Dr. John R. Spofford Profile

Dr. John R. Spofford

Engineer at SAIC

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 30 September 2003 Paper

Off-road perception testbed vehicle design and evaluation

John Spofford, Jennifer Herron, David Anhalt, Matthew Morgenthaler, Clinton DeHerrera

Proceedings Volume 5083, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.497546

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Actuators, Vehicle control, Global Positioning System, Computer architecture, Control systems, Mars, Switches, Image sensors, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2000 Paper

Collaborative robotic team design and integration

John Spofford, David Anhalt, Jennifer Herron, Brett Lapin

Proceedings Volume 4024, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391634

KEYWORDS: Robots, Robotics, Sensors, Interfaces, Tolerancing, System integration, Robotic systems, Systems modeling, Control systems, Mobile robots

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Proceedings Article | 15 November 1999 Paper

Use of mission roles as a robotic tasking device

David Anhalt, John Spofford

Proceedings Volume 3838, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.369251

KEYWORDS: Robots, Sensors, Robotics, Control systems, Scanners, Cameras, Robotic systems, Target detection, Telecommunications, Model-based design

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 1999 Paper

Vision-guided heterogeneous mobile robot docking

John Spofford, John Blitch, William Klarquist, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 3839, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360331

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Video, Mobile robots, Image processing, Robotics, Video processing, Process control, Visualization, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 27 May 1996 Paper

UGV/Demo II Program: status through Demo C and Demo II preparations

Steve Munkeby, John Spofford

Proceedings Volume 2738, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241074

KEYWORDS: Target detection, Target acquisition, Roads, Sensors, Video, Robotics, Reconnaissance, Navigation systems, Actuators, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 27 May 1996 Paper

Control of multiple UGVs

John Spofford, Steve Munkeby

Proceedings Volume 2738, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241075

KEYWORDS: Target detection, Target acquisition, Robotics, Reconnaissance, Telecommunications, Lead, Sensors, Actuators, Control systems, Video

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Proceedings Article | 9 January 1995 Paper

Stopping distance analysis of ladar and stereo for unmanned ground vehicles

John Spofford, Benny Gothard

Proceedings Volume 2352, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.198972

KEYWORDS: Sensors, LIDAR, Mobile robots, Unmanned ground vehicles, Image processing, Image sensors, Video, Image resolution, Data acquisition, Sensor performance

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 1991 Paper

Testbed for tele-autonomous operation of multiarmed robotic servicers in space

Matthew Morgenthaler, Guy Bruno, John Spofford, Roy Greunke, Lance Gatrell

Proceedings Volume 1387, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25413

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Robotics, Space robots, Space operations, Cameras, Sensors, Servomechanisms, Human-machine interfaces, Satellites, Visualization

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Conference Committee Involvement (3)

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII

29 March 2005 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VI

13 April 2004 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology V

22 April 2003 | Orlando, Florida, United States

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