Robotics Reprints and Presentations

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• Blackburn, M. R., and H. G. Nguyen, 1994, "Robotic Sensor-Motor Transformations." Published in Proceedings, 1994 Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA; Vol. I, pp. 209-214.Presented at the 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, November 13-16, 1994, Monterey, CA.

• Blackburn, M. R., and H. G. Nguyen, 1994, "Learning in Robotic Vision Directed Reaching: A Comparison of Methods." Published in Proceedings, 1994 Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA; Vol. I, pp. 781-788. Presented at the 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, November 13-16, 1994, Monterey, CA.

• Blackburn, M.R. and H. G. Nguyen, 1994, "Autonomous Visual Control of a Mobile Robot." Published in Proceeding, 1994 Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA; Vol. II, pp. 1143-1150. Presented at the 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, November 13-16, 1994, Monterey, CA.

• Blackburn, M.R. and H.G. Nguyen, 1994, "Robotic Sensor-Motor Transformations." Published in Proceedings, 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA, November 1994.

• Blackburn, M.R., "Autonomy and Intelligence - A Question of Definitions." Presented at ONR-UCLA Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, 8-9 May 2002.

• Borenstein, J., H.R. Everett, L. Feng, and D. Wehe, "Mobile Robot Positioning: Sensors and Techniques." Published in Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 231-249, 1997.

• Bruch, M.H., Laird, R.T., and H.R. Everett, "Challenges for deploying man-portable robots into hostile environments." Published in SPIE Proc. 4195: Mobile Robots XV, Boston, MA, November 5-8, 2000.

• Bryan, W.D., H.G. Nguyen, and D.W. Gage, 1998, "Man-Portable Networked Sensor System." Published in SPIE Proceedings, 3394: Presented at Sensor Technology for Soldier Systems, Orlando, FL.

• Bryan, W.D., H.G. Nguyen, and D.W. Gage, "Man-Portable Networked Sensor System." Published in SPIE Proc. 3394: Sensor Technology for Soldier Systems, Orlando, FL, 13 April 1998, pp 79-88.

• Ciccimaro, D. and M. West, 1998, "An Automated Security Response Robot." Robotics and Machine Perception, Vol. 7, Issue 2, p. 9, August 1998.

• Cory, P., H.R. Everett, and T. Heath-Pastore, "Radar-Based Intruder Detection for a Robotic Security System." Published in SPIE Proc. 3525: Mobile Robots XIII and Intelligent Transportation Systems, Boston, Massachusetts, 1-5 November 1998, pp 62-72.

• Cowen, S., "Flying Plug: A Small UUV Designed for Submarine Data Connectivity" Presented at Submarine Technology Symposium (SUBTECH), Baltimore, MD, 14 May, 1997.

• Cowen, S., S. Briest, and J. Dombrowski, 1997, "Underwater Docking of Autonomous Undersea Vehicles using Optical Terminal Guidance." Presented at IEEE Oceans `97, Halifax, NS, 6-9 October, 1997.

• Cowen, S., S. Briest, and J. Dombrowski, 1996, "Application of Robotic Undersea Vehicles to Underwater Data Connectivity." Presented at PACON, Honolulu, HI, 20 June, 1996.

• Everett, H.R., G.A. Gilbreath, T.A. Heath-Pastore, and R.T. Laird, 1994, "Controlling Multiple Security Robots in a Warehouse Environment." Paper peresented at AIAA-NASA Conference on Intelligent Robots, Houston, TX, March, 1994.

• Everett, H.R., Gage, D.W., Gilbreath, G.A., Laird, R.T., Smurlo, R.P., 1994, "Real-world Issues in Warehouse Navigation." SPIE Mobile Robots IX, Vol. 2352, Boston, MA, pp. 249-259, November, 1994.

• Everett, H.R., "Autonomous Navigation on a Shoestring Budget," The Robotics Practitioner, pp. 15-23, Winter, 1996.

• Everett, H.R., "Breaking Down the Barriers," Unmanned Vehicles, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 18-20, February-April 1998.

• Everett, H.R., "Looking Back, Moving Forward." Published in Guest Commentary, Sensors, vol. 16, no. 9, p. 131, September, 1999.

• Everett, H.R. and D.W. Gage, "From Laboratory to Warehouse: Security Robots Meet the Real World." Published in International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on Field and Service Robotics, volume 18, number 7, July 1999, pp 760-768.

• Everett, H.R., "Breaking Down the Barriers." Published in Unmanned Vehicles, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 18-20, February-April 1998. (A brief history of robotics in physical security.)

• Fletcher, B., "Chemical Plume Mapping with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle." Presnted at MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2001, Honolulu, HI, November 5-8, 2001.

• Fletcher, B., "Chemical Plume Mapping with the REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle." Presented at AUSI Twelfth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Durham, NH, August 27-29, 2001.

• Fletcher, B., "Underwater Platforms for Chemical Detection." Presented at Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology 2001, San Francisco, CA, July 8-11, 2001.

• Fletcher, B., "New Roles for UUVs in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance." Presented at Ninth Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, Honolulu, HI, June 2000.

• Fletcher, B., "Autonomous Vehicles and the Net-Centric Battlespace." Presented at International Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Symposium, Newport, RI, April 2000.

• Gage, D.W., "Minimum-Resource Distributed Navigation and Mapping." Presented at SPIE Proc. 4195: Mobile Robots XV, Boston, MA, November 5-8, 2000.

• D.W. Gage, "If our robots are so smart, why aren't we all rich: the challenges of integrating autonomous robots." Presented at IEEE Intl Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 99), Monterey CA, 8-9 November 1999.

• Gage, D.W., W.D. Bryan, and H.G. Nguyen, "Internetting Tactical Security Sensor Systems." Published in SPIE Proc. 3393: Digitization of the Battlespace, Orlando, FL, 15-17 April 1998, pp 184-194.

• Gage, D. W., "An Evolutionary Strategy for Achieving Autonomous Navigation." Published in SPIE Proc. 3525: Mobile Robots XIII, Boston MA, 1-5 November 1998, pp 252-260.

• Gage, D.W., W.D. Bryan, and H.G. Nguyen, 1998, "Internet Tactical Security Sensor Systems." Published in SPIE Proceedings, 3393. Presented at Digitization of the Battlespace, Orlando, FL; 1998.

• Gage, D.W., 1997, "Network Protocols for Mobile Robot Systems." Published in SPIE Proceedings, 3210. Presented at Mobile Robots XII, Pittsburgh, PA, 14-17 October, 1997.

• Gage, D.W., 1995, "Many-Robot MCM Search Systems." Published in Proceedings, Autonomous Vehicles in Mine Countermeasures Symposium, pp. 9.56-9.64. Presented at Monterey, CA, 4-7 April, 1995.

• Gage, D.W., 1995, "Development and Command-Control Tools for Many-Robot Systems." Published in Proceedings, SPIE Microrobotics and Micromechanical Systems, Vol. 2593, pp. 121-129. Presented at Philadelphia, PA, 23-24 October, 1995.

• Gage, D.W., 1994, "Telerobotic Requirements for Sensing, Navigation, and Communications." Published in Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE National Telesystems Conference, San Diego CA, 26-28 May 1994, pp 145-149.

• Gage, D.W. and S.P. Hower, 1994, "The MDARS Multiple Robot Host Architecture." Published in Proceedings of AUVS-94, 21st Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Detroit MI, 23-25 May 1994, pp 133-136.

• Gage, D.W., 1994, "Internet Tools for Sharing Unmanned Vehicle Information." Published in Proceedings of AUVS-94, 21st Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Detroit MI, 23-25 May 1994, pp 563-570.

• Gage, D.W., 1994, "Cost-Optimization of Many-Robot Systems." SPIE Mobile Robots IX, Boston MA, November 1994, volume 2352, pp 260-266.

• Gage, D.W., 1993, "How to Communicate with Zillions of Robots." Published in Proceedings of SPIE Mobile Robots VIII, Boston MA, 9-10 September 1993, volume 2058, pp 250-257.

• Gage, D.W., 1993, "Randomized Search Strategies with Imperfect Sensors." Published in Proceedings of SPIE Mobile Robots VIII, Boston MA, 9-10 September 1993, volume 2058, pp 270-279.

• Gage, D.W., 1992, "Sensor Abstractions to Support Many-Robot Systems." Published in Proceedings of SPIE Mobile Robots VII, Boston MA, 18-20 November 1992, volume 1831, pp 235-246.

• Gage, D.W., 1990, "Security Considerations for Autonomous Robots." Computer Security Journal, volume VI, no. 1, 1990, pp 95-99. (Reprinted from Proceedings, Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland CA, 22-24 April 1985, pp 224-228.)

• Gilbreath, G.A., Ciccimaro, D.A., and H.R. Everett, "An Advanced Telereflexive Tactical Response Robot." Published in Proceedings, Workshop 7: Vehicle Teleoperation Interfaces, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA2000, San Francisco, CA, 28 April, 2000.

• Holland, J. M., A. Martin, R.P. Smurlo, and H.R. Everett, 1995, "MDARS Interior Platform." Presented Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 22nd Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition (AUVS '95), Washington, D.C., 10-12 July, 1995.

• Inderieden, R.S., H.R. Everett, T.A. Heath-Pastore, and R.P. Smurlo, 1995, "Overview of the Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System." Presented at DND/CSA Robotics and KBS Workshop, St. Hubert, Quebec, October 1995.

• Laird, R.T., Bruch, M.H., West, M.B., Ciccimaro, D.A., and H.R. Everett, "Issues in Vehicle Teleoperation for Tunnel and Sewer Reconnaissance." Published in Proceedings, Workshop 7: Vehicle Teleoperation Interfaces, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA2000, San Francisco, CA, 28 April, 2000.

• Martin, B. and D. Bryan, 1995, "Low-Cost Miniature Interface and Control Systems for Smart Sensors, Tactical Radios, and Computer Networks." Presented at IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 95), San Diego, CA, Nov. 6-8, 1995.

• Murray, S.A., "Human-Machine Interaction with Multiple Autonomous Sensors." Presented at 6th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems, Cambridge, MA, June 27-29, 1995.

• Nguyen, H.G. and J.P. Bott, "Robotics for Law Enforcement: Applications Beyond Explosive Ordnance Disposal." Published in SPIE Proc. 4232: Technologies for Law Enforcement, Boston, MA, 5-8 November, 2000.

• Nguyen, Hoa G., W. C. Marsh, and D.W. Bryan, 1996, "Virtual Systems: Aspects of the Air-Mobile Ground Security and Surveillance System Prototype." Unmanned Systems, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 22-31, Winter 1996.

• Laird, R.T., G.A. Gilbreath, T.A. Heath-Pastore, H.R. Everett, R.S. Inderieden, and K. Grant, 1995, "MDARS Multiple Robot Host Architecture." Presented at Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 22nd Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition (AUVS '95), Washington, D.C., 10-12 July, 1995.

• Murphy, D. and J. Cycon, "Applications for Mini VTOL UAV for Law Enforcement." Published in SPIE Proc. 3577: Sensors, C3I, Information, and Training Technologies for Law Enforcement, Boston, MA, 3-5 November 1998.

• Murphy, D.W., J.P. Bott, W.D. Bryan, J.L. Coleman, D.W. Gage, H.G. Nguyen, and M.P. Cheatham, 1997, "MSSMP: No Place to Hide." Published in Proceedings, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International 1997 Conference. (AUVSI'97), Baltimore, MD; pp. 281-290.

• Murray, S.A., Gage, D.W., Bott, J.P, Murphy, D.W, Bryan, W.D., Martin, S.W. and H.G. Nguyen, "Advanced User Interface Design and Advanced Internetting for Tactical Security Systems." Published in Proc. 14th Annual Nat. Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Security Technology Symposium and Exhibition, Williamsburg, VA; June 15-18, 1998.

• Smurlo, R.P., R.T. Laird, H.R. Everett, R.S. Inderieden, and Elaine, S., Jaffee, D.M., 1995, "MDARS Product Assessment System." Presented at Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 22nd Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition (AUVS '95), Washington, D.C., 10-12 July, 1995.

• Uhrich, R. and J. Walton, 1995, "Supervisory Control of Untethered Undersea Systems: A New Paradigm Verified." Presented at Ninth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Durham, NH, September 25, 1995.

• Walton, J. M. and R.W. Uhrich, 1995, "114 Untethered UUV Dives: Lessons Learned." Presented at MTS/IEEE Oceans95, San Diego, CA, October 12, 1995.

• Wernli, R.L., "AUV Commercialization--Who's Leading the Pack." Presented at MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2000, Providence, RI, September 11-14, 2000.

• Wernli, R.L., "SSC San Diego--The World Is Our Platform." Presented at The United States - Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources, 23rd Meeting of the Marine Facilities Panel, Tokyo, Japan, May 9-19, 2000.

• Wernli, R.L., "AUV's--The Maturity of the Technology." Presented at MTS/IEEE OCEANS'99, Seattle, WA, September 13-16, 1999.