Steven M. LaValle
  Professor, University of Illinois
  Email: lavalleuiuc.edu

 "And when you gaze long into a rift, the rift also gazes into you."

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Publications on Coordinating Multiple Robots

Stochastic modeling, control, and evaluation of wild bodies. D. E. Gierl, L. Bobadilla, O. Sanhcez, and S. M. LaValle. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014. [pdf].

Planning optimal paths for multiple robots on graphs. J. Yu and S. M. LaValle. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013. [pdf].

Structure and intractability of optimal multi-robot path planning on graphs. J. Yu and S. M. LaValle. In AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-13), 2013. [pdf].

Fast, near-optimal computation for multi-robot path planning on graphs. J. Yu and S. M. LaValle. In AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-13), 2013. [pdf].

Shortest path set induced vertex ordering and its application to distributed distance optimal formation planning and control on graphs. J. Yu and S. M. LaValle. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013. [pdf].

Efficient formation path planning on large graphs. M. Katsev, J. Yu, and S. M. LaValle. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013. [pdf].

Multi-agent path planning and network flow. J. Yu and S. M. LaValle. In Proc. Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2012. [pdf].

Controlling wild mobile robots using virtual gates and discrete transitions. L. Bobadilla, F. Martinez, E. Gobst, K. Gossman, and S. M. LaValle. In Proc. American Control Conference, 2012. [pdf].

Controlling wild bodies using discrete transition systems. L. Bobadilla, O. Sanchez, J. Czarnowski, K. Gossman, and S. M. LaValle. Autonomous Robots, 2012. Invited submission for special issue. Under review, [pdf].

Rendezvous without coordinates. J. Yu, D. Liberzon, and S. M. LaValle. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57(2):421--434, 2012. [pdf].

Controlling wild bodies using linear temporal logic. L. Bobadilla, O. Sanchez, J. Czarnowski, K. Gossman, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings Robotics: Science and Systems, 2011. [pdf].

Manipulating ergodic bodies through gentle guidance. L. Bobadilla, K. Gossman, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings IEEE Conference on Robot Motion and Control, 2011. [pdf].

Rendezvous without coordinates. J. Yu, D. Liberzon, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings IEEE Conference Decision and Control, pages 1803--1808, 2008. [pdf].

Exact Pareto optimal coordination of two translating polygonal robots on a cyclic roadmap. H. Chitsaz, S. M. LaValle, and J. M. O'Kane. In Proceedings 20th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, pages 179--182, 2008. [pdf].

Chapter 7: Extensions of Basic Motion Planning, Planning Algorithms. S. M. LaValle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2006. [pdf] [Entire Book].

Nonpositive curvature and pareto-optimal coordination of robots. R. Ghrist and S. M. LaValle. SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, 45(5):1697--1713, 2006. [pdf].

Computing Pareto Optimal Coordinations on Roadmaps. R. Ghrist, J. M. O'Kane, and S. M. LaValle. International Journal of Robotics Research, 24(11):997--1010, 2005. [pdf].

Pareto optimal coordination on roadmaps. R. Ghrist, J. M. O'Kane, and S. M. LaValle. In M. Erdmann, D. Hsu, M. Overmars, and A. F. van der Stappen, editors, Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, VI. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005. [pdf].

Pareto-optimal coordination of two translating polygonal robots on an acyclic roadmap. H. Chitsaz, J. M. O'Kane, and S. M. LaValle. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. [pdf].

Optimal motion planning for multiple robots having independent goals. S. M. LaValle and S. A. Hutchinson. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 14(6):912--925, December 1998. [pdf].

A game-theoretic framework for robot motion planning. S. M. LaValle. PhD thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, July 1995. [pdf].

Path selection and coordination of multiple robots via Nash equilibria. S. M. LaValle and S. A. Hutchinson. In Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 1847--1852, May 1994. [pdf].

Game theory as a unifying structure for a variety of robot tasks. S. M. LaValle and S. A. Hutchinson. In Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, pages 429--434, August 1993. [pdf].

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