Publications




Range-only SLAM with Interpolated Range Data
Athanasios Kehagias, Joseph Djugash, and Sanjiv Singh
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-06-26, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2006
Real-Time Adaptive A*
Sven Koenig and Maxim Likhachev
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '06), pp. 281 - 288, May, 2006
Replanning with RRTs
David Ferguson, Nidhi Kalra, and Anthony (Tony) Stentz
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1243 - 1248, May, 2006
Resolution-Aware Fitting of Active Appearance Models to Low-Resolution Images
Goksel Dedeoglu, Simon Baker, and Takeo Kanade
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ECCV) European Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 83 - 97, May, 2006
Robust Recognition of Physical Team Behaviors using Spatio-temporal Models
Gita Sukthankar and Katia Sycara
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '06), pp. 638 - 645, May, 2006
Scaling-up Human Control for Large UAV Teams
J. Polvichai, Katia Sycara, and Paul Scerri
Book Section/Chapter, Human Factors of Remotely Piloted Vehicles, pp. 237 - 250, May, 2006
Supporting Online Problem Solving Communities with the Semantic Web
Anupriya Ankolekar, Katia Sycara, J. Herbsleb, Alan Kraut, and C. Welty
Conference Paper, Proceedings of World Wide Web Conference, Edinburgh, UK, May, 2006
Taylor Series of Appearance Functions
Sanjeev Jagannatha Koppal, Ankur Datta, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan, and Ko Nishino
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-08-39, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2006
The RADAR Test Methodology: Evaluating a Multi-Task Machine Learning System with Humans in the Loop
Aaron Steinfeld, Rachael Bennett, Kyle Cunningham, Matt Lahut, Pablo-Alejandro Quinones, Django Wexler, Daniel Siewiorek, Paul Cohen, Julie Fitzgerald, Othar Hansson, Jordan Hayes, Mike Pool, and Mark Drummond
Tech. Report, CMU-CS-06-125, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2006
Toward an Understanding of the Impact of Personal Assistants in Human Organizations
Steven Okamoto, Paul Scerri, and Katia Sycara
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS '06), pp. 630 - 637, May, 2006
Toward Reliable Off Road Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Challenging Environments
Alonzo Kelly, Anthony (Tony) Stentz, Omead Amidi, Michael W. Bode, David Bradley, Antonio Diaz-Calderon, Michael Happold, Herman Herman, Robert Mandelbaum, Thomas Pilarski, Peter Rander, Scott Thayer, Nicholas M. Vallidis, and Randon Warner
Journal Article, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 449 - 483, May, 2006
Towards Particle Filter SLAM with Three Dimensional Evidence Grids in a Flooded Subterranean Environment
Nathaniel Fairfield, George A. Kantor, and David Wettergreen
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3575 - 3580, May, 2006
Towards Provable Navigation and Control of Nonholonomically Constrained Convex-Bodied Systems
David C. Conner, Howie Choset, and Alfred Rizzi
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4416 - 4418, May, 2006
Tracking Dynamic Near-regular Textures under Occlusion and Rapid Movements
Wen-Chieh Lin and Yanxi Liu
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ECCV) European Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 44 - 55, May, 2006
Visual Feedback Manipulation for Hand Rehabilitation in a Robotic Environment
Bambi Roberts Brewer
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-06-24, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2006
AAM derived face representations for robust facial action recognition
Simon Lucey, Iain Matthews, Changbo Hu, Zara Ambadar, Fernando De la Torre Frade, and Jeffrey Cohn
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG '06), pp. 155 - 162, April, 2006
Motion Planning for Variable Inertia Mechanical Systems
Elie A. Shammas, Howie Choset, and Alfred Rizzi
Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE Unmanned Systems Technology, Vol. 6230, April, 2006
A Spin Glass Model of Path Integration In Rat Medial Entorhinal Cortex
Dave Touretzky and M. C. Fuhs
Journal Article, Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 26, No. 16, pp. 4266 - 4276, April, 2006
CMRoboBits: Creating an Intelligent AIBO Robot
Manuela Veloso, Paul Rybski, Scott Lenser, Sonia Chernova, and Douglas Vail
Magazine Article, AI Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 67 - 82, April, 2006
Distributed Localization of Networked Cameras
Stanislav Funiak, Carlos Ernesto Guestrin, Rahul Sukthankar, and Mark Paskin
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN '06), pp. 34 - 42, April, 2006
Enhancing the Locomotion of an in vivo Robot for Cardiac Surgery
F. Razjouyan, Nicholas Patronik, Marco A. Zenati, and Cameron Riviere
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 32nd Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC '06), pp. 97 - 98, April, 2006
Evaluating Error Functions for Robust Active Appearance Models
Barry-John Theobald, Iain Matthews, and Simon Baker
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG '06), pp. 149 - 154, April, 2006
Flexible Needle Steering System for Percutaneous Access to Deep Zones of the Brain
Johnathan A. Engh, Gregg Podnar, Si Yi Khoo, and Cameron Riviere
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 32nd Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC '06), pp. 103 - 104, April, 2006
Functional imaging of numerical processing in adults and 4-y-old children
Jessica F. Cantlon, Elizabeth M. Brannon, Elizabeth J. Carter, and Kevin A. Pelphrey
Journal Article, PLoS Biology, Vol. 4, No. 5, April, 2006
Mapping Ventricular Changes Related to Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Large Community-Based Cohort
Owen Carmichael, P. M. Thompson, R. A. Dutton, A. Lu, S. E. Lee, J. Y. Lee, L. H. Kuller, Oscar Lopez, Howard Aizenstein, C. C. Meltzer, Yanxi Liu, A. W. Toga, and Jim Becker
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano (ISBI '06), pp. 315 - 318, April, 2006
On the Interdependence of Sensing and Estimation Complexity in Sensor Networks
Yaron Rachlin, R. Negi, and Pradeep Khosla
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN '06), pp. 160 - 167, April, 2006
Performance Envelope and Physiological Tremor in Microsurgery
David Ortega Ibanez, Fernando Perez Baquerin, David Choi, and Cameron Riviere
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 32nd Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC '06), pp. 121 - 122, April, 2006
Shells and Spheres: A Framework for Variable Scale Statistical Image Analysis
Constantine Aaron Cois, Ken Rockot, John Galeotti, Robert Joseph Tamburo, and George D. Stetten
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-04-19, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2006
Truly 3D Midsagittal Plane Extraction for Robust Neuroimage Registration
Leonid Teverovskiy and Yanxi Liu
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano (ISBI '06), pp. 860 - 863, April, 2006
Visual measurement of microsurgical motion with application to robotic augmentation
S. Seshamani, C. Riviere, J. Handa, L. Lobes, and G. Hager
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 32nd Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC '06), pp. 39 - 40, April, 2006
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation and Proximity Operations for Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX)
William Stone, Nathaniel Fairfield, and George A. Kantor
Conference Paper, Proceedings of Masterclass in AUV Technology for Polar Science, March, 2006
Demonstration of a Large Dissipative Haptic Environment
J. Michael Vandeweghe, Brian Dellon, S. Kelly, R. Juchniewicz, and Yoky Matsuoka
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (HAPTICS '06), pp. 329 - 330, March, 2006
Dynamically formed human-robot team performing coordinated tasks
M. Bernardine Dias, Thomas K. Harris, Brett Browning, Edward Jones, Brenna Argall, Manuela Veloso, Anthony (Tony) Stentz, and Alexander Rudnicky
Conference Paper, Proceedings of AAAI '06 Spring Symposium: "To boldly go where no Human-Robot Team has gone before", March, 2006
Searching for a Quantitative Proxy for Rover Science Effectiveness
E. Pudenz, G. Thomas, J. Glasgow, P. Coppin, D. Wettergreen, and N. Cabrol
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '06), pp. 18 - 25, March, 2006
Stowable, Inflatable, Large, Vectran, Rigidizable, Cold-resistant, Lightweight, All-terrain Wheel (SILVRCLAW) II – Analysis, Prototype Development, and Testing
G. S. Mungas, D. Apostolopoulos, D. Fisher, C. Mungas, B. Carryer, S. Heys, M. Wagner, and J. Teza
Conference Paper, Proceedings of IEEE Aerospace Conference, March, 2006
A Robot Supervision Architecture for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration and Operation
Ehud Halberstam, Luis Ernesto Navarro-Serment, Ronald Conescu, Sandra Mau, Gregg Podnar, Alan D. Guisewite, H. Benjamin Brown, Alberto Elfes, John M. Dolan, and Marcel Bergerman
Miscellaneous, PowerPoint Presentation at the Earth & Space '06 Conference, March, 2006
A Robot Supervision Architecture for Safe and Efficient Space Exploration and Operation
Ehud Halberstam, Luis Ernesto Navarro-Serment, Ronald Conescu, Sandra Mau, Gregg Podnar, Alan D. Guisewite, H. Benjamin Brown, Alberto Elfes, John M. Dolan, and Marcel Bergerman
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 10th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments and 2nd NASA/ARO/ASCE Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration (Earth & Science '06), March, 2006
A Robust Compositional Architecture for Autonomous Systems
Guillaume Brat, Ewen Denney, Kimberley Farrell, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Ari Jonsson, Jeremy Frank, Mark Boddy, Todd Carpenter, Tara Estlin, and Mikhail Pivtoraiko
Conference Paper, Proceedings of IEEE Aerospace Conference, March, 2006
A spatial model of engagement for a social robot
Marek Piotr Michalowski, S. Sabanovic, and Reid Simmons
Workshop Paper, 9th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC '06), pp. 762 - 767, March, 2006
An Any-space Algorithm for Distributed Constraint Optimization
Anton Chechetka and Katia Sycara
Conference Paper, Proceedings of AAAI '06 Spring Symposium on Distributed Plan and Schedule Management, pp. 33 - 40, March, 2006
Attaining Situational Awareness for Sliding Autonomy
Brennan Peter Sellner, Laura M. Hiatt, Reid Simmons, and Sanjiv Singh
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '06), pp. 80 - 87, March, 2006
Autonomous Detection of Novel Biologic and Geologic Features in Atacama Desert Rover Imagery
David R. Thompson, Trey Smith, and David Wettergreen
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC '06), March, 2006
Autonomous Rover Detection and Response Applied to the Search for Life Via Chlorophyll Fluorescence in the Atacama Desert
Trey Smith, David R. Thompson, S. Weinstein, and David Wettergreen
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC '06), March, 2006
Best Laid Plans of Robots and Men
Mary Koes, Katia Sycara, and Illah Nourbakhsh
Conference Paper, Proceedings of AAAI '06 Spring Symposium on Distributed Plan and Schedule Management, pp. 49 - 56, March, 2006
Common Metrics for Human-Robot Interaction
Aaron Steinfeld, Terrence W. Fong, David Kaber, Jean Scholtz, Alan Schultz, and Michael Goodrich
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '06), pp. 33 - 40, March, 2006
Design and Flight Testing of a High-Bandwidth H-infinity Loop Shaping Controller for a Robotic Helicopter
Marco La Civita, G. Papageorgiou, William Messner, and Takeo Kanade
Journal Article, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 485 - 494, March, 2006
Encouraging Physical Therapy Compliance with a Hands-Off Mobile Robot
Rachel Kirby and Maja J. Mataric
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '06), pp. 150 - 155, March, 2006
Evaluation of Autonomous Ground Vehicle Skills
Phillip L. Koon
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-06-13, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2006
Fingertip Vibratory Transducer for Detecting Optical Edges using Regenerative Feedback
K. Zawrotny, A. Craig, D. Weiser, Roberta Klatzky, and George D. Stetten
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (HAPTICS '06), pp. 373 - 374, March, 2006
FOCUS: A Generalized Method for Object Discovery for Robots that Observe and Interact with Humans
Manuela Veloso, Paul Rybski, and Felix von Hundelshausen
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '06), pp. 102 - 109, March, 2006