Publications




Vision-based robot localization across seasons and in remote locations
Anirudh Viswanathan, Bernardo R. Pires, and Daniel Huber
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4815 - 4821, May, 2016
Supersizing Self-supervision: Learning to Grasp from 50K Tries and 700 Robot Hours
Lerrel Pinto and Abhinav Gupta
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3406 - 3413, May, 2016
Bayesian Nonparametric Kernel-Learning
J. Oliva, A. Dubey, A. Wilson, B. Poczos, J. Schneider, and E. Xing
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS '16), Vol. 41, pp. 1078 - 1086, May, 2016
Fast Localization and Tracking Using Event Sensors
Wenzhen Yuan and Srikumar Ramalingam
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4564 - 4571, May, 2016
High Dimensional Bayesian Optimization via Restricted Projection Pursuit Models
C. Li, K. Kandasamy, B. Poczos, and J. Schneider
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS '16), Vol. 51, pp. 884 - 892, May, 2016
Modeling communicative behaviors for object references in human-robot interaction
Henny Admoni, Thomas Weng, and Brian Scassellati
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3352 - 3359, May, 2016
Stochastic Neural Networks with Monotonic Activation Functions
S. Ravanbakhsh, B. Poczos, J. Schneider, D. Schuurmans, and R. Greiner
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS '16), Vol. 51, pp. 809 - 818, May, 2016
An MDP-based approximation method for goal constrained multi-mav planning under action uncertainty
L. Liu and N. Michael
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 56 - 62, May, 2016
Fast nonlinear model predictive control via partial enumeration
V. R. Desaraju and N. Michael
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1243 - 1248, May, 2016
Planning for a Ground-Air Robotic System with Collaborative Localization
Jonathan Butzke, Kalin Gochev, Benjamin Holden, Eui-Jung Jung, and Maxim Likhachev
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 284 - 291, May, 2016
RapID: A Framework for Fabricating Low-Latency Interactive Objects with RFID Tags
Andrew Spielberg, Alanson P. Sample, Scott E. Hudson, Jennifer Mankoff, and James McCann
Conference Paper, Proceedings of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16), pp. 5897 - 5908, May, 2016
Threadsteading: Playful Interaction for Textile Fabrication Devices
Lea Albaugh, April Grow, Chenxi Liu, James McCann, Jennifer Mankoff, and Gillian Smith
Conference Paper, Proceedings of CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '16), pp. 285 - 288, May, 2016
A Convex Polynomial Force-Motion Model for Planar Sliding: Identification and Application
Jiaji Zhou, Robert Paolini, J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell, and Matthew T. Mason
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 372 - 377, May, 2016
A Game-Theoretic Approach to Multi-Pedestrian Activity Forecasting
Wei-Chiu Ma
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-16, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
A reservoir balancing constraint with applications to bike-sharing
Joris Kinable
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, AI, and Operations Research (CPAIOR '16), pp. 216 – 228, May, 2016
A*-Connect: Bounded Suboptimal Bidirectional Heuristic Search
Fahad Islam, Venkatraman Narayanan, and Maxim Likhachev
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2752 - 2758, May, 2016
Acoustic Structure from Motion
Tiffany Huang
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-08, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Adaptive Kalman Filtering Methods for Low-Cost GPS/INS Localization for Autonomous Vehicles
Adam Werries and John M. Dolan
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-18, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Annotation of Utterances for Conversational Nonverbal Behaviors
Allison Funkhouser
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-25, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Complementary Model Update: A Method for Simultaneous Registration and Stiffness Mapping in Flexible Environments
Arun Srivatsan Rangaprasad, Elif Ayvali, Long Wang, Rajarshi Roy, Nabil Simaan, and Howie Choset
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 924 - 930, May, 2016
Connecting Run-Time Metrics to Outcome Performance of Team Attack and Defense
Jason Blum
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-24, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Constrained CHOMP using Dual Projected Newton Method
Sanjiban Choudhury and Sebastian Scherer
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-17, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Convolutional Pose Machines: A Deep Architecture for Estimating Articulated Poses
Shih-En Wei
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-22, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Design and Analysis of a Biped Leg to Survive High-Impact Falls
Roberto Shu
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-21, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Design and Development of a Knee Prosthesis Emulator System
James C. Gabriel and Steve Collins
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-26, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Distributed Knowledge Leader Selection for Multi-Robot Environmental Sampling
Wenhao Luo
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-05, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Effective Non-Verbal Communication for Mobile Robots using Expressive Lights
Kim Baraka
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-12, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Enhancing Direct Camera Tracking with Dense Feature Descriptors
Hatem Said Alismail, Brett Browning, and Simon Lucey
Conference Paper, Proceedings of Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV '16), pp. 535 - 551, May, 2016
Evaluation and Optimization of Dozing Operations for Small-Scale Wheeled Vehicles with Simulation and Validation Using a Reference Platform
Gregory Colvin
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-13, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Evaluation of a Decentralized Stance-Leg Controller on a Powered Robotic Leg
Yin Zhong
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-15, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Fast radiation mapping and multiple source localization using topographic contour map and incremental density estimation
Abdullah Al Redwan Newaz, Sungmoon Jeong, Hosun Lee, Hyejeong Ryu, Nak Young Chong, and Matthew T. Mason
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1515 - 1521, May, 2016
High-Fidelity Planetary Route Determination Using Computationally Efficient Monocular Fisheye Odometry and Sun Compass
Eugene Fang
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-14, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Instance selection for efficient and reliable camera calibration
Humphrey Hu and George Kantor
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4335 - 4340, May, 2016
List Prediction Applied To Motion Planning
Abhijeet Tallavajhula, Sanjiban Choudhury, Sebastian Scherer, and Alonzo Kelly
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 213 - 220, May, 2016
Long-range GPS-denied Aerial Inertial Navigation
Garrett Hemann
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-11, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
On Degeneracy of Optimization-based State Estimation Problems
Ji Zhang, Michael Kaess, and Sanjiv Singh
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 809 - 816, May, 2016
Optimization Models for a Real-World Snow Plow Routing Problem
Joris Kinable, W. van Hoeve, and Stephen Smith
Conference Paper, Proceedings 13th International Conference on Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint Programming (CPAIOR '16), pp. 229 - 245, May, 2016
PERCH: Perception via Search for Multi-Object Recognition and Localization
Venkatraman Narayanan and Maxim Likhachev
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 5052 - 5059, May, 2016
Photometric Bundle Adjustment for Vision-Based SLAM
Hatem Said Alismail, Brett Browning, and Simon Lucey
Conference Paper, Proceedings of Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV '16), pp. 324 - 341, May, 2016
Planning for Grasp Selection of Partially Occluded Objects
Sung Kyun Kim and Maxim Likhachev
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3971 - 3978, May, 2016
Predictable behavior during contact simulation: a comparison of selected physics engines
Se-Joon Chung and Nancy Pollard
Conference Paper, Proceedings of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 262 - 270, May, 2016
Questimator: Generating Knowledge Assessments for Arbitrary Topics
Qi Guo
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-04, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Real-time 3D Scene Layout from a Single Image Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Shichao Yang, Daniel Maturana, and Sebastian Scherer
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2183 - 2189, May, 2016
Rearrangement planning using object-centric and robot-centric action spaces
Jennifer King, Marco Cognetti, and Siddhartha Srinivasa
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3940 - 3947, May, 2016
Regionally Accelerated Batch Informed Trees (RABIT*): A Framework to Integrate Local Information into Optimal Path Planning
Sanjiban Choudhury, Jonathan D. Gammell, Timothy D. Barfoot, Siddhartha Srinivasa, and Sebastian Scherer
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4207 - 4214, May, 2016
Robot Brachiation With Energy Control
Zongyi Yang
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-19, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Robust single-view instance recognition
David Held, Devin Guillory, Brice Rebsamen, Sebastian Thrun, and Silvio Savarese
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2152 - 2159, May, 2016
Stretchable, High‐k Dielectric Elastomers through Liquid‐Metal Inclusions
Michael D. Bartlett, Andrew Fassler, Navid Kazem, Eric Markvicka, Pratiti Mandal, and Carmel Majidi
Journal Article, Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, No. 19, pp. 3726 - 3731, May, 2016
Symbiotic Planning for Planetary Exploration
Joseph Amato
Master's Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-09, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2016
Texture-based Fruit Detection via Images using the Smooth Patterns on the Fruit
Zania Pothen and Stephen T. Nuske
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 5171 - 5176, May, 2016