Thomas M. Howard

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Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge
C. Urmson, Joshua Anhalt, Drew Bagnell, C. Baker +38 more
2008J. Field Robotics1,969 citations Open access
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Optimal Rough Terrain Trajectory Generation for Wheeled Mobile Robots
Thomas M. Howard, A. Kelly
2007Int. J. Robotics Res.419 citations Open access
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Motion planning in urban environments
D. Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, M. Likhachev
2008J. Field Robotics250 citations
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State space sampling of feasible motions for high‐performance mobile robot navigation in complex environments
Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, A. Kelly, D. Ferguson
2008J. Field Robotics219 citations
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Team Cornell's Skynet: Robust perception and planning in an urban environment
Chris Urmson, Joshua Anhalt, Drew Bagnell, C. Baker +38 more
2008162 citations Open access
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A natural language planner interface for mobile manipulators
Thomas M. Howard, Stefanie Tellex, N. Roy
2014IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation148 citations Open access
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Efficient Grounding of Abstract Spatial Concepts for Natural Language Interaction with Robot Manipulators
Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, N. Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2016Robotics: Science and Systems Conference117 citations Open access
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Spoken Language Interaction with Robots: Research Issues and Recommendations, Report from the NSF Future Directions Workshop
M. Marge, C. Espy-Wilson, Nigel G. Ward, A. Alwan +24 more
2020Computer Speech and Language114 citations Open access
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Model-Predictive Motion Planning: Several Key Developments for Autonomous Mobile Robots
Thomas M. Howard, Mihail Pivtoraiko, Ross A. Knepper, A. Kelly
2014IEEE robotics & automation magazine103 citations
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Receding Horizon Model-Predictive Control for Mobile Robot Navigation of Intricate Paths
Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, A. Kelly
2009International Symposium on Field and Service Robotics103 citations Open access
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Learning models for following natural language directions in unknown environments
Sachithra Hemachandra, Felix Duvallet, Thomas M. Howard, N. Roy +2 more
2015IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation93 citations Open access
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Inferring Maps and Behaviors from Natural Language Instructions
Felix Duvallet, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard, Sachithra Hemachandra +4 more
2015International Symposium on Experimental Robotics82 citations Open access
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Motion planning in urban environments: Part I
D. Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, M. Likhachev
20082008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems75 citations Open access
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Efficient grounding of abstract spatial concepts for natural language interaction with robot platforms
Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Derya Aksaray, N. Roy +1 more
2018Int. J. Robotics Res.70 citations
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Multimodal estimation and communication of latent semantic knowledge for robust execution of robot instructions
Jacob Arkin, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy, Matthew R. Walter +3 more
2020Int. J. Robotics Res.47 citations Open access
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Motion planning in urban environments: Part II
D. Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, M. Likhachev
20082008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems45 citations
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On the performance of hierarchical distributed correspondence graphs for efficient symbol grounding of robot instructions
Istvan Chung, Oron Y. Propp, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard
2015IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems38 citations
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Constrained Optimization Path Following of Wheeled Robots in Natural Terrain
Thomas M. Howard, Ross A. Knepper, A. Kelly
2006International Symposium on Experimental Robotics36 citations
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Real-time natural language corrections for assistive robotic manipulators
Alexander Broad, Jacob Arkin, Nathan D. Ratliff, Thomas M. Howard +1 more
2017Int. J. Robotics Res.33 citations
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Enabling continuous planetary rover navigation through FPGA stereo and visual odometry
Thomas M. Howard, Arin Morfopoulos, J. Morrison, Yoshiaki Kuwata +3 more
2012IEEE Aerospace Conference31 citations
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Inferring Compact Representations for Efficient Natural Language Understanding of Robot Instructions
Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard
2019IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation28 citations Open access
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State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Highly Constrained Environments
Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, A. Kelly
2007International Symposium on Field and Service Robotics28 citations Open access
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A model for verifiable grounding and execution of complex natural language instructions
Adrian Boteanu, Thomas M. Howard, Jacob Arkin, H. Kress-Gazit
2016IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems27 citations
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Efficient Natural Language Interfaces for Assistive Robots
Thomas M. Howard, Istvan Chung, Oron Y. Propp, Matthew R. Walter +1 more
2014IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems27 citations
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Integrated Intelligence for Human-Robot Teams
Jean Oh, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter, D. Barber +19 more
2016International Symposium on Experimental Robotics25 citations Open access
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A multimodal interface for real-time soldier-robot teaming
D. Barber, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter
2016SPIE Defense + Security22 citations
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A summary of team MIT's approach to the virtual robotics challenge
Russ Tedrake, M. Fallon, Sisir Karumanchi, S. Kuindersma +22 more
2014IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation21 citations Open access
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Robot-Initiated Specification Repair through Grounded Language Interaction
Adrian Boteanu, Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard +1 more
2017arXiv.org20 citations
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Language-guided Semantic Mapping and Mobile Manipulation in Partially Observable Environments
Siddharth Patki, E. Fahnestock, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter
2019Conference on Robot Learning18 citations
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Trajectory Generation on Rough Terrain Considering Actuator Dynamics
Thomas M. Howard, A. Kelly
2005International Symposium on Field and Service Robotics18 citations
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Grounding Abstract Spatial Concepts for Language Interaction with Robots
Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, N. Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2017International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence16 citations Open access
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A Multiview Approach to Learning Articulated Motion Models
Andrea F. Daniele, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter
2019International Symposium of Robotics Research15 citations
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Contextual awareness: Understanding monologic natural language instructions for autonomous robots
Jacob Arkin, Matthew R. Walter, Adrian Boteanu, Michael E. Napoli +3 more
2017IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication15 citations
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Coordinated Control and Range Imaging for Mobile Manipulation
Dean M. Anderson, Thomas M. Howard, David Apfelbaum, H. Herman +1 more
2008International Symposium on Experimental Robotics15 citations
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Field Experiments in Rover Navigation via Model-Based Trajectory Generation and Nonholonomic Motion Planning in State Lattices
Mihail Pivtoraiko, Thomas M. Howard, I. Nesnas, A. Kelly
200715 citations
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Language Understanding for Field and Service Robots in a Priori Unknown Environments
Matthew R. Walter, Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, E. Fahnestock +6 more
2021Field Robotics14 citations Open access
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Trajectory and Spline Generation for All-Wheel Steering Mobile Robots
Thomas M. Howard, A. Kelly
20062006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems14 citations
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Discrete Optimization of Adaptive State Lattices for Iterative Motion Planning on Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Benned Hedegaard, E. Fahnestock, Jacob Arkin, A. Menon +1 more
2021IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems13 citations
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Iterative Motion Planning and Safety Issue
Thierry Fraichard, Thomas M. Howard
201213 citations
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Towards Real-Time Natural Language Corrections for Assistive Robots
Alexander Broad, Jacob Arkin, Nathan D. Ratliff, Thomas M. Howard +1 more
201011 citations
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TERRAIN-ADAPTIVE GENERATION OF OPTIMAL CONTINUOUS TRAJECTORIES FOR MOBILE ROBOTS
Thomas M. Howard, A. Kelly
200511 citations
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Language-Guided Adaptive Perception for Efficient Grounded Communication with Robotic Manipulators in Cluttered Environments
Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard
2018SIGDIAL Conference10 citations Open access
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Real-Time Human-Robot Communication for Manipulation Tasks in Partially Observed Environments
Jacob Arkin, Rohan Paul, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy +2 more
2018International Symposium on Experimental Robotics10 citations
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Expressing homotopic requirements for mobile robot navigation through natural language instructions
Daqing Yi, Thomas M. Howard, Michael A. Goodrich, Kevin Seppi
2016IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems9 citations
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Path Set Relaxation for Mobile Robot Navigation
P. Krusi, Mihail Pivtoraiko, A. Kelly, Thomas M. Howard +1 more
20108 citations
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Model Predictive Control for Mobile Robots with Actively Reconfigurable Chassis
P. M. Furlong, Thomas M. Howard, David S. Wettergreen
2009International Symposium on Field and Service Robotics8 citations
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Terrain aware inversion of predictive models for high-performance UGVs
A. Kelly, Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green
2007SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing8 citations
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Towards Learning Efficient Models for Natural Language Understanding of Quantifiable Spatial Relationships
Jacob Arkin, Thomas M. Howard
20156 citations
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Surface Operations Analyses for Lunar Missions
H. Nayar, B. Balaram, J. Cameron, M. DiCicco +9 more
20105 citations
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Language-guided Adaptive Perception with Hierarchical Symbolic Representations for Mobile Manipulators
E. Fahnestock, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard
2019arXiv.org4 citations
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