Experimental Robotics (i.e. experiments were done on a physical robot)


An Approach Integrating Planning and Image Based Visual Servo Control for Road Following and Moving Obstacles Avoidance

R. Reyes and R. Murrieta-Cid

Accepted to International Journal of Control, 2019.

[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2018.1562225]

A Motion Strategy for Exploration Driven by an Automaton Activating Feedback-based Controllers

E. Martinez, G. Laguna, R. Murrieta-Cid, H. M. Becerra, R. Lopez-Padilla and S. M. LaValle

Journal Autonomous Robots, Volume 43, No. 7, pages 1801-1825, 2019.

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[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-019-09835-6]

Maintaining Visibility of a Landmark using Optimal Sampling-based Path Planning

R. Lopez-Padilla and R. Murrieta-Cid

Journal Computación y Sistemas, Volume 23, No. 4, pages 1357-1373, 2019.

[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI: 10.13053/CyS-23-4-2983]

View/State Planning for Three-dimensional Object Reconstruction under Uncertainty

I. Vasquez, E. Sucar and R. Murrieta-Cid

Journal Autonomous Robots, Vol 41, No 1, pages 89-109, 2017.

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[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI: 10.1007/s10514-015-9531-3]

Reliable Confirmation of an Object Identity by a Mobile Robot: A Mixed Appearance/Localization-Driven Motion Approach

I. Becerra, L. M. Valentín-Coronado, R. Murrieta-Cid and J.-C. Latombe

International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol 35, No 10, pages 1207-1233, September 2016.

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[Video1 Experiment #5 in the paper] [Video2 Experiment #8 in the paper]

[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI: 10.1177/0278364915620848]

View Planning for 3D Object Reconstruction with a Mobile Manipulator Robot

I. Vasquez, L. E. Sucar and R. Murrieta-Cid

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 4227-4233, Chicago IL, USA, IROS 2014.

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[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2014.6943158]

Motion Planning for Maintaining Landmarks Visibility with a Differential Drive Robot

J.-B. Hayet, H. Carlos, C. Esteves, and R. Murrieta-Cid

Journal Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 62, No. 4, pages 456-473, April 2014.

[pdf] [bib] [Video Two Landmarks]

[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI:10.1016/j.robot.2013.12.003]

Distance-Optimal Navigation in an Unknown Environment without Sensing Distances

B. Tovar, R. Murrieta-Cid and S. M. LaValle

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.

[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI:10.1109/TRO.2007.898962]

Planning Exploration Strategies for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

B. Tovar, L. Muñoz-Gomez, R. Murrieta-Cid, M. Alencastre, R. Monroy and S. Hutchinson

Journal Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 54, No 4, pages 314-331, April, 2006.

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[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI:10.1016/j.robot.2005.11.006]

A Sampling Based Motion Planning Approach to Maintain Visibility of Unpredictable Moving Targets

R. Murrieta-Cid, B. Tovar, S. Hutchinson

Journal Autonomous Robots, Vol 19 No 3, pp 285-300, Dec. 2005.

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[Video, Experiments with robots]

[Link to the paper in the journal, DOI:10.1007/s10514-005-4052-0]

Optimal Navigation and Object Finding without Geometric Maps or Localization

B. Tovar, S. M. LaValle, and R. Murrieta-Cid

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 464-470, Taipei Taiwan, ICRA 2003.

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[Web page of the paper, DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241638]

Robot Motion Planning for Map Building

B. Tovar, R. Murrieta-Cid and C. Esteves

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 673-680, Lausanne Switzerland, IROS 2002.

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[Web page of the paper, DOI: 10.1109/IRDS.2002.1041469]

A Reactive Motion Planner to Maintain Visibility of Unpredictable Targets

R. Murrieta-Cid, H. González and B. Tovar

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 4242-4248, Washington USA, ICRA 2002.

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[Web page of the paper, DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2002.1014421]