechanisms for social perception
Elizabeth J. Carter and Kevin A. Pelphrey
Book Section/Chapter, Emotions in the Human Voice, Volume II: Clinical Evidence, pp. 17 - 34, April, 2008
Effect of Character Animacy and Preparatory Motion on Perceptual Magnitude of Errors in Ballistic Motion
Paul Reitsma, James L. Andrews, and Nancy Pollard
Journal Article, Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 201 - 210, April, 2008
Guide to the Carnegie Mellon University Multimodal Activity (CMU-MMAC) Database
Fernando De la Torre Frade, Jessica K. Hodgins, Adam W. Bargteil, Xavier Martin Artal, Justin C. Macey, Alexandre Collado I Castells, and Josep Beltran
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-22, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2008
Image Retrieval: Ideas, Influences, and Trends of the New Age
Ritendra Datta, Dhiraj Joshi, Jia Li, and James Z. Wang
Journal Article, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 40, No. 2, April, 2008
Image-based Shaving
Minh Hoai Nguyen, Jean-Francois Lalonde, Alexei A. Efros, and Fernando De la Torre Frade
Journal Article, Computer Graphics Forum Journal (Eurographics '08), Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 627 - 635, April, 2008
On preparatory object rotation to adjust handle orientation for grasping
Lillian Y. Chang and Nancy Pollard
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-10, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2008
Self-Driving Cars and the Urban Challenge
Christopher Urmson and William (Red) L. Whittaker
Journal Article, IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 66 - 68, April, 2008
Sliding Autonomy for Peer-To-Peer Human-Robot Teams
M. Bernardine Dias, Balajee Kannan, Brett Browning, Edward Jones, Brenna Argall, Malcolm Frederick Dias, Marc B. Zinck, Manuela Veloso, and Anthony (Tony) Stentz
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-16, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2008
Using Dialog and Human Observations to Dictate Tasks to a Learning Robot Assistant
Paul Rybski, Jeremy Stolarz, Kevin Yoon, and Manuela Veloso
Journal Article, Journal of Intelligent Service Robots, Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Socially Assistive Robotics, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 159 - 167, April, 2008
The Precision Freehand Sculptor: A robotic tool for less invasive joint replacement surgery
Gabriel Brisson
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-18, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2008
Constraint Integration for Efficient Multiview Pose Estimation with Self-Occlusions
Abhinav Gupta, Anurag Mittal, and Larry S. Davis
Journal Article, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 493 - 506, March, 2008