Atacama Desert Trek: Team Nomad

Many people and institutions are working together to realize the goals of the Atacama Desert Trek.

Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Prof. Red Whittaker	Principal Investigator, Director, Field Robotics Center
Eric Rollins	Project Manager, Mechanical Lead, Away Team
Dimi Apostolopoulos	Locomotion
Deepak Bapna	Communications Lead, Antenna Pointing
Jon Burroughs	Electronics
Peter Copin	Mechanical
Fabio Cozman	Skyline Navigation
Alex Foessel	Site Operations, Software, Away Team
Carlos Guestrin	Skyline Navigation
Prof. Martial Hebert	Stereo Vision
Dr. Paul Levin	Position Estimation, Software
Dr. Mark Maimone	Navigation Lead, Software Lead, Away Team
Dot Marsh	Support
Martin Martin	Stateside Operations, Public Relations
John Murphy	Imaging Lead, Stateside Operations
Paul Parker	Network
Michael Parris	Site Operations, Away Team
Liam Pedersen	Meteorite Search
Kathryn Porsche	User Interface
Ben Shamah	Mechanical
Kimberly Shillcutt	Patterned Navigation
Mark Sibenac	Real Time Software, Electronics, Away Team
Prof. Reid Simmons	Autonomy Software
Jim Teza	Electronics Lead, Away Team
Larry Young	Electronics

Dr. Michael Sims	Director, Intelligent Mechanisms Group
Maria Bualat	Operator Interface
Natalie Cabrol	Science Lead
Dan Christian	Science Package Hardware
Cesar Mina	Operations support
Kurt Schwehr	Imaging, Telemetry
Hans Thomas	Laser Scanner, Real Time Software, Telemetry, Away Team
Deanne Tucker	Visualization, Ames Web
Dr. David Wettergreen	Project Leader, Architecture, Telemetry

Prof. Geb Thomas

Director, GROK Laboratory, Immersive Display

Our research is sponsored by the NASA Space Telerobotics Program, directed by Dave Lavery. We are also grateful for the support of the many Friends of Nomad.

This information is preliminary and not intended for public dissemination!

Last Modified: Monday, 14-Apr-1997 21:31:35 EDT