Available Publications on Mobile Robotics

Chapter 12: Planning Under Sensing Uncertainty, Planning Algorithms. S. M. LaValle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2006. [pdf] [Entire Book].

Chapter 13: Differential Models, Planning Algorithms. S. M. LaValle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2006. [pdf] [Entire Book].

Localization with limited sensing. J. M. O'Kane and S. M. LaValle. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 23(4):704--716, August 2007. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Simple and efficient algorithms for computing smooth, collision-free feedback laws. S. R. Lindemann and S. M. LaValle. International Journal of Robotics Research, 2006. Under review, [pdf] [ps.gz].

Using a robot to learn geometric information from permutations of landmarks. B. Tovar, L. Freda, and S. M. LaValle. In Contemporary Mathematics, volume 438, pages 33--45. American Mathematical Society, 2007. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Distance-optimal navigation in an unknown environment without sensing distances. B. Tovar, R Murrieta, and S. M. LaValle. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 23(3):506--518, June 2007. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Minimum wheel-rotation paths for differential drive mobile robots among piecewise smooth obstacles. H. Chitsaz and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Learning combinatorial information from alignments of landmarks. L. Freda, B. Tovar, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Mapping and navigation from permutations of landmarks. B. Tovar, L. Freda, and S. M. LaValle. Technical report, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, June 2006. [pdf] [ps.gz].

On comparing the power of mobile robots. J. M. O'Kane and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings Robotics: Science and Systems, 2006. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Algorithms for planning under uncertainty in prediction and sensing. J. M. O'Kane, B. Tovar, P. Cheng, and S. M. LaValle. In Autonomous Mobile Robots: Sensing, Control, Decision-Making, and Applications. Marcel Dekker, 2006. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Almost-sensorless localization. J. M. O'Kane and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2005. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Information spaces for mobile robots. B. Tovar, A. Yershova, J. M. O'Kane, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control (RoMoCo 2005), 2005. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Bitbots: Simple robots solving complex tasks. A. Yershova, B. Tovar, R. Ghrist, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings AAAI National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2005. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Locally-optimal navigation in multiply-connected environments without geometric maps. B. Tovar, S. M. LaValle, and R. Murrieta. In Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Optimal navigation and object finding without geometric maps or localization. B. Tovar, S. M. LaValle, and R. Murrieta. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 464--470, 2003. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Motion planning with visibility constraints: Building autonomous observers. H. H. Gonz\'alez-Ba\ nos, L. Guibas, J.-C. Latombe, S. M. LaValle, D. Lin, R. Motwani, and C. Tomasi. In Y. Shirai and S. Hirose, editors, Proceedings Eighth International Symposium on Robotics Research, pages 95--101. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Finding an unpredictable target in a workspace with obstacles. S. M. LaValle, D. Lin, L. J. Guibas, J.-C. Latombe, and R. Motwani. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 737--742, 1997. [pdf] [ps.gz].

Motion strategies for maintaining visibility of a moving target. S. M. LaValle, H. H. Gonz\'alez-Ba\ nos, C. Becker, and J.-C. Latombe. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 731--736, 1997. [pdf] [ps.gz].