2004 Papers

• "Design of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Bearcat III, Theory and Practice", Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 21, 9, 2004.
  by Masoud Ghaffari, Souma M. Alhaj Ali, Vidyasagar Murthy, Xiaoqun Liao, Justin Gaylor and Ernest L. Hall

• "Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Research, Applications and Challenges", Invited session, The 7th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, October 2004, Washington, DC.
  by Masoud Ghaffari and Ernest L. Hall

• "A Perception –Based Approach Toward Robot Control By Natural Language", Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 14, ANNIE 2004.
  by Masoud Ghaffari, Souma Alhaj Ali, and Ernest L. Hall

• "Using a Digital Controller for a Neural Netowrk Autonomous Navigation System for a Wheeled Mobile Robot ", Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 14, ANNIE 2004.
  by Souma Alhaj Ali, Masoud Ghaffari, and Ernest L. Hall

• "Advances in Learning for Intelligent Mobile Robots", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 5608, Philadelphia, October 2004.
  by Ernest L. Hall , Masoud Ghaffari, Xiaoqun Liao, and Souma M. Alhaj Ali

• "Mines and human casualties, a robotics approach toward mine clearing", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 5608, Philadelphia, October 2004.
  by Masoud Ghaffari, Dinesh Manthena, Alireza Ghaffari, and Ernest L. Hall

• "Robotics and nature, from primitive creatures to human intelligence", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 5608, Philadelphia, October 2004.
  by Masoud Ghaffari and Ernest L. Hall

• "A Framework for the Natural Language Perception-based Creative
  Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles" Proc. of SPIE Defense and Security Symposium , Vol. 5422, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida ,12–16 April, 2004.
  by Masoud Ghaffari, Xiaoqun Liao, and Ernest L. Hall



• "Calculation of the shortest-time path for traversal of an obstacle course by a robot" , Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 5608, Philadelphia, October 2004.
  by Rishi T. Khar and Ernest L. Hall

• "Processing real-time stereo video for an autonomous robot using disparity maps and sensor fusion" , Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 5608, Philadelphia, October 2004.
  by Donald Rosselot and Ernest L. Hall

2004 Dissertations

• Autonomous Runway Soil Survey System with the Fusion of Global and Local Navigation Mechanism
  by Ming (Peter) Cao

2004 Theses

• Flow Path Design and Reliability of Automated Guided Vehicles in material handling
  by Kedar G. Agarkar

• Online Documentation and Diagnostic system for the Bearcat Cub
  by Saurabh Naik

• Reverse Logistics Issues in a Global Supply Chain Scenario
  by Saurabh Naik

• Software porting for Bearcat III robot
  by Rema Vinjamuri

2003 Papers

• “Internet-based Control for the Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicle: Bearcat Cub,” Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, 5267, pp. 90-97, Providence, 2003.
  by Masoud Ghaffari, Sugan Narayanan, Balaji Sethuramasamyraja, and Ernest Hall



• "Learning for Intelligent Mobile Robots," Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, 5267, pp. 12-25, Providence, 2003.
  by Ernest Hall, Xiaquon Liao, Souma Alhaj Ali



• "Automatic Calibration and Neural Networks for Robot Guidance," Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, 5267, pp. 137-144, Providence, 2003
  by Balaji Sethuramasamyraja, Masoud Ghaffari, and Ernest Hall



• "Experimental Approach for the Evaluation of Neural Network Classifier Algorithms," Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, 5267, pp. 250-256, Providence, 2003
  by Masoud Ghaffari, and Ernest Hall



• "Soil Sampling Sensor System on a Mobile Robot," Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, 5267, pp. 304-310, Providence, 2003
  by Peter Cao, Ernest Hall, and Evan Zhang



• "A Benchmark for the Rate of Convergence in Neural Network Classification Algorithms," Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 13, pp. 119-124, ANNIE 2003
  by Masoud Ghaffari, Souma M. Alhaj Ali, Xiaquan Liao, and Ernest Hall



• "Creative Control for Intelligent Autonomous Mobile Robots, Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 13, pp. 523-528, ANNIE 2003
  by Xiaquan Liao, Masoud Ghaffari, Souma M. Alhaj Ali, and Ernest Hall



• "Dynamic Simulation of Computed-Torque Controllers for a Wheeled Mobile Robot Autonomous Navigation in Outdoor Environments," Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 13, pp. 511-516, ANNIE 2003
  by Souma M. Alhaj Ali, Masoud Ghaffari, Xiaquan Liao, and Ernest Hall




2003 Dissertations

• Technologies for Autonomous Navigation in Unstructured Outdoor Environments
  by Souma M. Alhaj Ali




2003 Theses

• Application of Web Services for Remote Access of Bearcat III Robot Using the .NET Frame Work
  by Sugan Narayanan



• GPS based waypoint navigation for an autonomous guided vehicle - Bearcat III
  by Balaj Sethuramasamyraja



• Obstacle Avoidance in Unstructured Environment for the Bearcat
  by Vidyasagar Murty



• Web Control of an Autonomous Guided Vehicle using Java Servlets & JNI.
  by Dinesh-Kumar Dhamodarasamy



• Data Repository for Autonomous guided vehicle using ASP.NET
  by Sujan Balachandran



• Remote administration of an autonomous guided vehicle through web based wireless interfaces
  by Shince Francis



• Curvilinear traverse generation module for an AGV III
  by Suresh L. Paul