JOURNAL PAPERS

  1. 1.Caili Li and Herbert G. Tanner.  Navigation Functions with Time-varying Destination Manifolds in Star-worlds. IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2018 (to appear)

  2. 2.Mai Ha Vu, Ashkan Zehfroosh, Kristina Strother-Garcia, Michael Sebok, Jeffrey Heinz, and Herbert G. Tanner. Statistical Relational Learning with Unconventional String Models.  Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5:76 2018

  3. 3.Indrajeet Yadav, Chetan Pahlajani, Herbert G. Tanner, and Ioannis Poulakakis.  Information-sharing and decision-making in networks of radiation detectors.  Autonomous Robots, 2018 (in print).

  4. 4.Indrajeet Yadav and Herbert G. Tanner.  Controlled Mobile Radiation Detection Under Stochastic Uncertainty.  IEEE Control Systems Letters 1(1):194-199, 2017.

  5. 5.Konstantinos Karydis, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. A navigation and control strategy for miniature legged robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 33(1):214–219, 2017.

  6. 6.Konstantinos Karydis, Prasanna Kannappan, Herbert G. Tanner Adam Jardin, and Jeff Heinz. Resilience through learning in multi-agent cyber-physical systems. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 3(36):doi: 10.3389/frobt.2016.00036, 2016.

  7. 7.Jianxin Sun and Herbert G. Tanner. Constrained decision making for low-count radiation detection by mobile sensors. Autonomous Robots, 39(4):519–536, 2015. (erratum)

  8. 8.Dimitra Panagou, Herbert G. Tanner, and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Nonholonomic control design via reference vector fields and output regulation. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 137(8):081011–081011–9, 2015.

  9. 9.Konstantinos Karydis, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Probabilistically valid stochastic extensions of deterministic models for systems with uncertainty. International Journal of Robotics Research, 34(10):1278–1295, 2015.

  10. 10.K. Shridhar Shah, Chetan D. Pahlajani, and Herbert G. Tanner. Optimal navigation for vehicles with stochastic dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 23(5):2003–2009, 2015.

  11. 11.Luis R. Valbuena and Herbert G. Tanner. Flocking, formation control and path following for a group of mobile robots. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 23(4):1268–1282, 2015.

  12. 12.Jie Fu, Herbert G. Tanner, and Jeffrey Heinz. Concurrent multi-agent systems with temporal logic objectives: Game theoretic analysis and planning through negotiation. IET Control Theory & Applications, 9(3):465–474, 2015.

  13. 13.Konstantinos Karydis, Yan Liu, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. A template candidate for miniature legged robots in quasi-static motion. Autonomous Robots, 38:193–209, 2015.

  14. 14.Chetan D. Pahlajani, Jianxin Sun, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Performance bounds for mismatched decision schemes with Poisson process observations. Systems and Control Letters, 75:69–76, 2015.

  15. 15.Jie Fu, Herbert G. Tanner, Jeffrey N. Heinz, Konstantinos Karydis, Jane Chandlee, and Cesar Koirala. Symbolic planning and control using game theory and grammatical inference. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 37:378–391, 2015.

  16. 16.Prassana Kannappan, Justin Walker, Art Trembanis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Identifying sea scallops from benthic camera images. ASLO Limnology and Oceanology: Methods, 12:680–693, 2014.

  17. 17.D. Chetan Pahlajani, Jianxin Sun, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Error probability bounds for nuclear detection: Improving accuracy through controlled mobility. Automatica, 50:2470– 2481, 2014.

  18. 18.Jie Fu, Herbert G. Tanner, Jeffrey Heinz, and Jane Chandlee. Adaptive symbolic control for finite-state transition systems with grammatical inference. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 59(2):505–511, 2014.

  19. 19.Herbert G. Tanner. Relaxed stability conditions for switched systems with dwell time. Asian Journal of Control, 16(2):313–320, 2014.

  20. 20.Chetan D Pahlajani, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Networked decision making for Poisson processes with applications to nuclear detection. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 59(1):193–198, 2014.

  21. 21.Benjamin Hockman Jianxin Sun and Herbert G. Tanner. Emulating nuclear emissions with a pulsed laser. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 11(1):317–323, 2014.

  22. 22.Jie Fu and Herbert G. Tanner. Bottom-up symbolic control: Attractor-based planning and behavior synthesis. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 58(12):3142–3155, 2013.

  23. 23.Herbert G. Tanner and Adithya Boddu. Multi-agent navigation functions revisited. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 28(6):1346–1359, 2012.

  24. 24.Luis R. Valbuena and Herbert G. Tanner. Hybrid potential field based control of differential drive mobile robots. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 68:307–322, 2012.

  25. 25.Herbert G. Tanner, Chetan Rawal, Jie Fu, Jorge L. Piovesan, and Chaouki T. Abdallah. Finite abstractions for hybrid systems with stable continuous dynamics. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 22(1):83–99, 2012.

  26. 26.Xanthi Papageorgiou, Herbert G. Tanner, Savvas G. Loizou, and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Switching manipulator control for motion on constrained surfaces. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 62(2):217–239, 2012.

  27. 27.Varsha Bhambhani, Luis Valbuena, and Herbert G. Tanner. Spatially distributed cellular neural networks. International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, 4(4):465–486, 2011.

  28. 28.R. Andres Cortez, Herbert G. Tanner, Ron Lumia, and Chaouki T. Abdallah. Information surfing for radiation map building. International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 26(1):4–12, 2011.

  29. 29.Herbert G. Tanner and J. L. Piovesan. Randomized receding horizon navigation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 55(11):2640–2644, 2010.

  30. 30.Ye Yuan and Herbert Tanner. Sensor graphs for guaranteed cooperative localization performance. Control and Intelligent Systems, 38(1):32—39, 2010.

  31. 31.Michael M. Zavlanos, Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie, and George J. Pappas. Hybrid control for connectivity preserving flocking. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 54(12):2869–2875, 2009.

  32. 32.R. Andres Cortez, Herbert G. Tanner, Ron Lumia, and John Wood. Radiation mapping using multiple robots. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 99:157–159, 2008.

  33. 33.Aaron Clauset, Herbert G. Tanner, ChaoukiT. Abdallah, and Ray H. Byrne. Controlling across complex networks: emerging links between networks and control. Annual Reviews in Control, 32:183–192, 2008.

  34. 34.R. Andres Cortez, Xanthi Papageorgiou, Konstantin N. Borozdin Herbert G. Tanner, Alexei V. Klimenko, Ron Lumia, John Wood, and William C. Priedhorsky. Smart radiation sensor manage- ment: Nuclear search and mapping using mobile robots. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 15(3):85–93, 2008.

  35. 35.Jorge L. Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah, and Herbert G. Tanner. A hybrid framework for resource allocation among multiple agents moving on discrete environments. Asian Journal of Control, 10(2):171–186, 2008.

  36. 36.Herbert G. Tanner and Dimitrios Christodoulakis. Decentralized cooperative control of heterogeneous vehicle groups. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 55(11):811–823, 2007.

  37. 37.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie, and George J. Pappas. Flocking in fixed and switching networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 52(5):863–868, 2007.

  38. 38.Alexei V. Klimenko, William C. Priedhorsky, Herbert Tanner, Konstantin N. Borozdin, and Nick Hengartner. Intelligent sensor management in nuclear searches and radiological surveys. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 95:21–22, 2006.

  39. 39.Dushyant Palejiya and Herbert Tanner. Hybrid velocity/force control for robot navigation in compliant unknown environments. Robotica, 2(6):745–758, 2006.

  40. 40.Herbert G Tanner. Mobile manipulation of flexible objects under deformation constraints. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 22(1):179–184, 2006.

  41. 41.Georgios Tzeremes, Herbert Tanner, Tsai Liao, and Christos Christodoulou. Wireless communication with smart antennas using transmission power control. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 3(13):232–235, 2004.

  42. 42.Herbert G. Tanner. ISS properties of nonholonomic vehicles. Systems & Control Letters, 53(3- 4):229–235, 2004.

  43. 43.Herbert G. Tanner, George J. Pappas, and Vijay Kumar. Leader-to-formation stability. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 20(3):433–455, 2004.

  44. 44.Herbert G. Tanner, Savvas Loizou, and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Nonholonomic navigation and control of cooperating mobile manipulators. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 19(1):53–64, 2003.

  45. 45.Herbert G. Tanner and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Backstepping for non smooth systems. Automatica, 39:1259–1265, 2003.

  46. 46.Herbert G. Tanner and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Kane’s approach to modeling mobile manipulators. Advanced Robotics, 16(1):57–85, 2002.

  47. 47.Herbert G. Tanner, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, and N. I. Krikelis. Advanced agricultural robots: Kinematics and dynamics of multiple mobile manipulators handling non-rigid material. IFAC Journal on Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 31(1):91–105, 2001.

  48. 48.Herbert G. Tanner and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Mobile manipulator modeling with kane’s approach. Robotica, 19:675–690, 2001.

  49. 49.Herbert G. Tanner, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, and N. I. Krikelis. Modeling of multiple mobile manipulators handling a common deformable object. Journal of Robotic Systems, 15(11):599–623, 1998.

  50. 50.Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos Herbert G. Tanner and Nicholas I. Krikelis. Navigation of nonholonomic vehicles in complex environments with potential fields and tracking. International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, 1(4):487–485, 1996. 


BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. 1.Chetan D. Pahlajani, Indrajeet Yadav, Herbert G. Tanner, and Ioannis Poulakakis. “Decision-Making Accuracy for Networks of Sensors Observing Time-Inhomogeneous Poisson Processes.” In Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems: The 13th International Symposium, edited by Andreas Kolling and Roderich Gross. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 2016 (to appear)

  2. 2.Konstantinos Karyis, Adam Stager, Herbert G. Tanner, and Ioannis Poulakakis.  “Experimental Validation of a Template for Navigation of Miniature Legged Robots.” In 2016 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, edited by D. Kulic, Y. Nakamura, O. Khatib, and G. Venture, pages 420-430. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics 2017.

  3. 3.Prasanna Kannappan, Herbert G. Tanner, Art Trembanis, and Justin H. Walker.  “Machine learning for detecting scallops in AUV benthic images: targeting false positives.” In Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Environmental Informatics, edited by Jun Zhou, Xiao Bai and Terry Caelli, pages 22-40. IGI Global, 2016.

  4. 4.Jie Fu, Jeffrey Heinz, and Herbert G. Tanner.  “An algebraic characterization of strictly piecewise languages.”  In Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, edited by M. Ogihara and J. Tarui, pages 252-263. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6648, Springer Heidelberg, 2011.

  5. 5.R. Andres Cortez, H. G. Tanner, and R. Lumia.  “Distributed Robotic Radiation Mapping.” In Experimental Robotics, edited by O. Khatib, V. Kumar, and G. Pappas, pages 147-156. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 54, 2008.

  6. 6.Wenqi Zhang, and Herbert G. Tanner.  “Composition of Motion Description Languages.” In Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, edited by M. Egerstedt and B. Misrha, pages 570-583. Springer, 2008.

  7. 7.Herbert G. Tanner, and Amit Kumar.  “Formation Stabilization of Multiple Agents Using Decentralized Navigation Functions.” In Robotics: Science and Systems I, edited by S. Thrun, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal and O. Brock, pages 49–56. MIT Press, 2005.

  8. 8.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie, and George J. Pappas.  “Flocking in Teams of Nonholonomic Agents.” In Cooperative Control, edited by S. Morse, N. Leonard and V. Kumar, pages 229-239. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 09, Springer, 2003.

  9. 9.Herbert G. Tanner, and K. J. Kyriakopoulos.  “A Manipulated Deformable Object as an Underactuated System.”  In Robot Manipulation of Deformable Objects, edited by D. Henrich and H. Worn, pages 175-198. Advanced Manufacturing Series, Springer, 2000.


CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. 1.Adam Stager and Herbert G. Tanner.  Mathematical Models for Physical Interactions of Robots with their Environment. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 2018 (to appear)

  2. 2.Cong Wei, Xi Yu, Herbert G. Tanner, and Ani Hsieh.  Synchronous Rendezvous for Networks of Active Drifters in Gyre Flows. International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, 2018 (to appear)

  3. 3.Ashkan Zahfroosh and Herbert G. Tanner.  Learning Option MDPs from Small Data.  in IEEE American Control Conference, 2018 (in print)

  4. 4.Cong Wei, Caili Li, and Herbert G. Tanner.  Synchronous Rendezvous for Periodically Orbiting Vehicles with Very-Low-Range Interactions.  In IEEE American Control Conference, 2018 (in print)

  5. 5.Elena Kokkoni, Ashkan Zehfroosh, Prasanna Kannappan, Effrosyni Mavroudi, James C. Galloway, Jeffrey Heinz, Rene Vidal, and Herbert G. Tanner.  Principles of Building “Smart” Learning Environments in Pediatric Early Rehabilitation.  In Robotics: Science and Systems; Workshop on Perception and Interaction Dynamics in Child-Robot Interaction.  2017

  6. 6.Ashkan Zehfroosh, Elena Kokkoni, Herbert G. Tanner, and Jeffrey Heinz. Learning models of human-robot interaction from small data. In Proceedings of the 25th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 223-228, 2017.

  7. 7.Georgios Fainekos and Herbert G. Tanner. Temporal logic control under incomplete or conflicting information. In Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Conference, pages 1853–1858, 2017.

  8. 8.Adam Stager and Herbert G. Tanner. Stochastic behavior of robots that navigate by interacting with their environment. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 6871–6876, 2016.

  9. 9.Prasanna Kannappan, Konstantinos Karydis, Herbert G. Tanner, Adam Jardine, and Jeffrey Heinz. Incorporating learning modules improves the resilient design of supervisory cyber-physical systems. In Proceedings of the 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 996–1001, 2016.

  10. 10.Saurabh Arora and Herbert Tanner. Programming by demonstration for locally k-testable tasks. In Proceedings of the 24th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 1146–1151, 2016.

  11. 11.Kevin Leahy, Prasanna Kannappan, Adam Jardine, Herbert G. Tanner, Jeffrey Heinz, and Calin Belta. Integration of deterministic inference with formal synthesis for control under uncertainty. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE American Control Conference, pages 4829–4834, 2016.

  12. 12.Konstantinos Karydis, Yan Liu, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Navigation of miniature legged robots using a new template. In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 1112–1117, 2015.

  13. 13.Shridhar K. Shah and Herbert G. Tanner. Dynamics-compatible potential fields using stochastic perturbations. In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 278–283, 2015.

  14. 14.Jianxin Sun, Herbert G. Tanner, and Ioannis Poulakakis. Active sensor networks for nuclear detection. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 3549–3554, 2015.

  15. 15.Adam Stager, Konstantinos Karydis, and Herbert G. Tanner. An open-source passively sprawling miniature legged robot. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 3134–3139, 2015.

  16. 16.Shridhar Shah and Herbert G. Tanner. Control of stochastic unicycle-type robots. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 389–394, 2015.

  17. 17.Konstantinos Karydis, David Zarouk, Ioannis Poulakakis, Ronald S. Fearing, and Herbert G. Tanner. Planning with the star(s). In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 3033–3038, 2014.

  18. 18.Jie Fu, Herbert G. Tanner, and Jeffrey Heinz. Adaptive planning in unknown environments using grammatical inference. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 5357–5363, 2013.

  19. 19.Chetan D. Pahlajani, Jianxin Sun, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Error probabilities and threshold selection in networked nuclear detection. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 5450–5455, 2013.

  20. 20.Chetan D. Pahlajani, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Decision making in sensor networks observing Poisson processes. In Proceedings of the 21st IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 1230–1235, 2013.

  21. 21.Prasanna Kannappan and Herbert G. Tanner. Automated detection of scallops in their natural environment. In Proceedings of the 21st IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 1350–1355, 2013.

  22. 22.Jie Fu, Shridhar Shah, and Herbert G. Tanner. Hierarchical control via simulation relations and feedback linearization. In Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Conference, pages 1816–1821, 2013.

  23. 23.Konstantinos Karydis, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. Probabilistic validation of a stochastic kinematic model for an eight-legged robot. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 2562–2567, 2013.

  24. 24.Shridhar Shah and Herbert G. Tanner. Stochastic receding horizon control: Application to an octapedal robot. In Proceedings of the SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, pages 87251D–87251D–9, 2013.

  25. 25.Konstantinos Karydis, Ioannis Poulakakis, and Herbert G. Tanner. A switching kinematic model of an octapedal robot. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 507–512, October 2012.

  26. 26.Shridhar Shah, Chetan D. Pahlajani, and Herbert G. Tanner. Stochastic receding horizon control for robots with probabilistic state constraints. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 2893–2898, 2012.

  27. 27.Konstantinos Karydis, Luis Valbuena, and Herbert G. Tanner. Model predictive navigation for position and orientation control of nonholonomic vehicles. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 3206–3211, 2012.

  28. 28.Jie Fu and Herbert G. Tanner. Optimal planning on register automata. In Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Conference, pages 4540–4545, 2012.

  29. 29.Jane Chandlee, Jie Fu, Kostantinos Karydis, Cesar Koirala, Jeffrey Heinz, and Herbert G. Tanner. Integrating grammatical inference into robotic planning. In Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Grammatical Inference, volume JMLR: Proceedings Track 21, pages 69–83, 2012.

  30. 30.Dimitra Panagou, Herbert G. Tanner, and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. Control of nonholonomic systems using reference vector fields. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 2831–2836, 2011. 

  31. 31.Shridhar K. Shah, Chetan Pahlajani, and Herbert G. Tanner. Probability of success in stochastic robot navigation with state feedback. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems, pages 3911–3916, 2011.

  32. 32.Chetan Rawal, Herbert G. Tanner, and Jeffrey Heinz. (sub)regular robotic languages. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 321–326, 2011.

  33. 33.Shridhar K. Shah and Herbert G. Tanner. Bounding the uncertainty in nonlinear robust model predictive control using sphere covering. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pages 807–812, 2011.

  34. 34.Jeffrey Heinz, Chetan Rawal, and Herbert Tanner. Tier-based strictly local constraints for phonology. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, pages 58–64, 2011.

  35. 35.Varsha Bhambhani, and Herbert G. Tanner. “Topology Optimization in Cellular Neural Networks.” In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 3926–3931. 2011.

  36. 36.Dimitra Panagou, Herbert G. Tanner and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. “Dipole-like fields for stabilization of systems with Pfaffian constraints.” In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 4499-4504. 2010.

  37. 37.J. L. Piovesan and H. G. Tanner. “Randomized Model Predictive Control for Robot Navigation.” In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 94-99. 2009.

  38. 38.Jorge L. Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah and Herbert G. Tanner.  “Modeling Multi-agent Systems with Hybrid Interacting Dynamics.” In Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Conference, 3644-3649. 2009.

  39. 39.Jorge Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah, and Herbert Tanner. “Preliminary Results on Interconnected Hybrid Systems.” In Proceedings of the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 101–106. 2008.

  40. 40.I. Lopez, C.T. Abdallah, S.K. Jayaweera, and H. Tanner.  “Conditions for Tracking in Networked Control Systems.” In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 3626-3632. 2008.

  41. 41.R. A. Cortez, H. G. Tanner and R. Lumia.  “The Entropy of Cooperative Radiation Sensing by Distributed Sensors.” In Proceedings of the 2nd ANS International Joint Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness & Response and Robotic & Remote Systems, 563-568. 2008.

  42. 42.A. Closet, B. Tanner, R. Byrne and C.T. Abdallah. (2007) Controlling Across Complex Networks: Emerging Links between Networks and Control.  IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, Nantes France.

  43. 43.R.A. Cortez, X. Papageorgiou, H.G. Tanner, A.V. Klimenko, K.N. Borozdin and W.C. Priedhorsky. (2007)  Experimental Implementation of Robotic Sequential Nuclear Search.  IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp 1-6

  44. 44.Herbert G. Tanner. (2007) Switched UAV-UGV Cooperation Scheme for Target Detection.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3457-3462

  45. 45.D. Kumar and H.G. Tanner. (2007) How Sensor Graph Topology Affects Localization Accuracy. European Control Conference, pp. 868-873

  46. 46.Xanthi Papageorgiou, Herbert G. Tanner, and Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos. (2007) Motion Tasks for Robot Manipulators on Embedded 2-D Manifolds under Input Constraints.  European Control Conference, p.p 3783-3789

  47. 47.Jorge L. Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah, and Herbert G. Tanner. (2007) Leader-Follower Control with Odometry Error Analysis.  European Control Conference, pp. 3783-3789

  48. 48.Jorge Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Magnus Egerstedt, Herbert Tanner and Yorai Wardi. (2007) Statistical Learning for Optimal Control of Hybrid Systems.  IEEE American Control Conference,, pp 2775-2780

  49. 49.Herbert Tanner, Jorge Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah. (2006) Discrete Asymptotic Abstractions of Hybrid Systems.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,, pp 917-922

  50. 50.Herbert Tanner and Dimitrios Christodoulakis. (2006) Cooperation between Aerial and Ground vehicle groups for Reconnaissance missions.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 5918-5923

  51. 51.A. Kumar, H.G. Tanner, A.V. Klimenko, and W.C. Priedhorsky. (2006) Automated Sequential Search for Weak Radiation Sources.  IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp 1-6.

  52. 52.K. N. Borozdin, A. V. Klimenko, W. C. Priedhorsky, N. W. Hengartner, C. C. Alexander, R. A. Cortez, and H. G. Tanner. (2006) Optimized Strategies for Smart Nuclear Search. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp 926-928

  53. 53.Herbert G. Tanner and Dimitrios K. Christodoulakis. (2005) The stability of synchronization in local-interaction networks is robust with respect to time delays.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp 4945–4950.

  54. 54.Herbert G. Tanner and Amit Kumar. (2005) Towards Decentralization of Mutli-robot Navigation Functions. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp 4143-4148

  55. 55.A. Regmi, R. Sandoval, R. Byrne, H. Tanner and C.T. Abdallah. (2005) Experimental Implementation of Flocking Algorithms in Wheeled Mobile Robots.  IEEE American Control Conference, pp 4917 - 4922.

  56. 56.Herbert G. Tanner. (2004) On the Controllability of Nearest Neighbor Interconnections.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,  pp 2467-2472

  57. 57.Herbert G. Tanner. (2004) Flocking with Obstacle Avoidance in Switching Networks of Interconnected Vehicles.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3006-3011

  58. 58.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie and George J. Pappas. (2003) Stable Flocking of Mobile Agents, Part I: Fixed Topology.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2010-2015

  59. 59.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie and George J. Pappas. (2003) Stable Flocking of Mobile Agents, Part II: Dynamic Topology.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2016-2021

  60. 60.Savvas G. Loizou, Herbert G. Tanner, Vijay Kumar and Kostas Kyriakopoulos. (2003) Closed Loop Motion Planning and Control for Mobile Robots in Uncertain Environment.  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2010-2015

  61. 61.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie and George J. Pappas. (2003) Coordination of Multiple Autonomous Agents.  IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp 3448-3453.

  62. 62.Herbert G. Tanner. (2003) ISS Properties of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots.  IEEE / RSJ Intl. Conference on Robots and Systems,  pp. 3799 - 3804

  63. 63.Savvas G. Loizou, Herbert G. Tanner, Vijay Kumar and Kostas Kyriakopoulos. (2003) Closed Loop Navigation for Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments.  IEEE / RSJ Intl. Conference on Robots and Systems,  pp. 3769 - 3774.

  64. 64.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie and George J. Pappas. (2003) Flocks of Autonomous Mobile Agents.  2nd Annual Symposium on Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems,

  65. 65.Herbert G. Tanner and George J. Pappas. (2003) Abstractions of Constrained Linear Systems.  IEEE American Control Conference,  pp 3381-3386.

  66. 66.Herbert G. Tanner, George J. Pappas and Vijay Kumar. (2002) Input-to-State Stability on Formation Graphs.  IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2439-2444.

  67. 67.Herbert G. Tanner, Vijay Kumar and George J. Pappas. (2002) Stability Properties of Interconnected Vehicles.  15th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems.

  68. 68.Herbert G. Tanner and George J. Pappas. (2002) Simulation Relations for Discrete-Time Linear Systems. 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, pp 1302-1307.

  69. 69.Herbert G. Tanner and George J. Pappas. (2002) Formation Input-to-State Stability.  15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, pp 1512-1517.

  70. 70.Herbert G. Tanner, Vijay Kumar and George J. Pappas. (2002) The effect of Feedback and Feedforward on Formation ISS.   IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp 3448-3453.

  71. 71.H.G. Tanner and K.J. Kyriakopoulos. (2002) Discontinuous Backstepping for Stabilization of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,  pp 3948-3953.

  72. 72.H.G. Tanner, S. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos. (2001) Nonholonomic Stabilization with Collision Avoidance for Mobile Robots.  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp 1220-1225.

  73. 73.H. G. Tanner and K.J. Kyriakopoulos. (2001) Stabilization and Output Tracking for Underactuated Mechanical Systems with Inequality Constraints.  IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechantronics, pp 862-867.

  74. 74.H.G. Tanner and K.J. Kyriakopoulos. (2001) Position and Force Control by Reaction Compensation. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3926-3931

  75. 75.H. Tanner, S. Loizou, K. Kyriakopoulos, K. Arvanitis and N. Sigrimis. (2000) Coordinating the Motion of a Manipulator and a Mobile Base in Tree Environments.  2nd IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Control for Bioproduction Systems, pp 73-78.

  76. 76.H. G. Tanner and K. J. Kyriakopoulos. (2000) Nonholonomic Motion Planning for Mobile Manipulators.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp 1233-1238.

  77. 77.H. G. Tanner and K. J. Kyriakopoulos. (1999) Analysis of Deformable Object Handling.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2674-2679.

  78. 78.H. G. Tanner, K. J. Kyriakopoulos and N.I. Krikelis. (1998) Modeling of Multiple Mobile Manipulators Handling a Common Deformable Object. 1st IFAC Workshop on Control Applications and Ergonomics in Agriculture, pp. 295-301.

  79. 79.H. G. Tanner and K.J. Kyriakopoulos. (1998) Modeling of a Mobile Manipulator with the Use of Kane's Dynamic Equations. 3rd IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, pp 14-20.

  80. 80.H. G. Tanner, K. J. Kyriakopoulos and N. I. Krikelis. (1996) Nonholonomic Vehicle Navigation in Constrained Environments with Direct Use of Potential Fields.  4th IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control Theory and Applications.



TECHNICAL REPORTS

  1. 1.Varsha Bhambhani and Herbert Tanner.  Topology Optimization in Cellular Neural Networks.  Technical Report UDMETR-2010-003, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, July 2010. http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/5658

  2. 2.Wenqi Zhang and Herbert Tanner.  Composition of Context-Free Motion Description Languages.  Technical Report UDMETR-2010-002, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, July 2010. http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/5656

  3. 3.Herbert Tanner and Adithya Boddu.  Multi-agent navigation functions: Have we missed something?  Technical Report UDMETR-2010-001, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, July 2010.  http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/5657

  4. 4.Herbert Tanner and Jorge Piovesan.  Randomized Model Predictive Navigation.  Technical Report  UDMETR-2010-001, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, February 2010. 

  5. 5.Dimitra Panagou and Herbert Tanner.  Modeling of a Hexapod Robot; Kinematic Equivalence to a Unicycle.  Technical Report UDMETR-2009-001, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, April 2009.

  6. 6.Thomas J. Otahal and Herbert G. Tanner.  Extended Kalman Filter Implementation for the Khepera II Mobile Robot.  Technical Report METR-08-001, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, January 2009.

  7. 7.J. Piovesan, C. Abdallah, H. Tanner.  Interconnected Hybrid Systems: A Framework for Multi-agent Systems with Hybrid Interacting Dynamics.  Technical Report EECE-TR-08-001, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univeristy of New Mexico, March 2008.

  8. 8.Jorge Piovesan, Chaouki Abdallah, and Herbert Tanner.  Leader-Follower Control with Odometry Error Analysis.  Technical Report EECE-TR-07-002, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univeristy of New Mexico, July 2007.

  9. 9.Andres R. Cortez and Herbert G. Tanner.  Information Surfing for Model-driven Radiation Mapping.  Technical Report ME-TR-07-001, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, June 2007.

  10. 10.J. Piovesan, C. Abdallah, H. Tanner, H. Jerez, and J. Khoury.  Resource allocation for multi-agent problems in the design of future communication networks. Technical Report EECE-TR-07-001, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univeristy of New Mexico, April 2007.

  11. 11.Herbert G. Tanner.  Task-driven multi-formation control for coordinated UAV/UGV ISR missions.  Technical Report ME-TR-06-002, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, October 2006.

  12. 12.Deepti Kumar and Herbert G. Tanner.  Increasing the Accuracy of Cooperative Localization by Controlling the Sensor Graph.  Technical Report ME-TR-06-001, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, March 2004.

  13. 13.Amit Kumar and Herbert G. Tanner.  Almost Global Asymptotic Formation Stabilization Using Navigation Functions.  Technical Report ME-TR-04-001, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, October 2004.

  14. 14.Herbert G. Tanner, Ali Jadbabaie and George J. Pappas.  Stability of Flocking Motion. Technical Report No MS-CIS-03-03, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, January 2003.

Publications

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