CSCI-4965/6963: Robot Motion Planning
Fall 2001

Here is the list of all papers .

Ben Potsaid: (Nonholonomic motion planning), November 1

• Multi-Level Path Planning for Nonholonomic Robots Using Semi-Holonomic Subsystems. In Algorithms for Robotic Motion and Manipulation, J.P. Laumond and M. Overmars (eds.), A K Peters, Wellesley (MA), pages 79-96, 1997.
• Multi-level path planning for nonholonomic robots using semi-holonomic subsystems by S. Sekhavat, P. Svestka, J.-P. Laumond, M.H. Overmars. International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol.17, No. 8, pp.840-857, August 1998.

Jeong Kim: (Collision detection), November 1

• Brian Mirtich, V-Clip: Fast and Robust Polyhedral Collision Detection, ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 17, no. 3, pages 177-208, July 1998.

Ming Jiang: (Sensor-based strategies), November 5

• Sensor-Based Exploration: The Hierarchical Generalized Voronoi Graph, Howie Choset and Joel Burdick, The International Journal of Robotics Research 19, no. 2 (2000): 96-125.
• Sensor-Based Exploration: Incremental Construction of the Hierarchical Generalized Voronoi Graph, Howie Choset, Sean Walker, Kunnayut Eiamsa-Ard, Joel Burdick, The International Journal of Robotics Research 19, no. 2 (2000): 126-148.

Gautam Kunapuli: (PRM variants), November 5

• Visibility based probabilistic roadmaps for motion planning, T Simeon, J.-P. Laumond. and C. Nissoux. To appear in Advanced Robotics Journal 14(6) (2000). pdf
• Notes on Visibility Roadmaps and Path Planning, by JP Laumond and T. Simeon, Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), March 2000. pdf

Bettina Schimanski: (Visibility-based target tracking and pursuit evasion), November 8

• Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion in a Polygonal Environment by Leonidas J. Guibas, Jean-Claude Latombe, Steven M. LaValle, David Lin and Rajeev Motwani, International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications, Vol. 9, No. 5, pages 471,494, October 1999.
• S.M. LaValle, D. Lin, L.J. Guibas, J.C. Latombe, and R. Motwani. Finding an Unpredictable Target in a Workspace with Obstacles. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1997.

Jufeng Peng: (Kinodynamic planning), November 12

• Randomized Kinodynamic Planning by Steven M. LaValle and James J. Kuffner, Jr., International Journal of Robotics Research, V. 20, N. 5, pp. 379-400, May 2001.
• R. Kindel, D. Hsu, J.C. Latombe, S. Rock. Kinodynamic Motion Planning Amidst Moving Obstacles. Proceedings of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, pages 537-543, April 2000.
• Randomized Kinodynamic Motion Planning with Moving Obstacles. D. Hsu, R. Kindel, J.C. Latombe, and S. Rock. Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR'00), Hanover, NH, March 2000.

Sangwon Oh: (Manipulation planning), November 15

• Y. Koga and J.C. Latombe. On Multi-Arm Manipulation Planning. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 945-952, 1994
• R. Alami, J.P. Laumond, and T. Simeon. Two Manipulation Planning Algorithms. In Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, K. Goldberg et al. (eds.). A K Peters, Wellesley (MA), pages 109-125. 1995.

Seungmok Yoo: (Molecular modeling), November 19

• Using Motion Planning to Study Protein Folding Pathways, Guang Song and Nancy M. Amato, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB), April 2001, pp. 287-296. pdf

Ted Carlson: (Mobile Robot Localization and Mapping), November 19

• H.H. Gonzalez-Banos, E. Mao, J.C. Latombe, T.M. Murali, and A. Efrat. Planning Robot Motion Strategies for Efficient Model Construction. In Robotics Research: The Ninth International Symposium , John M. Hollerbach and Daniel E. Koditschek (editors), pages 345--352, Springer-Verlag, 2000.

Michael Balma: (Assembly planning), November 26

• D. Halperin, J.C. Latombe, and R.H. Wilson. A General Framework for Assembly Planning: The Motion Space Approach. Algorithmica, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pages 577-601, 2000.
  ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry 1998, pages 9-18, pdf