Prof. Robin R. Murphy Profile

Prof. Robin R. Murphy

Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engg at Texas A&M Univ

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Publications (19)

Proceedings Article | 12 May 2006 Paper

Field studies of safety security rescue technologies through training and response activities

Robin Murphy, Sam Stover

Proceedings Volume 6230, 62300M (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668919

KEYWORDS: Robots, Security technologies, Sensors, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Safety, Cameras, Homeland security, Molybdenum, Robotics, Video

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Proceedings Article | 9 May 2006 Paper

Knowledge-based video compression for search and rescue robots and multiple sensor networks

Chris Williams, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 6230, 62301K (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668922

KEYWORDS: Video, Video compression, Robots, Image compression, Computer programming, Sensors, Standards development, Video coding, Tolerancing, Network security

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Proceedings Article | 9 May 2006 Paper

Human-robot coordination using scripts

Laura Barnes, Robin Murphy, Jeffrey Craighead

Proceedings Volume 6230, 62300E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.663650

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Cameras, Sensors, Human-machine interfaces, Visualization, Java, Control systems, Video, Artificial intelligence, Mobile robots

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Proceedings Article | 9 May 2006 Paper

UGV acceptance testing

Jeffrey Kramer, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 6230, 62300P (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668929

KEYWORDS: Manufacturing, Sensors, Amplifiers, Control systems, Safety, Defense and security, Unmanned ground vehicles, Diagnostics, Cameras, Taxonomy

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2003 Paper

Remote resupply systems for unmanned FCS-related vehicles

Robin Murphy, Noel Gonzalez, Norman Fitz-Coy, Nilay Papila, Wei Shyy

Proceedings Volume 5083, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486357

KEYWORDS: Remote sensing, Sensors, Robotics, Control systems, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Liquids, Prototyping, Telecommunications, Algorithm development, Navigation systems

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This paper summarizes a study on refueling and rearming FCS-related vehicles in the field. In keeping with the FCS philosophy, the resupply process should be unmanned. For the purposes of the study, a resupply (RS) system is defined as an autonomous robotic platform, which interacts with a combat vehicle (CV). The purpose of the interaction is transfer of liquid fuel and/or ammunition. The RS may be capable of providing both the fuel and the ammunition simultaneously, or there may be separate resupply vehicles, each dedicated to one consumable. The CV may be resupplied while on-station and operational or may be taken out of service and moved to a resupply point. The study proposed a resupply system, which consists of two RS vehicles (i.e., separate vehicles for fuel and ammunition) to refuel the CV. Four families of scenarios were considered: the RS moves to the CV ("door to door"), the RS and CV both move ("rendezvous"), the CV move the RS ("filling station"), and the CV move to a pod dropped nearby. The "door to door" scenario was rated the most feasible, with the rendezvous scenario a close second. The study ascertained that RS vehicles using a robotic manipulator for the transfer mechanism is based on best engineering practices and constitute a low risk design. The required level of autonomy to accomplish resupply is teleoperation, though a mixed-initiative approach poses relatively low risk. A teleoperator or simple mixed-initiative system can be completed in 3 years, and offers significant performance benefits. Full autonomy was determined to be too high risk, but mixed-initiative work could serve as a basis for evolving to full autonomy. The study also considered the impact of emerging technologies on resupply. The key technical risks in ascending order of investment priority are: platform design, munitions transfer mechanism, and human-robot interaction (HRI). The platform design and munitions transfer mechanism are lower risk than HRI, which is a relatively new aspect of system design. The key enabling technologies are range sensing and terrain reasoning. Breakthroughs in these areas would lower the risk of full autonomy modes of operation.

Proceedings Article | 21 February 2001 Paper

Marsupial robots for law enforcement

Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 4232, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417560

KEYWORDS: Robots, Sensors, Mobile robots, Unattended sensors, Micro unmanned aerial vehicles, Relays, Biological weapons, Buildings, Chemical analysis, Robotics

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2000 Paper

Vision-based docking under variable lighting conditions

Robin Murphy, Jeffrey Hyams, Brian Minten, Mark Micire

Proceedings Volume 4024, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391616

KEYWORDS: Light sources and illumination, Image segmentation, RGB color model, Silver, Spherical lenses, Image processing algorithms and systems, Cameras, Tin, Visual process modeling, Visualization

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2000 Paper

Issues in intelligent robots for search and rescue

Jennifer Casper, Mark Micire, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 4024, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391640

KEYWORDS: Robots, Sensors, Robotics, Tin, Reconnaissance, Environmental sensing, Ions, Safety, Surgery, Earthquakes

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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 | 12 August 1998 Paper

Intelligent assistance for human supervisory control of multiple robots

Robin Murphy, Erika Rogers

Proceedings Volume 3366, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317533

KEYWORDS: Robots, Cameras, Sensors, Silver, Mobile robots, Visualization, Human-machine interfaces, Information security, Robotics, Mining

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Proceedings Article | 30 October 1996 Paper

Ultrasonic data fusion as a function of robot velocity

Robin Murphy, Kevin Gomes, Dave Hershberger

Proceedings Volume 2905, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256322

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Sensors, Mobile robots, Transducers, Acoustics, Chemical elements, Data fusion, Detection and tracking algorithms, Solids, Intelligence systems

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Proceedings Article | 27 December 1995 Paper

Colorado School of Mines behavioral approach to the 1995 UGR competition

Robin Murphy, William Hoff, John Blitch, Val Gough, Dale Hawkins, James Hoffman, Ramon Krosley, Torsten Lyons, Amol Mali, James MacMillan, Steven Warshawsky

Proceedings Volume 2591, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228978

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Roads, Robotics, Machine vision, Computer vision technology, Sensors, Mining, Cameras, Visual process modeling, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 1995 Paper

Estimating time available for sensor fusion exception handling

Robin Murphy, Erika Rogers

Proceedings Volume 2589, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.220962

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Remote sensing, Mobile robots, Cameras, Video, Error analysis, Sensor fusion, Data communications, Sensing systems, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 29 October 1993 Paper

Comparison of Bayesian and Dempster-Shafer theory for sensing: a practitioner's approach

James Hoffman, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 2032, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.162045

KEYWORDS: Probability theory, Sensors, Ultrasonics, Calculus, Visualization, Information theory, Sensor fusion, Sensor performance, Chemical elements, Land mines

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 1993 Paper

Exception handling for sensor fusion

G. Chavez, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 2059, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.150232

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Sensor fusion, Environmental sensing, Ultrasonics, Cameras, Mobile robots, Diagnostics, Data processing, Video, Sensing systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 1992 Paper

Ultrasonic robot localization using Dempster-Shafer theory

Kenneth Hughes, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 1766, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130812

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Transducers, Space robots, Sensors, Stochastic processes, Image processing, Signal processing, Mobile robots, Probability theory, Robotics

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Proceedings Article | 30 April 1992 Paper

State-based sensor fusion for surveillance

Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 1611, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57957

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Sensor fusion, Failure analysis, Ultrasonics, Cameras, Robotics, Feature extraction, Surveillance, Data fusion, Mobile robots

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Proceedings Article | 1 October 1991 Paper

Application of Dempster-Shafer theory to a novel control scheme for sensor fusion

Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 1569, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48366

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Sensor fusion, Signal processing, Image processing, Cameras, Stochastic processes, Machine vision, Computer vision technology, Ultrasonics, Cognitive modeling

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 1991 Paper

Control scheme for sensor fusion for navigation of autonomous mobile robots

Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 1383, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25279

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Sensor fusion, Robotics, Environmental sensing, Feature extraction, Mobile robots, 3D modeling, Signal processing, Psychology, Sensor performance

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