Recently in robotics, substantial efforts have been invested on critical applications such as military, nursing, and search-and-rescue. These applications are critical in a sense that the robots may...
Recently in robotics, substantial efforts have been invested on critical applications such as military, nursing, and search-and-rescue. These applications are critical in a sense that the robots may...
Recently in robotics, substantial efforts have been invested on critical applications such as military, nursing, and search-and-rescue. These applications are critical in a sense that the robots may...
Tactical Mobile Robot Mission Speci cation and Execution (2008)
Ronald C. Arkin, Thomas R. Collins, Yoichiro Endo
Georgia Tech, as part of DARPA's Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR) Program, is developing a wide range of mission speci cation capabilities for the urban war ghter. These include the development...
interfaces. General Terms (2008)
Lilia Moshkina, Yoichiro Endo, Ronald C. Arkin, Human Factors
This paper describes a usability study designed to assess ease of use, user satisfaction, and performance of a mobile robot mission specification system. The software under consideration, MissionLab,...
Yoichiro Endo, Patrick D. Ulam, Ronald C. Arkin, Tucker R. Balch, Matthew D. Powers
Abstract – When a mobile robot is executing a navigational task in an urban outdoor environment, accurate localization information is often essential. The difficulty of this task is compounded by...
Yoichiro Endo, Patrick D. Ulam, Ronald C. Arkin, Tucker R. Balch, Matthew D. Powers
Abstract – When a mobile robot is executing a navigational task in an urban outdoor environment, accurate localization information is often essential. The difficulty of this task is compounded by...
interfaces. General Terms (2008)
Lilia Moshkina, Yoichiro Endo, Ronald C. Arkin, Human Factors
This paper describes a usability study designed to assess ease of use, user satisfaction, and performance of a mobile robot mission specification system. The software under consideration, MissionLab,...
Integrated Mission Specification and Task Allocation for Robot Teams - Testing and Evaluation (2007)
Ulam, Patrick D., Endo, Yoichiro, Wagner, Alan, Arkin, Ronald C.
This work presents the evaluation of two mission specification and task allocation architectures. These architectures, described in part 1 of this paper, present novel means with which to integrate a...
Anticipatory Robot Control for a Partially Observable Environment Using Episodic Memories (2007)
This paper explains an episodic-memory based approach for computing anticipatory robot behavior in a partially observable environment. Inspired by biological findings on the mammalian hippocampus,...
Adaptive Teams of Autonomous Aerial and Ground Robots for Situational Awareness (2007)
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro, Chaimowicz, Luiz, Cowley, Anthony, Grocholsky, Ben, Hsieh, Mong-ying A., ...
This is a preprint of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Field Robotics, copyright 2007. Journal of Field Robotics 24(11), 991–1014 (2007) © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc....
Multi-robot user interface modeling (2006)
Alan R. Wagner, Yoichiro Endo, Patrick Ulam, Ronald C. Arkin
Abstract. This paper investigates the problem of user interface design and evaluation for autonomous teams of heterogeneous mobile robots. We explore an operator modeling approach to multi-robot user...
Multi-robot user interface modeling (2006)
Alan R. Wagner, Yoichiro Endo, Patrick Ulam, Ronald C. Arkin
Abstract. This paper investigates the problem of user interface design and evaluation for autonomous teams of heterogeneous mobile robots. We explore an operator modeling approach to multi-robot user...
Anthony Cowley, James F. Keller, Luiz Chaimowicz, Ben Grocholsky, Vijay Kumar, ...
In this paper, we report on the integration challenges of the various component technologies developed towards the establishment of a framework for deploying an adaptive system of heterogeneous...
Anthony Cowley, James F. Keller, Luiz Chaimowicz, Ben Grocholsky, Vijay Kumar, ...
In this paper, we report on the integration challenges of the various component technologies developed towards the establishment of a framework for deploying an adaptive system of heterogeneous...
Multi-robot user interface modeling (2006)
Alan R. Wagner, Yoichiro Endo, Patrick Ulam, Ronald C. Arkin
Abstract. This paper investigates the problem of user interface design and evaluation for autonomous teams of heterogeneous mobile robots. We explore an operator modeling approach to multi-robot user...
in alphabetical order): (2006)
Missionlab Version, Khaled S. Ali, Tucker R. Balch, Jonathan M. Cameron, Zhong Chen, Yoichiro Endo, ...
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Multi-Robot User Interface Modeling (2006)
Wagner, Alan R., Endo, Yoichiro, Ulam, Patrick D., Arkin, Ronald C.
This paper investigates the problem of user interface design and evaluation for autonomous teams of heterogeneous mobile robots. We explore an operator modeling approach to multi-robot user interface...
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro, Ulam, Patrick D., Wagner, Alan
As the capabilities, range of missions, and the size of robot teams increase, the ability for a human operator to account for all the factors in these complex scenarios can become exceedingly...
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro, Ulam, Patrick D., Wagner, Alan
This work presents the evaluation of two mission specification and task allocation architectures. These architectures, described in part 1 of this paper, present novel means with which to integrate a...
An Empirical Evaluation of Context-Sensitive Pose Estimators in an Urban Outdoor Environment (2005)
Endo, Yoichiro, Ulam, Patrick D., Arkin, Ronald C., Balch, Tucker R., Powers, Matthew D.
When a mobile robot is executing a navigational task in an urban outdoor environment, accurate localization information is often essential. The difficulty of this task is compounded by sensor...
Anticipatory and Improvisational Robot via Recollection and Exploitation of Episodic Memories (2005)
Previously, we have introduced an anticipatory robot that could generate a cognitive map while simultaneously localizing itself relative to it. Inspired by recent hippocampal researches, there, we...
An Empirical Evaluation of Context-Sensitive Pose Estimators in an Urban Outdoor Environment (2005)
Endo, Yoichiro, Ulam, Patrick D., Arkin, Ronald C., Balch, Tucker, Powers, Matthew D.
When a mobile robot is executing a navigational task in an urban outdoor environment, accurate localization information is often essential. The difficulty of this task is compounded by sensor...
Anticipatory and Improvisational Robot via Recollection and Exploitation of Episodic Memories (2005)
Previously, we have introduced an anticipatory robot that could generate a cognitive map while simultaneously localizing itself relative to it. Inspired by recent hippocampal researches, there, we...
Moshkina, Lilia, Endo, Yoichiro, Arkin, Ronald C.
This paper describes a usability study designed to assess ease of use, user satisfaction, and performance of a mobile robot mission specification system. The software under consideration, MissionLab,...
Usability evaluation of high-level user assistance for robot mission specification (2004)
Yoichiro Endo, Douglas C. Mackenzie, Ronald C. Arkin
Abstract--MissionLab is a mission specification system that implements a hybrid deliberative and reactive control architecture for autonomous mobile robots. The user creates and executes the robot...
Usability evaluation of high-level user assistance for robot mission specification (2004)
Yoichiro Endo, Douglas C. Mackenzie, Ronald C. Arkin
Abstract—MissionLab is a mission specification system that implements a hybrid deliberative and reactive control architecture for autonomous mobile robots. The user creates and executes the robot...
Anticipatory Robot Navigation by Simultaneously Localizing and Building a Cognitive Map (2003)
Yoichiro Endo, Ronald C. Arkin
This paper presents a method for a mobile robot to construct and localize relative to a "cognitive map ", where the cognitive map is assumed to be a representational structure that...
Anticipatory Robot Navigation by Simultaneously Localizing and Building a Cognitive Map (2003)
This paper presents a method for a mobile robot to construct and localize relative to a “cognitive map”, where the cognitive map is assumed to be a representational structure that encodes both...
Anticipatory Robot Navigation by Simultaneously Localizing and Building a Cognitive Map (2003)
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro
This paper presents a method for a mobile robot to construct and localize relative to a “cognitive map”, where the cognitive map is assumed to be a representational structure that encodes both...
Multistrategy Learning Methods for Multirobot Systems (2003)
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro, Lee, Brian, MacKenzie, Douglas Christopher, Martinson, Eric
This article describes three different methods for introducing machine learning into a hybrid deliberative/reactive architecture for multirobot systems: learning momentum, Q-learning, and CBR...
Usability Evaluation of High-Level User Assistance for Robot Mission Specification (2002)
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro, MacKenzie, Douglas Christopher
MissionLab is a mission specification system that implements a hybrid deliberative and reactive control architecture for autonomous mobile robots. The user creates and executes the robot mission...
Implementing Tolman's Schematic Sowbug: Behavior-based Robotics (2001)
Yoichiro Endo, Ronald C. Arkin
This paper reintroduces and evaluates the schematic sowbug proposed by Edward C. Tolman, psychologist, in 1939. The schematic sowbug is based on Tolman's purposive behaviorism, and it is...
Field Results for Tactical Mobile Robot Missions (2000)
Thomas R. Collins, Ronald C. Arkin, Michael J. Cramer, Yoichiro Endo
In 1999, Georgia Tech conducted two field experiments to determine the performance of its mission specification system. The experiments were developed for the DARPA Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR)...
Implementing Tolman's Schematic Sowbug: Behavior-Based Robotics in the 1930's (2000)
Arkin, Ronald C., Endo, Yoichiro
This paper reintroduces and evaluates the schematic sowbug proposed by Edward C. Tolman, psychologist, in 1939. The schematic sowbug is based on Tolman's purposive behaviorism, and it is believed to...
Field Results for Tactical Mobile Robot Missions (2000)
Arkin, Ronald C., Collins, Thomas Riley, Cramer, Michael J., Endo, Yoichiro
In 1999, Georgia Tech conducted two field experiments to determine the performance of its mission specification system. The experiments were developed for the DARPA Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR)...
Tactical Mobile Robot Mission Specification and Execution (2000)
Arkin, Ronald C., Collins, Thomas Riley, Endo, Yoichiro
Georgia Tech, as part of DARPA's Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR) Program, is developing a wide range of mission specification capabilities for the urban warfighter. These include the development of a...
Tactical Mobile Robot Mission Specification and Execution (1999)
Ronald C. Arkin, Thomas R. Collins, Yoichiro Endo
Georgia Tech, as part of DARPA's Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR) Program, is developing a wide range of mission specification capabilities for the urban warfighter. These include the development...
Moshkina, Lilia, Endo, Yoichiro, Arkin, Ronald C.
This paper describes a usability study designed to assess ease of use, user satisfaction, and performance of a mobile robot mission specification system. The software under consideration, MissionLab,...
Field Results for Tactical Mobile Robot Missions (1998)
Collins, Thomas R., Arkin, Ronald C., Cramer, Michael J., Endo, Yoichiro
In 1999, Georgia Tech conducted two field experiments to determine the performance of its mission specification system. The experiments were developed for the DARPA Tactical Mobile Robotics (TMR)...
Usability Evaluation of High-Level User Assistance for Robot Mission Specification (1998)
Endo, Yoichiro, MacKenzie, Douglas C., Akin, Ronald C.
MissionLab is a mission specification system that implements a hybrid deliberative and reactive control architecture for autonomous mobile robots. The user creates and executes the robot mission...
An Empirical Evaluation of Context-Sensitive Pose Estimators in an Urban Outdoor Environment (1998)
Endo, Yoichiro, Ulam, Patrick D., Arkin, Ronald C., Balch, Tucker R., Powers, Matthew D.
When a mobile robot is executing a navigational task in an urban outdoor environment, accurate localization information is often essential. The difficulty of this task is compounded by sensor...