FCRAR 2004, May 6-7, 2004, Orlando

• Keith Stegath*, Jim Greco*, and Eric Schwartz
  Three-wheeled Autonomous Agent (Gnuman) With Roulette and Hypotrochoid
• Shalom Darmanjian, Michael Nechyba, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
  Darmanjian-Shaker Method (DSM): Novel Edge Detector with Blurring
• James Greco*, David Kallenborn*, and Michael C. Nechyba
  Statistical Pattern Recognition of the Iris
• Seth McNeill, Joel Schipper, Taja Sellers, and Michael C. Nechyba
  Coin Recognition using Vector Quantization and Histogram Modeling
• Max Makeev*, Rolando Panez, Vinh Trinh, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Michael C. Nechyba
  Unsupervised Histogram and Hidden Markov Modeling for use in Automated Music Categorization (MISSING PAPER)
• Jason Plew, Jason Grzywna, and M. C. Nechyba
  Recent Progress in the Development of On-Board Electronics for Micro Air Vehicles
• Jason W. Grzywna, Ashish Jain, Jason Plew, and M. C. Nechyba
  Rapid Development of Vision-Based Control for MAVs through a Virtual Flight Testbed
• Sinisa Todorovic and Michael C. Nechyba A Vision System for Horizon Tracking and Object Recognition for Micro Air Vehicles
• * Denotes Undergraduate Author

FCRAR 2003, May 8-9, 2003, Dania Beach

• 1. Firebot: Design of an Autonomous Fire Fighting Robot,
  Lynette Miller*, Danny Rodriguez*, Kristen Allen*, Maksim Makeev*, Jason Plew , Mathew Moore, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 2. Using A Bayes Classifier to Draw the First Down Line on a Football Field,
  Jeremy Anderson, Michael Nechyba, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 3. An Automatable Implementation of Beamlets to Classify Frames of Triggered Lightning,
  John A. Martiney, Uriel Rodriguez, Michael Nechyba
• 4. Image Multiresolution Discriminant Analysis for Vision-Guided Stability of Micro Air Vehicles,
  Sinisa Todorovic, Michael Nechyba, and A. Antonio Arroyo
• 5. A Centralized Associative Behavioral Robotic System,
  Rolando Panez, Maksim Makeev*, A. Antonio Arroyo, Eric M. Schwartz
• 6. Development of a Sliding Mode Control System with Extended Kalman Filter Estimation for Subjugator,
  Kevin J. Walchko, David K. Novick, and Michael C. Nechyba
• 7. Embedded Low Cost Inertial Navigation System,
  Kevin J. Walchko, Michael C. Nechyba, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 8. Hand Writing Recognition System for Musical Notes,
  Alex Silverman, Luis Jimenez, Michael Nechyba, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 9. Our First Robot Soccer Player: Pele2,
  Ashish Jain, A. Antonio Arroyo, Michael C. Nechyba, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 10. The Integration of Robotics in Grade School to Promote Interest in Math and Science,
  Ian A. Arroyo*, A. Antonio Arroyo, Eric M. Schwartz
• 11. Creation and Analysis of a Scenario Based Universal Sensory Driver Layer with Real-time Fault Tolerant Properties,
  TaeHoon A. Choi, Michael C. Nechyba, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 12. An Alternative Real-Time Image Processing Tool,
  Shalom Darmanjian, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 13. A Color Detection Method for Introductory Robotics,
  Vinh Trinh, A. Antonio Arroyo, Eric M. Schwartz, and Michael C. Nechyba
• 14. Enabling Autonomous MAV Flight,
  Jason W. Grzywna, Jason Plew, Michael C. Nechyba and Peter G. Ifju
• 15. Advances in the Application of the Evolvable Hardware Method to Autonomous Robot Design,
  Jason Plew, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 16. (T)ango (R)omeo (o)scar (Y)ankee: A Talking Representation of Yourself,
  John A. Martiney, and A. Antonio Arroyo
• 17. Bimodal Brain-Machine Interface for Motor Control of Robotic Prosthetic,
  Shalom Darmanjian, Sung Phil Kim, Michael C. Nechyba, Scott Morrison, Jose Principe, Johan Wessberg and Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
• 18. Robot Navigation and Textural Analysis,
  Rand Chandler, A. Antonio Arroyo, Michael C. Nechyba, and Eric M. Schwartz
• 19. A Prototype Natural Language Processing System for Small Autonomous Agents,
  A. Antonio Arroyo
• 20. {Hebrew} Letter Recognition in Autonomous Agents,
  Lavi Zamstein, A. Antonio Arroyo, and Michael C.Nechyba
• * Denotes Undergraduate Author
  

FCRAR 2002, May 2002, Miami

• 1. Design and Implementation of a GPS-Based Navigation System for Micro Air Vehicles
  (S. Kanowitz, M. C. Nechyba, and A. A. Arroyo)
  
• 2. Thing: A Robotic Hand with Realistic Thumb Pronation
  (M. Grimm, A. A. Arroyo, and M. C. Nechyba)
  
• 3. Applying an Evolvable Hardware Approach to Autonomous Robot Design
  (J. Plew*, A. A. Arroyo, and E. M. Schwartz)
  
• 4. An Autonomous Pong Playing Robot
  (U. Rodriguez, J. Buisson*, L. Miller*, R. Panez*, and E. M. Schwartz)
  
• 5. Creation and Analysis of Sensory Drivers Using ERL
  (M. Moore*, T. A. Choi, E. M. Schwartz, M. C. Nechyba, and A. A. Arroyo)
  
• 6. SID: A Seeing Eye Robot
  (L. Zamstein, and A. A. Arroyo)
  
• 7. Human Activity Tracking for Wide-Area Surveillance
  (P. D. O'Malley, M. C. Nechyba, and A. A. Arroyo)
  
• 8. KELVIN: A Second Generation Land Vehicle
  (J.W. Grzywna*, N. M. Ivano* Jr., E. M. Schwartz, and A. A. Arroyo)
  
• 9. Using Locally Weighted Regression to Enhance Q-Learning
  (H. Aljibury, A. A. Arroyo, and M. C. Nechyba)
  
• 10. Autonomous Agent Navigation Based on Textural Analysis
  (R. C. Chandler, A. A. Arroyo, M. C. Nechyba, and E. M. Schwartz)
  
• 11. PNEUMAN: A Humanoid Robot Implementation
  (S. Nortman, A. A. Arroyo, M. C. Nechyba, and E. M. Schwartz)
  
• 12. Vision-Guided Flight Stability and Control for Micro Air Vehicles
  (S. M. Ettinger, M. C. Nechyba, P. G. Ifju, and M. Waszak)
  
• 13. Towards Flight Autonomy: Vision-Based Horizon Detection for Micro Air Vehicles
  (S. M. Ettinger, M. C. Nechyba, P. G. Ifju, and M. Waszak)
  
  * Undergraduate Authors

  Online Papers

  • Robot Kinematics
  • Machine Learning/AI
  • Robot Platforms
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Education

  Offline Papers

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  Robot Kinematics

  • Non Commensurate Manipulator Jacobian
    (Schwartz, Manseur, Doty. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference of Robotics and Applications, Salzburg, Austria, June 25-27, 2003.)
    
    
  • Noncommensurate Systems in Robotics
    (Schwartz, Manseur, Doty. International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Volume 17, Issue 2, pages 86-92, 2002)
    
    
  • Algebraic Properties of Noncommensurate Systems
    (Schwartz, Manseur, Doty. FCRAR 1999)
    
    
  • A Three-Point Velocity Approach to Robot Motion Control
    (Doty, English. SYROCO, 1994)
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  • Fuzzy Inverse Kinematic Mapping: Rule Generation, Efficiency and Implementation,
    (Xu, Nechyba. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1993.)
    
    
  • Mass Properties Measurement System: Dynamics and Statics Measurements
    (Doty. NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 1993)
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  • Kinematic Analysis of the Arid Robot
    (Doty. NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 1992)
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  • Calibration of the Arid Robot
    (Doty. NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 1992)
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  • Adjustments to the Theory On Singularity-Robust Inverses
    (Doty.)
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  • Jacobians and Singularities
    (Doty.)
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  • An Essay on the Application of Weighted Generalized Inverses in Robotics
    (Doty.)
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  • A Theory of Generalized Inverses Applied to Robotics
    (Doty, Melchiorri, Bonivento.)
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  • Spatial Freedom, Singularity Surfaces and Workspaces of Serial Kinematic Chains
    (Doty, Schwartz.)
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  • Movement Analysis for a Dual Wheel-based Autonomous Mobile Agent
    (Yim, Choi.)
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  Machine Learning/AI

  • Creation and Analysis of a Scenario Based Universal Sensory Driver Layer with Real time Fault Tolerant Properties.
    (Choi, Nechyba, Schwartz, Arroyo. IROS 2003: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 27 - 31, 2003.)
    
    
    
  • Improving the Performance of Q-learning with Locally Weighted Regression
    (Aljibury. Masters Thesis Fall 2001)
    

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  FCRAR 2001, May 2001, Tallahassee

  • “KELVIN: Kart for Long Distance Vision Navigation,”
    Jason W. Grzywna, Eric M. Schwartz, and Antonio A. Arroyo, UF
  • “Robotic Swing Drive as Exploit of Stiffness Control Implementation,”
    Nathan J. Nipper, Johnny Godowski, Antonio A. Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz, UF
  • “Jurassic Chicken: An Avian Bipedal Robot,”
    Megan Grimm, Antonio A. Arroyo, and Eric M. Schwartz
  • “Construction and Kinematic Analysis of an Anthropomorphic Mobile Robot,”
    Scott Nortman, Jack Peach, Michael Nechyba, Louis S. Brown, and Antonio A. Arroyo, UF
  • "Efficient Object Recognition Using Color"
    Signe Redfield, Michael Nechyba, John G. Harris, and Antonio A. Arroyo, UF
  • “Texture Analysis: A Technique for Autonomous Lawnmower Navigation,”
    Rand C. Chandler and Antonio A. Arroyo, UF
  • “SubjuGator: The Development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,”
    Scott Kanowitz, Jennifer L. Laine, David K. Novick, Kevin Walchko, Michael Nechyba, and Antonio A. Arroyo, UF
  • “Teleoperated Anthropomorphic Hand,”
    John L. Peach, Antonio A. Arroyo, Louis S. Brown, and Andrew Majewski, UF
  
  
• Autonomous Pathfinding
  (Tobias, Arroyo. FCRAR 1999)
  
  
• Creating Q-table parameters using Genetic Algorithms
  (Aljibury, Arroyo. FCRAR 1999)
  
  
• Stabilizing Human Control Strategies through Reinforcement Learning
  (Nechyba, Bagnell. FCRAR 1999)
  
  
• Learning and Validation of Human Control Strategies
  (Nechyba. PhD Thesis, 1998)
  
  
• Optimization of Human Control Strategies with Simultaneously Perturbed Stochastic Approximation
  (Song, Xu, Yam, Nechyba. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1998.)
  
  
• Stochastic Similarity for Validating Human Control Strategy Models
  (Nechyba, Xu. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 1998.)
  
  
• On Discontinuous Human Control Strategies
  (Nechyba, Xu. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1998.)
  
  
• Two Performance Measures for Evaluating Human Control Strategy
  (Song, Xu, Nechyba, Yam. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1998.)
  
  
• Learning and Transfer of Human Real-Time Control Strategies
  (Nechyba, Xu. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence, 1997.)
  
  
• Human Control Strategy: Abstraction, Verification and Replication
  (Nechyba, Xu. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 1997.)
  
  
• Cascade Neural Networks with Node-Decoupled Extended Kalman Filtering
  (Nechyba, Xu. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, 1997.)
  
  
• Learning to Recognize Time Series: Combining ARMA models with Memory-based Learning
  (Deng, Moore, Nechyba. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, 1997.)
  
  
• Stochastic Similarity for Validating Human Control Strategy Models
  (Nechyba, Xu. Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 1997)
  
  
• On the Fidelity of Human Skill Models
  (Nechyba, Xu. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1996.)
  
  
• Stochastic Similarity for Validating Human Control Strategy Models
  (Nechyba, Xu. CMU Technical Report, 1996.)
  
  
• Towards Human Control Strategy Learning: Neural Network Approach with Variable Activation Functions
  (Nechyba, Xu. CMU Technical Report, 1995.)
  
  
• Human-Robot Cooperation in Space: SM² for New Space Station Structure
  (Nechyba, Xu. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 1995)
  
  
• Human Skill Transfer: Neural Networks as Learners and Teachers
  (Nechyba, Xu,. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1995.)
  
  
• Neural Network Approach to Control System Identification with Variable Activation Functions
  (Nechyba, Xu. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Intelligent Control, 1994.)
  
  
• SM² for New Space Station Structure: Autonomous Locomotion and Teleoperation Control
  (Nechyba, Xu. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 1994.)
  
  
• Environmental Reinforcement Learning: A Real-time Learning Architecture for Primitive Behavior Refinement
  (Choi, Yim, Doty)
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• A Robust Architecture for Multiple-Agent Reinforcement Learning
  (Bagnell. Highest Honors Thesis)
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• Controlling Situated Agent Behaviors with Perception and Cognition
  (Doty, Bou-Ghannam.)
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