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.
Siddharth R. Chhatpar, F 98, M.S.
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.
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.