Sample of Some Recent Research Projects

• Real-time control, monitoring, and simulation of electro-mechanical systems.
  (journal paper 8 | journal paper 14 | journal paper 22 | journal paper 32)
  
  
• Parallel architectures for the realization of uncertainty from sensed data.
  
  
• Inspection and reverse engineering of mechanical parts.
  (journal paper 2 | journal paper 5 | journal paper 6 | journal paper 12)
  
  
• Modeling and Verification of Distributed Control Schemes for Mobile Robots.
  (journal paper 13 | journal paper 15 | journal paper 20 | journal paper 30)
  
  
• Mobile manipulation.
  
  
• Sensory-based Distributed Control Schemes for Mobile Robots.
  (journal paper 13 | journal paper 15 | journal paper 20)
  
  
• A PC-Based Simulator/Controller/Monitor Software for Manipulators and Electromechanical Systems.
  (journal paper 8 | journal paper 14 | journal paper 22)
  
  
• Control, Monitor and Simulation of SIR-1 Robot.
  
  
• Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems in Robotics and Automation.
  (journal paper 1 | journal paper 9 | journal paper 21)
  
  
• Robotics toolbox for MATLAB and the Robix dancer robot.
  
  
• Unifying Tolerances Across Sensing, Design, and Manufacturing (Computation of manufacturing tolerances from sense data).
  (journal paper 12)
  
  
• Rug Warrior class project.
  
  
• Active calibration of manipulators.
  
  
• Singularity Determination and avoidance for robotic manipulators.
  
  
• Service Robotics - a tire changing robot.
  (journal paper 16 | journal paper 17 | journal paper 18)
  
  
• Obstacle avoidance for manipulators.
  (journal paper 26)
  
  
• Puma 560 JAVA Simulator.
  
  
• Computer Aided Prototyping.
  (journal paper 22 | journal paper 23)
  
  
• Design Optimization For Manipulators.
  (journal paper 14 | journal paper 17 | journal paper 18)
  
  
• Software Library for the SIR-1 Serial Port Controlled Robot.
  
  
• The Utah Robot Kit (URK) and the Utah Prototyping Environment (UPE).
  (journal paper 23)
  
  
• Concurrent Design and Manufacturing.
  (journal paper 8 | journal paper 14 | journal paper 22)
  
  
• Sensing for Advanced Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering.
  (journal paper 2 | journal paper 5 | journal paper 6 | journal paper 12)
  
  
• Discrete Event Dynamic Systems Technical Committee (DEDS TC) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
  (journal paper 1 | journal paper 9)
  
  
• Algorithms for manipulator workspace generation and visualization in the presence of obstacles.
  (conference paper 55)
  
  
• Parallel architectures for robust motion and structure recovery from uncertainty in sensed data.
  (conference paper 57)
  
  
• Uncertainty modeling and visualization in CAD systems from sensed data.
  (journal paper 12 | journal paper 19 | journal paper 24)
  
  
• Kinematics and dynamic hardware for multi-degree of freedom manipulators.
  
  
• Hardware realizations for discrete-event-based hybrid systems.
  (journal paper 1 | journal paper 9)
  
  
• A framework for timed hybrid systems representation, synthesis, and analysis.
  (journal paper 21)
  
  
• Internet-based tele-control of robotic manipulators.
  (journal paper 25)
  
  
• Graphical user interfaces for event-based monitoring and control of hybrid systems.
  (journal paper 21)
  
  
• Concurrent optimal engineering design of manipulator prototypes.
  (journal paper 14 | journal paper 17 | journal paper 18 | journal paper 32)
  
  
• Uncertainty visualization for tolerance analysis in manufacturing.
  (journal paper 31)
  
  
• Catalogue-based optimization of manipulator parameters.
  (journal paper 14)
  
  
• Parallel realizations for computing 3-D workspaces of redundant manipulators.
  (conference paper 55)
  
  
• Object-oriented prototyping environments for electro-mechanical systems and robotic manipulators.
  (journal paper 23)
  
  
• Robotic Manipulation for Genetics Research.
  
  
• Feature-based reverse engineering and inspection of machine parts.
  (journal paper 2 | journal paper 5 | journal paper 6 | journal paper 12 | journal paper 19)
  
  
• Recovering manufacturing tolerancing from uncertainty in sensed data.
  (journal paper 12 | journal paper 19 | journal paper 24 | journal paper 27 | journal paper 31)
  
  
• Discrete event modeling and control of autonomous agents under uncertainty.
  (journal paper 1 | journal paper 7 | journal paper 9 | journal paper 21)
  
  
• The dynamic recursive context of finite state machines.
  (journal paper 2 | journal paper 5 | journal paper 6)
  
  
• Reverse engineering applications in dentistry.
  
  
• Service robotics and tire-changing robots for car racing applications.
  (journal paper 16 | journal paper 17 | journal paper 18)
  
  
• Sensor-based control of mobile robots.
  (journal paper 13 | journal paper 15 | journal paper 20)
  
  
• Calibration and singularity determination for robotic manipulators.
  
  
• Optimality for compressed communication modes.
  (journal paper 3)
  
  
• Error detection and correction for intelligent observers.
  (journal paper 7 | journal paper 24 | journal paper 27)
  
  
• Recovery of 3-D Motion and Structure
  (conference paper 57)
  
  
• Autonomous Observation Under Uncertainty
  (journal paper 7 | journal paper 13 | journal paper 15 | conference paper 41)
  
  
• Prorotyping Technical Committeee