Publications

A Study on Multirobot Quantile Estimation in Natural Environments.

Rayas Fernández, Isabel M.; Denniston, Christopher E.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: A Study on Multirobot Quantile Estimation in Natural Environments. CoRR abs/2303.03539, 2023
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Reducing Network Load via Message Utility Estimation for Decentralized Multirobot Teams.

Rayas Fernández, Isabel M.; Denniston, Christopher E.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Reducing Network Load via Message Utility Estimation for Decentralized Multirobot Teams. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2023. Workshop on Communication Challenges in Multi-Robot Systems: Perception, Coordination, and Learning., 2023
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Reducing Network Load via Message Utility Estimation for Decentralized Multirobot Teams.

Rayas Fernández, Isabel M.; Denniston, Christopher E.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Reducing Network Load via Message Utility Estimation for Decentralized Multirobot Teams. Submitted to MRS 2023, 2023
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QuadSwarm: A Modular Multi-Quadrotor Simulator for Deep Reinforcement Learning with Direct Thrust Control.

Huang, Zhehui; Batra, Sumeet; Chen, Tao; Krupani, Rahul; Kumar, Tushar; Molchanov, Artem; Petrenko, Aleksei; Preiss, James A.; Yang, Zhaojing; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: QuadSwarm: A Modular Multi-Quadrotor Simulator for Deep Reinforcement Learning with Direct Thrust Control. CoRR, vol. abs/2306.09537, 2023

DREAM: Decentralized Real-time Asynchronous Probabilistic Trajectory Planning for Collision-free Multi-Robot Navigation in Cluttered Environments.

Senbaslar, Baskin; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: DREAM: Decentralized Real-time Asynchronous Probabilistic Trajectory Planning for Collision-free Multi-Robot Navigation in Cluttered Environments. CoRR, vol. abs/2307.15887, 2023
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Parallel multi-speed Pursuit-Evasion Game algorithms.

Santos, Renato Fernando; Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Vieira, Marcos A. M.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Parallel multi-speed Pursuit-Evasion Game algorithms. Robotics Auton. Syst., vol. 163, pp. 104382, 2023
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Adaptive and Risk-Aware Target Tracking for Robot Teams With Heterogeneous Sensors.

Mayya, Siddharth; Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Zhou, Lifeng; Senthil, Vinay; Thakur, Dinesh; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Kumar, Vijay: Adaptive and Risk-Aware Target Tracking for Robot Teams With Heterogeneous Sensors. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 5615-5622, 2022

Informative Path Planning to Estimate Quantiles for Environmental Analysis.

Rayas Fernández, Isabel M.; Denniston, Christopher E.; Caron, David A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Informative Path Planning to Estimate Quantiles for Environmental Analysis. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022. (RA-L) Presented in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022. (IROS), 2022
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Resilient Monitoring in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems Through Network Reconfiguration.

Ramachandran, Ragesh Kumar; Pierpaoli, Pietro; Egerstedt, Magnus; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilient Monitoring in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems Through Network Reconfiguration. IEEE Trans. Robotics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 126-138, 2022

Introduction to the Special Section on Resilience in Networked Robotic Systems.

Prorok, Amanda; Kumar, Vijay; Sadler, Brian M.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Introduction to the Special Section on Resilience in Networked Robotic Systems. IEEE Trans. Robotics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 2-4, 2022

Adaptive Sampling: Algorithmic vs. Human Waypoint Selection.

Kemna, Stephanie; Kangaslahti, Sara; Kroemer, Oliver; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Adaptive Sampling: Algorithmic vs. Human Waypoint Selection. CoRR, vol. abs/2104.11962, 2021

Adaptive and Risk-Aware Target Tracking with Heterogeneous Robot Teams.

Mayya, Siddharth; Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Zhou, Lifeng; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Kumar, Vijay: Adaptive and Risk-Aware Target Tracking with Heterogeneous Robot Teams. CoRR, vol. abs/2105.03813, 2021

Adaptive Sampling using POMDPs with Domain-Specific Considerations.

Salhotra, Gautam; Denniston, Christopher E.; Caron, David A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Adaptive Sampling using POMDPs with Domain-Specific Considerations. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), 2021

Adaptive Sampling using POMDPs with Domain-Specific Considerations.

Salhotra, Gautam; Denniston, Christopher E.; Caron, David A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Adaptive Sampling using POMDPs with Domain-Specific Considerations. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2021, Xi'an, China, May 30 - June 5, 2021, pp. 2385-2391, IEEE, 2021

Resilience in Multirobot Multitarget Tracking With Unknown Number of Targets Through Reconfiguration.

Ramachandran, Ragesh Kumar; Fronda, Nicole; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilience in Multirobot Multitarget Tracking With Unknown Number of Targets Through Reconfiguration. IEEE Trans. Control. Netw. Syst., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 609-620, 2021

Physics-based Simulation of Continuous-Wave LIDAR for Localization, Calibration and Tracking.

Heiden, Eric; Liu, Ziang; Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Physics-based Simulation of Continuous-Wave LIDAR for Localization, Calibration and Tracking. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2020, Paris, France, May 31 - August 31, 2020, pp. 2595-2601, IEEE, 2020

Resilience in multi-robot target tracking through reconfiguration.

Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Fronda, Nicole; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilience in multi-robot target tracking through reconfiguration. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2020, Paris, France, May 31 - August 31, 2020, pp. 4551-4557, IEEE, 2020

Resilience in multi-robot multi-target tracking with unknown number of targets through reconfiguration.

Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Fronda, Nicole; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilience in multi-robot multi-target tracking with unknown number of targets through reconfiguration. CoRR, vol. abs/2004.07197, 2020

Resilient Monitoring in Heterogeneous Multi-robot Systems through Network Reconfiguration.

Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Pierpaoli, Pietro; Egerstedt, Magnus; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilient Monitoring in Heterogeneous Multi-robot Systems through Network Reconfiguration. CoRR, vol. abs/2008.01321, 2020

Pac-Man is Overkill.

Santos, Renato Fernando; Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Vieira, Marcos Augusto M.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Pac-Man is Overkill. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2020, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 24, 2020 - January 24, 2021, pp. 11652-11657, IEEE, 2020

Resilience by Reconfiguration: Exploiting Heterogeneity in Robot Teams.

Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Preiss, James A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilience by Reconfiguration: Exploiting Heterogeneity in Robot Teams. 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2019, Macau, SAR, China, November 3-8, 2019, pp. 6518-6525, IEEE, 2019

Resilience in multi-robot target tracking through reconfiguration.

Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Fronda, Nicole; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Resilience in multi-robot target tracking through reconfiguration. CoRR, vol. abs/1910.01300, 2019

Physics-based Simulation of Continuous-Wave LIDAR for Localization, Calibration and Tracking.

Heiden, Eric; Liu, Ziang; Ramachandran, Ragesh K.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Physics-based Simulation of Continuous-Wave LIDAR for Localization, Calibration and Tracking. CoRR, vol. abs/1912.01652, 2019

Learning to Act in Partially Structured Dynamic Environment.

Huang, Chen; Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Learning to Act in Partially Structured Dynamic Environment. 2018 AAAI Spring Symposia, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, March 26-28, 2018, AAAI Press, 2018

Pilot Surveys for Adaptive Informative Sampling.

Kemna, Stephanie; Kroemer, Oliver; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Pilot Surveys for Adaptive Informative Sampling. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018, Brisbane, Australia, May 21-25, 2018, pp. 6417-6424, IEEE, 2018

Planning Safe Paths through Hazardous Environments.

Denniston, Chris; Krogstad, Thomas R.; Kemna, Stephanie; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Planning Safe Paths through Hazardous Environments. CoRR, vol. abs/1803.00664, 2018

A Solution to Time-Varying Markov Decision Processes.

Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: A Solution to Time-Varying Markov Decision Processes. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1631-1638, 2018

Data-driven learning and planning for environmental sampling.

Ma, Kai-Chieh; Liu, Lantao; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Data-driven learning and planning for environmental sampling. J. Field Robotics, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 643-661, 2018

Multi-robot coordination through dynamic Voronoi partitioning for informative adaptive sampling in communication-constrained environments.

Kemna, Stephanie; Rogers, John G.; Nieto-Granda, Carlos; Young, Stuart; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Multi-robot coordination through dynamic Voronoi partitioning for informative adaptive sampling in communication-constrained environments. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2017, Singapore, Singapore, May 29 - June 3, 2017, pp. 2124-2130, IEEE, 2017

Informative planning and online learning with sparse Gaussian processes.

Ma, Kai-Chieh; Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Informative planning and online learning with sparse Gaussian processes. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2017, Singapore, Singapore, May 29 - June 3, 2017, pp. 4292-4298, IEEE, 2017

A spatio-temporal representation for the orienteering problem with time-varying profits.

Ma, Zhibei; Yin, Kai; Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: A spatio-temporal representation for the orienteering problem with time-varying profits. 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 24-28, 2017, pp. 6785-6792, IEEE, 2017

Trajectory Optimization for Self-Calibration and Navigation.

Preiss, James A.; Hausman, Karol; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Weiss, Stephan: Trajectory Optimization for Self-Calibration and Navigation. Amato, Nancy M.; Srinivasa, Siddhartha S.; Ayanian, Nora; Kuindersma, Scott (Ed.): Robotics: Science and Systems XIII, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, July 12-16, 2017, 2017

Data-Driven Learning and Planning for Environmental Sampling.

Ma, Kai-Chieh; Liu, Lantao; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Data-Driven Learning and Planning for Environmental Sampling. CoRR, vol. abs/1702.01848, 2017

An information-driven and disturbance-aware planning method for long-term ocean monitoring.

Ma, Kai-Chieh; Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: An information-driven and disturbance-aware planning method for long-term ocean monitoring. 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2016, Daejeon, South Korea, October 9-14, 2016, pp. 2102-2108, IEEE, 2016

Informative Planning and Online Learning with Sparse Gaussian Processes.

Ma, Kai-Chieh; Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Informative Planning and Online Learning with Sparse Gaussian Processes. CoRR, vol. abs/1609.07560, 2016

A Spatio-Temporal Representation for the Orienteering Problem with Time-Varying Profits.

Ma, Zhibei; Yin, Kai; Liu, Lantao; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: A Spatio-Temporal Representation for the Orienteering Problem with Time-Varying Profits. CoRR, vol. abs/1611.08037, 2016

Circling the Seas: Design of Lagrangian Drifters for Ocean Monitoring.

Subbaraya, Supreeth; Breitenmoser, Andreas; Molchanov, Artem; Mþller, Jürg; Oberg, Carl; Caron, David A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Circling the Seas: Design of Lagrangian Drifters for Ocean Monitoring. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 42-53, 2016

Learning Uncertainty in Ocean Current Predictions for Safe and Reliable Navigation of Underwater Vehicles.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Pereira, Arvind; Binney, Jonathan; Somers, Thane; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Learning Uncertainty in Ocean Current Predictions for Safe and Reliable Navigation of Underwater Vehicles. J. Field Robotics, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 47-66, 2016

Multiple Mobile Robot Systems.

Parker, Lynne E.; Rus, Daniela; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Multiple Mobile Robot Systems. Siciliano, Bruno; Khatib, Oussama (Ed.): Springer Handbook of Robotics, pp. 1335-1384, Springer, 2016

Structured sparse methods for active ocean observation systems with communication constraints.

Mitra, Urbashi; Choudhary, Sunav; Hover, Franz S.; Hummel, Robert; Kumar, Naveen; Narayanan, Shrikanth S.; Stojanovic, Milica; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Structured sparse methods for active ocean observation systems with communication constraints. IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 88-96, 2015

Observability in topology-constrained multi-robot target tracking.

Williams, Ryan K.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Observability in topology-constrained multi-robot target tracking. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2015, Seattle, WA, USA, 26-30 May, 2015, pp. 1795-1801, IEEE, 2015

Active drifters: Towards a practical multi-robot system for ocean monitoring.

Molchanov, Artem; Breitenmoser, Andreas; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Active drifters: Towards a practical multi-robot system for ocean monitoring. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2015, Seattle, WA, USA, 26-30 May, 2015, pp. 545-552, IEEE, 2015

Distributed Data Fusion for Multirobot Search.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Yerramalli, Srinivas; Singh, Sanjiv; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Distributed Data Fusion for Multirobot Search. IEEE Trans. Robotics, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 55-66, 2015

Data-driven robotic sampling for marine ecosystem monitoring.

Das, Jnaneshwar; Py, FrØdØric; Harvey, Julio B. J.; Ryan, John P.; Gellene, Alyssa; Graham, Rishi; Caron, David A.; Rajan, Kanna; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Data-driven robotic sampling for marine ecosystem monitoring. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 1435-1452, 2015

Cooperative multi-robot control for target tracking with onboard sensing.

Hausman, Karol; Mþller, Jürg; Hariharan, Abishek; Ayanian, Nora; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Cooperative multi-robot control for target tracking with onboard sensing. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 34, no. 13, pp. 1660-1677, 2015

A topological approach to using cables to separate and manipulate sets of objects.

Bhattacharya, Subhrajit; Kim, Soonkyum; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Kumar, Vijay: A topological approach to using cables to separate and manipulate sets of objects. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 799-815, 2015

Trajectory learning for human-robot scientific data collection.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Trajectory learning for human-robot scientific data collection. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2014, Hong Kong, China, May 31 - June 7, 2014, pp. 6600-6605, IEEE, 2014

Active Online Calibration of Multiple Sensors for Autonomous Surface Vessels.

Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Active Online Calibration of Multiple Sensors for Autonomous Surface Vessels. Hsieh, M. Ani; Khatib, Oussama; Kumar, Vijay (Ed.): Experimental Robotics - The 14th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, ISER 2014, June 15-18, 2014, Marrakech and Essaouira, Morocco, pp. 229-241, Springer, 2014

Adaptive Path Planning for Tracking Ocean Fronts with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

Smith, Ryan N.; Cooksey, Philip; Py, Frederic; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Rajan, Kanna: Adaptive Path Planning for Tracking Ocean Fronts with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Hsieh, M. Ani; Khatib, Oussama; Kumar, Vijay (Ed.): Experimental Robotics - The 14th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, ISER 2014, June 15-18, 2014, Marrakech and Essaouira, Morocco, pp. 761-775, Springer, 2014

Cooperative Control for Target Tracking with Onboard Sensing.

Hausman, Karol; Mþller, Jürg; Hariharan, Abishek; Ayanian, Nora; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Cooperative Control for Target Tracking with Onboard Sensing. Hsieh, M. Ani; Khatib, Oussama; Kumar, Vijay (Ed.): Experimental Robotics - The 14th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, ISER 2014, June 15-18, 2014, Marrakech and Essaouira, Morocco, pp. 879-892, Springer, 2014

Sampling-based robotic information gathering algorithms.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Sampling-based robotic information gathering algorithms. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1271-1287, 2014

Topology-constrained flocking in locally interacting mobile networks.

Williams, Ryan K.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Topology-constrained flocking in locally interacting mobile networks. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013, pp. 2002-2007, IEEE, 2013

An investigation on the accuracy of Regional Ocean Models through field trials.

Smith, Ryan N.; Kelly, Jonathan; Nazarzadeh, Kimia; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: An investigation on the accuracy of Regional Ocean Models through field trials. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013, pp. 3436-3442, IEEE, 2013

Hierarchical probabilistic regression for AUV-based adaptive sampling of marine phenomena.

Das, Jnaneshwar; Harvey, Julio B. J.; Py, Frederic; Vathsangam, Harshvardhan; Graham, Rishi; Rajan, Kanna; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Hierarchical probabilistic regression for AUV-based adaptive sampling of marine phenomena. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013, pp. 5571-5578, IEEE, 2013

Learning uncertainty models for reliable operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Pereira, Arvind; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Learning uncertainty models for reliable operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013, pp. 5593-5599, IEEE, 2013

Active planning for underwater inspection and the benefit of adaptivity.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Englot, Brendan J.; Hover, Franz S.; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Active planning for underwater inspection and the benefit of adaptivity. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 3-18, 2013

Optimizing waypoints for monitoring spatiotemporal phenomena.

Binney, Jonathan; Krause, Andreas; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Optimizing waypoints for monitoring spatiotemporal phenomena. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 873-888, 2013

Risk-aware Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using Predictive Ocean Models.

Pereira, Arvind; Binney, Jonathan; Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Risk-aware Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using Predictive Ocean Models. J. Field Robotics, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 741-762, 2013

A Topological Approach to Using Cables to Separate and Manipulate Sets of Objects.

Kim, Soonkyum; Bhattacharya, Subhrajit; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Kumar, Vijay: A Topological Approach to Using Cables to Separate and Manipulate Sets of Objects. Newman, Paul; Fox, Dieter; Hsu, David (Ed.): Robotics: Science and Systems IX, Technische Universitît Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 24 - June 28, 2013, 2013

Sampling-based Motion Planning for Robotic Information Gathering.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Sampling-based Motion Planning for Robotic Information Gathering. Newman, Paul; Fox, Dieter; Hsu, David (Ed.): Robotics: Science and Systems IX, Technische Universitît Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 24 - June 28, 2013, 2013

Squared error distortion metrics for motion planning in robotic sensor networks.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Choudhuri, Chiranjib; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Squared error distortion metrics for motion planning in robotic sensor networks. Workshops Proceedings of the Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 9-13, 2013, pp. 1426-1431, IEEE, 2013

Active and Adaptive Dive Planning for Dense Bathymetric Mapping.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Active and Adaptive Dive Planning for Dense Bathymetric Mapping. Desai, Jaydev P.; Dudek, Gregory; Khatib, Oussama; Kumar, Vijay (Ed.): Experimental Robotics - The 13th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, ISER 2012, June 18-21, 2012, QuØbec City, Canada, pp. 803-817, Springer, 2012

Probabilistic spatial mapping and curve tracking in distributed multi-agent systems.

Williams, Ryan K.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Probabilistic spatial mapping and curve tracking in distributed multi-agent systems. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2012, 14-18 May, 2012, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, pp. 1125-1130, IEEE, 2012

Towards improving mission execution for autonomous gliders with an ocean model and kalman filter.

Smith, Ryan N.; Kelly, Jonathan; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Towards improving mission execution for autonomous gliders with an ocean model and kalman filter. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2012, 14-18 May, 2012, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, pp. 4870-4877, IEEE, 2012

Uncertainty-driven view planning for underwater inspection.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Englot, Brendan J.; Hover, Franz; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Uncertainty-driven view planning for underwater inspection. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2012, 14-18 May, 2012, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, pp. 4884-4891, IEEE, 2012

Opportunistic localization of underwater robots using drifters and boats.

Arrichiello, Filippo; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Opportunistic localization of underwater robots using drifters and boats. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2012, 14-18 May, 2012, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, pp. 5307-5314, IEEE, 2012

Underwater Data Collection Using Robotic Sensor Networks.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Choudhary, Sunav; Qarabaqi, Parastoo; Murphy, Christopher; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Stojanovic, Milica; Singh, Hanumant; Hover, Franz: Underwater Data Collection Using Robotic Sensor Networks. IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 899-911, 2012

Coordinated sampling of dynamic oceanographic features with underwater vehicles and drifters.

Das, Jnaneshwar; Py, Frederic; Maughan, Thom; O'Reilly, Tom; Messie, Monique; Ryan, John P.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Rajan, Kanna: Coordinated sampling of dynamic oceanographic features with underwater vehicles and drifters. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 626-646, 2012

Cooperative caging and transport using autonomous aquatic surface vehicles.

Arrichiello, Filippo; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Chiaverini, Stefano; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Cooperative caging and transport using autonomous aquatic surface vehicles. Intell. Serv. Robotics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 73-87, 2012

Towards mixed-initiative, multi-robot field experiments: Design, deployment, and lessons learned.

Das, Jnaneshwar; Maughan, Thom; McCann, Mike; Godin, Mike; O'Reilly, Tom; Messie, Monique; Bahr, Fred; Gomes, Kevin; Py, Frederic; Bellingham, James G.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Rajan, Kanna: Towards mixed-initiative, multi-robot field experiments: Design, deployment, and lessons learned. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011, pp. 3132-3139, IEEE, 2011

Toward risk aware mission planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

Pereira, Arvind; Binney, Jonathan; Jones, Burton H.; Ragan, Matthew; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Toward risk aware mission planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011, pp. 3147-3153, IEEE, 2011

Obstacle detection from overhead imagery using self-supervised learning for Autonomous Surface Vehicles.

Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Obstacle detection from overhead imagery using self-supervised learning for Autonomous Surface Vehicles. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011, pp. 3160-3165, IEEE, 2011

Autonomous data collection from underwater sensor networks using acoustic communication.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Autonomous data collection from underwater sensor networks using acoustic communication. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011, pp. 3564-3570, IEEE, 2011

Cooperative multi-agent inference over grid structured Markov random fields.

Williams, Ryan K.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Cooperative multi-agent inference over grid structured Markov random fields. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 25-30, 2011, pp. 4348-4353, IEEE, 2011

Active Classification: Theory and Application to Underwater Inspection.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Active Classification: Theory and Application to Underwater Inspection. Christensen, Henrik I.; Khatib, Oussama (Ed.): Robotics Research - The 15th International Symposium ISRR, 9-12 December 2011, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, pp. 95-110, Springer, 2011

Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Towards accurate reconstruction of dynamic ocean processes.

Smith, Ryan N.; Schwager, Mac; Smith, Stephen L.; Rus, Daniela; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Towards accurate reconstruction of dynamic ocean processes. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011, Shanghai, China, 9-13 May 2011, pp. 1517-1524, IEEE, 2011

Cooperative control of autonomous surface vehicles for oil skimming and cleanup.

Bhattacharya, Subhrajit; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Kumar, Vijay: Cooperative control of autonomous surface vehicles for oil skimming and cleanup. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011, Shanghai, China, 9-13 May 2011, pp. 2374-2379, IEEE, 2011

Distributed coordination and data fusion for underwater search.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Yerramalli, Srinivas; Singh, Sanjiv; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Distributed coordination and data fusion for underwater search. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011, Shanghai, China, 9-13 May 2011, pp. 349-355, IEEE, 2011

Obstacle detection and avoidance for an Autonomous Surface Vehicle using a profiling sonar.

Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Obstacle detection and avoidance for an Autonomous Surface Vehicle using a profiling sonar. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011, Shanghai, China, 9-13 May 2011, pp. 731-736, IEEE, 2011

Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Adapting sampling resolution.

Smith, Ryan N.; Schwager, Mac; Smith, Stephen L.; Jones, Burton H.; Rus, Daniela; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Adapting sampling resolution. J. Field Robotics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 714-741, 2011

Communication protocols for underwater data collection using a robotic sensor network.

Hollinger, Geoffrey A.; Choudhary, Sunav; Qarabaqi, Parastoo; Murphy, Christopher; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Stojanovic, Milica; Singh, Hanumant; Hover, Franz S.: Communication protocols for underwater data collection using a robotic sensor network. Workshops Proceedings of the Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2011, 5-9 December 2011, Houston, Texas, USA, pp. 1308-1313, IEEE, 2011

Observability analysis of relative localization for AUVs based on ranging and depth measurements.

Antonelli, Gianluca; Arrichiello, Filippo; Chiaverini, Stefano; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Observability analysis of relative localization for AUVs based on ranging and depth measurements. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 3-7 May 2010, pp. 4276-4281, IEEE, 2010

Cooperative caging using autonomous aquatic surface vehicles.

Arrichiello, Filippo; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Chiaverini, Stefano; Sukhatme, G. Stefano: Cooperative caging using autonomous aquatic surface vehicles. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 3-7 May 2010, pp. 4763-4769, IEEE, 2010

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle trajectory design coupled with predictive ocean models: A case study.

Smith, Ryan N.; Pereira, Arvind; Chao, Yi; Li, Peggy; Caron, David A.; Jones, Burton H.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle trajectory design coupled with predictive ocean models: A case study. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 3-7 May 2010, pp. 4770-4777, IEEE, 2010

Towards marine bloom trajectory prediction for AUV mission planning.

Das, Jnaneshwar; Rajan, Kanna; Frolov, Sergey; Py, Frederic; Ryan, John P.; Caron, David A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Towards marine bloom trajectory prediction for AUV mission planning. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 3-7 May 2010, pp. 4784-4790, IEEE, 2010

Informative path planning for an autonomous underwater vehicle.

Binney, Jonathan; Krause, Andreas; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Informative path planning for an autonomous underwater vehicle. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 3-7 May 2010, pp. 4791-4796, IEEE, 2010

USC CINAPS Builds Bridges.

Smith, Ryan N.; Das, Jnaneshwar; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Pereira, Arvind; Arrichiello, Filippo; Cetnic, Ivona; Darjany, Lindsay; Garneau, Marie-Eve; Howard, Meredith; Oberg, Carl; Ragan, Matthew; Seubert, Erica; Smith, Ellen C.; Stauffer, Beth; Schnetzer, Astrid; Toro-Farmer, Gerardo; Caron, David A.; Jones, Burton H.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: USC CINAPS Builds Bridges. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 20-30, 2010

Planning and Implementing Trajectories for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to Track Evolving Ocean Processes Based on Predictions from a Regional Ocean Model.

Smith, Ryan N.; Chao, Yi; Li, Peggy; Caron, David A.; Jones, Burton H.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Planning and Implementing Trajectories for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to Track Evolving Ocean Processes Based on Predictions from a Regional Ocean Model. Int. J. Robotics Res., vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 1475-1497, 2010

Real-time Motion Tracking from a Mobile Robot.

Jung, Boyoon; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Real-time Motion Tracking from a Mobile Robot. Int. J. Soc. Robotics, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 63-78, 2010

A robotic sentinel for benthic sampling along a transect.

Das, Jnaneshwar; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: A robotic sentinel for benthic sampling along a transect. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2009, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009, pp. 206-213, IEEE, 2009

Distributed coverage control for mobile sensors with location-dependent sensing models.

Deshpande, Ajay; Poduri, Sameera; Rus, Daniela; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Distributed coverage control for mobile sensors with location-dependent sensing models. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2009, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009, pp. 2344-2349, IEEE, 2009

Connectivity vs. control: Using directional and positional cues to stabilize routing in robot networks.

Dantu, Karthik; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Connectivity vs. control: Using directional and positional cues to stabilize routing in robot networks. Govindan, Ramesh; Stły, Kasper (Ed.): 2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, ROBOCOMM 2009, Odense, Denmark, March 31 - April 2, 2009, pp. 1-6, ICST/IEEE, 2009

Minimizing sum distortion for static and mobile fusion center placement in underwater sensor networks.

Vedantam, Satish; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Arrichiello, Filippo: Minimizing sum distortion for static and mobile fusion center placement in underwater sensor networks. Govindan, Ramesh; Stły, Kasper (Ed.): 2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, ROBOCOMM 2009, Odense, Denmark, March 31 - April 2, 2009, pp. 1-6, ICST/IEEE, 2009

Scalable and practical pursuit-evasion.

Vieira, Marcos Augusto M.; Govindan, Ramesh; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Scalable and practical pursuit-evasion. Govindan, Ramesh; Stły, Kasper (Ed.): 2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, ROBOCOMM 2009, Odense, Denmark, March 31 - April 2, 2009, pp. 1-6, ICST/IEEE, 2009

Effects of underwater communication constraints on the control of marine robot teams.

Arrichiello, Filippo; Liu, Daniel N.; Yerramalli, Srinivas; Pereira, Arvind; Das, Jnaneshwar; Mitra, Urbashi; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Effects of underwater communication constraints on the control of marine robot teams. Govindan, Ramesh; Stły, Kasper (Ed.): 2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, ROBOCOMM 2009, Odense, Denmark, March 31 - April 2, 2009, pp. 1-8, ICST/IEEE, 2009

Trajectory Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Based on Ocean Model Predictions for Feature Tracking.

Smith, Ryan N.; Chao, Yi; Jones, Burton H.; Caron, David A.; Li, Peggy; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Trajectory Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Based on Ocean Model Predictions for Feature Tracking. Howard, Andrew; Iagnemma, Karl; Kelly, Alonzo (Ed.): Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 7th International Conference, FSR 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 14-16 July 2009, pp. 263-273, Springer, 2009

A Communication Framework for Cost-Effective Operation of AUVs in Coastal Regions.

Pereira, Arvind; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Oberg, Carl; Caron, David A.; Jones, Burton H.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: A Communication Framework for Cost-Effective Operation of AUVs in Coastal Regions. Howard, Andrew; Iagnemma, Karl; Kelly, Alonzo (Ed.): Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 7th International Conference, FSR 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 14-16 July 2009, pp. 433-442, Springer, 2009

Multi-Robot Collaboration with Range-Limited Communication: Experiments with Two Underactuated ASVs.

Arrichiello, Filippo; Das, Jnaneshwar; Heidarsson, Hordur Kristinn; Pereira, Arvind; Chiaverini, Stefano; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Multi-Robot Collaboration with Range-Limited Communication: Experiments with Two Underactuated ASVs. Howard, Andrew; Iagnemma, Karl; Kelly, Alonzo (Ed.): Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 7th International Conference, FSR 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 14-16 July 2009, pp. 443-453, Springer, 2009

Field-tests of a redundantly actuated cable-driven robot for environmental sampling applications.

Borgstrom, Per Henrik; Jordan, Brett L.; Batalin, Maxim A.; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.; Kaiser, William J.: Field-tests of a redundantly actuated cable-driven robot for environmental sampling applications. IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2009, Bangalore, India, 22-25 August, 2011, pp. 615-620, IEEE, 2009

Using Local Geometry for Tunable Topology Control in Sensor Networks.

Poduri, Sameera; Pattem, Sundeep; Krishnamachari, Bhaskar; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.: Using Local Geometry for Tunable Topology Control in Sensor Networks. IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 218-230, 2009

Video

Finding Rusalka

Finding Rusalka
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Little video from a recent recovery mission when we went out to pick up one of our gliders just off the coast from Santa Catalina Island.


Rusalka – Slocum Glider

Rusalka – Slocum Glider
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Rusalka, one of USC’s Webb Slocum Gliders, diving off the coast of Catalina Island while doing hardware testing. Shot with a Olympus Stylus sw1030 waterproof camera. We use our gliders in applications that aid biologists and oceanographers.