Search Results - "Rybski, P E"

Enlisting rangers and scouts for reconnaissance and surveillance by Rybski, P.E., Papanikolopoulos, N.P., Stoeter, S.A., Krantz, D.G., Yesin, K.B., Gini, M., Voyles, R., Hougen, D.F., Nelson, B., Erickson, M.D.

“…Reconnaissance and surveillance are important activities for both military and civilian organizations, for hostage and survivor rescue, drug raids, response to…”
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Obstacle Detection and Tracking for the Urban Challenge by Darms, M.S., Rybski, P.E., Baker, C., Urmson, C.

“…This paper describes the obstacle detection and tracking algorithms developed for Boss, which is Carnegie Mellon University 's winning entry in the 2007 DARPA…”
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Sharing control [multiple miniature robots] by Rybski, P.E., Stoeter, S.A., Papanikolopoulos, N.P., Burt, I., Dahlin, T., Gini, M., Hougen, D.F., Krantz, D.G., Nageotte, F.

“…Presents a framework for the operation and coordination of multiple miniature robots. Simple teleoperation can be useful in many situations, but the operator's…”
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Performance of a distributed robotic system using shared communications channels by Rybski, P.E., Stoeter, S.A., Gini, M., Hougen, D.F., Papanikolopoulos, N.P.

“…We have designed and built a set of miniature robots called Scouts and have developed a distributed software system to control them. This paper addresses the…”
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A human-assisted approach for a mobile robot to learn 3D object models using active vision by Zwinderman, M, Rybski, P E, Kootstra, G

“…In this paper we present an algorithm that allows a human to naturally and easily teach a mobile robot how to recognize objects in its environment. The human…”
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System architecture for versatile autonomous and teleoperated control of multiple miniature robots by Rybski, P.E., Burt, I., Dahlin, T., Gini, M., Hougen, D.F., Krantz, D.G., Nageotte, F., Papanikolopoulos, N., Stoeter, S.A.

“…Using robots for surveillance and reconnaissance applications requires a versatile connection between the human operator and robotic hardware. Some application…”
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Mosaicking images panoramic imaging by Dos Santos, C C, Stoeter, S A, Rybski, P E, Papanikolopoulos, N P

“…Two methods of mosaicking images were developed, one for the simple case of a shift between two following images and another one for the general case. For the…”
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Interactive robot task training through dialog and demonstration by Rybski, Paul E., Yoon, Kevin, Stolarz, Jeremy, Veloso, Manuela M

“…Effective human/robot interfaces which mimic how humans interact with one another could ultimately lead to robots being accepted in a wider domain of…”
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Sharing control - multiple miniature robots by Rybski, P E, Stoeter, S A, Papanikolopoulos, N P, Burt, I, Dahlin, T, Gini, M, Hougen, D F, Krantz, D G, Nageotte, F

“…Presents a framework for the operation and coordination of multiple miniature robots. Simple teleoperation can be useful in many situations, but the operator's…”
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Turning Segways into soccer robots by Browning, Brett, Searock, Jeremy, Rybski, Paul E., Veloso, Manuela

“…Purpose - To adapt the segway RMP, a dynamically balancing robot base, to build robots capable of playing soccer autonomously.Design methodology approach -…”
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A robot team for surveillance tasks: Design and architecture by Stoeter, Sascha A., Rybski, Paul E., Stubbs, Kristen N., McMillen, Colin P., Gini, Maria, Hougen, Dean F., Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos

“…Reduced cost of robotic hardware enables the use of teams of robots instead of a single device. Multi-robot approaches promise faster results and more robust…”
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Resource scheduling and load balancing in distributed robotic control systems by McMillen, Colin, Stubbs, Kristen N., Rybski, Paul E., Stoeter, Sascha A., Gini, Maria, Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos P.

“…This paper describes the latest advances made to a software architecture designed to control multiple miniature robots. As the robots themselves have very…”
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The snackbot: documenting the design of a robot for long-term human-robot interaction by Lee, Min Kyung, Forlizzi, Jodi, Rybski, Paul E., Crabbe, Frederick, Chung, Wayne, Finkle, Josh, Glaser, Eric, Kiesler, Sara

“…We present the design of the Snackbot, a robot that will deliver snacks in our university buildings. The robot is intended to provide a useful, continuing…”
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Repeatability of Real World Training Experiments: A Case Study by Hougen, Dean F, Rybski, Paul E, Gini, Maria

“…We present a case study of reinforcement learning on a real robot that learns how to back up a trailer and discuss the lessons learned about the importance of…”
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Mobility enhancements to the Scout robot platform by Drenner, A., Burt, I., Dahlin, T., Kratochvil, B., McMillen, C., Nelson, B., Papanikolopoulos, N., Rybski, P.E., Stubbs, K., Waletzko, D., Yesin, K.B.

“…When a distributed robotic system is assigned to perform reconnaissance or surveillance, restrictions inherent to the design of an individual robot limit the…”
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Learning visual object definitions by observing human activities by Veloso, M., von Hundelshausen, F., Rybski, P.E.

“…Humanoid robots, while moving in our everyday environments, necessarily need to recognize objects. Providing robust object definitions for every single object…”
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Autonomous stair-hopping with Scout robots by Stoeter, S.A., Rybski, P.E., Gini, M., Papanikolopoulos, N.

“…Search and rescue operations in large disaster sites require quick gathering of relevant information. Both the knowledge of the location of victims and the…”
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Dispersion behaviors for a team of multiple miniature robots by Pearce, J.L., Rybski, P.E., Stoeter, S.A., Papanikolopoulos, N.

“…To safely and efficiently guide search and rescue operations in disaster areas, gathering of relevant information such as the locations of victims, must occur…”
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Development of a soccer-playing dynamically-balancing mobile robot by Browning, B., Rybski, P.E., Searock, J., Veloso, M.M.

“…In this paper, we make two contributions. First, we present a new domain, called Segway Soccer, for investigating the coordination of dynamically formed, mixed…”
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Appearance-based minimalistic metric SLAM by Rybski, P.E., Roumeliotis, S.T., Gini, M., Papanikolopoulos, N.

“…This paper addresses the problem of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for the case of very small, resource-limited robots which have poor odometry…”
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