GRASP representation at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020) in June 2020:
Awards
Congratulations to Vijay Kumar, selected recipient of the prestigious 2020 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award for “Contributions to cooperative robotics; networked mobile manipulation systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles; and leadership in robotics research, policy, and education.”
Accepted Papers
Thirty-three papers were accepted from GRASP members:
| Title | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| A Fast Configuration Space Algorithm for Variable Topology Truss Modular Robots | Chao Liu, Sencheng Yu, Mark Yim | Cellular and Modular Robots |
| A Low-Rank Matrix Approximation Approach to Multiway Matching with Applications in Multi-Sensory Data Association | Spyridon Leonardos, Xiaowei Zhou, Kostas Daniilidis | Computer Vision for Other Robotic Applications |
| A Novel Underactuated End-Effector for Planar Sequential Grasping of Multiple Objects | Caio Mucchiani, Mark Yim | Grippers and Other End-Effectors |
| A Programmably Compliant Origami Mechanism for Dynamically Dexterous Robots | Wei-Hsi Chen, Shivangi Misra, Yuchong Gao, Young-Joo Lee, Daniel Koditschek, Shu Yang, Cynthia Sung | Soft Robot Applications |
| Contact-Aware Controller Design for Complementarity Systems | Alp Aydinoglu, Victor Preciado, Michael Posa | Optimization and Optimal Control |
| Cooperative Team Strategies for Multi-Player Perimeter-Defense Games | Daigo Shishika, James Paulos, Vijay Kumar | Multi-Robot Systems |
| Coordinate-Free Dynamics and Differential Flatness of a Class of 6DOF Aerial Manipulators | Jake Welde, Vijay Kumar | Aerial Systems: Mechanics and Control |
| Coronal Plane Spine Twisting Composes Shape to Adjust the Energy Landscape for Grounded Reorientation | J. Diego Caporale, Benjamin McInroe, Chenze Ning, Thomas Libby, Robert Full, Daniel Koditschek | Biologically-Inspired Robots |
| DC-CAPT: Concurrent Assignment and Planning of Trajectories for Dubins Cars | Michael Whitzer, Daigo Shishika, Dinesh Thakur, Vijay Kumar, Amanda Prorok | Multi-Robot Systems |
| Dense R-Robust Formations on Lattices | Luis Guerrero-Bonilla, David Saldaña, Vijay Kumar | Multi-Robot Systems |
| DIGIT: A Novel Design for a Low-Cost Compact High-Resolution Tactile Sensor with Application to In-Hand Manipulation | Mike Maroje Lambeta, Po-Wei Chou, Stephen Tian, Brian Yang, Benjamin Maloon, Victoria Rose Most, Dave Stroud, Raymond Santos, Ahmad Byagowi, Gregg Kammerer, Dinesh Jayaraman, Roberto Calandra | Perception for Grasping and Manipulation |
| Distributed Attack-Robust Submodular Maximization for Multi-Robot Planning | Lifeng Zhou, Vasileios Tzoumas, George J. Pappas, Pratap Tokekar | Distributed Robot Systems |
| Experimental Evaluation and Characterization of Radioactive Source Effects on Robot Visual Localization and Mapping | Elijah S. Lee, Giuseppe Loianno, Dinesh Thakur, Vijay Kumar | Robotics in Hazardous Fields |
| IMU-Based Inertia Estimation for a Quadrotor Using Newton-Euler Dynamics | James Svacha, James Paulos, Giuseppe Loianno, Vijay Kumar | Aerial Systems: Perception and Autonomy |
| Information Theoretic Active Exploration in Signed Distance Fields | Kelsey Saulnier, Nikolay Atanasov, George J. Pappas, Vijay Kumar | Robust and Sensor-Based Control |
| MAVRIC: Morphology-Agnostic Visual Robotic Control | Brian Yang, Dinesh Jayaraman, Glen Berseth, Alexei A. Efros, Sergey Levine | Visual Learnin |
| Mine Tunnel Exploration Using Multiple Quadrupedal Robots | Ian Miller, Fernando Cladera, Anthony Cowley, Shreyas Skandan, Elijah S. Lee, Laura Lipschitz, Akhilesh Bhat, Neil Rodrigues, Alex Zhou, Avraham Cohen, Adarsh Kulkarni, James Laney, Camillo Jose Taylor, Vijay Kumar | Field and Space Robots |
| Mobile Wireless Network Infrastructure on Demand | Daniel Mox, Miguel Calvo-Fullana, Mikhail Gerasimenko, Jonathan Fink, Vijay Kumar, Alejandro Ribeiro | Multi-Robot System |
| ModQuad-DoF: A Novel Yaw Actuation for Modular Quadrotors | Bruno Teles Gabrich, Guanrui Li, Mark Yim | Cellular and Modular Robots |
| Modulation of Robot Orientation State Via Leg-Obstacle Contact Positions | Divya Ramesh, Anmol Kathail, Daniel Koditschek, Feifei Qian | Dynamics |
| Nonlinear Synchronization Control for Short-Range Mobile Sensors Drifting in Geophysical Flows | Cong Wei, Herbert G. Tanner, M. Ani Hsieh | Marine Robotics |
| Optimal Reduced-Order Modeling of Bipedal Locomotion | Yu-Ming Chen, Michael Posa | Humanoid and Bipedal Locomotion |
| Parallel Self-Assembly with SMORES-EP, a Modular Robot | Chao Liu, Qian Lin, Hyun Kim, Mark Yim | Distributed Robot Systems |
| Polygon-Based Random Tree Search Planning for Variable Geometry Truss Robot | Sumin Park, Jangho Bae, Seohyeon Lee, Mark Yim, Jongwon Kim, TaeWon Seo | Motion and Path Planning |
| PST900: RGB-Thermal Calibration, Dataset and Segmentation Network | Shreyas Skandan, Neil Rodrigues, Alex Zhou, Ian Miller, Vijay Kumar, Camillo Jose Taylor | Object Detection, Segmentation and Categorization |
| Reactive Temporal Logic Planning for Multiple Robots in Unknown Environments | Yiannis Kantaros, Matthew Malencia, Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas | Reactive and Sensor-Based Planning |
| Reconfiguration Solution of a Variable Topology Truss: Design and Experiment | Eugene Park, Jangho Bae, Sumin Park, Mark Yim, Jongwon Kim, TaeWon Seo | Mechanism and Verification |
| Self-Reconfiguration in Response to Faults in Modular Aerial Systems | Neeraj Gandhi, David Saldaña, Vijay Kumar, Linh Thi Xuan Phan | Cellular and Modular Robots |
| SLOAM: Semantic Lidar Odometry and Mapping for Forest Inventory | Steven W Chen, Guilherme Vicentim Nardari, Elijah S. Lee, Chao Qu, Xu Liu, Roseli Ap. Francelin Romero, Vijay Kumar | Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry |
| SNIAE-SSE Deformation Mechanism Enabled Scalable Multicopter: Design, Modeling and Flight Performance Validation | Jaimie Carlson, Jason Friedman, Christopher Yoon Jae Kim, Cynthia Sung | Mechanism Design |
| Sufficiently Accurate Model Learning | Clark Zhang, Arbaaz Khan, Santiago Paternain, Alejandro Ribeiro | Model Learning for Control |
| Synthesis of a Time-Varying Communication Network by Robot Teams with Information Propagation Guarantees | Xi Yu, M. Ani Hsieh | Multi-Robot Systems |
| The Tiercel: A Novel Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle That Can Map the Environment by Flying into Obstacles | Yash Mulgaonkar, Wenxin Liu, Dinesh Thakur, Kostas Daniilidis, Camillo Jose Taylor, Vijay Kumar | Aerial Systems: Mechanics and Control |
| Vision-Based Multi-MAV Localization with Anonymous Relative Measurements Using Coupled Probabilistic Data Association Filter | Ty Nguyen, Kartik Mohta, Camillo Jose Taylor, Vijay Kumar | Localization |
Featured People
PhD, ESE '15 - Associate Professor, University of California- San Diego
PhD, ESE '23 - Boston Dynamics
PostDoc, MEAM '20-'24 - Assistant Professor, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Robotics MSE '19, PhD, MEAM '24
Robotics MSE '19, Applied Scientist II - Amazon Global Robotics
PhD, ESE '23 - The Boston Dynamics AI Institute
PhD, ESE '22 - Postdoctoral Researcher, ESE
PhD, CIS (on leave of absence)
Robotics MSE '19; PhD, CIS
PostDoc, MEAM '20
PhD, CIS '20
Ruth Yalom Stone Professor, CIS
PhD, ESE 2011 - Army Research Lab
Robotics MSE '20; PhD Candidate, CIS
PhD, MEAM '19
Deputy Director, GRASP Lab; Graduate Program Chair, ROBO; Associate Professor, MEAM
PhD, MEAM
Assistant Professor, CIS
PostDoc, ESE '18-'21 - University of Washington, St Louis
Robotics MSE '18, PhD ESE '21 - Applied Scientist at Amazon
Alfred Fitler Moore Professor, ESE
Robotics MSE '21 - Autonomy and AI Applications Engineer, Ghost Robotics
Nemirovsky Family Dean, SEAS
PhD, CIS '23, Ford Latitude AI
PhD, CIS '19 - The Voleon Group
Robotics MSE '18 - New York University
Robotics MSE '19, PhD, MEAM
PhD, CIS '22 - Localization Head and R&D VP at LFI
Robotics MSE '14; PhD, MEAM '21 - Postdoc at MIT CSAIL
Research Scientist '18 - Professor, NYU
Robotics MSE '19, PhD, ESE '23
PhD, ESE '23, Burro
Robotics MSE '20; PhD, ESE
Robotics MSE '11; PhD, ESE '18 - Autel Robotics
PhD, MEAM '23, Software Engineer at Zoox
Robotics MSE '12; PhD, MEAM '19 - Zoox
PhD, MEAM (on Leave of Absence)
Joseph Moore Professor & Department Chair, ESE
Robotics MSE '15; PhD, MEAM '17; PostDoc '21 - Head of Robotics at Treeswift
Assistant Professor, MEAM
PostDoc '12, ESE - Raj and Neera Singh Assistant Professor, ESE UPenn
PostDoc, MEAM '15-'17 - Faculty, Cambridge University
Post Doc, ESE '19 - WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Robotics MSE '14, PhD CIS '22, Autonomy Engineer at Skydio
PhD, MEAM '21 - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Riverside
PostDoc, MEAM '19 - Lehigh University
PhD, ESE '22 - Pattern Labs
PostDoc, MEAM '20
Gabel Family Term Associate Professor, MEAM; Secondary faculty, CIS & ESE
PhD, ESE '20 - RRAI
Associate Dean, ODEI - SEAS; Raymond S Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor, CIS
PhD, MEAM '21 - LFI
Robotics MSE '11- Research Scientist '15-'22
PostDoc, MEAM '15 - Associate Professor, University of Maryland
PhD, ESE '18 - University of Michigan
Robotics MSE '20 - PhD, MEAM
ROBO MSE '18; PhD, MEAM '20 - Autonomous Systems Technology Engineer, NASA
Director, GRASP Lab; Faculty Director, Design Studio (Venture Labs); Asa Whitney Professor, MEAM
PostDoc, MEAM '21 - Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Robotics MSE '19; PhD, ESE '21
Researcher Scientist
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