Nicolas Vandapel | Publications
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Journal Papers
  1. Experimental Results in Using Aerial LADAR Data for Mobile Robot Navigation. N. Vandapel, R. Donamukkala and M. Hebert. Extended version accepted for publication in the Int'l Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) , 2005. submitted version, before review
  2. Automatic 3D underground mine mapping. D. Huber and N. Vandapel. Extended version accepted for publication in the Int'l Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) , 2005
  3. Qualitative Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms In Polar Terrains. N. Vandapel and R. Chatila. Robotics And Autonomous Systems (RAS), vol 40, no 2-3, 2002.
International Conference Papers
  1. Data Structure for Efficient Processing in 3-D. Jean-Francois Lalonde, Nicolas Vandapel and Martial Hebert. In Proc. Robotics: Science and Systems 1 Conf., (RSS), 2005. [pdf] [more]
  2. Scale Selection for Classification of Point-sampled 3-D Surfaces. Jean-Francois Lalonde, Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Nicolas Vandapel and Martial Hebert. In Proc. IEEE 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling (3DIM), 2005. [pdf ] [more]
  3. Planning 3-D Path Networks in Unstructured Environments. N. Vandapel, J. Kuffner and O. Amidi. In Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2005. [pdf] [more]
  4. Analysis and Removal of Artificats in 3-D LADAR Data. J. Tuley and N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. In Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2005. [pdf] [more]
  5. Finding Organized Structures in 3-D Ladar Data. N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. In the Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2004. [pdf] [more]
  6. Natural terrain classification using 3-d ladar data. N. Vandapel, D. F. Huber, A. Kapuria and M. Hebert. In Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2004. [pdf] [more]
  7. Toward Laser Pulse Waveform Analysis for Scene Interpretation. N. Vandapel, O. Amidi and J. Ryan Miller. In Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2004. [pdf] [more]
  8. Classifier fusion for outdoor obstacle detection. C. Dima, N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. In the Proceedings of the IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2004. [pdf] [more]
  9. Quality Assessment of Traversability Maps from Aerial LIDAR Data for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle. N. Vandapel, R.R. Donamukkala, and M. Hebert. In the Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2003. [pdf] [more]
  10. Experimental Results in Using Aerial LADAR Data for Mobile Robot Navigation. N. Vandapel, R. Donamukkala and M. Hebert. In the proceedings of the Int'l Conf. on Field and Service Robotics (FSR), 2003. [pdf] [more]
  11. Automatic 3D underground mine mapping. D. Huber and N. Vandapel. In the proceedings of the Int'l Conf. on Field and Service Robotics (FSR) , 2003. [pdf] [more]
  12. 3D Rover Localization in Airborne Ladar Data. N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. In the proceedings of the Int'l Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2002. Appeared also in Experimental Robotics VIII, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, volume 5, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 2003. [pdf] [more]
  13. Affine Trackability for Landmark Selection in Natural Environment. N. Vandapel and R. Chatila. IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2002. [pdf] [more]
  14. Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms for Autonomous Navigation in Polar Terrains. N. Vandapel, R. Chatila, S. J. Moorehead, M. Hebert, S. Lacroix, M. Devy, D. Apostolopoulos and W. Whittaker. Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) , 2000. [pdf] [more]
  15. Preliminary Results on the Use of Stereo, Color Cameras and Laser Sensors in Antarctica. N. Vandapel, S. Moorehead, W.L. Whittaker, R. Chatila and R. Murrieta-Cid. Int'l Symposium on Experimental Research (ISER),1999. Also appeared in Experimental Robotics VI, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, no. 250, 2000. [pdf] [more]
  16. Landmark Identification and Tracking in Natural Environment. R. Murrieta-Cid, M. Briot and N. Vandapel. IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 1998.
National Conference Papers
  1. Finding Organized Structures in 3-D Ladar Data. N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. Proc. of the Army Science Conf. (ASC), 2004. [pdf] [more]
  2. Natural Terrain Classification using 3-D Ladar Data. Nicolas Vandapel, Daniel F. Huber, Anuj Kapuria and Martial Hebert. Proc. Collaborative Technology Alliance Conf., 2004.
  3. Sensor and Classifier Fusion for Outdoor Obstacle Detection: an Application of Data Fusion To Autonomous Off-Road Navigation. C. Dima, N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. Proc. Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Workshop on Imagery and Data Fusion, 2003.
  4. Terrain Classification Techniques from LADAR data for Autonomous Navigation. M. Hebert and N. Vandapel. Proc. of the Collaborative Technology Alliance Conf., 2003.

  5. Evaluation and Comparison of Terrain Classification Techniques from LADAR Data for Autonomous Navigation. M. Hebert, N. Vandapel, S. Keller, and R.R. Donamukkala. In the Proceedings of the Army Science Conf. (ASC), 2002.
Workshop and Invited Papers
  1. Progress in 3-D Mapping and Localization. M. Hebert, M. Deans, D. Huber, B. Nabbe and N. Vandapel. In the Proceedings of the Int'l Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems (SIRS), 2001.
  2. The EVA Robotic Assistant Experiment on the Haughton-Mars 99 Expedition. Nicolas Vandapel, Pascal Lee , Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, Geoffrey Briggs, Bill Clancey, Brian Glass, Steve Hoffman, Kimberlly Shillcutt, Maarten Sierhuis, Mike Sims, H. Thomas and W. Red Whittaker. In Proc. Mars Society Conf., 1999.
  3. Search for Meteorites at Martin Hills, Antartica. P. Lee et al.Lunar and Planetary Science Conf., 1999.
Posters
  1. ASDMCon Project Active Defect Detection at Construction Sites using Laser Scanners, Embedded Sensor Systems and Integrated Project Models, 2002.
  2. Planning for Laser Scanning and Automated Object Recognition from the 3D Scanned Environment, 2002.
Technical Reports
  1. Scale Selection for Classification of Point-sampled 3-D Surfaces. Jean-Francois Lalonde, Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Nicolas Vandapel and Martial Hebert. Technical report N° TR-RI-05-01, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January 2005. [pdf] [more]
  2. Analysis and removal of mixed pixels in ladar data. J. Tuley, N. Vandapel and M. Hebert. Technical report N°TR-RI-04-44, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004.
  3. Field Robots in Harsh Environment, project report. R. Chatila, G. Andrade, G. Bauzil, S. Fleury, M. Herrb, S. Lacroix, G. Scot and N. Vandapel. Technical report N°01323- LAAS-CNRS , 2001, (in French).
  4. Patriot Hills 1998 - Mission and Preliminary Analyses Report, Contract report IFRTP 97-02 no 2. N. Vandapel. Technical report N° 99536,LAAS-CNRS ,1999.
  5. Design of a Perceptual System for an Antarctic Mobile Robot. R. Chatila, S. Lacroix and N. Vandapel, Contract report IFRTP 97-02 No 1. Technical report 97523 - LAAS-CNRS , 1997