Papers

P. Fink, S. Doore, X. Lin, M. Maring, P. Zhao, A. Nygaard, G. Beals, R. Corey, R. Perry, K. Freund, V. Dimitrov, N. Giudice, “The Autonomous Vehicle Assistant (AVA): Emerging Technology Design Supporting Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers in Autonomous Transportation,” International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Volume 179, 2023, 103125, ISSN 1071-5819, doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103125

P. Fink, A. Allaban, O. Atekha, R. Perry, E. Sumner, R. Corey, V. Dimitrov, and N. Giudice. “Expanded Situational Awareness Without Vision: A Novel Haptic Interface for Use in Fully Autonomous Vehicles,” In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ‘23), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 54–62. doi: 10.1145/3568162.3576975
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P. Fink, V. Dimitrov, H. Yasuda, T. Chen, R. Corey, N. Giudice, and E. Sumner, “Autonomous is Not Enough: Designing Multisensory Mid-Air Gestures for Vehicle Interactions Among People with Visual Impairments,” In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 74, 1–13. doi: 10.1145/3544548.3580762
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O. So, P. Drews, T. Balch, V. Dimitrov, G. Rosman and E. A. Theodorou, “MPOGames: Efficient Multimodal Partially Observable Dynamic Games,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, United Kingdom, 2023, pp. 3189-3196, doi: 10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160342
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J. Loranger, J. Brown, H. Kindler, P. Fink, V. Dimitrov, N. Giudice, “The Design of Mid-Air Ultrasonic Haptic Interfaces Based on the Perception of Lines,” Human Factors and Systems Interaction. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 84. AHFE International, USA. doi: 10.54941/ahfe1003586
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M. Alsamsam, P. Fink, J. Brown, V. Dimitrov, N. Giudice, “Does it Press? Investigating the Efficacy of an Ultrasonic Haptic Button Interface for Non-Visual Driving Applications”, Human Factors in Transportation. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 95. AHFE International, USA. doi: 10.54941/ahfe1003819
Open Access

V. Dimitrov, M. Wonsick, X. Long, P. Maurice, D. Sternad, T. Padir, Towards Designing Benchmarks for Humanoid Space Robots: Northeastern’s NASA Valkyrie Dataset, 2020
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A. A. Allaban, V. Dimitrov and T. Padır, “A Blended Human-Robot Shared Control Framework to Handle Drift and Latency,” 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Würzburg, Germany, 2019, pp. 81-87, doi: 10.1109/SSRR.2019.8848977

M. Wonsick, V. Dimitrov and T. Padir, “Analysis of the Space Robotics Challenge Tasks: From Simulation to Hardware Implementation,” 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/AERO.2019.8742144

V. Dimitrov, J. Vazquez and T. Padır, “LocATER: Localization and Accountability Technologies for Emergency Responders,” 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), Waltham, MA, USA, 2017, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/THS.2017.7943485
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X. Long, M. Wonsick, V. Dimitrov and T. Padır, “Anytime Multi-Task Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots,” 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2017, pp. 4452-4459, doi: 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206311

V. Dimitrov and T. Padır, “Human-in-the-Loop Control through Kinematic Redundancy Resolution for Space Exploration Rovers,” 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2016, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/AERO.2016.7500936
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X. Long, M. Wonsick, V. Dimitrov and T. Padır, “Task-Oriented Planning Algorithm for Humanoid Robots Based on a Foot Repositionable Inverse Kinematics Engine,” 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Cancun, Mexico, 2016, pp. 1114-1120, doi: 10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803410

V. Dimitrov, N. Cebry, Ç. Önal, and T. Padır, “Towards User-Centered Design of a Robotic Prosthetic Hand with EMG Control Interfaces,” In Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA ‘15), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 14, 1–4. doi: 10.1145/2769493.2769536
Open Access

V. Dimitrov, V. Jagtap, M. Wills, J. Skorinko and T. Padır, “A Cyber Physical System Testbed for Assistive Robotics Technologies in the Home,” 2015 International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), Istanbul, Turkey, 2015, pp. 323-328, doi: 10.1109/ICAR.2015.7251475
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M. DeDonato, V. Dimitrov, R. Du, R. Giovacchini, K. Knoedler, X. Long, F. Polido, M. Gennert, T. Padır, S. Feng, H. Moriguchi, E. Whitman, X. Xinjilefu, and C. Atkeson, “Human-in-the-loop Control of a Humanoid Robot for Disaster Response: A Report from the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials,” J. Field Robotics, 32: 275-292. doi: 10.1002/rob.21567
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K. Knoedler, V. Dimitrov, D. Conn, M. A. Gennert and T. Padır, “Towards Supervisory Control of Humanoid Robots for Driving Vehicles during Disaster Response Missions,” 2015 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA), Woburn, MA, USA, 2015, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/TePRA.2015.7219695

V. Dimitrov, V. Jagtap, J. Skorinko, S. Chernova, M. Gennert and T. Padır, “Human-Centered Design of a Cyber-Physical System for Advanced Response to Ebola (CARE),” 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Milan, Italy, 2015, pp. 6856-6859, doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319968
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T. Padır, J. Skorinko and V. Dimitrov, “User-Centric Design of a Personal Assistance Robot (FRASIER) for Active Aging,” 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Milan, Italy, 2015, pp. 5020-5023, doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319519
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V. Dimitrov, M. Wills and T. Padir, “Realization of Vision-Based Navigation and Object Recognition Algorithms for the Sample Return Challenge,” 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2015, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/AERO.2015.7119271
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V. Dimitrov and T. Padır, “A Shared Control Architecture for Human-in-the-Loop Robotics Applications,” The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Edinburgh, UK, 2014, pp. 1089-1094, doi: 10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926397
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M. DeDonato, V. Dimitrov, T. Padır, “Towards an Automated Checked Baggage Inspection System Augmented with Robots,” Proc. SPIE 9074, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XIII, 90740N (29 May 2014), doi: 10.1117/12.2053866
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V. Dimitrov and T. Padir, “A Comparative Study of Teleoperated and Autonomous Task Completion for Sample Return Rover Missions,” 2014 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2014, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/AERO.2014.6836304
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T. Carlone, J. Anderson, J. Amato, V. Dimitrov and T. Padir, “Kinematic Control of a Planetary Exploration Rover over Rough Terrain,” 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Manchester, UK, 2013, pp. 4488-4493, doi: 10.1109/SMC.2013.763
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V. Dimitrov, M. DeDonato, A. Panzica, S. Zutshi, M. Wills and T. Padir, “Hierarchical Navigation Architecture and Robotic Arm Controller for a Sample Return Rover,” 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Manchester, UK, 2013, pp. 4476-4481, doi: 10.1109/SMC.2013.761
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