CSCI-4290/6290: Robot Motion Planning
Fall 2005

Here is the presentation schedule and list of papers to be presented by students in CSCI-6290.

Todd Gardner, Tuesday Nov 15.
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Manipulation Planning with Probabilistic Roadmaps. T. Simeon, J.-P. Laumond, J. Cortes, and A. Sahbani, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol 23, No.7, pp.729-746, July--August 2004. pdf
A probabilistic algorithm for manipulation planning under continuous grasps and placements. A. Sahbani, J. Cortes, T Simeon. IEEE Int. Conf. on Int. Robots and Systems (2002).
A Manipulation planner for Pick and Place operations under continuous grasps and placements. T Simeon, J. Cortes, A. Sahbani, J.-P. Laumond. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (2002).
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.

Rajkumar Joseph J. B., Friday November 18.
Slides: ppt

R.Z. Tombropoulos, J.R. Adler, and J.C. Latombe. CARABEAMER: A Treatment Planner for a Robotic Radiosurgical System with General Kinematics. Medical Image Analysis, 3(3):237-264, 1999. pdf
A. Schweikard, R. Tombropoulos, L. Kavraki, J. Adler, and J.-C. Latombe, Treatment Planning for a Radiosurgical System with General Kinematics Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation San Diego, CA, 1994, 1720-1727.

Diana Mirabello, Friday November 18.

Coordinated path planning for multiple robots, P. Svestka and M. Overmars, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, volume 23, pages 125-152, 1998. pdf
On Delaying Collision Checking in PRM Planning --- Application to Multi-Robot Coordination, G. Sanchez and J.C. Latombe, International Journal of Robotics Research, volume 21, number 1, pages 5--26, January 2002. pdf

Steve Meister, Tuesday November 22.
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Fast Proximity Queries with Swept Sphere Volumes, Eric Larsen, Stefan Gottschalk, Ming C. Lin, and Dinesh Manocha, Department of Computer Science, University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, TR99-018, 1999. pdf
E. Larsen, S. Gottschalk, M. Lin, and D. Manocha, Fast Distance Queries using Rectangular Swept Sphere Volumes, IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, CA, April 2000.

Chris Colasuonno, Tuesday November 22.
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Randomized path planning for linkages with closed kinematic chains. J. Yakey, S. M. LaValle, and L. E. Kavraki. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 17(6):951--958, December 2001.
A Probabilistic Roadmap Approach for Systems with Closed Kinematic Chains by Steven M. LaValle, Jeffrey Yakey, and Lydia Kavraki, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1999. pdf
A Kinematics-Based Probabilistic Roadmap Method for Closed Chain Systems, Li Han and Nancy M. Amato, Proceedings of the Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR'00), March 2000. pdf
A Random Loop Generator for planning the motions of closed kinematic chains using PRM methods. J. Cortes, T Simeon, J.-P. Laumond. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (2002). pdf
Probabilistic motion planning for parallel mechanisms. J. Cortes, T Simeon. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (2003). pdf