Session E.  Autonomous/Unmanned Systems

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

3:00-3:10 PM                     Introduction

3:10-3:35 PM                     EO-01 
Trust-based Collaborative Control for Teams in Communication Networks
P. Ballal and F. Lewis, Automation and Robotics Research Institute, University of Texas at Arlington

3:35-4:00 PM                     EO-02 
Self-reconfigurable Robots for Adaptive and Multifunctional Tasks
Wei-Min Shen, University of Southern California/ISI Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory

4:00-4:25 PM                     EO-03 
Learning to See: Research in Training a Robot Vision System
Gary Witus, Turing Associates, Inc.; Robert E. Karlsen, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

4:25-4:50 PM                     EO-04 
Design and Development of an Agile, Man Portable Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Karl Iagnemma, Martin Udengaard and Genya Ishigami, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Matthew Spenko, Sinan Oncu and Imad Khan, Illinois Institute of Technology; James Overholt and Gregory Hudas, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

4:50-5:15 PM                     EO-05 
A Durable Hybrid Air-Land Vehicle
Richard J. Bachmann, BioRobots, LLC; Timothy Witushynsky, Ravi Vaidyanathan and Roger D. Quinn, Case Western Reserve University

POSTERS

EP-01
Robust Detection of Humans Using Multi-sensor Features
Susan Thornton and Raju Patil, General Dynamics Robotic Systems

EP-02
A Comparison of Classifier Performance for Vibration-based Terrain Classification
Eric Coyle and Emmanuel G. Collins, Florida State University-Florida A&M University

EP-03
Achieving Increased Mobility and Autonomy for Ground Vehicles over Rough Terrain
Panagiotis Tsiotras and Raghvendra V. Cowlagi, Georgia Institute of Technology

EP-04
The Role of Spatial Ability in the Relationship Between Video Game Experience and Route Effectiveness Among Unmanned Vehicle Operators
David Schuster, Thomas Fincannon, Florian Jentsch, Joseph Keebler and A. William Evans III, University of Central Florida

EP-05
Automatic 3-D Point Cloud Classification of Urban Environments
Daniel Munoz, Nicolas Vandapel and Martial Hebert, Carnegie Mellon University

EP-06
Daytime Mud Detection for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Autonomous Navigation
A. L. Rankin and L. H. Matthies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

EP-07
Stingray: High-speed Teleoperation of UGVs in Urban Terrain Using Driver-assist Behaviors and Immersive Telepresence
Brian Yamauchi, iRobot Corporation; Kent Massey, Chatten Associates

EP-08
Boundary Layer Control Using Piezoelectrically Actuated Dynamic Roughness Elements
A. R. Campbell, J. L. Palacios, T. P. Yang and E. C. Smith, The Pennsylvania State University

EP-09
Manipulator Autonomy for EOD Robots
Josh Johnston, Joel Alberts, Matt Berkemeier and John Edwards, Autonomous Solutions, Inc.

EP-10 - Withdrawn

EP-11
Bipedal Walking
P. L. Muench, J. Alexander, S. Hadley and S. Starkey, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

EP-12
Target Identification Support and Location Support Among Teams of Unmanned Systems Operators
Thomas Fincannon, Joseph Keebler, Florian Jentsch and A. William Evans III, University of Central Florida

EP-13
Integrating Local and Global Navigation in Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Juan Pablo Gonzalez, William Dodson and Robert Dean, General Dynamics Robotic Systems; Alberto Lacaze and Leonid Sapronov, Robotics Research

EP-14
Tiered Auctions for Multi-agent Coordination in Domains with Precedence Constraints
E. Gil Jones, M. Bernardine Dias and Anthony Stentz, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

EP-15
Multi-robot Guided Autonomy for Indoor Exploration
Hikaru Fujishima, Edward Rankin, Mark Gossage, Ricky Chng and Ai Peng New, DSO National Laboratories

EP-16
Heterogeneous Sensor Networks: A Bio-inspired Overlay Architecture
Jerry Burman, Teledyne Scientific Company; Joao Hespanha and Upamanyu Madhow, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tien Pham and Ananthram Swami, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

EP-17
A Formal Experiment to Assess Pedestrian Detection and Tracking Technology for Unmanned Ground Systems
Barry A. Bodt, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

EP-18
Five Things You Should Know About Soldier - Robot Teaming
Michael Barnes, Jessie Y. C. Chen, Ellen Haas and Keryl Cosenzo, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Florian Jentsch, University of Central Florida

EP-19
The Impact of Multi-level Path Planning on Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tactical Behavior
Marshal A. Childers, Barry A. Bodt and Susan G. Hill, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Richard Camden, L3/MPRI

EP-20
Near-nash Targeting Strategies for Heterogeneous Teams of Autonomous Combat Vehicles
Marwan A. Simaan, University of Central Florida; David G. Galati, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

EP-21
Pressurized Structure Technology for UAVs
H. Edge, M. Nixon, A. Janas, W. Ross and J. Collins, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

EP-22
The Mixed Initiative Experimental (MIX) Testbed for Human Robot Interactions with Varied Levels of Automation
Daniel Barber, Larry Davis and Denise Nicholson, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida; Neal Finkelstein, U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command; Jessie Y. C. Chen, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

EP-23
Manned - Unmanned Vehicles Convoy
Yew Khong See, Zi Jing Bay, Lionel Heng and Ai Peng New, DSO National Laboratories; Kat Chui Tan, Defence Science and Technology Agency

EP-24
Adaptive Semi-autonomous Teleoperation of a Multi-agent Robotic System
Jae H. Chung and Norman P. Coleman, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

EP-25
Ladar-based Vehicle Detection and Tracking in Cluttered Environments
Daniel Morris, Regis Hoffman and Steve McLean, General Dynamics Robotic Systems