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» Articles in Technical Journals (with rigorous review procedures):
[1] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Nearest optimal repeatable control strategies for kinematically redundant manipulators,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 327-337, June 1992.

[2] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Repeatable generalized inverse control strategies for kinematically redundant manipulators,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 689-699, May 1993.

[3] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Singularities, stable surfaces, and the repeatable behavior of kinematically redundant manipulators,” The International Journal of Robotics Research, 13:1, pp. 70-81, February 1994, MIT Press.

[4] A. A. Maciejewski and R. G. Roberts, “On the existence of an optimally fault tolerant 7R manipulator Jacobian,” Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 343-357, 1995.

[5] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Calculation of repeatable control strategies for kinematically redundant manipulators,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 105-135, September 1995.

[6] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “A local measure of fault tolerance for kinematically redundant manipulators,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 543-552, August 1996.

[7] R. G. Roberts, “On the local fault tolerance of a kinematically redundant manipulator,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 649-661, October 1996.

[8] R. G. Roberts, T. Graham, and T. Lippitt, “On the kinematics, statics, and fault tolerance of a cable-suspended robot,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 649-661, October 1998.

[9] R. G. Roberts and D. W. Repperger, “On the closed form expression of the singular value decomposition of an orientational Jacobian,” The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 109-115, January 1999.

[10] R. G. Roberts, “Minimal realization of a spatial stiffness matrix with simple springs connected in parallel,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 15, no. 5, pp.953-958, October 1999.

[11] R. G. Roberts, “Minimal realization of an arbitrary spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of simple and complex springs,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 603-608, October 2000.

[12] R. G. Roberts, “The dexterity and singularities of an underactuated robot,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 159-169, April 2001.

[13] R. G. Roberts, “A note on the normal form of a spatial stiffness matrix,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 968-972, December 2001.

[14] R. G. Roberts, “Some recent results on the minimal realization of a spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of springs,” International Journal on Robotics and Automation, 17(1), pp. 46-53, 2002.

[15] B. A. Harvey and R. G. Roberts, “A recursive algorithm for generating the family of n-length binary sequences with weight M,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 59-63, April-June 2002 (Received the Annual Harden-Simons Best Paper Award).

[16] C. Conklin, R. Watkins, S. Foo, G. Brooks, R. Roberts, and R. Perry, “Dichromatic color perception: A fast alternative for machine vision systems,” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. pp. 351-355, 2002.

[17] R. G. Roberts, “A case study to motivate engineering students to do mathematical proofs,” International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, vol. 40, no. 4, 2003.

[18] K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, R. G. Roberts, and B. A. Draper, “Using the Low-resolution properties of correlated images to improve the computational efficiency of eigenspace decomposition,” accepted and to appear in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 15, No. 4, August 2006.

[19] R. Jamisola, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “Failure-tolerant path planning for kinematically redundant manipulators anticipating locked-joint failures,” accepted and to appear in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 22, No. 4, August 2006.

[20] C-Y. Chang, A. A. Maciejewski, V. Balakrishnan, R. G. Roberts, and K. Saitwal "Quadtree-based eigendecomposition for pose detection in the presence of occlusion and background clutter," accepted to appear in Pattern Analysis and Applications.




» Proceedings (conference, symposium, congress):

[1] A. A. Maciejewski and R. G. Roberts, “Utilizing kinematic redundancy in robotic systems: Practical implementations and fundamental limitations,” in Proceedings 1990 American Control Conference, pp. 209-214, San Diego, California, May 23-25, 1990.

[2] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Near-pseudoinverse control of kinematically redundant manipulators with the constraint of repeatability,” in Proceedings 1991 IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering, pp. 117-120, Dayton, Ohio, August 1-3, 1991.

[3] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “The design of repeatable controls for kinematically redundant robots,” in Proceedings 1991 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 943-948, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 13-16, 1991.

[4] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Repeatable generalized inverse control strategies for kinematically redundant manipulators,” in Proceedings 1991 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2428-2434, Brighton, United Kingdom, December 11-13, 1991.

[5] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “A comparison of two methods for choosing repeatable control strategies for kinematically redundant manipulators,” in Proceedings 1992 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 514-519, Nice, France, May 10-15, 1992.

[6] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Some comments on the repeatable behavior of a kinematically redundant manipulator,” in Proceedings 1992 American Control Conference, pp. 1217-1221, Chicago, Illinois, June 24-26, 1992.

[7] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Repeatable inverses for kinematically redundant manipulators and their associated algorithmic singularities,” in Proceedings Fourth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing (ISRAM'92), Santa Fe, New Mexico, pp. 261-266, November 11-13, 1992.

[8] D. W. Repperger and R. G. Roberts, “Aerospace robotics in supermaneuverable flight - Defining the set of attainable motion fields in existing aircraft and motion simulators,” in Proceedings IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON'93), pp. 679-685, Dayton, Ohio, May 11-13, 1993.

[9] R. G. Roberts and D. W. Repperger, “Simulating angular velocity fields using a centrifuge simulator: Kinematic issues,” in Proceedings IEEE 1993 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON'93), pp. 686-689, Dayton, Ohio, May 11-13, 1993.

[10] R. G. Roberts and D. W. Repperger, “The kinematics of robotic wrists,” in Proceedings 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3337-3341, San Diego, California, May 8-13, 1994.

[11] D. W. Repperger, M. Huang, and R. Roberts, “Dynamic controller design for a fixed base motion simulator,” in Proceedings 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 2298-2302, Baltimore, Maryland, June 29-July 1, 1994.

[12] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “Relative manipulability measures for kinematically redundant manipulators and their application to fault tolerance,” in Proceedings Sixth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing (ISRAM'94), pp. 253-259, Maui, Hawaii, August 1994.

[13] D. W. Repperger and R. G. Roberts, “Design of a controller to enhance a motion simulator's performance based upon linear acceleration fidelity,” in Proceedings 1994 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1134-1139, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, December 14-16, 1994.

[14] R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski, “A measure of local fault tolerance for kinematically redundant manipulators,” in Proceedings 1995 IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing, pp. 99-102, Cancun, Mexico, June 14-17, 1995.

[15] Y. C. Chen, D. W. Repperger and R. G. Roberts, “A study of the kinematics, dynamics, and control algorithms for a centrifuge motion simulator,” in Proceedings 1995 American Control Conference, 1901-1905, Seattle, Washington, June 21-23, 1995.

[16] R. G. Roberts, “Quantifying the local fault tolerance of a kinematically redundant manipulator,” in Proceedings 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 1889-1893, Seattle, Washington, June 21-23, 1995.

[17] R. G. Roberts, “Enhancing the fault tolerance of a robotic system through kinematic redundancy,” in Proceedings Seventh International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing (ISRAM'96), pp. 671-676, Montpellier, France, May 28-30, 1996.

[18] R. G. Roberts, “Fault intolerant configurations and self-motion manifolds of kinematically redundant manipulators,” Proceedings Fourth IASTED International Conference Robotics and Manufacturing, pp. 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 19-22, 1996.

[19] R. G. Roberts, T. Graham, and J.M. Trumpower,” Cable-suspended robots,” in Proceedings 1997 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, pp. 125-132, Miami, Florida, April 10-11, 1997.

[20] R. G. Roberts, T. Graham, and J. Trumpower, “On the inverse kinematics and statics of cable-suspended robots,” in Proceedings 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 4291-4296, Orlando, Florida, October 12-15, 1997.

[21] R. G. Roberts, “On the dynamic manipulability index of a kinematically redundant robot,” in Proceedings 1998 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, pp.21-25, Melbourne, Florida, March 26-27, 1998.

[22] R. G. Roberts, “On kinematic and dynamic measures of fault tolerance for redundant robots,” Proceedings Eighth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing (ISRAM'98), pp. 131.1-6 (CD ROM), Anchorage, Alaska, May 10-14, 1998.

[23] R. G. Roberts, T. Graham, and J. Trumpower, “On the inverse kinematics, statics, and fault tolerance of cable-suspended robots,” accepted and to appear in Proceedings Eigth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing (ISRAM'98), pp. 132.1-6 (CD ROM), Anchorage, Alaska, May 10-14, 1998.

[24] A. A. Maciejewski, V. Balakrishnan, J. D. English, M. Goel, K. N. Groom, C. L. Lewis, and R. G. Roberts, “An overview of using kinematic redundancy to create failure tolerant robots,” in The Fifth International Symposium on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, pp. 765-772, Miedzyzdroje, Poland, Aug. 25-29, 1998.

[25] S. Bono and R. G. Roberts, “A study of several types of singularities of a robotic manipulator,” in Proc. 31st Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST99), pp. 114-117, Auburn, Alabama, March 21-23, 1999.

[26] R. G. Roberts, “An algorithm for synthesizing a spatial stiffness matrix with simple springs connected in parallel,” 1999 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Gainesville, Florida, April 21-22, 1999.

[27] R. G. Roberts, “Minimal realization of a spatial stiffness matrix with simple springs connected in parallel,” in Proc. 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2153-2158, Detroit Michigan, May 10-15, 1999.

[28] R. G. Roberts, “Minimal realization of a positive definite spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of springs,” in Proceedings Fourth IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, pp. 30-35, Santa Barbara, California, October 28-30, 1999.

[29] C. Conklin, R. Watkins, G. Brooks, S. Foo, R. Roberts, and R. Perry, “A biologically inspired vision system,” in Proceedings 32nd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2000), pp. 36-40, Tallahassee, Florida, March 5-7, 2000.

[30] A. Jean-Baptiste and R. G. Roberts, “A study of fault tolerance for kinematically redundant manipulators,” in Proceedings 32nd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2000), pp. 95-98, Tallahassee, Florida, March 5-7, 2000.

[31] R. G. Roberts, “A closed form for synthesizing a class of compliance mechanisms,” in Proceedings 32nd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2000), pp. 104-108, Tallahassee, Florida, March 5-7, 2000.

[32] S.Y. Foo, J. Mittelman, and R. G. Roberts, “Dynamic systems: Linear and nonlinear oscillators,” in Proceedings 32nd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2000), pp. 354-358, Tallahassee, Florida, March 5-7, 2000.

[33] R. G. Roberts, “Minimal realization of an arbitrary spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of simple and complex springs,” in Proceedings 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3302-3307, San Francisco, California, April 2000.

[34] R. G. Roberts, “A closed form expression for the minimal realization of a positive definite spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of simple springs,” 2000 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 4-5, 2000.

[35] R. G. Roberts, “Closed form expressions for synthesizing a spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of simple springs,” Proceedings IASTED International Conference on Controls and Applications, pp. 462-466, Cancun, Mexico, May 24-27, 2000.

[36] R. G. Roberts, “Synthesizing positive definite spatial stiffness matrices with a parallel connection of springs,” in CD Proceedings of Ninth International Symposium on Robotics With Applications (WAC2000), Maui, Hawaii, June 11-16, 2000.

[37] T. A. Wynn and R. G. Roberts, “An electro-physiological study of cellular membranes for a biologically feasible neural building-block,” Proceedings 33rd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2001), pp. 83-87, Athens, Ohio, March 18-20, 2001.

[38] A. A. Maciejewski and R. G. Roberts, “An example of principal component analysis applied to correlated images,” Proceedings 33rd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2001), pp. 269-273, Athens, Ohio, March 18-20, 2001.

[39] R. G. Roberts and J. Villalta, “A Survey of some results on spatial stiffness matrices,” Proceedings 33rd Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2001), pp. 371-375, Athens, Ohio, March 18-20, 2001.

[40] R. G. Roberts, “The normal form of a positive semi-definite spatial stiffness,” 2001 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Tallahassee, Florida, May 10-11, 2001.

[41] C. Y. Chang, A. A. Maciejewski, V. Balakrishnan, and R. G. Roberts, “Eigendecomposition-based pose detection in the presence of occlusion,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 569-576, Maui, Hi, October 29-November 3, 2001.

[42] R. G. Roberts, “Compliance synthesis with simple line springs,” IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications (RA2001), pp. 78-82, Tampa, Florida, November 19-22, 2001.

[43] R. G. Roberts and E. Fabre, “Passive compliance synthesis,” Proceedings 34th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2002), pp. 214-218, Huntsville, AL, March 2002.

[44] C. V. Caldwell and R. G. Roberts, “Fault tolerant kinematically redundant robots,” accepted Proceedings 34th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2002), pp. 381-385, Huntsville, AL, March 2002.

[45] T. A. Wynn and R. G. Roberts, “Data compression/Encrypting using a biologically inspired model,” Proceedings 34th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2002), pp. 391-395, Huntsville, AL, March 2002.

[46] R. G. Roberts, “On the normal form of a spatial stiffness matrix,” Proceedings 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 556-561, Washington, DC, May 2002.

[47] R. G. Roberts, T. A. Shirey, and E. Fabre, “A new procedure for realizing a positive definite spatial stiffness matrix with a parallel connection of springs,” CD Proceedings 2002 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Miami, Florida, May 2002.

[48] R. G. Roberts, “The normal form of a positive semi-definite spatial stiffness matrix,” in CD Proceedings of Tenth International Symposium on Robotics With Applications (WAC2002), Orlando, Florida, June 9-13, 2002.

[49] R. Roberts, K. Saitwal, H. Yu, E. DuPont, and A. Maciejewski, “A performance evaluation of a quad tree eigenspace technique for automatic target recognition,” CD Proceedings of the 23rd Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL,December 2002.

[50] R. G. Roberts and T. A. Shirey, “Spatial stiffness synthesis with a hybrid connection of simple compliances,” Proceedings 35th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2003), pp. 340-344, Morgantown, WV, March 16-18, 2003.

[51] R. G. Roberts and T. A. Shirey, “Algorithms for passive compliance mechanism design,” CD Proceedings 35th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2003), pp. 347-351, Morgantown, WV, March 16-18, 2003.

[52] R. G. Roberts and T. A. Shirey, “Hybrid Connections of Simple Compliances,” CD Proceedings 2003 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 8-9, 2003.

[53] J. Cui and S. Tosunoglu, R. Roberts and D. Repperger, "A Review of Teleoperation System Control," CD Proceedings 2003 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 8-9, 2003.

[54] R. G. Roberts and T. A. Shirey, “Synthesizing any Specified Elastic Behavior with a Hybrid Connection of Simple Components,” in CD Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, October 27-31, 2003.

[55] R. Jamisola, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “A Path Planning Strategy for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators Anticipating Joint Failures in the Presence of Obstacles,” in CD Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, October 27-31, 2003.

[56] K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “A Comparison of Eigendecomposition for Sets of Correlated Images at Different Resolutions,” in CD Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, October 27-31, 2003.

[57] T. A. Shirey and R. G. Roberts, “Hybrid active/passive interaction control for robotic manipulators,” CD Proceedings 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2004), Atlanta, GA, March 14-16, 2004.

[58] E. M. DuPont, H. Yu, and R.G Roberts, “Object pose detection in the presence of background clutter and occlusion," CD Proceedings 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2004), Atlanta, GA, March 14-16, 2004.

[59] R. Jamisola, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “A computational feasibility study of failure-tolerant path planning,” in CD Proceedings 10th International Conference on Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments, Gainesville, FL, March 28-31, 2004.

[60] R. G. Roberts and T. A. Shirey, “A new algorithm for passive compliance mechanism design,” in CD Proceedings 10th International Conference on Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments, Gainesville, FL, March 28-31, 2004.

[61] K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “Analysis of eigendecomposition for sets of correlated images at different resolutions,” CD Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robots and Automation, New Orleans, LA, April 26-May 1, 2004.

[62] R. Jamisola, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “Failure-tolerant path planning for the PA-10 robot operating amongst obstacles,” CD Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robots and Automation, New Orleans, LA, April 26-May 1, 2004.

[63] M. Alise and R. G. Roberts, "Some recent approaches to teleoperation in the presence of time delay," CD Proceedings 2004 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Orlando, Florida, May 6-7, 2004.

[64] R. G. Roberts and T. A. Shirey, “Synthesizing a positive definite spatial stiffness matrix with a hybrid connection of simple compliances,” CD Proceedings The Eleventh International Symposium on Robotics With Applications (WAC2004), Seville, Spain, June 28-July 1, 2004.

[65] E. M. DuPont, H. Yu, and R.G Roberts, “Two methods for object pose detection in the presence of background clutter and occlusion," CD Proceedings The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, FL, July 18-21, 2004.

[66] K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “Fast eigenspace decomposition of correlated images using their low-resolution properties,” CD Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sendai, Japan, September 28-October 2, 2004.

[67] D. Belc, Y. Haik, C. J. Chen, R. Roberts, R. Arora, “Effect of high AC magnetic field on magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia and radiation/chemotherapy applications,” CD Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore, December 1-3, 2004.

[68] M. Alise, R. G. Roberts, and D. W. Repperger, “Time Delayed Teleoperation Using Wave Variables on Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Systems,“ CD Proceedings 37th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2005), Tuskegee, Alabama, March 20-22, 2005.

[69] Michael Griffis, Bo Zhang, Carl Crane, Robert Bicker, Rodney Roberts, “An Implementation of the Theory of Kinestatic Control to Simultaneously Regulate Force and Displacement,” CD Proceedings 2005 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Gainesville, Florida, May 5-6, 2005.

[70] M. Alise, R. G. Roberts, and Emmanuel G. Collins, "Designing an LQG Controller for a Bilateral Teleoperation System," CD Proceedings 2005 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Gainesville, Florida, May 5-6, 2005.

[71] E. M. DuPont, C. A. Moore, R. G. Roberts, and E. G. Collins, Jr., “Terrain Classification using Probabilistic Neural Networks,” CD Proceedings 2005 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Gainesville, Florida, May 5-6, 2005.

[72] D. Belc, C. Chen, R. Roberts, M. Bettge, R. Arora and V. Mohite, “Effect of high ac magnetic field on magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia and radiation/chemotherapy applications,” NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Anaheim, CA, pp. 23–26, May 8-12, 2005.

[73] K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “The effect of spatial resolution reduction techniques on the temporal properties of video sequences,” CD Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 2-6, 2005.

[74] D. Belc, S. Y. Foo, S.Y.; R. Roberts, “Comparisons of multi-resolution analysis methods for mammogram and fingerprint image compression,” 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering, p. 269, August 16-18, 2005.

[75] E. M. DuPont, C. A. Moore, M. Selekwa, E. G. Collins, Jr., and R. G. Roberts, “Online Terrain Classification for Mobile Robots,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, November 5-11, 2005.

[76] H. G. Yu and R. G. Roberts, “Stiffness matrix analysis and synthesis of pre-loaded planar structures,” accepted and to appear in CD Proceedings 37th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2005), Cookeville, TN, March 5-7, 2006.

[77] E. M. DuPont, R. G. Roberts, and C. A. Moore, “Speed independent terrain classification,” accepted and to appear in CD Proceedings 37th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST2005), Cookeville, TN, March 5-7, 2006.

[78] K. Saitwal, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. G. Roberts, “Eigendecomposition of correlated images characterized by three parameters,” accepted and to appear in IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, Denver, CO, March 26-28, 2006.

[79] M. Alise, R. G. Roberts, and D. W. Repperger, “The wave variable method for multiple degree of freedom teleoperation systems with time delay,“ accepted and to appear in Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robots and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 15-May 19, 2006.

[80] M. Alise, R. G. Roberts, and D. W. Repperger, " Implementation of the wave variable method on the PHANTOM omni haptic device," to appear in CD Proceedings 2006 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Miami, Florida, May 25-26, 2006.

[81] Edmond M. DuPont, Rodney G. Roberts, Carl A. Moore, “The identification of terrains for mobile robots using eigenspace and neural network methods,” to appear in CD Proceedings 2006 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Miami, Florida, May 25-26, 2006.

[82] I. S. Shin, S. Nam, H. G. Yu, R. G. Roberts, and S. B. Moon, " Conveyor visual tracking using robot vision," to appear in CD Proceedings 2006 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Miami, Florida, May 25-26, 2006.

[83] H. G. Yu and R. G. Roberts, " Stiffness matrix synthesis for pre-loaded planar structures," to appear in CD Proceedings 2006 Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics, Miami, Florida, May 25-26, 2006.




» Other Technical Publications:

[1] R. G. Roberts, "The Design of Repeatable Control Strategies for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators," Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, May 1992.

[2] R. G. Roberts, "A feasibility study on a parallel mechanism for examining the space shuttle orbiter payload bay radiators," 1996 Research Reports, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, pp. 213-222.

[3] R. G. Roberts, "Local measures of fault tolerance for kinematically redundant manipulators," Workshop on Failure Tolerant Robotics, 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 38-50, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 20, 1997.

[4] R. G. Roberts, "Analysis and Control of a parallel mechanism for inspecting the orbiter radiator panels," 1997 Research Reports, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, pp. 239-248.



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