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2024

What Should a Robot Do? Comparing Human and Large Language Model Recommendations for Robot Deception
Kantwon Rogers, Reiden John Allen Webber, Geronimo Gorostiaga Zubizarreta, Arthur Melo Cruz, Shengkang Chen, Ronald C. Arkin, Jason Borenstein, Alan R. Wagner
This is a preprint of the article, copyright 2024.
pdf (1.5 MB)


2023

Robots, Case-based Reasoning, and ChatGPT: AI-Assisted Ethical Decision-Making
Ronald C. Arkin, Jason Borenstein, Arthur Melo Cruz, Alan R. Wagner
pdf (0.1 MB)

Heterogeneous robot teams with unified perception and autonomy: How Team CSIRO Data61 tied for the top score at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Navinda Kottege, Jason Williams, Brendan Tidd, et al. (CSIRO Data61); Farid Kendoul, Glenn Wagner, Duncan Palmer, et al. (Emesent); Matthew O’Brien, Shengkang Chen, Ronald C. Arkin (Georgia Tech)
pdf (31.7 MB)

Hybrid SUSD-Based Task Allocation for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams
Shengkang Chen, Tony X. Lin, Said Al-Abri, Ronald C. Arkin, Fumin Zhang
pdf (7.0 MB)

From HHI to HRI: Which Facets of Ethical Decision-Making Should Inform a Robot?
Jason Borenstein, Arthur Melo Cruz, Ronald C. Arkin, Alan R. Wagner
pdf (0.1 MB)

Dynamic Task Allocation Approaches for Coordinated Exploration of Subterranean Environments
Matthew J. O’Brien, Jason Williams, Shengkang Chen, Ronald C. Arkin, Navinda Kottege
This is a preprint of the article, copyright 2023.
pdf (11.4 MB)


2022

Multi-modal User Interface for Multi-robot Control in Underground Environments
Shengkang Chen, Matthew J. O’Brien, Fletcher Talbot, Jason Williams, Brendan Tidd, Alex Pitt, Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (5.9 MB)

A Metaethical Reflection: The Ethics of Embedding Ethics into Robots
Jason Borenstein, Ronald C. Arkin, Alan R. Wagner
This is a preprint of the article, copyright 2022.
pdf (0.2 MB)

Case-based Robotic Architecture with Multiple Underlying Ethical Frameworks for Human-Robot Interaction
Shengkang Chen, Ronald C. Arkin, Jason Borenstein, Alan R. Wagner
This is a preprint of the article, copyright 2022.
pdf (0.5 MB)

Informing a Robot Ethics Architecture through Folk and Expert Morality
Vidullan Surendran, Arthur Melo Cruz, Alan Wagner, Jason Borenstein, Ronald Arkin, Shengkang Chen
This is a preprint of the article, copyright 2022.
pdf (0.5 MB)

Toward Ethical Robotic Behavior in Human-Robot Interaction Scenarios
Shengkang Chen, Vidullan Surendran, Alan R. Wagner, Jason Borenstein, Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (0.3 MB)


2021

Entraining a Robot to its Environment with an Artificial Circadian System
Matthew J O'Brien, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (3.4 MB)

Heterogeneous Ground and Air Platforms, Homogeneous Sensing: Team CSIRO Data61’s Approach to the DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Nicolas Hudson, Fletcher Talbot, Mark Cox, Jason Williams, et al. (CSIRO Data61); Farid Kendoul, Glenn Wagner, Duncan Palmer, Peter Milani (Emesent); Matthew O’Brien, Shu Jiang, Shengkang Chen, Ronald C. Arkin (Georgia Tech)
pdf (49.5 MB)

Counter-Misdirection in Behavior-based Multi-robot Teams
S. Chen, R. C. Arkin
pdf (0.8 MB)


2020

Online 3D Frontier-Based UGV and UAV Exploration Using Direct Point Cloud Visibility
J. Williams, S. Jiang, M. O'Brien, G. Wagner, E. Hernandez, M. Cox, A. Pitt, R. Arkin, N. Hudson
pdf (2.1 MB)

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Using Shill Agents to Misdirect Multi-Robot Teams
M. J. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin, and A. Krishnan
pdf (3 MB)

Supporting Healthy Dyadic Human Relationships With Power Differentials Using Robots
Michael Pettinati, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (49.9 MB)


2019

Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Roadmapping Exercise
R. C. Arkin, L. Kaelbling, S. Russell, D. Sadigh, P. Scharre, B. Selman, T. Walsh
pdf (173 KB)

Push and Pull: Shepherding Multi-Agent Robot Teams in Adversarial Situations
M. J. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin
pdf (4.8 MB)

Identifying Opportunities for Relationship-Focused Robotic Interventions in Strained Hierarchical Relationships
M. J. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin
pdf (2.7MB)

Competing Ethical Frameworks Mediated by Moral Emotions in HRI: Motivations, Background, and Approach
R. C. Arkin, J. Borenstein, A. R. Wagner
pdf (311 KB)

Kantian one day, Consequentialist the next: Moral emotions as mediators between ethical frameworks for robots
A. Wagner, J. Borenstein, R. C. Arkin
pdf_739 (KB)

Misdirection in Robot Teams: Methods and Ethical Considerations
R. C. Arkin
pdf (121 KB)

Adapting to Environmental Dynamics with an Artificial Circadian System
M. J. O'Brien, R. C. Arkin
pdf (1.4 MB)


2018

Toward Initiative Decision-Making for Distributed Human-Robot Teams
S. D. Jiang, J. Odom
pdf (1.8 MB)

An Artificial Circadian System for a Slow and Persistent Robot
M. J. O'Brien, R. C. Arkin
pdf (1.6 MB)

Urban Robotics: Achieving Autonomy in Design and Regulation of Robots and Cities
J. Woo, J. Whittington, R. Arkin
pdf (424 KB)

The Ethics of Robotic Deception
R. C. Arkin
pdf (110 KB)

A Robot to Provide Support in Stigmatizing Patient-Caregiver Relationships
M. J. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin
pdf (1.3 MB)


2017

A roboticist's perspective on lethal autonomous weapon systems
R. C. Arkin
pdf (417 KB)

Establishing A-Priori Performance Guarantees for Robot Missions that include Localization Software
D.M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S.D. Jiang, M. O'Brien, F. Tang
pdf (1.3 MB)

Sloth and Slow Loris Inspired Behavioral Controller for a Robotic Agent
L. Velayudhan, R. C. Arkin
pdf (483 KB)

Performance Verification for Robot Missions in Uncertain Environments
D.M. Lyons, R.C. Arkin, S. Jiang, M. O'Brien, F. Tang, P. Tang
pdf (3.6 MB)

Formal Performance Guarantees for Human in the Loop Robot Missions
D.M. Lyons, R.C. Arkin, S. Jiang, M. O'Brien, F. Tang, P. Tang
pdf (1.3 MB)

The Benefits Of Other-Oriented Robot Deception In Human-Robot Interaction
Jaeeun Shim, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (31 MB)

Modeling Temporally Dynamic Environments for Persistent Autonomous Agents
M. J. O'Brien, R. C. Arkin
pdf (666 KB)

An Intervening Ethical Governor for a robot mediator in patient-caregiver relationship: Implementation and Evaluation
J. Shim, R. Arkin, M. Pettinati
pdf (3.5 MB)


2016

Nudging for Good: Robots and the Ethical Appropriateness of Nurturing Empathy and Charitable Behavior
J. Borenstein, R. Arkin
pdf (235 KB)

Ethics and Autonomous Systems: Perils and Promises
R. C. Arkin
pdf (88 KB)

Other-oriented Robot Deception: How can a robot's deceptive feedback help humans in HRI?
J. Shim, R. C. Arkin
pdf (1.7 MB)

The Influence of a Peripheral Social Robot on Self-Disclosure
M. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin, J. Shim
pdf (428 KB)

The Case for Banning Killer Robots: Counterpoint
R. C. Arkin
pdf (49 KB)

Establishing Performance Guarantees for Behavior-Based Robot Missions Using an SMT Solver
F. Tang, D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin
pdf (225 KB)

Robots, Ethics, and Intimacy: The Need for Scientific Research
J. Borenstein, R. C. Arkin
pdf (167 KB)

Formal Performance Guarantees for Behavior-based Localization Missions
D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S. Jiang, M. O'Brien, F. Tang, P. Tang
pdf (1.5 MB)

An Analysis of Displays for Probabilistic Robotic Mission Verification Results
M. O'Brien, R. C. Arkin
pdf (764 KB)


2015

Temporal Heterogeneity and the Value of Slowness in Robotic Systems
R. C. Arkin, M. Egerstedt
pdf (1.7 MB)

Probabilistic Verification of Multi-Robot Missions in Uncertain Environments
D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S. Jiang, D. Harrington, F. Tang, P. Tang
pdf (1.7 MB)

SLAM-Based Spatial Memory for Behavior-Based Robots
S. Jiang, R. C. Arkin
pdf (538 KB)

The Benefits of Robot Deception in Search and Rescue: Computational Approach for Deceptive Action Selection via Case-based Reasoning
J. Shim, R. C. Arkin
pdf (5 MB)

Frontiers of Physically Intelligent Agents: Autonomous Systems For Defense: A Revolution in Military Affairs
R. C. Arkin, G. S. Sukhatme
pdf (159 KB)

Mixed-Initiative Human-Robot Interaction: Definition, Taxonomy, and Survey
S. Jiang, R. C. Arkin
pdf (366 KB)

Towards a Robot Computational Model to Preserve Dignity in Stigmatizing Patient-Caregiver Relationships
M. J. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin
pdf (659 KB)

An Intervening Ethical Governor for a Robot Mediator in Patient-Caregiver Relationships
J. Shim, R. C. Arkin
pdf (635 KB)

Primate-inspired Autonomous Navigation Using Mental Rotation and Advice-Giving
L. Velayudhan, R. C. Arkin
pdf (3.8 MB)

Using Visual Information for Spatial Advice-giving in a Primate-inspired Autonomous Robot
R. C. Arkin, L. Velayudhan, M. Pettinati
pdf (1.5 MB)

Performance Verification for Behavior-based Robot Missions
D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S. Jiang, T-M Liu, P. Nirmal
pdf (1.4 MB)

Robotic Nudges: The Ethics of Engineering a More Socially Just Human Being
J. Borenstein, R. C. Arkin
pdf (475 KB)

Bio-inspired Slowness for Robotic Systems
R. C. Arkin
pdf (212 KB)


2014

Automatic Verification of Autonomous Robot Missions
M. O'Brien, R. C. Arkin, D. Harrington, D. Lyons, S. Jiang
pdf (440 KB)

Other-Oriented Robot Deception: A Computational Approach for Deceptive Action Generation to Benefit the Mark
J. Shim, R. C. Arkin
pdf (4.9 MB)

A Primate-inspired Autonomous Navigation Algorithm Using the Cognitive Mechanism of Mental Rotation
M. Pettinati, R. C. Arkin
pdf (840 KB)

Moral Emotions, Robots, and their Role in Managing Stigma in Early Stage Parkinson's Disease Caregiving
R. C. Arkin, M. Pettinati
pdf (1.7 MB)

Getting it right the first time: Verification of Behavior-based Multirobot Missions
D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S. Jiang, D. Harrington, M. O'Brien
pdf (254 KB)

Ameliorating Patient-Caregiver Stigma in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease using Robot co-Mediators
R. C. Arkin
pdf (1.1 MB)

Verifying and Validating Multirobot Missions
D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S. Jiang, D. Harrington, T. Liu
pdf (918 KB)

Affect in Human-Robot Interaction
R. C. Arkin, L. Moshkina
pdf (562 KB)

Collaborative Robots in Rehabilitation for Social Self-Management of Health
L. Tickle-Degnen, M. Scheutz, R. C. Arkin
pdf (131 KB)

Preserving Dignity in Patient Caregiver Relationships Using Moral Emotions and Robots
R. C. Arkin, M. Scheutz, L. Tickle-Degnen
pdf (336 KB)


2013

Performance Guarantees for C-WMD Robot Missions
S. Jiang, R. C. Arkin, D. M. Lyons, T-M Liu, D. Harrington
pdf (596 KB)

Getting it Right the First time: Robot Mission Guarantees in the presence of Uncertainty
D. M. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, P. Nirmal, S. Jiang, T-M Liu, J. Deeb
pdf (623 KB)

A Taxonomy of Robot Deception and its Benefits in HRI
J. Shim and R. C. Arkin
pdf (1.1 MB)

Lethal Autonomous Systems and the Plight of the Non-combatant
R. C. Arkin
pdf (172 KB)

Primate-inspired Vehicle Navigation using Optic Flow and Mental Rotations
R. C. Arkin, F. Dellaert, N. Srinivasan, R. Kerwin
pdf (1.9 MB)

Performance Verification for Behavior-based Robot Missions
D. Lyons, R. C. Arkin, S. Jiang, T-L. Liu, P. Nirmal, J. Deeb
pdf (618 KB)

The Robot didn't do it.
R. C. Arkin
pdf (94 KB)


2012

A Software Tool for the Design of Critical Robot Missions with Performance Guarantees
D. Lyons, R. Arkin, P. Nirmal, S. Jiang, T. Liu
pdf (790 KB)

Verifying Performance for Autonomous Robot Missions with Uncertainty
D. Lyons, R. Arkin, T. Liu, S. Jiang, P. Nirmal
pdf (541 KB)

Robots that Need to Mislead: Biologically-inspired Machine Deception
R.C. Arkin
pdf (878 KB)

Designing Autonomous Robot Missions with Performance Guarantees
D.M. Lyons, R.C. Arkin, P. Nirmal, S. Jiang
pdf (602 KB)

Biologically-Inspired Deceptive Behavior for a Robot
J. Shim, R.C. Arkin
pdf (2.1 MB)

Envisioning: Mental Rotation-based Semi-reactive Robot Control
R.C. Arkin, F. Dellaert, J. Devassy
pdf (745 KB)

The Role of Mental Rotations in Primate-inspired Robot Navigation
R.C. Arkin
pdf (1.3 MB)

Mobbing Behavior and Deceit and its role in Bio-inspired Autonomous Robotic Agents
J. Davis, R.C. Arkin
pdf (585 KB)

Architectural Design and Support for Knowledge Sharing Across Heterogeneous MAST systems
R.C. Arkin, Sergio Garcia-Vergara, Sung G. Lee
pdf (5.8 MB)

Getting it Right the First Time: Predicted Performance Guarantees from the Analysis of Emergent Behavior in Autonomous and Semi-autonomous Systems
R.C. Arkin, D. Lyons, S. Jiang, P. Nirmal, M. Zafar
pdf (3.3 MB)

Overriding Ethical Constraints in Lethal Autonomous Systems
R.C. Arkin, P. Ulam
pdf (3.0 MB)

Characterizing Performance Guarantees for Multiagent, Real-Time Systems operating in Noisy and Uncertain Environments
D. Lyons, R.C. Arkin, S. Fox, S. Jiang, P. Nirmal, M. Zafar
pdf (533 KB)


2011

Modeling the Effects of Mass and Age Variation in Wolves to Explore the Effects of Heterogeneity in Robot Team Composition
J. D. Madden and R. C. Arkin
pdf (485 KB)

Recognizing Situations that Demand Trust
A.R. Wagner and R.C. Arkin
pdf (252 KB)

The Ethics of Robotic Deception
R.C. Arkin
pdf (97 KB)

Moral Emotions for Robots
R.C. Arkin
pdf (100 KB)

A Conceptual Space Architecture for Widely Heterogeneous Robotic Systems
H. Jung, A. Menon, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (558 KB)

Moral Decision-making in Autonomous Systems: Enforcement, Moral Emotions, Dignity, Trust, and Deception
R.C. Arkin, P. Ulam, and A.R. Wagner
pdf (499 KB)

Viewpoint: Military Robotics and the Robotics Community's Responsibility
R.C. Arkin
pdf (48 KB)

An Integrative Framework of Time-Varying Affective Robotic Behavior
Lilia Moshkina, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (11 MB)

International Governance of Autonomous Military Robots
G. Marchant, B. Allenby, R. Arkin, E. Barrett, J. Borenstein, L. Gaudet, O. Kittrie, P. Lin, G. Lucas, R. O'Meara, and J. Silberman
pdf (460 KB)


2010

The Case for Ethical Autonomy in Unmanned Systems
R.C. Arkin
pdf (158 KB)

TAME: Time-varying Affective Response for Humanoid Robots
L. Moshkina, S. Park, R.C. Arkin, J.K. Lee, H. Jung
pdf (912 KB)

Multi-Robot System Based on Model of Wolf Hunting Behavior to Emulate Wolf and Elk Interactions
J. Madden, R.C. Arkin, D.R. MacNulty
pdf (818 KB)

Mood as an Affective Component for Robotic Behavior with Continuous Adaptation via Learning Momentum
S. Park, L. Moshkina, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (415 KB)

Recognizing Nonverbal Affective Behavior in Humanoid Robots
S. Park, L. Moshkina, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (412 KB)

Communication and Alignment of Grounded Symbolic Knowledge among Heterogeneous Robots
Zsolt Kira, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (5.0 MB)

Mission Specification and Control for Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles for Indoor Target Discovery and Tracking
P. Ulam, Z. Kira, R.C. Arkin, and T.R. Collins
pdf (3.0 MB)

A Design Process for Robot Capabilities and Missions Applied to Microautonomous Platforms
Z. Kira, R.C. Arkin, and T.R. Collins
pdf (1.2 MB)

Acting Deceptively: Providing Robots with the Capacity for Deception
A.R. Wagner and R.C. Arkin
pdf (554 KB)

Inter-Robot Transfer Learning for Perceptual Classification
Z. Kira
AAMAS Proceedings
pdf (954 KB)


2009

The Role of Trust and Relationships in Human-Robot Social Interaction
Alan R. Wagner, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (3.3 MB)

Transferring Embodied Concepts between Perceptually Heterogeneous Robots
Z. Kira
pdf (1.2 MB)

Lek Behavior as a Model for Multi-Robot Systems
B.A. Duncan, P.D. Ulam, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (8.6 MB)

Robot Deception: Recognizing when a Robot Should Deceive
A.R. Wagner and R.C. Arkin
pdf (106 KB)

An Ethical Adaptor: Behavioral Modification Derived from Moral Emotions
R.C. Arkin and P. Ulam
pdf (1.6 MB)

The Coordination of Deliberative Reasoning in a Mobile Robot
P. Ulam
pdf (159 KB)

Beyond Humanoid Emotions: Incorporating Traits, Attitudes and Moods
L. Moshkina and R.C. Arkin
pdf (179 KB)

Mapping Grounded Object Properties across Perceptually Heterogeneous Embodiments
Z. Kira
pdf (559 KB)

Accountable Autonomous Agents: The next level
R.C. Arkin
Position Paper for the DARPA Complete Intelligence Workshop.
pdf (111 KB)

Creating and Using Matrix Representations of Social Interaction
A.R. Wagner
pdf (298 KB)

Time-varying Affective Response for Humanoid Robots
L. Moshkina, R.C. Arkin, J.K. Lee, and H. Jung
pdf (372 KB)

Ethical Robots in Warfare
R.C. Arkin
pdf (142 KB)

An Ethical Governor for Constraining Lethal Action in an Autonomous System
R.C. Arkin, P. Ulam, and B. Duncan
pdf (873 KB)

Responsibility and Lethality for Unmanned Systems: Ethical Pre-mission Responsibility Advisement
R.C. Arkin, A.R. Wagner, and B. Duncan
pdf (580 KB)


2008

Countering Murphy's Law: The Use of Anticipation and Improvisation via an Episodic Memory in Support of Intelligent Robot Behavior
Yoichiro Endo, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (4.9 MB)

Lethality and Autonomous Systems: The Roboticist Demographic
L. Moshkina and R.C. Arkin
pdf (181 KB)

Illusion versus Reality in Companion Robots: A Reprise (EXTENDED ABSTRACT)
R.C. Arkin
pdf (92 KB)


2007

Lethality and Autonomous Systems: Survey Design and Results
L. Moshkina and R.C. Arkin
pdf (2.1 MB)

Acoustical Awareness for Intelligent Robotic Action
Eric Martinson, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (4.1 MB)

Biasing Behavioral Activation with Intent for an Entertainment Robot
P. Ulam and R. Arkin
pdf (685 KB)

Modeling Robot Differences by Leveraging a Physically Shared Context
Z. Kira and K. Long
pdf (153 KB)

Governing Lethal Behavior: Embedding Ethics in a Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Robot Architecture
R.C. Arkin
pdf (1.9 MB)
Derivative papers:
Part 1: Motivation and Philosophy [PDF]
Part 2: Formalization for Ethical Control [PDF]
Part 3: Representational and Architectural Considerations [PDF]

Modeling Cross-Sensory and Sensorimotor Correlations to Detect and Localize Faults in Mobile Robots
Z. Kira
pdf (199 KB)

Analyzing Social Situations for Human-Robot Interaction
A.R. Wagner and R.C. Arkin
pdf (535 KB)

Adaptive Teams of Autonomous Aerial and Ground Robots for Situational Awareness
M.A. Hsieh, A. Cowley, J.F. Keller, L. Chaimowicz, B. Grocholsky, V. Kumar, and C.J. Taylor; Y. Endo and R.C. Arkin; B. Jung, D.F. Wolf and G.S. Sukhatme; D.C. MacKenzie
This is a preprint of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Field Robotics, copyright 2007.
pdf (5.8 MB)

Anticipatory Robot Control for a Partially Observable Environment Using Episodic Memories
Y. Endo
pdf (367 KB)

Lethality and Autonomous Robots: An Ethical Stance
R.C. Arkin and L. Moshkina
pdf (117 KB)

On the Ethical Quandaries of a Practicing Roboticist: A first-hand look
R.C. Arkin
pdf (171 KB)

Robotic Discovery of the Auditory Scene
E. Martinson and A. Schultz
pdf (341 KB)

Multi-method Learning and Assimilation
S. Takamuku and R.C. Arkin
pdf (2.7 MB)


2006

An Integrative Framework for Time-Varying Affective Agent Behavior
L. Moshkina
pdf (107 KB)

Auditory Evidence Grids
E. Martinson and A. Schultz
pdf (456 KB)

Auditory Perspective Taking
E. Martinson and D. Brock
pdf (172 KB)

From Deliberative to Routine Behaviors: a Cognitively-inspired Action Selection Mechanism for Routine Behavior Capture
S. Chernova and R.C. Arkin
pdf (655 KB)

Integrated Mission Specification and Task Allocation for Robot Teams - Design and Implementation
P. Ulam, Y. Endo, A.R. Wagner, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (864 KB)

Integrated Mission Specification and Task Allocation for Robot Teams - Part 2: Testing and Evaluation
P. Ulam, Y. Endo, A.R/ Wagner, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (940 KB)

Behavioral Overlays for Non-Verbal Communication Expression on a Humanoid Robot [Autonomous Robots]
A.G. Brooks and R.C. Arkin
pdf (1.6 MB)

Biasing Behavioral Activation with Intent
P. Ulam and R.C. Arkin
pdf (1.6 MB)

A Framework for Situation-based Social Interaction
A.R. Wagner and R.C. Arkin
pdf (229 KB)

Applying Heuristic Evaluation to Human-Robot Interaction Systems
E. Clarkson and R.C. Arkin
pdf (130 KB)

Multi-robot User Interface Modeling
A.R. Wagner, Y. Endo, P. Ulam, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (175 KB)


2005

An Empirical Evaluation of Context-Sensitive Pose Estimators in an Urban Outdoor Environment
Y. Endo, P.D. Ulam, R.C. Arkin, T.R. Balch, and M.D. Powers
pdf (220 KB)

Usability Evaluation of an Automated Mission Repair Mechanism for Mobile Robot Mission Specification
L. Moshkina, Y. Endo, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (449 KB)

Anticipatory and Improvisational Robot via Recollection and Exploitation of Episodic Memories
Y. Endo
pdf (177 KB)

Spatio-Temporal Case-Based Reasoning for Efficient Reactive Robot Navigation
M. Likhachev, M. Kaess, Z. Kira, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (2.7 MB)

Behavior-Grounded Representation of Tool Affordances
A. Stoytchev
pdf (170 KB)


2004

Noise Maps for Acoustically Sensitive Navigation
E. Martinson, R.C. Arkin
pdf (1.6 MB)

Human Perspective on Affective Robotic Behavior: A Longitudinal Study
L. Moshkina, R.C. Arkin
pdf (148 KB)

Reactive Speed Control System Based on Terrain Roughness Detection
M. Castelnovi, R.C. Arkin, and T.R. Collins
pdf (3.7 MB)

Forgetting Bad Behavior: Memory Management for Case-Based Navigation
Z. Kira, R.C. Arkin
pdf (283 KB)

PDRRTs: Integrating Graph-Based and Cell-Based Planning
A. Ranganathan, S. Koenig
pdf (711 KB)

Metaphor of Politics: A Mechanism of Coalition Formation
R. Sorbello, A. Chella, and R.C. Arkin
pdf (906 KB)


2003

Design of an Agile Unmanned Combat Vehicle - A Product of the DARPA UGCV Program
L. Thornhill, A. Walls, R.C. Arkin, J. Beno, C. Bergh, D. Bresie, A. Giovannetti, B. Gothard, Larry Matthies, P. Nogueiro, J. Scanlon, R. Scott, M. Simon, W. Smith, and K. Waldron
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Niche Selection for Foraging Tasks in Multi-Robot Teams Using Reinforcement Learning
Patrick Ulam and Tucker Balch
pdf (188 KB)

Value-Based Communication Preservation for Mobile Robots
Matthew Powers and Tucker Balch
pdf (901 KB)

Multi-Robot Communication-Sensitive Reconnaissance
Alan R.Wagner and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (357 KB)

When Good Comms Go Bad: Communications Recovery For Multi-Robot Teams
Patrick Ulam and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (319 KB)

Towards Performance Guarantees For Emergent Behavior
Damian M. Lyons and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (302 KB)

Efficient Particle Filter-Based Tracking of Multiple Interacting Targets Using an MRF-based Motion Model
Z. Khan, T. Balch, and F. Dellaert
pdf (252 KB)

Intrinsic Localization and Mapping with 2 Applications: Diffusion Mapping and Marco Polo Localization
F. Dellaert, F. Alegre and E. Martinson
pdf (422 KB)

Marco Polo Localization
E. Martinson and F. Dellaert
pdf (111 KB)

Moving Up the Food Chain: Motivation and Emotion in Behavior-Based Robots
Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (965 KB)

Mobile Robots at Your Fingertip: Bezier Curve On-line Trajectory Generation for Supervisory Control
Jung-Hoon Hwang, Ronald C. Arkin, and Dong-Soo Kwon
pdf (386 KB)

On TAMEing Robots
Lilia Moshkina and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (70 KB)

Adaptive Multi-Robot Behavior via Learning Momentum
Brian Lee and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (533 KB)

A Reactive Robot Architecture with Planning on Demand
Ananth Ranganathan and Sven Koenig
pdf (786 KB)

Anticipatory Robot Navigation by Simultaneously Localizing and Building a Cognitive Map
Yoichiro Endo and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (248 KB)

Internalized Plans for Communication-Sensitive Robot Team Behaviors
Alan R.Wagner, Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (444 KB)

Proprioceptive Control for a Robotic Vehicle Over Geometric Obstacles
Kenneth J. Waldron, Ronald C. Arkin, Douglas Bakkum, Ernest Merrill, and Muhammad Abdallah
pdf (317 KB)

Compact Encoding of Robot-Generated 3D Maps for Efficient Wireless Transmission
Michael Kaess, Ronald C. Arkin, and Jarek Rossignac
pdf (545 KB)

Multistrategy Learning Methods for Multirobot Systems
Ronald C. Arkin, Yoichiro Endo, Brian Lee, Douglas C. MacKenzie, and Eric Martinson
pdf (305 KB)

Learning to Role-Switch in Multi-Robot Systems
Eric Martinson and Ronald C. Arkin
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2002

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: A Marsupial Team for Urban Search and Rescue
Frank Dellaert, Tucker Balch, Michael Kaess, Ram Ravichandran, Fernando Alegre, Marc Berhault, Robert McGuire, Ernest Merrill, Lilia Moshkina, and Daniel Walker
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Linear 2D Localization and Mapping for Single and Multiple Robots
F. Dellaert and A. Stroupe
pdf (225 KB)

Incremental Replanning for Mapping
Maxim Likhachev, and Sven Koenig
pdf (148 KB)

Robot Behavioral Selection Using Q-learning
Eric Martinson, Alexander Stoytchev, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (2.8 MB)

An Ethological and Emotional Basis for Human-Robot Interaction
Ronald C. Arkin, Masahiro Fujita, Tsuyoshi Takagi, Rika Hasegawa
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Usability Evaluation of High-Level User Assistance for Robot Mission Specification
Yoichiro Endo, Douglas C. MacKenzie, and Ronald C. Arkin
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Improved Fast Replanning for Robot Navigation in Unknown Terrain
Sven Koenig, and Maxim Likhachev
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2001

Distributed Sensor Fusion for Object Position Estimation by Multi-Robot Systems
Stroupe, A., Martin, M. and Balch, T.
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Selection of Behavioral Parameters: Integration of Discontinuous Switching via Case-Based Reasoning with Continuous Adaptation via Learning Momentum
J. Brian Lee, Maxim Likhachev, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (351 KB)

Learning Behavioral Parameterization Using Spatio-Temporal Case-Based Reasoning
Maxim Likhachev, Michael Kaess, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (891 KB)

Line-of-Sight Constrained Exploration for Reactive Multiagent Robotic Teams
Ronald C. Arkin and Jonathan Diaz
pdf (707 KB)

Local Navigation Strategies for a Team of Robots
Antonio Sgorbissa and Ronald C. Arkin
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Exploring Unknown Structured Environments
Jonathan F. Diaz, Alexander Stoychev, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (223 KB)

Ethological Modeling and Architecture for an Entertainment Robot
Ronald C. Arkin, Masahiro Fujita,Tsuyoshi Takagi, and Rika Hasegawa
pdf (204 KB)

Greedy Mapping of Terrain
Sven Koenig, Craig Tovey, William Halliburton
pdf (409 KB)

Probabilistic Planning for Behavior-Based Robotics
Sven Koenig, Amin Atrash
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2000

Implementing Tolman's Schematic Sowbug: Behavior-Based Robotics in the 1930's
Yoichiro Endo and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (892 KB)

Spatio-Temporal Case Based Reasoning for Behavioral Selection
Maxim Likhachev and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (862 KB)

Learning Momentum: Integration and Experimentation
J. Brian Lee and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (882 KB)

Combining Deliberation, Reactivity and Motivation in the Context of a Behavior-Based Robot Architecture
Alexander Stoytchev and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (805 KB)

Robotic Comfort Zones
Maxim Likhachev and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (730 KB)

Field Results for Tactical Mobile Robot Missions
Thomas R. Collins, Ronald C. Arkin, Michael J. Cramer, and Yoichiro Endo
pdf (667 KB)

Neuronal Networks Working at Multiple Temporal Scales as a Basis for Amphibia's Prey-Catching Behavior
Francisco Cervantes-Perez, Luis R. Flores-Castillo, Alfredo Weitzenfeld, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (394 KB)

Tactical Mobile Robot Mission Specification and Execution
Ronald C. Arkin, Thomas R. Collins, Yoichiro Endo
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Real-time Cooperative Behavior for Tactical Mobile Robot Teams; Skills Impact Study for Tactical Mobile Robot Operational Units
Georgia Tech College of Computing and Georgia Tech Research Institute
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1999

Using the Condensation Algorithm for Robust, Vision-based Mobile Robot Localization
F. Dellaert, W. Burgard, D. Fox, and S. Thrun
pdf (379 KB)

Monte Carlo Localization for Mobile Robots
F. Dellaert, D. Fox, W. Burgard, and S. Thrun
pdf (3.3 MB)

Reward and Diversity in Multirobot Foraging
Balch, T.R.
pdf (208 KB)

Multiagent Telerobotics: Matching Systems to Tasks
Khaled S. Ali, Ph.D. Dissertation
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Behavioral Models of the Praying Mantis as a Basis for Robotic Behavior
Ronald C. Arkin, Khaled S. Ali, Alfredo Weitzenfeld, and Francisco Cervantes-Perez
pdf (1.3 MB)

Behavior-based Formation Control for Multi-robot Teams
Tucker Balch and Ronald C. Arkin
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1998

Behavioral Diversity in Learning Robot Teams
Tucker Balch, Ph.D. Dissertation
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Implementing Schema-theoretic Models of Animal Behavior in Robotic Systems
Khaled S. Ali and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (860 KB)

Evaluating the Usability of Robot Programming Toolsets
Douglas C. MacKenzie and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (821 KB)

Igloos on the Equator - Position paper for AAAI Spring Symposium 98
Ronald C. Arkin
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Visualization of Multi-level Neural-based Robotic Systems
Alfredo Weitzenfeld, Ronald C. Arkin, Francisco Cervantes, and Jose F. Peniche
pdf (331 KB)

A Neural Schema Architecture for Autonomous Robots
Alfredo Weitzenfeld, Ronald C. Arkin, Francisco Cervantes, Roberto Olivares, and Fernando Corbacho
pdf (864 KB)


1997

Design and Implementation of a Teleautonomous Hummer
Darrin C. Bentivegna, Khaled S. Ali, Ronald C. Arkin, and Tucker Balch
pdf (740 KB)

Ecological Robotics: A Schema-theoretic Approach
Ronald C. Arkin, Francisco Cervantes-Perez and Alfredo Weitzenfeld
pdf (491 KB)

Integrating RL and Behavior-based Control for Soccer
Tucker Balch
pdf (313 KB)

Multiagent Teleautonomous Behavioral Control
Khaled Ali and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (761 KB)

Learning of Parameter-Adaptive Reactive Controllers for Robotic Navigation
Juan Carlos Santamaria and Ashwin Ram
pdf (238 KB)

A New Heuristic Approach for Dual Control
Juan Carlos Santamaria and Ashwin Ram
pdf (263 KB)

Design Methodology for the Configuration of Behavior-Based Robots
Douglas C. Mackenzie, Ph.D. Dissertation
pdf (4.2 MB)

Cooperative Multiagent Robotic Systems
Ronald C. Arkin and Tucker Balch
pdf (813 KB)

Multiagent Mission Specification and Execution
Doug MacKenzie, Ronald C. Arkin, and Jonathan Cameron
pdf (1.8 MB)

AuRA: Principles and Practice in Review
Ronald C. Arkin and Tucker Balch
pdf (419 KB)

Learning Roles: Behavioral Diversity in Robot Teams
Tucker Balch
pdf (174 KB)

Social Entropy: a New Metric for Learning Multi-robot Teams
Tucker Balch
pdf (196 KB)

Model-Based Reconfiguration of Schema-Based Reactive Control Architectures
Ashok Goel, Eleni Stroulia, Zhong Chen, and Paul Rowland
pdf (151 KB)

The Development of a Shared Interdisciplinary Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory
Ronald C. Arkin, Kok-Meng Lee, Leon F. McGinnis, and Chen Zhou
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1996

Experiments with Reinforcement Learning in Problems with Continuous State and Action Spaces
Juan Carlos Santamaria, Richard S. Sutton, and Ashwin Ram
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Behavior-Based Mobile Manipulation for Drum Sampling
Doug MacKenzie and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (1.9 MB)


1995

Development of Visual Tracking Algorithms for an Autonomous Helicopter
David E. Cardoze and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (1002 KB)

Intelligent Robotic Systems - Editorial Introduction
Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (103 KB)

Io, Ganymede and Callisto - a Multiagent Robot Janitorial Team
Doug MacKenzie and Juan Carlos Santamaria
pdf (475 KB)

Just What is a Robot Architecture Anyway? Turing Equivalence versus Organizing Principles
Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (103 KB)

Model-Based Echolocation of Environmental Objects
Juan Carlos Santamaria and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (259 KB)

Motor Schema-based Formation Control for Multiagent Robot Teams
Tucker Balch and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (175 KB)

Reactive Robotic Systems
Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (85 KB)

Specification and Execution of Multiagent Missions
Doug MacKenzie, Jonathan Cameron, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (1.2 MB)

Structured Light System for Dent Recognition: Lessons Learned
Juan Carlos Santamaria and Ronald C. Arkin
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1994

Planning to Behave: A Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Robot Control Architecture for Mobile Manipulation
Ronald C. Arkin and Douglas C. Mackenzie
pdf (178 KB)

Communication in Reactive Multiagent Robotic Systems
Tucker Balch and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (1.9 MB)

Dynamic Scheduling for Obstacle Avoidance in Mobile Robots
Tucker Balch, Harold Forbes and Karsten Schwan
pdf (228 KB)

Narrow Aisle Mobile Robot Navigation in Hazardous Environments
Thomas Collins, Andrew Henshaw, Ronald C. Arkin, and William Wester
pdf (96 KB)

Using Genetic Algorithms to Learn Reactive Control Parameters for Autonomous Robotic Navigation
Ashwin Ram, Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (330 KB)

Integration of Reactive and Telerobotic Control in Multi-Agent Robotic Systems
Ronald C. Arkin and Khaled S. Ali
pdf (203 KB)

Integration of Reactive Navigation with a Flexible Parallel Hardware Architecture
Thomas R. Collins, Ronald C. Arkin and Andrew M. Henshaw
pdf (102 KB)

Temporal Coordination of Perceptual Algorithms for Mobile Robot Navigation
Arkin, R.C. and MacKenzie, D.
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1993

Avoiding the Past: A Simple but Effective Strategy for Reactive Navigation
Tucker Balch and Ronald C. Arkin
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Buzz, An Instantiation of a schema-based reactive robotic system
Arkin, R.C., Balch, T., Collins, T., Henshaw, A., MacKenzie, D., Nitz, E., Rodriguez, R., and Ward, K.
pdf (155 KB)

Making a Clean Sweep: Behavior-based Vacuuming
MacKenzie, D. and Balch, T
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Knowledge Compilation and Speedup Learning in Continuous Task Domains
Juan Carlos Santamaria and Ashwin Ram
pdf (77 KB)

A Multistrategy Case-Based and Reinforcement Learning Approach to Self-Improving Reactive Control Systems for Autonomous Robotic Navigation
Ashwin Ram and Juan Carlos Santamaria
pdf (475 KB)

Multistrategy Learning in Reactive Control Systems for Autonomous Robotic Navigation
Ashwin Ram and Juan Carlos Santamaria
pdf (455 KB)

Reactive Control of a Mobile Manipulator Using Pseudo-joint Damping
Keith R. Ward and Ronald C. Arkin
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Communication of Behavioral State in Multi-Agent Retrieval Tasks
Arkin, R.C., Balch, T., and Nitz, E.
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Reactive Control for Mobile Manipulation
Cameron, J.M., MacKenzie, D.C., Ward, K.R., Arkin, R.C., and Book, W.J.
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Active Avoidance: Escape and Dodging Behaviors for Reactive Control
Ronald C. Arkin, William M. Carter, and Douglas C. Mackenzie
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Survivable Robotic Systems: Reactive and Homeostatic Control
Ronald C. Arkin
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Homeostatic Control for a Mobile Robot: Dynamic Replanning in Hazardous Environments
Ronald C. Arkin
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Formal Specification for Behavior-Based Mobile Robots
Douglas C. MacKenzie and Ronald C. Arkin
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Modeling Neural Function at the Schema Level: Implications and Results for Robotic Control
Ronald C. Arkin
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1992

Case-Based Reactive Navigation: A case-based method for on-line selection and adaptation of reactive control parameters in autonomous robotics systems
Ashwin Ram, Ronald C. Arkin, Kenneth Moorman, and Russell J. Clark
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Learning Momentum: On-line Performance Enhancement for Reactive Systems
Rusell J. Clark, and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (168 KB)

The Learning of Reactive control Parameters through Genetic Algorithms
Michael Pearce, Ronald C. Arkin, and Ashwin Ram
pdf (178 KB)

A Case-Based Approach to Reactive Control for Autonomous Robots
Kenneth Moorman and Ashwin Ram
pdf (208 KB)

Integrated Control for Mobile Manipulation for Intelligent Materials Handling
R.C. Arkin, W.J. Book, D.T. Lawton, G. Vachtsevanos, D.C. MacKenzie, S. Arya, J. Cameron, W. Gardner, V. Ramanathan, C. Son, and K.R. Ward
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SFX: An Architecture For Action-oriented Sensor Fusion
Murphy, R.R. and Arkin, R.C.
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Cooperation without Communication: Multiagent Schema-Based Robot Navigation
Ronald C. Arkin
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Behavior-Based Robot Navigation for Extended Domains
Ronald C. Arkin
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Autonomous Helicopter Position Determination Using an On-Board Integrated Vision System
Douglas C. MacKenzie and Ronald C. Arkin
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Dimensions of Communication and Social Organization in Multi-agent Robotic Systems
Ronald C. Arkin and J. David Hobbs
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1991

The Multiple Dimensions of Action-Oriented Robotic. Perception: Fission, Fusion, and Fashion
Ronald C. Arkin
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Perceptual Support for Ballistic Motion in Docking for a Mobile Robot
Douglas C. MacKenzie and Ronald C. Arkin
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Reactive Control as a Substrate for Telerobotic Systems
Ronald C. Arkin
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Visual Interaction in Diagnostic Radiology
Rogers, E., Arkin, R.C., and Baron, M.
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Visual Interaction: A Link Between Perception and Problem Solving
Rogers, E. and Arkin, R.C.
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Spatial Uncertainty Management for a Mobile Robot
Ronald C. Arkin
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Survival of Falling Robots
Jonathan M. Cameron and Ronald C. Arkin
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1990

Autonomous Navigation in a Manufacturing Environment
Ronald C. Arkin and Robin R. Murphy
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The Impact of Cybernetics on the Design of a Mobile Robotic System: A Case Study
Ronald C. Arkin
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Visual Protocol Collection for the Enhancement of the Radiological Diagnostic Process
Rogers, E., Arkin, R.C., Baron, M., Ezquerra, N., Garcia, E
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Reactive Inclinometer-based Mobile Robot Navigation
Arkin, R.C. and Gardner, W.F.
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Adaptive Tracking for a Mobile Robot
Murphy, R.R. and Arkin, R.C.
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Qualitative Fault Propagation in Complex Systems
Arkin, R.C. and Vachtsevanos, G.
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Qualitative Spatial Understanding and Reactive Control for Autonomous Robots
Lawton, D.T., Arkin, R.C., and Cameron, J.M.
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Reactive Behavioral Support for Qualitative Visual Navigation
Arkin, R.C. and Lawton, D.T.
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3D Navigational Path Planning
T.M. Rao and Ronald C. Arkin
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Integrating Behavioral, Perceptual, and World Knowledge in Reactive Navigation
Ronald C. Arkin
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Techniques for Robot Survivability
Ronald C. Arkin and George Vachtsevanos
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1989

Towards the Unification of Navigational Planning and Reactive Control
Ronald C. Arkin
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Workstation Recognition using a Constrained Edge Based Hough Transform for Mobile Robot Navigation
David L. Vaughn and Ronald C. Arkin
pdf (676 KB)

Dynamic Replanning for a Mobile Robot Based on Internal Sensing
Ronald C. Arkin
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Mobile Robot Docking Operations in a Manufacturing Environment: Progress in Visual Perceptual Strategies
Arkin, R.C., Murphy, R., Pearson, M., Vaughn, D.
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3D Path Planning for Flying/Crawling Robots
T.M. Rao and Ronald C. Arkin
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Motor Schema-Based Mobile Robot Navigation
Ronald C. Arkin
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Navigational Path Planning for a Vision-Based Mobile Robot
Ronald C. Arkin
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Three-dimensional Motor Schema Based Navigation
Ronald C. Arkin
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Neuroscience in Motion: The Application of Schema Theory to Mobile Robotics
Ronald C. Arkin
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1988

Intelligent Mobile Robots in the Workplace: Leaving the Guide Behind
Ronald C. Arkin
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Homeostatic Control for a Mobile Robot: Dynamic Replanning in Hazardous Environments
Ronald C. Arkin
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Spatial Uncertainty Management for a Mobile Robot and its Role in Expectation-Based Perception
Ronald C. Arkin
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1987

Towards Cosmopolitan Robots: Intelligent Navigation in Extended Man-made Environments
Ronald C. Arkin, Ph.D. Dissertation
        Front Matter
        Chapter 1
        Chapter 2
        Chapter 3
        Chapter 4
        Chapter 5
        Chapter 6
        Chapter 7
        Chapter 8
        Chapter 9
        Appendices
        Bibliography

Motor Schema Based Navigation for a Mobile Robot: An Approach to Programming by Behavior
Ronald C. Arkin
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AuRA: An Architecture for Vision-Based Robot Navigation
Ronald C. Arkin, Edward M. Riseman, and Allen R. Hanson
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Visual Depth Recovery for Obstacle Avoidance in a Mobile Robot
Seraj Bharwani, Ronald C. Arkin, Edward Riseman, and Allen Hanson
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Visual Strategies for Mobile Robot Navigation
Ronald C. Arkin, Edward Riseman, and Allen Hanson
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Reactive/Reflexive Navigation for an Autonomous Vehicle
Ronald C. Arkin
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1986

Path Planning for a Vision-Based Autonomous Robot
Ronald C. Arkin
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