Publications

Recent Papers / Preprints

M. Sheckells, G. Garimella, S. Mishra, M. Kobilarov.  Using Data-Driven Domain Randomization to Transfer Robust Control Policies to Mobile Robots. To be presented at ICRA 2019. [pdf]

G. Garimella*, M. Sheckells*, S. Kim, G. Baraban, and M. Kobilarov. A Framework for Reliable Aerial Manipulation. Preprint. [pdf]
* denotes equal contribution

Conference Papers

G. Garimella, M. Sheckells, J. Moore, M. Kobilarov. Robust Obstacle Avoidance using Tube NMPC. Robotics: Science and Systems, Pittsburgh, USA, 2018. [pdf]

M. Sheckells, T. M. Caldwell, and M. Kobilarov. Fast Approximate Path Coordinate Motion Primitives for Autonomous Driving.   IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Melbourne, Australia, 2017, pp. 837-842. [pdf]

M. Sheckells, G. Garimella, and M. Kobilarov. Robust Policy Search with Applications to Safe Vehicle Navigation.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, 2017, pp. 2343-2349. [pdfBest Student Paper Award Finalist

G. Garimella, M. Sheckells, and M. Kobilarov. Robust Obstacle Avoidance for Aerial Platforms using Adaptive Model Predictive Control.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, 2017, pp. 5876-5882. [pdf]

G. Garimella, M. Sheckells, and M. Kobilarov. A Stabilizing Gyroscopic Obstacle Avoidance Controller for Underactuated Systems.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2016, pp. 5010-5016. [pdf]

M. Sheckells, G. Garimella, and M. Kobilarov. Optimal Visual Servoing for Differentially Flat Underactuated Systems.  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, 2016, pp. 5541-5548. [pdf]

M. N’Diaye, E. Choquet, L. Pueyo, E. Elliot, M. D. Perrin, J. K. Wallace, T. Groff, A. Carlotti, D. Mawet, M. Sheckells, S. Shaklan, B. Macintosh, N. J. Kasdin, and R. Soummer. High-contrast imager for Complex Aperture Telescopes (HiCAT): 1. Testbed design.  Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8864, id. 88641K 10 pp. (2013).