Prof. Vijay Kumar Profile

Prof. Vijay Kumar

UPS Foundation Professor at Univ of Pennsylvania

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2023 Presentation

Challenges and opportunities for multi-agent autonomy for defending high-value targets (Conference Presentation)

Elijah Lee, Dinesh Jayaraman, Alejandro Ribeiro, Vijay Kumar

Proceedings Volume 12544, 125440F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2663290

KEYWORDS: Defense and security, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Robots, Visual process modeling, Target detection, Particles, Neural networks, Detection and tracking algorithms, Defense systems, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 25 May 2016 Paper

Vision-based fast navigation of micro aerial vehicles

Giuseppe Loianno, Vijay Kumar

Proceedings Volume 9836, 98361T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224520

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Micro unmanned aerial vehicles, Visualization, Cameras, Navigation systems, Gyroscopes, Robots, Control systems, Image processing, Commercial off the shelf technology

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Proceedings Article | 25 May 2016 Paper

The role of vision in perching and grasping for MAVs

Justin Thomas, Giuseppe Loianno, Kostas Daniilidis, Vijay Kumar

Proceedings Volume 9836, 98361S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224056

KEYWORDS: Visualization, Micro unmanned aerial vehicles, Cameras, Sensors, Electroluminescent displays, Global Positioning System, Computing systems, Error analysis, Adhesives, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 4 June 2014 Paper

Power and weight considerations in small, agile quadrotors

Yash Mulgaonkar, Michael Whitzer, Brian Morgan, Christopher Kroninger, Aaron Harrington, Vijay Kumar

Proceedings Volume 9083, 90831Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051112

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Micro unmanned aerial vehicles, Sensors, Analytical research, Lithium, Commercial off the shelf technology, Solar cells, Aerodynamics, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Laser safety

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Proceedings Article | 4 June 2014 Paper

Autonomous charging to enable long-endurance missions for small aerial robots

Yash Mulgaonkar, Vijay Kumar

Proceedings Volume 9083, 90831S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051111

KEYWORDS: Micro unmanned aerial vehicles, Surveillance, Robots, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Algorithm development, MATLAB, Control systems, Detection and tracking algorithms, Space operations, Neodymium

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2011 Paper

Distributed autonomous mapping of indoor environments

J. Rogers, M. Paluri, A. Cunningham, H. Christensen, N. Michael, V. Kumar, J. Ma, L. Matthies

Proceedings Volume 8031, 80310Z (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884061

KEYWORDS: Robots, Nanotechnology, Sensors, Current controlled current source, Laser scanners, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2011 Paper

Autonomous navigation with teams of aerial robots

Nathan Michael, Vijay Kumar

Proceedings Volume 8031, 803110 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884094

KEYWORDS: Robots, Control systems, Space robots, Robotics, Safety, Kinematics, Robotic systems, Aerodynamics, Feedback control, Statistical analysis

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2009 Paper

A simulation environment for modeling and development of algorithms for ensembles of mobile microsystems

Jonathan Fink, Tom Collins, Vijay Kumar, Yasamin Mostofi, John Baras, Brian Sadler

Proceedings Volume 7318, 73180N (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819171

KEYWORDS: Computer simulations, Algorithm development, Robotics, Robots, Computer architecture, Device simulation, Sensors, Radio propagation, 3D modeling, Visualization

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Proceedings Article | 29 December 2004 Paper

The robotics bus: a local communications bus for robots

Daniel Gomez-Ibanez, Ethan Stump, Benjamin Grocholsky, Vijay Kumar, Camillo Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5609, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571476

KEYWORDS: Robotics, Telecommunications, Data processing, Binary data, Data transmission, Robots, Associative arrays, Reliability, Mobile robots, Robotic systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 December 2004 Paper

Composable communication constraint-based control

Mong-ying Hsieh, Pranav Srivastava, Vijay Kumar, Camillo Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5609, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571960

KEYWORDS: Radio propagation, Navigation systems, Data communications, Robotics, Environmental sensing, Data modeling, 3D modeling, Environmental monitoring, Surveillance, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 29 December 2004 Paper

Coordinated perception by teams of aerial and ground robots

Benjamin Grocholsky, Rahul Swaminathan, Vijay Kumar, Camillo Taylor, George Pappas

Proceedings Volume 5609, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571769

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Robots, Cameras, Neodymium, Robotics, Active remote sensing, Information fusion, Target detection, Global Positioning System

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Proceedings Article | 4 October 2001 Paper

Framework for coordinating multiple robots in cooperative manipulation tasks

Luiz Chaimowicz, Vijay Kumar, Mario Campos

Proceedings Volume 4571, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.444152

KEYWORDS: Robots, Device simulation, Computer simulations, Sensors, Control systems, Algorithm development, Computer programming, Wireless communications, Failure analysis, Environmental sensing

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 1996 Paper

Adaptive teleoperation transparency based on impedance modeling

Edwin Heredia, Vijay Kumar, Tariq Rahman

Proceedings Volume 2901, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262997

KEYWORDS: Transparency, Robots, Computing systems, Systems modeling, Thulium, Applied sciences, Xenon, Signal processing, Data communications, Robotics

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1995 Paper

Head-controlled assistive telerobot with extended physiological proprioception capability

Marcos Salganicoff, Tariq Rahman, Ricardo Mahoney, D. Pino, Vijay Jayachandran, Vijay Kumar, Shoupu Chen, William Harwin

Proceedings Volume 2590, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227935

KEYWORDS: Head, Safety, Telecommunications, Sensors, Spinal cord, Injuries, Kinematics, Environmental sensing, Control systems design, Control systems

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