Tracking an Omnidirectional Evader with a Differential Drive Robot
Journal Autonomous Robot, special issue on Search and Pursuit/Evasion with Mobile Robots, Vol 31, No. 4, pages 345-366, 2011.
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A Motion Planning Strategy for Finding an Object with a Mobile Manipulator in 3-D Environments
Journal Advanced Robotics, Vol 25, No 13-14,pages 1627-1650, August 2011.
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An Efficient Motion Strategy to Compute Expected-Time Locally Optimal Continuous Search Paths in Known Environments
Journal Advanced Robotics, Vol. 23, No 12-13, pages 1533-1560, October 2009.
[pdf] [bib] [Video]Surveillances Strategies for a Pursuer with Finite Sensor Range
International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 26, No. 3, pages 233-253, March 2007.
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Distance-Optimal Navigation in an Unknown Environment without Sensing Distances
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 3, pages 506-518, June 2007.
[pdf] [bib] [Video] My PhD. student Rigoberto Lopez wrote the software to obtain the simulation shown in this video, based on the paper listed above.
Optimal Paths for Landmark-based Navigation by Differential Drive Vehicles with Field-of-View Constraints
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 2, pages 47-59, February 2007.
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Planning Exploration Strategies for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Journal on Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 54, No 4, pages 314-331, April, 2006.
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A Sampling Based Motion Planning Approach to Maintain Visibility of Unpredictable Moving Targets
Journal on Autonomous Robots, Vol 19 No 3, pp 285-300, Dec. 2005.
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Visual Navigation in Natural Environments: From Range and Color Data to a Landmark-based Model
Journal on Autonomous Robots, Vol 13 No 2, pp 143-168, September 2002.
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Aspectos Dinámicos de la Visión: Seguimiento de Objetos No Rígidos y Estimación de la Rotación de una Cámara (In Spanish)
Journal Computación y Sistemas, Vol. 1 No. 4, pages 201-212, 1998.
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Calcul de Translation et Rotation par la Transformation de Fourier
Journal Traitement du Signal, Vol. 14 No. 2, pages 135-149, 1997.
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A Motion Planner for Finding an Object in 3-D Environments with a Mobile Manipulator Robot Equipped with a Limited Sensor
Proc IBERAMIA 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 6433, pages 532-541, Springer 2010.
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A Motion Planner for Maintaining Landmark Visibility with a Differential Drive Robot
Proc WAFR 2008, G.S. Chirikjian et al (Eds.) Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, STAR 57, pp. 333-347, 2009.
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Small-Time Local Controllability of a Differential Drive Robot with a Limited Sensor for Landmark-Based Navigation
Proc MICAI 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 4827, pages 800-810, Springer 2007.
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A Framework for Reactive Motion and Sensing Planning: A Critical Events-Based Approach
Proc MICAI 2005, Best Paper Award, 1st Place, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 3789, pages 990-1000, Springer 2005.
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A Multi-robot Strategy for Rapidly Searching a Polygonal Environment
Proc IBERAMIA 2004, Best Paper Award, 1st Place, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 3315, pages 484-493, Springer 2004.
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Preliminary Results on the use of Stereo, Color Cameras and Laser Sensors in Antarctica
Proc ISER 1999, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Vol 250, pages 59-68, Springer 2000.
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3-D Modelling and Robot Localization from Visual and Range Data in Natural Scenes
Proc ICVS 1999, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 1542, pages 450-468, Springer 1999.
[pdf] [bib]A Homicidal Differential Drive Robot
Accepted to IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Saint Paul MN, USA, ICRA 2012.
Repairing Plans for Object Finding in 3-D Environments
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and System, pages 4528-4535, San Francisco California, USA, IROS 2011.
[pdf] [bib]Exploration and Map-Building under Uncertainty with Multiple Heterogeneous Robots
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 2295-2301, Shanghai China, ICRA 2011.
[pdf] [bib]Evader Surveillance under Incomplete Information
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 5511-5518, Anchorage USA, ICRA 2010.
[pdf] [bib]A Complexity Result for the Pursuit-Evasion Game of Maintaining Visibility of a Moving Evader
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 2657-2664, Pasadena USA, ICRA 2008.
[pdf] [bib]A Sample-based Convex Cover for Rapidly Finding an Object in a 3-D Environment
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 3497-3502, Barcelona Spain, ICRA 2005.
[pdf] [bib]Optimal Motion Strategies Based on Critical Events to Maintain Visibility of a Moving Target
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 3826-3821, Barcelona Spain, ICRA 2005.
[pdf] [bib]Maintaining Visibility of a Moving Holonomic Target with a Non-Holonomic Robot
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 2028-2034, Edmonton Canada, IROS 2005.
[pdf] [bib]Maintaining Visibility of a Moving Target at a Fixed Distance: The Case of Observer Bounded Speed
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 479-484, New Orleans USA, ICRA 2004.
[pdf] [bib]Planning Expected-time Optimal Paths for Searching Known Environments
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 872-878, Sendai Japan, IROS 2004.
[pdf] [bib]Path Planning for a Differential Drive Robot: Minimal Length Paths - a Geometric Approach
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 2793-2798, Sendai Japan, IROS 2004.
[pdf] [bib]Optimal Navigation and Object Finding without Geometric Maps or Localization
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 464-470, Taipei Taiwan, ICRA 2003.
[pdf] [bib]Locally-Optimal Navigation in Multiply-Connected Environments without Geometric Maps
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 3491-3497, Las Vegas USA, IROS 2003.
[pdf] [bib]On the Existence of a Strategy to Maintain a Moving Target within the Sensing Range of an Observer Reacting with Delay
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 1184-1191, Las Vegas, USA, IROS 2003
[pdf] [bib]An Efficient Strategy for Rapidly Finding an Object in a Polygonal World
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 1153-1158, Las Vegas, USA, IROS 2003
[pdf] [bib]Building Multi-Level Models: From Landscapes to Landmarks
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 4346-4353, Washington USA, ICRA 2002.
[pdf] [bib]A Reactive Motion Planner to Maintain Visibility of Unpredictable Targets
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 4242-4248, Washington USA, ICRA 2002.
[pdf] [bib]Robot Motion Planning for Map Building
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 673-680, Lausanne Switzerland, IROS 2002.
[pdf] [bib]Scene Modelling from 2D and 3D Sensory Data Acquired from Natural Environments
International Conference on Advanced Robotics, pages 221-228, Budapest Hungary, ICAR 2001.
[pdf] [bib]Landmark Identification and Tracking in Natural Environment
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 179-184, Victoria Canada, IROS 1998.
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