Papers,Theses and Dissertations

2009

 Dissertations

 Theses

 1. "Investment Appraisal of Robotic Systems," by Sohan Majahan resolveuid/df923ff446370131da1e912741c23b92

 Papers

1. "Architectures for Intelligent Robots in the Age of Exploitation," by E. L. Hall, S. M. Alhaj Ali*, M. Ghaffari, X. Liao, , S. Sarkar, K. Mathur and S. Tennety, SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision resolveuid/bed1d9e1d6e7fd936eb58905a5fd0ad8

2. "Support Vector Machines Based Path Planning in an Unknown Environment," by Srinivas Tennety, Saurabh Sarkar, Ernest Hall and Manish Kumar, DSCC Symposium.

2008

 Dissertations

1. "Transition in Multiagent Organizations," by Eric Matson, CS Department

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 Theses

 1. "Simulation of IGVC using Player/Stage." by Srinivas Tennety resolveuid/afa2c59cf6a4438582cf6eb12598b914

 Papers

1. "Mobile Robot Path Planning using Support Vector Machines," by Saurabh Sarkar, Ernest Hall and Manish Kumar, DSCC resolveuid/a83d8026aad3669a1bb13f4c83304fb5

2007

 Thesis

1. "Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance in Mobile Robots," Thesis by Saurabh Sarkar

2. "A Heuristic Flight Path Planner for a Small AGV," by Manohar Balapa resolveuid/1680646ecda238eaf8a6e24791127612

Papers

1. "Eclectic Theory of Intelligent Robots," by E.L. Hall, M. Ghaffari, X. Liao, S.M. ALhaj Ali, S. Sarkar, S. Reynolds and K. Mathur

2. "Forecasting the Jordanian Stock Market Prices Using Artificial Neural Networks," by A.A. Abu Ahmad, S.M. Alhaj Ali, and E.L. Hall

3. "Virtual Force Field Based Obstacle Avoidance and Agent Based Intelligent Mobile Robot Field," by S. Sarkar, S. Reynolds and E.L. Hall

4. Creative Learning for Intelligent Robots by X. Liao and E.L. Hall

2006

Dissertations

 1. "Perception Based Control for Intelligent Systems," by Masoud Ghaffari resolveuid/59b5c71a09c6f6bbf1fc9328f1a86bdc

Papers

1. "A comparison of single and multiple image stereo for real-time robot guidance", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIV: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 6384, Boston, 2006
   by Ernest Hall, Donald Rosselot, Mark Aull and Manohar Balapa

2. "Intelligent Robot Control using an Adaptive Critic with a Task Control Center and Dynamic Database","Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXIV: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 6384, Boston, 2006
   by Ernest Hall, Masoud Ghaffari, Sherry Liao, and Souma Alhaj Ali

2005

1. "Design of the Bearcat Cub for the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition 2005 ", TARDEC's National Automotive Center and Vetronics Intelligent Systems, Technical Review, Intelligent Vehicle Systems Edition 2005, pp. 246- 251
   by Ernest L. Hall, Masoud Ghaffari, Justin Gaylor, Mei Long, Steve Climer, Robert Gilliland and Rayjan Wilson

2. "Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 15, ANNIE 2005. , pp. 42 -49
   by Masoud Ghaffari, Ernest L. Hall

3. "The XH-map algorithm: A method to process stereo video to produce a real-time obstacle map. ", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 6006, 24
   by Donald Rosselot and Ernest L. Hall

4. "Designing and simulation a motion Controller for a Wheeled Mobile Robot Autonomous Navigation", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 6006
   by Souma M. Alhaj Ali and Ernest L. Hall

5. "Intelligent robots that adapt, learn, and predict ", Proc. of SPIE Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXI: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, Vol. 6006, 02
   by Ernest L. Hall, X. Liao, Masoud Ghaffari, , and S. M. Alhaj Ali

Dissertation

1. Creative Learning for Intelligent Robots "
   by Sherry Liao

Theses

1. Simulation Modeling of Warehouse Environment utilizing AGVS Material Handling Systems
   by Ameya Shrivastava

2. Building and Implementing an Inventory Database Model using Microsoft Access Database and C# Programming Language
   by Arunkumar Chandrasekaran

3. Processing real-time stereo video in disparity space for obstacle mapping
   by Donald W. Rosselot

2004

1. "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

2. "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

3. "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

4. "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

5. "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

6. "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

7. "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

8. "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

9. "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

10. "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

Dissertation

2003

1. “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

2. "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

3. "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

4. "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

5. "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

6. "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

7. "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

8. "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

Dissertation

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

Theses

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

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

3. Obstacle Avoidance in Unstructured Environment for the Bearcat
   by Vidyasagar Murty

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

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

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

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

2002

1. Global-Local Navigation Using a GPS
   by Maurice Tedder, Peter Cao, Brandon P. Grote and Ernie Hall, ANNIE 02

2. Beyond Adaptive Critic - Creative Learning For Intelligent Autonomous Mobile Robots
   by Sherry Liao and Ernie Hall, ANNIE 02

3. Technologies for autonomous operation in unstructured environments by Souma M. Alhaj Ali and Ernie Hall, ANNIE 02

Theses

1. Comparison of three obstacle avoidance methods for an autonomous guided vehicle
   Thesis by Sachin Modi

2. Study and Implementation of ‘Follow the Leader’ Thesis by Pravin Chandak

2001

1. Omni-vision based autonomous mobile robotic platform
   Zuoliang Cao, Jun Hu, Jin Cao and Ernest L. Hall
    

2. Intelligent Robot Trends and Predictions for the .Net Future
   Ernest L. Hall
    

3. Symbolic Processing Methods for 3D Visual Processing
   Maurice Tedder and Ernest L. Hall
    

4. An Application of GPS Systems on A Mobile Robot
   Peter Cao, Mayank Saxena, Maurice Tedder, Steve Michalske and Ernest L. Hall
    

5. A Comparison of Compensation Methods for a Rotating Sonar Sensor
   Pravind Chandak, Peter Cao, and Ernest L. Hall
    

6. A Comparison of Three Obstacle Avoidance Methods for a Mobile Robot
   Sachin Modi, Pravin Chandak, Vidya Sagar Murty and Ernest L. Hall
    

7. Beyond Adaptive Critic- Creative Learning for Intelligent Mobile Robots
   Xiaoqun Liao, Peter Cao, and Ernest Hall
    

8. Design of a linear Fresnel lens system for solar photovoltaic electrical power source
   Sivamoorthy Shanmugam

Theses

1. Sonar Based Navigation: Follow The Leader Solution for Bearcat III
   Thesis by Aravind Muralidharan

2. Development of an Online Catalog system for an Autonomous Guided Vehicle using XML and Java
   Thesis Rahul Gurudatt Dhareshwar

3. Detection and Avoidance of Simulated Potholes in Autonomous Vehicle navigation in an Unstructured Environment
   Thesis by Jai Karuppuswamy

4. Obstacle Avoidance using Laser Scanner for Bearcat III
   Thesis by Mayank Saxena

5. Designing and optimal supply chain for a fast growing specialty retail chain
   Thesis by Krishna Srinivasan

6. Failure Mode Analysis of an Autonomous Guided Robot using JDBC
   Thesis by Vishnuvardhanaraj Selvaraj

7. Data Mart for an Autonomous Guided Vehicle Using Code Fusion Thesis by Ramya Ravindran

1999

1. Steering of an Automated Vehicle in an Unstructured Environment
   Sampath Kanakaraju, Sathish Shanmugasundaram, Ramesh Thyagarajan and
   Ernest L. Hall

2. Reactive Navigation for Autonomous Guided Vehicle using the Neuro Fuzzy Technique
   Jin Cao, Xiaoqun Liao and Ernest Hall

3. Motion Control Design of the Bearcat II Mobile Robot
   Peter Cao, Xiaoqun Liao and Ernest Hall
   

4. A Probabilistic Model for AGV Mobile Robot Ultrasonic Sensor
   Xiaoqun Liao, Peter Cao, Jin Cao and Ernest L. Hall

5. Leader following using Omni Directional Vision
   T. Nathan Mundhenk, Ernest L. Hall
   

6. Intelligent Robot Trends and Predictions for the New Millennium
   Ernest L. Hall and T. Nathan Mundhenk

Theses

1. Vision Techniques and Autonomous Navigation for an Unmanned Mobile Robot
   Thesis by Jin Cao

2. Motion Control Systems Development for Bearcat II
   Thesis by Peter M. Cao

3. Control System Design of a Autonomous Mobile Robot
   Thesis by Sathish K. Shanmugasundaram

4. eDesigning Automate Guided Vehicle
   Thesis by Karthik Kumaraguru

5. THE IMPROVEMENT OF ROBOTIC PATHWAY NAVIGATION AND OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE BY SIMULATION AND STRATEGIC GENETIC ALGORITHMIC MANIPULATION
   Thesis by Chris Deters

6. Four Point Calibration and a Comparison of Optical Modeling and Neural Networks for Robot Guidance Thesis by Sameer Parasinis

1998

1. Intelligent Robot Trends for 1998
   Ernest L. Hall
   

2. Design Development of Steering and Speed Control for an Intelligent Mobile Robot
   Kalyan Chakravathi Kolli, Krishnamohan Kola, and Ernest L. Hall

3. Fuzzy Logic Control for an Automated Guided Vehicle
   Ming Cao and Ernest L Hall

4. Mobile Robot Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance
   Jin Cao, Wen-chuan Chiang and Ernest L. Hall
   

5. Expert system approach to design an Automated guided Vehicle Karthikeyan Kumaraguru and Ernest L. Hall

6. Path Planning for Mobile Robot Navigation Using Sonar Map and Neural Network
   Wen-chuan Chiang, Dhyana Chandra Ramamurthy, T. Nathan Mundhenk and Ernest L. Hall

7. Range Detection for AGV Using a Rotating Sonar Sensor
   Wen-chuan Chiang, Dhyana Chandra Ramamurthy, T. Nathan Mundhenk
   and Ernest L. Hall

8. A Comparison of Optical Modeling and Neural Networks for Robot Guidance
   Sameer Parasnis, Sasanka Velidandla, Ernest Hall, and Sam Anand

These 

1. Development of a Fuzzy Logic Speed and Steering Control System For an
   Autonomous Vehicle
   Thesis by Scott Pawlikowski

2. Motion Design in for Bearcat I
   Thesis by Krishnamohan Kola

3. Steering Control System Design and Analysis for an Unmanned Autonomous Mobile Robot Thesis by Kalyan Chakravarthi Kolli

1997

1. Design of a Mobile Robot for the 1997 AUVS Competition

2. Obstacle Avoidance System with Sonar Sensor and Fuzzy Logic
   Wen-chuan Chiang, Nikhil Kelkar and Ernest L. Hall

3. Speed Control for a Mobile Robot
   Kaylan Kolli, Sreeram Mallikarjun, Krishnamohan Kola and Ernest L. Hall
   

4. A Probabilistic Model for AGV Mobile Robot Ultrasonic Sensor
   Xiaoqun Liao, Ming Cao, Jin Cao and Ernest L. Hall

5. Steering Control for a Mobile Robot
   Kalyan Kolli and Ernest L. Hall
   

6. Remote Controlled, Vision Guided, Mobile Robot System
   Raymond Ande, Tayib Samu and E.L. Hall

7. Intelligent Robot Trends for Factory Automation Ernest L. Hall

Theses

1. Vision System for a line following Unmanned Autonomous Mobile Robot
   Thesis by Tayibu Samu

2. A Fault Diagnostic System for an Unmanned Autonomous Mobile Robot
   Thesis by Umesh B. Nikam

3. A Fuzzy Controller for Three Dimensional Line Following of an Unmanned Autonomous Mobile Robot Thesis by Nikhil D Kelkar

 Theses 

Perception-based Control for Intelligent Systems by Masoud Ghaffari