Vijay Kumar - Publications

Affiliations: 
1987- Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
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http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~kumar

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2020 Watterson M, Liu S, Sun K, Smith T, Kumar V. Trajectory optimization on manifolds with applications to quadrotor systems The International Journal of Robotics Research. 39: 303-320. DOI: 10.1177/0278364919891775  0.385
2018 Yang GZ, Bellingham J, Dupont PE, Fischer P, Floridi L, Full R, Jacobstein N, Kumar V, McNutt M, Merrifield R, Nelson BJ, Scassellati B, Taddeo M, Taylor R, Veloso M, et al. The grand challenges of . Science Robotics. 3. PMID 33141701 DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aar7650  0.315
2018 Loianno G, Mulgaonkar Y, Brunner C, Ahuja D, Ramanandan A, Chari M, Diaz S, Kumar V. Autonomous flight and cooperative control for reconstruction using aerial robots powered by smartphones The International Journal of Robotics Research. 37: 1341-1358. DOI: 10.1177/0278364918774136  0.368
2018 Dankowicz H, Kumar V, Krovi V. Special Issue of Applied Mechanics Reviews in Collaboration With the Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics Applied Mechanics Reviews. 70. DOI: 10.1115/1.4039444  0.4
2018 Prorok A, Sadler BM, Egerstedt M, Kumar V. Guest Editorial: Special section on “Foundations of resilience for networked robotic systems” Autonomous Robots. 43: 741-741. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-018-9818-2  0.387
2018 Santamaria-Navarro A, Loianno G, Solà J, Kumar V, Andrade-Cetto J. Autonomous navigation of micro aerial vehicles using high-rate and low-cost sensors Autonomous Robots. 42: 1263-1280. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-017-9690-5  0.377
2018 Carrillo H, Dames PM, Kumar V, Castellanos JA. Autonomous robotic exploration using a utility function based on Rényi’s general theory of entropy Autonomous Robots. 42: 235-256. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-017-9662-9  0.448
2018 Loianno G, Scaramuzza D, Kumar V. Special Issue on High‐Speed Vision‐Based Autonomous Navigation of UAVs Journal of Field Robotics. 35: 3-4. DOI: 10.1002/Rob.21773  0.436
2017 Karydis K, Kumar V. Energetics in robotic flight at small scales. Interface Focus. 7: 20160088. PMID 28163880 DOI: 10.1098/Rsfs.2016.0088  0.463
2017 Stephan J, Fink J, Kumar V, Ribeiro A. Concurrent Control of Mobility and Communication in Multirobot Systems Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 33: 1248-1254. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2017.2705119  0.617
2017 Prorok A, Hsieh MA, Kumar V. The Impact of Diversity on Optimal Control Policies for Heterogeneous Robot Swarms Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 33: 346-358. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2016.2631593  0.646
2016 Seo J, Yim M, Kumar V. A theory on grasping objects using effectors with curved contact surfaces and its application to whole-arm grasping International Journal of Robotics Research. 35: 1080-1102. DOI: 10.1177/0278364915600079  0.568
2016 Loianno G, Kumar V. Vision-based fast navigation of micro aerial vehicles Proceedings of Spie. 9836. DOI: 10.1117/12.2224520  0.352
2016 Thomas J, Loianno G, Daniilidis K, Kumar V. The role of vision in perching and grasping for MAVs Proceedings of Spie. 9836. DOI: 10.1117/12.2224056  0.633
2016 Kumar V. Jian Dai awarded the DED Mechanisms and Robotics Award Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. DOI: 10.1115/1.4032699  0.407
2015 Bhattacharya S, Kim S, Heidarsson H, Sukhatme GS, Kumar V. A topological approach to using cables to separate and manipulate sets of objects International Journal of Robotics Research. 34: 799-815. DOI: 10.1177/0278364914562236  0.408
2015 Kumar V. Five Years of ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 7: 10201. DOI: 10.1115/1.4029444  0.417
2015 Bhattacharya S, Ghrist R, Kumar V. Persistent Homology for Path Planning in Uncertain Environments Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 31: 578-590. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2015.2412051  0.314
2015 Paulos J, Eckenstein N, Tosun T, Seo J, Davey J, Greco J, Kumar V, Yim M. Automated Self-Assembly of Large Maritime Structures by a Team of Robotic Boats Ieee Transactions On Automation Science and Engineering. 12: 958-968. DOI: 10.1109/Tase.2015.2416678  0.62
2014 Thomas J, Loianno G, Polin J, Sreenath K, Kumar V. Toward autonomous avian-inspired grasping for micro aerial vehicles. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 9: 025010. PMID 24852023 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025010  0.324
2014 Bhattacharya S, Ghrist R, Kumar V. Multi-robot coverage and exploration on Riemannian manifolds with boundaries The International Journal of Robotics Research. 33: 113-137. DOI: 10.1177/0278364913507324  0.419
2014 Turpin M, Mohta K, Michael N, Kumar V. Goal assignment and trajectory planning for large teams of interchangeable robots Autonomous Robots. 37: 401-415. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-014-9412-1  0.733
2013 Steager EB, Selman Sakar M, Magee C, Kennedy M, Cowley A, Kumar V. Automated biomanipulation of single cells using magnetic microrobots International Journal of Robotics Research. 32: 346-359. DOI: 10.1177/0278364912472381  0.761
2013 Pimenta LCA, Pereira GAS, Michael N, Mesquita RC, Bosque MM, Chaimowicz L, Kumar V. Swarm coordination based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics technique Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 29: 383-399. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2012.2234294  0.6
2013 Jiang Q, Kumar V. The Inverse Kinematics of Cooperative Transport With Multiple Aerial Robots Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 29: 136-145. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2012.2218991  0.456
2013 Fink J, Ribeiro A, Kumar V. Robust Control of Mobility and Communications in Autonomous Robot Teams Ieee Access. 1: 290-309. DOI: 10.1109/Access.2013.2262013  0.634
2013 Pimenta LCA, Pereira GAS, Gonçalves MM, Michael N, Turpin M, Kumar V. Decentralized controllers for perimeter surveillance with teams of aerial robots Advanced Robotics. 27: 697-709. DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2013.778942  0.742
2013 Bhattacharya S, Lipsky D, Ghrist R, Kumar V. Invariants for homology classes with application to optimal search and planning problem in robotics Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. 67: 251-281. DOI: 10.1007/S10472-013-9357-7  0.397
2012 Ayanian N, Rus D, Kumar V. Decentralized multirobot control in partially known environments with dynamic task reassignment Ifac Proceedings Volumes (Ifac-Papersonline). 311-316. DOI: 10.3182/20120914-2-Us-4030.00029  0.774
2012 Shen S, Michael N, Kumar V. Stochastic differential equation-based exploration algorithm for autonomous indoor 3D exploration with a micro-aerial vehicle International Journal of Robotics Research. 31: 1431-1444. DOI: 10.1177/0278364912461676  0.658
2012 Jiang Q, Kumar V. Determination and Stability Analysis of Equilibrium Configurations of Objects Suspended From Multiple Aerial Robots Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 4: 21005. DOI: 10.1115/1.4005588  0.414
2012 Mahony R, Kumar V. Aerial Robotics and the Quadrotor [From the Guest Editors] Ieee Robotics & Automation Magazine. 19: 19-19. DOI: 10.1109/Mra.2012.2208151  0.436
2012 Lindsey Q, Mellinger D, Kumar V. Construction with quadrotor teams Autonomous Robots. 33: 323-336. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-012-9305-0  0.733
2012 Bhattacharya S, Likhachev M, Kumar V. Topological constraints in search-based robot path planning Autonomous Robots. 33: 273-290. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-012-9304-1  0.378
2012 Michael N, Scaramuzza D, Kumar V. Special issue on micro-UAV perception and control Autonomous Robots. 33: 1-3. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-012-9295-Y  0.519
2012 Turpin M, Michael N, Kumar V. Trajectory design and control for aggressive formation flight with quadrotors Autonomous Robots. 33: 143-156. DOI: 10.1007/S10514-012-9279-Y  0.748
2011 Asada HH, Kumar V. Editorial: Special Issue on Stochasticity in Robotics and Bio-Systems The International Journal of Robotics Research. 30: 503-504. DOI: 10.1177/0278364911404761  0.432
2011 Sakar MS, Steager EB, Kim DH, Julius AA, Kim M, Kumar V, Pappas GJ. Modeling, control and experimental characterization of microbiorobots International Journal of Robotics Research. 30: 647-658. DOI: 10.1177/0278364910394227  0.755
2011 Michael N, Kumar V. Autonomous navigation with teams of aerial robots Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 8031. DOI: 10.1117/12.884094  0.637
2011 Rogers J, Paluri M, Cunningham A, Christensen HI, Michael N, Kumar V, Ma J, Matthies L. Distributed autonomous mapping of indoor environments Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 8031. DOI: 10.1117/12.884061  0.604
2011 Kallem V, Komoroski AT, Kumar V. Sequential composition for navigating a nonholonomic cart in the presence of obstacles Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 27: 1152-1159. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2011.2161159  0.5
2011 Cappelleri DJ, Cheng P, Fink J, Gavrea B, Kumar V. Automated assembly for mesoscale parts Ieee Transactions On Automation Science and Engineering. 8: 598-613. DOI: 10.1109/Tase.2011.2132128  0.747
2010 Cappelleri DJ, Halasz A, Sul JY, Kim TK, Eberwine J, Kumar V. Towards A Fully Automated High-Throughput Phototransfection System. Jala (Charlottesville, Va.). 15: 329-341. PMID 20706617 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jala.2010.03.003  0.631
2010 Cappelleri DJ, Krishnan G, Kim C, Kumar V, Kota S. Toward the design of a decoupled, two-dimensional, vision-based μN force sensor Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 2: 1-9. DOI: 10.1115/1.4001093  0.628
2010 Ayanian N, Kumar V. Decentralized feedback controllers for multiagent teams in environments with obstacles Ieee Transactions On Robotics. 26: 878-887. DOI: 10.1109/Tro.2010.2062070  0.744
2010 Kumar M, Garg DP, Kumar V. Segregation of heterogeneous units in a swarm of robotic agents Ieee Transactions On Automatic Control. 55: 743-748. DOI: 10.1109/Tac.2010.2040494  0.351
2010 Kumar V. 50 years of Robotics Ieee Robotics and Automation Magazine. 17: 8. DOI: 10.1109/Mra.2010.938493  0.416
2009 Sul JY, Wu CW, Zeng F, Jochems J, Lee MT, Kim TK, Peritz T, Buckley P, Cappelleri DJ, Maronski M, Kim M, Kumar V, Meaney D, Kim J, Eberwine J. Transcriptome transfer produces a predictable cellular phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106: 7624-9. PMID 19380745 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0902161106  0.606
2009 Michael N, Kumar V. Planning and control of ensembles of robots with non-holonomic constraints International Journal of Robotics Research. 28: 962-975. DOI: 10.1177/0278364909340280  0.636
2009 Khatib O, Kumar V, Rus D. Special issue on the tenth international symposium on experimental robotics International Journal of Robotics Research. 28: 683-684. DOI: 10.1177/0278364909105574  0.435
2009 Stump E, Kumar V, Grocholsky B, Shiroma PM. Control for localization of targets using range-only sensors International Journal of Robotics Research. 28: 743-757. DOI: 10.1177/0278364908098559  0.764
2009 Fink J, Collins T, Kumar V, Mostofi Y, Baras J, Sadler B. A simulation environment for modeling and development of algorithms for ensembles of mobile microsystems Proceedings of Spie. 7318. DOI: 10.1117/12.819171  0.604
2009 Cheng P, Kumar V, Arkin R, Steinberg M, Hedrick K. Cooperative control of multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles for coverage and surveillance Ieee Robotics and Automation Magazine. 16: 12. DOI: 10.1109/Mra.2009.933136  0.31
2008 Michael N, Fink J, Kumar V. Controlling ensembles of robots via a supervisory aerial robot Advanced Robotics. 22: 1361-1377. DOI: 10.1163/156855308X344873  0.725
2008 Cheng P, Fink J, Kumar V, Pang J. Cooperative Towing With Multiple Robots Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 1. DOI: 10.1115/1.2960539  0.636
2008 Michael N, Fink J, Kumar V. Experimental Testbed for Large Multirobot Teams Ieee Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15: 53-61. DOI: 10.1109/M-Ra.2007.914924  0.721
2008 Pereira GAS, Kumar V, Campos MFM. Closed loop motion planning of cooperating mobile robots using graph connectivity Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 56: 373-384. DOI: 10.1016/J.Robot.2007.08.003  0.46
2007 Halász A, Kumar V, Imieli?ski M, Belta C, Sokolsky O, Pathak S, Rubin H. Analysis of lactose metabolism in E. Coli using reachability analysis of hybrid systems. Iet Systems Biology. 1: 130-48. PMID 17441554 DOI: 10.1049/Iet-Syb:20060035  0.641
2007 Esposito JM, Kumar V. A state event detection algorithm for numerically simulating hybrid systems with model singularities Acm Transactions On Modeling and Computer Simulation. 17. DOI: 10.1145/1189756.1189757  0.622
2007 Parikh SP, Grassi V, Kumar V, Okamoto J. Integrating human inputs with autonomous behaviors on an intelligent wheelchair platform Ieee Intelligent Systems. 22: 33-41. DOI: 10.1109/Mis.2007.36  0.744
2007 Hsieh MA, Cowley A, Keller JF, Chaimowicz L, Grocholsky B, Kumar V, Taylor CJ, Endo Y, Arkin RC, Jung B, Wolf DF, Sukhatme GS, MacKenzie DC. Adaptive teams of autonomous aerial and ground robots for situational awareness: Field Reports Journal of Field Robotics. 24: 991-1014. DOI: 10.1002/Rob.V24:11/12  0.637
2006 Kim J, Esposito JM, Kumar V. Sampling-based algorithm for testing and validating robot controllers International Journal of Robotics Research. 25: 1257-1272. DOI: 10.1177/0278364906072513  0.728
2006 Stump E, Kumar V. Workspaces of cable-actuated parallel manipulators Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the Asme. 128: 159-167. DOI: 10.1115/1.2121741  0.724
2005 Zhang F, Pereira GS, Kumar V. Cooperative Localization and Tracking in Distributed Robot-Sensor Networks Tsinghua Science & Technology. 10: 91-101. DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(05)70014-6  0.458
2002 Fierro R, Das A, Spletzer J, Esposito J, Kumar V, Ostrowski JP, Pappas G, Taylor CJ, Hur Y, Alur R, Lee I, Grudic G, Southall B. A Framework and Architecture for Multi-Robot Coordination The International Journal of Robotics Research. 21: 977-995. DOI: 10.1177/0278364902021010981  0.793
2002 Krovi V, Ananthasuresh GK, Kumar V. Kinematic and kinetostatic synthesis of planar coupled serial chain mechanisms Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the Asme. 124: 301-312. DOI: 10.1115/1.1464563  0.333
2002 Alur R, Belta C, Kumar V, Mintz M, Pappas GJ, Rubin H, Schug J. Modeling and analyzing biomolecular networks Computing in Science and Engineering. 4: 20. DOI: 10.1109/5992.976434  0.686
2001 Ansar A, Rodrigues D, Desai JP, Daniilidis K, Kumar V, Campos MFM. Visual and haptic collaborative tele-presence Computers and Graphics (Pergamon). 25: 789-798. DOI: 10.1016/S0097-8493(01)00121-2  0.598
2001 Wang C, Kumar V. On singular behaviors of impedance‐based repeatable control for redundant robots Journal of Robotic Systems. 18: 171-186. DOI: 10.1002/Rob.1014  0.396
2000 Ouerfelli M, Kumar V, Harwin WS. Methods for kinematic modeling of biological and robotic systems. Medical Engineering & Physics. 22: 509-520. PMID 11165149 DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00063-1  0.353
1999 Krovi V, Kumar V. Modeling and Control of a Hybrid Locomotion System Journal of Mechanical Design. 121: 448-455. DOI: 10.1115/1.2829482  0.366
1999 Chen C, Kumar V, Luo Y. Motion planning of walking robots in environments with uncertainty Journal of Robotic Systems. 16: 527-545. DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-4563(199910)16:10<527::Aid-Rob1>3.0.Co;2-Q  0.415
1998 Chen C, Kumar V, Luo Y. Motion planning of walking robots using ordinal optimization Ieee Robotics & Automation Magazine. 5: 22-32. DOI: 10.1109/100.692337  0.343
1997 Garvin GJ, Zefran M, Henis EA, Kumar V. Two-arm trajectory planning in a manipulation task. Biological Cybernetics. 76: 53-62. PMID 9081414 DOI: 10.1007/S004220050320  0.312
1996 Heredia EA, Kumar V, Rahman T. Adaptive teleoperation transparency based on impedance modeling Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 2901: 2-12. DOI: 10.1117/12.262997  0.319
1996 Adams J, Bajcsy R, Košecká J, Kumar V, Mintz M, Mandelbaum R, Wang CC, Yamamoto Y, Yun X. Cooperative material handling by human and robotic agents: Module development and system synthesis Expert Systems With Applications. 11: 89-97. DOI: 10.1016/0957-4174(96)00036-X  0.43
1995 Salganicoff M, Rahman T, Mahoney R, Pino D, Jayachandran V, Kumar V, Chen S, Harwin WS. Head-controlled assistive telerobot with extended physiological proprioception capability Proceedings of Spie. 2590: 108-119. DOI: 10.1117/12.227935  0.401
1994 Chen W, Kumar V. Workspace of planar cooperating robots with rolling contacts Advanced Robotics. 9: 483-504. DOI: 10.1163/156855395X00094  0.365
1994 Pfreundschuh GH, Sugar TG, Kumar V. Design and control of a three‐degrees‐of‐freedom, in‐parallel, actuated manipulator Journal of Robotic Systems. 11: 103-115. DOI: 10.1002/Rob.4620110204  0.382
1993 Kumar V. A Compact Inverse Velocity Solution for Redundant Robots The International Journal of Robotics Research. 12: 45-54. DOI: 10.1177/027836499301200103  0.379
1992 Kumar V. Characterization of Workspaces of Parallel Manipulators Journal of Mechanical Design. 114: 368-375. DOI: 10.1115/1.2926562  0.307
1992 Kumar V. Instantaneous Kinematics of Parallel-Chain Robotic Mechanisms Journal of Mechanical Design. 114: 349-358. DOI: 10.1115/1.2926560  0.422
1990 Kumar V, Waldron KJ. Force Distribution in Walking Vehicles Journal of Mechanical Design. 112: 90-99. DOI: 10.1115/1.2912585  0.551
1989 Kumar V, Waldron KJ. Actively Coordinated Vehicle Systems Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 111: 223-231. DOI: 10.1115/1.3258987  0.554
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