2022

PDF thumbnail Non-parametric Models for Long-term Autonomy
University of Michigan
Acshi Haggenmiller

PDF thumbnail Monte-Carlo Policy-Tree Decision Making
University of Michigan APRIL Laboratory
Acshi Haggenmiller and Edwin Olson

2021

PDF thumbnail Decentralized Multi-Policy Decision Making for Communication Constrained Multi-Robot Coordination (Preprint)
Preprint
Maximilian Krogius and Acshi Haggenmiller and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Evolving Policy Sets for Multi-Policy Decision Making (Preprint)
Preprint
Maximilian Krogius and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail AXLE: Computationally-efficient trajectory smoothing using factor graph chains
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Edwin Olson

2020

PDF thumbnail The Masked Mapper: Masked Metric Mapping
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Acshi Haggenmiller and Cameron Kabacinski and Maximilian Krogius and Edwin Olson

2019

PDF thumbnail Flexible Layouts for Fiducial Tags
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Maximilian Krogius and Acshi Haggenmiller and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Probabilistic Multi-Robot Search for an Adversarial Target
University of Michigan APRIL Laboratory
Ryan J. Marcotte and Acshi Haggenmiller and Gonzalo Ferrer and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Adaptive Communication for Mobile Multi-Robot Systems
University of Michigan
Ryan J. Marcotte

PDF thumbnail High Availability Mapping and Localization
University of Michigan
Xipeng Wang

PDF thumbnail Non-parametric Error Modeling for Ultra-wideband Localization Networks
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Acshi Haggenmiller and Maximilian Krogius and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Optimizing Multi-Robot Communication under Bandwidth Constraints
Autonomous Robots
Ryan J. Marcotte and Xipeng Wang and Dhanvin Mehta and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail GLFP: Global Localization from a Floor Plan
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Xipeng Wang and Ryan J. Marcotte and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail MPDM: Multi-policy Decision-Making from Autonomous Driving to Social Robot Navigation
Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences
Alex Cunningham and Enric Galceran and Dhanvin Mehta and Gonzalo Ferrer and Ryan Eustice and Edwin Olson

2018

PDF thumbnail Multi-Policy Decision Making for Reliable Navigation in Dynamic Uncertain Environments
University of Michigan
Dhanvin Mehta

PDF thumbnail AprilSAM: Real-time Smoothing and Mapping
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Xipeng Wang and Ryan Marcotte and Gonzalo Ferrer and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Backprop-MPDM: Faster risk-aware policy evaluation through efficient gradient optimization
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Dhanvin Mehta and Gonzalo Ferrer and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail HoverBots: Embracing and Detecting Collisions Using Robots Designed for Manufacturability
ICRA 2018 Workshop: Swarms: From Biology to Robotics and Back
Markus P. Nemitz and Edwin Olson and Adam A. Stokes

PDF thumbnail Multi-Functional Sensing for Swarm Robots Using Time Sequence Classification: HoverBot, an Example
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Markus P. Nemitz and Ryan J. Marcotte and Mohammed E. Sayed and Gonzalo Ferrer and Alfred O. Hero and Edwin Olson and Adam A. Stokes

PDF thumbnail Policy-Based Planning for Robust Robot Navigation
University of Michigan
Robert Goeddel

2017

PDF thumbnail HoverBots: Precise Locomotion Using Robots That Are Designed for Manufacturability
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Markus P. Nemitz and Mohammed E. Sayed and John Mamish and Gonzalo Ferrer and Lijun Teng and Ross M. McKenzie and Alfred O. Hero and Edwin Olson and Adam A. Stokes

PDF thumbnail Multipolicy decision-making for autonomous driving via changepoint-based behavior prediction: Theory and experiment
Autonomous Robots
Enric Galceran and Alexander G. Cunningham and Ryan M. Eustice and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail AprilFEC: Real-Time Channel Estimation and Adaptive Forward Error Correction
Proceedings of the RSS Workshop on Robot Communication in the Wild
Ryan J. Marcotte and Xipeng Wang and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Fast discovery of influential outcomes for risk-aware MPDM
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Dhanvin Mehta and Gonzalo Ferrer and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail FLAG: Feature-based Localization between Air and Ground
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Xipeng Wang and Steve Vozar and Edwin Olson

2016

PDF thumbnail FLAT2D: Fast Localization from Approximate Transformation into 2D
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Robert Goeddel and Carl Kershaw and Jacopo Serafin and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Autonomous Navigation in Dynamic Social Environments using Multi-Policy Decision Making
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Dhanvin Mehta and Gonzalo Ferrer and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Learning Semantic Place Labels from Occupancy Grids using CNNs
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Robert Goeddel and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail AprilTag 2: Efficient and robust fiducial detection
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
John Wang and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Adaptive forward error correction with adjustable-latency QoS for robotic networks
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Ryan Marcotte and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Preliminary Observations from Robot-Enabled Surface Methane Concentration Monitoring at a MSW Landfill
Geo-Chicago 2016
Julie Bateman and Dimitrios Zekkos and Edwin Olson and Sean M. Messenger and Carl Kershaw and Xunchang Fei and Jerry Lynch

PDF thumbnail Non-parametric Models of Distortion in Imaging Systems
University of Michigan
Pradeep Ranganathan

2015

PDF thumbnail The Federal Railroad Administration's Automated Grade Crossing Survey System
Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA)
Soheil Saadat and Tarek Omar and Edwin Olson and Pradeep Ranganathan

PDF thumbnail Maximum Likelihood Tracking of a Personal Dead-Reckoning System
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Surat Kwanmuang and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail TailoredBRIEF: Online Per-Feature Descriptor Customization
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Andrew Richardson and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Augmented vehicle tracking under occlusions for decision-making in autonomous driving
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Enric Galceran and Edwin Olson and Ryan M. Eustice

PDF thumbnail High-Performance Inertial Measurements Using a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Gyroscopes (RAIG)
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI)
John Wang and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Multipolicy Decision-Making for Autonomous Driving via Changepoint-based Behavior Prediction
Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
Enric Galceran and Alexander G. Cunningham and Ryan M. Eustice and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail M3RSM: Many-to-Many Multi-Resolution Scan Matching
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail MPDM: Multipolicy Decision-Making in Dynamic, Uncertain Environments for Autonomous Driving
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Alexander G. Cunningham and Enric Galceran and Ryan M. Eustice and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Toward integrated motion planning and control using potential fields and torque-based steering actuation for autonomous driving
Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium
Enric Galceran and Ryan M. Eustice and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail FILTERING AND TRACKING FOR A PEDESTRIAN DEAD-RECKONING SYSTEM
University of Michigan
Surat Kwanmuang

PDF thumbnail Online mapping and perception algorithms for multi-robot teams operating in urban environments
University of Michigan
Johannes Strom

PDF thumbnail Learning and Searching Methods for Robust, Real-Time Visual Odometry
University of Michigan
Andrew Richardson

2014

PDF thumbnail Locally-weighted Homographies for Calibration of Imaging Systems
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Pradeep Ranganathan and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail PAS: Visual Odometry with Perspective Alignment Search
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Andrew Richardson and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Robust Pose Graph Optimization Using Stochastic Gradient Descent
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
John Wang and Edwin Olson

2013

PDF thumbnail AprilCal: Assisted and repeatable camera calibration
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Andrew Richardson and Johannes Strom and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Predicting Object Functionality Using Physical Simulations
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Lauren Hinkle and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Robust Sensor Characterization via Max-Mixture Models: GPS Sensors
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Ryan Morton and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Inferring Categories to Accelerate the Learning of New Classes
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Robert Goeddel and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Inference on networks of mixtures for robust robot mapping
International Journal of Robotics Research
Edwin Olson and Pratik Agarwal

PDF thumbnail Learning Convolutional Filters for Interest Point Detection
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Andrew Richardson and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Exploration and Mapping with Autonomous Robot Teams
Communications of the ACM
Edwin Olson and Johannes Strom and Robert Goeddel and Ryan Morton and Pradeep Ranganathan and Andrew Richardson

2012

PDF thumbnail Multi-sensor ATTenuation Estimation (MATTE): Signal-strength prediction for teams of robots
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Johannes Strom and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Variable reordering strategies for SLAM
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Pratik Agarwal and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail DART: A Particle-based Method for Generating Easy-to-Follow Directions
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Robert Goeddel and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail IPJC: The Incremental Posterior Joint Compatibility Test for Fast Feature Cloud Matching
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Edwin Olson and Yangming Li

PDF thumbnail Gaussian Process for Lens Distortion Modeling
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Pradeep Ranganathan and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Progress towards multi-robot reconnaissance and the MAGIC 2010 Competition
Journal of Field Robotics
Edwin Olson and Johannes Strom and Ryan Morton and Andrew Richardson and Pradeep Ranganathan and Robert Goeddel and Mihai Bulic and Jacob Crossman and Bob Marinier

PDF thumbnail Inference on networks of mixtures for robust robot mapping
Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
Edwin Olson and Pratik Agarwal

PDF thumbnail A Hands-Off, Multi-Robot Display for Communicating Situation Awareness to Operators
Proceedings of the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems
Jacob Crossman and Robert Marinier and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Robot Localization Using Overhead Camera and LEDs
FLAIRS Conference
Emmanuel Johnson and Edwin Olson and Chutima Boonthum-Denecke

2011

PDF thumbnail Iterative Path Optimization for Practical Robot Planning
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Andrew Richardson and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Occupancy Grid Rasterization in Large Environments for Teams of Robots
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Johannes Strom and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Positive and Negative Obstacle Detection using the HLD Classifier
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Ryan D. Morton and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail AprilTag: A robust and flexible visual fiducial system
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail On computing the average orientation of vectors and lines
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Structure Tensors for General Purpose LIDAR Feature Extraction
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Yangming Li and Edwin Olson

2010

PDF thumbnail A General Purpose Feature Extractor for Light Detection and Ranging Data
Sensors
Yangming Li and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Coordinating a Team of Robots for Urban Reconnaisance
Proceedings of the Land Warfare Conference (LWC)
Pradeep Ranganathan and Ryan Morton and Andrew Richardson and Johannes Strom and Robert Goeddel and Mihai Bulic and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail A High-rate, Heterogeneous Data Set from the DARPA Urban Challenge
International Journal of Robotics Research
Albert S. Huang and Matthew Antone and Edwin Olson and Luke Fletcher and David Moore and Seth Teller and John Leonard

PDF thumbnail Graph-based Segmentation for Colored 3D Laser Point Clouds
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Johannes Strom and Andrew Richardson and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Automated Safety Inspection of Grade Crossings
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Pradeep Ranganathan and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail A Passive Solution to the Sensor Synchronization Problem
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail LCM: Lightweight Communications and Marshalling
Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Albert Huang and Edwin Olson and David Moore

PDF thumbnail Extracting general-purpose features from LIDAR data
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Yangming Li and Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail AprilTag: A robust and flexible multi-purpose fiducial system
University of Michigan APRIL Laboratory
Edwin Olson

2009

PDF thumbnail Recognizing Places using Spectrally Clustered Local Matches
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Real-Time Correlative Scan Matching
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Evaluating the Performance of Map Optimization Algorithms
RSS Workshop on Good Experimental Methodology in Robotics
Edwin Olson and Michael Kaess

PDF thumbnail Simultaneous Local and Global State Estimation for Robotic Navigation
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
David C. Moore and Albert S. Huang and Matthew Walter and Edwin Olson and Luke Fletcher and John Leonard and Seth Teller

PDF thumbnail Finding multiple lanes in urban road networks with vision and lidar
Autonomous Robots
Albert Huang and David Moore and Matthew Antone and Edwin Olson and Seth Teller

PDF thumbnail A Perception-Driven Autonomous Urban Vehicle
The DARPA Urban Challenge
John Leonard and Jonathan How and Seth Teller and Mitch Berger and Stefan Campbell and Gaston Fiore and Luke Fletcher and Emilio Frazzoli and Albert Huang and Sertac Karaman and Olivier Koch and Yoshiaki Kuwata and David Moore and Edwin Olson and Steve Peters and Justin Teo and Robert Truax and Matthew Walter and David Barrett and Alexander Epstein and Keoni Maheloni and Katy Moyer and Troy Jones and Ryan Buckley and Matthew Antone and Robert Galejs and Siddhartha Krishnamurthy and Jonathan Williams

PDF thumbnail A Perception-Driven Autonomous Urban Vehicle
The DARPA Urban Challenge: Autonomous Vehicles in City Traffic
John Leonard and Jonathan How and Seth Teller and Mitch Berger and Stefan Campbell and Gaston Fiore and Luke Fletcher and Emilio Frazzoli and Albert Huang and Sertac Karaman and Olivier Koch and Yoshiaki Kuwata and David Moore and Edwin Olson and Steve Peters and Justin Teo and Robert Truax and Matthew Walter and David Barrett and Alexander Epstein and Keoni Maheloni and Katy Moyer and Troy Jones and Ryan Buckley and Matthew Antone and Robert Galejs and Siddhartha Krishnamurthy and Jonathan Williams

2008

PDF thumbnail A Perception Driven Autonomous Urban Vehicle
Journal of Field Robotics
J.~Leonard and J.~How and S.~Teller and M.~Berger and S.~Campbell and G.~Fiore and L.~Fletcher and E.~Frazzoli and A.~Huang and S.~Karaman and O.~Koch and Y.~Kuwata and D.~Moore and E.~Olson and S.~Peters and J.~Teo and R.~Truax and M.~Walter and D.~Barrett and A.~Epstein and K.~Maheloni and K.~Moyer and T.~Jones and R.~Buckley and M.~Antone and R.~Galejs and S.~Krishnamurthy and J.~Williams

PDF thumbnail Robust and Efficient Robotic Mapping
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Multi-Sensor Lane Finding in Urban Road Networks
Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)
Albert Huang and David Moore and Matthew Antone and Edwin Olson and Seth Teller

PDF thumbnail Implicit Data Association from Spectrally Clustered Local Matches
Inside Data Association Workshop: Robotics Science and Systems
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail The MIT -- Cornell Collision and Why it Happened
Journal of Field Robotics Special Issue on the DARPA Urban Challenge
Luke Fletcher and Seth Teller and Edwin Olson and David Moore and Yoshiaki Kuwata and Jonathan How and John Leonard and Isaac Miller and Mark Campbell and Dan Huttenlocher and Aaron Nathan and Frank-Robert Kline

PDF thumbnail Online Constraint Network Optimization for Efficient Maximum Likelihood Map Learning
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Giorgio Grisetti and Dario Lodi Rizzini and Cyrill Stachniss and Edwin Olson and Wolfram Burgard

2007

PDF thumbnail Robust Dictionary Attack of Short Simple Substitution Ciphers
Cryptologia
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail Spatially-Adaptive Learning Rates for Online Incremental SLAM
Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems
Edwin Olson and John Leonard and Seth Teller

2006

PDF thumbnail Robust Range-Only Beacon Localization
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
Edwin Olson and John Leonard and Seth Teller

PDF thumbnail Fast Iterative Alignment of Pose Graphs with Poor Initial Estimates
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Edwin Olson and John Leonard and Seth Teller

PDF thumbnail Recognizing Places with Weak Evidence
CSAIL Student Workshop Proceedings
Edwin Olson

2005

PDF thumbnail Single Cluster Graph Partitioning for Robotics Applications
Proceedings of Robotics Science and Systems
Edwin Olson and Matthew Walter and John Leonard and Seth Teller

PDF thumbnail Incremental Optimization of Large Robot-Acquired Maps
CSAIL Student Workshop Proceedings
Edwin Olson

2004

PDF thumbnail Robust Range-Only Beacon Localization
IEEE Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV '04)
Edwin Olson and John Leonard and Seth Teller

2001

PDF thumbnail Otto: A Low-Cost Robotics Platform for Research and Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edwin Olson

PDF thumbnail A Low-Cost, High-Performance Robotics Platform for Education and Research
AAAI Symposium on Robotics and Education 2001: Working Notes
Max Bajracharya and Edwin Olson