Some theses advised by Wyatt Newman (full text):

 

 

Brian Mathewson, F ’93, M.S.

"Integration of Force Strategies and Natural Admittance Control"

Scott Ameduri, sum ’97, M.S.

"Simulation of Image-Directed Radiation Therapy with Human Interactions"

Robert Horning, sum ’98, M.S.

"A Comparison of Identification Techniques for Robot Calibration"

Ivan Risch, sum ’98, M.S.

"Simulation and Control of Rotating Circuitry for Electronic Motor Commutation"

Ravi Hebbar, F ’98, M.S.

"Geometric Algorithms in Support of Layered Manufacturing"

Siddharth R. Chhatpar, F ’98, M.S.

"Experiments in Force-Guided Robotic Assembly"

Kapil Sharma, Sum ‘99, M.S.

"Physical Simulation of Image-Directed Radiation Therapy of Lung Targets"

T. Ganpath Subramaniam, Sum ‘99, M.S.

"Development of a Design Analysis Tool for a Novel Brushless Motor"

Yuesong Wang, Sum '99

                "Workspace Analysis of a Novel Closed-Chain Manipulator"

Hao Zhang, F '99

                "An Open-Architecture Controller for the AdeptOne Robot"

Tao Wei, Sum '00, M.S.

                "Design of a Material Handling System for Precise Layered Assembly of Laser-Cut Materials"

Yonghong Zhao, Sum '00,

                "A Force-Guided Approach for Robotic Peg-in-Hole Assembly"

Ittichote Chuckpaiwong, Sum '00

                "Reflexive Collision Avoidance for a Novel Parallel Manipulator"

Dan Morris, Sum '00

                "Experiments in Mechanical Assembly Using a Novel Parallel Manipulator"

Cheng Zhang, F '00

                "Towards a Practical Robotic Assembly System for Industrial Mechanical Assembly Applications"

Nirut Naksuk, F '00

                 "The Implementation of a Natural Admittance Controller for an Industrial Robot"

Gordon Daily, S ‘01

            An Experimental Investigation of Manipulation Control Based on Facial EMG Signals”

Marco Lung Ngai, S ‘01

            “An Experiment in Internet-Based Human-Assisted Robotics”

Noah Sandler, S ’01

           Towards Autonomous Reinforcement Learning for Robotics Assembly

Jing Wei, sum '01,

            Intelligent Robotic Learning Using Guided Evolutionary Simulated Annealing”

Ron Lazebnik, S, '02

            Using Frequency Decomposed Parallel Neural Networks for System Identification

Yingxi Chen, Sum ’03, M. S.

            Design and Evaluation of a Human-Computer Interface Based on Electrooculography

Jason Rotella, S ’04, M.S.

            “Predictive Tracking of Quasi Periodic Signals for Active Relative Motion Cancellation in Robotic Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery”

Adam Covitch, S '05

                "A Client/Server Approach to Open-Architecture, Behavior-Based Robot Programming"

Nathan Diederich, S '05

                "A Low-Cost, Flexible Platform for Research and Education in Autonomous Robotics"

 

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Thomas Wikman, S ’94, Ph.D.

                "Reflex Control for Robot System Preservation, Reliability and Autonomy"

Virgilio Velasco, sum ’97, Ph.D.

                "A Methodology for Computer-Assisted Gripper Customization Using Rapid Prototyping Technology"

Yong Zheng, sum ’97, Ph.D.

                "Enabling Computational Techniques for Tangential-Building Solid Freeform Fabrication"

Sanguen Choi, Sum '00, Ph.D.

                "Design and Evaluation of an Automated Laser-Machining System for Layered Manufacturing"

Mark E. Dohring, Spring '02, Ph.D.

                "High-Performance, Passivity-Based Robotic Force Control"

Ravi Hebbar, S ’03, Ph. D.

            Passivity Analysis of Interactive Systems Under Sampled-Data Control

Craig E. Birkhimer, F '04, Ph.D.

                "Extracting Human Strategies for Use in Robotic Assembly"