Robotic Decision Making Laboratory

The Robotic Decision Making Laboratory performs fundamental research in the growing area of robotic systems. We design planning, coordination, and learning techniques to improve robotic sensing and manipulation in the physical world. We work to develop scalable systems grounded in principled theoretical analysis capable of acting in changing, unstructured environments with imperfect information. A few of our recent research threads are listed below. Additional detail is provided on the research page.

• Machine learning for inspection and classification with autonomous underwater vehicles
• Communication-aware motion planning for robotic sensor networks
• Decision making for personal robotic assistants
• Multi-robot coordination for search and pursuit-evasion in the physical world
• Tracking using non-line-of-sight ranging sensors

News

• Dr. Hollinger won an NSF CAREER award on Topological Planning in Information Space for Intelligent Robotic Systems.
• We have completed successful flight trials (video) of our Risk-Aware Graph Search algorithm using a DJI Matrice 100 quadcopter.
• Check out our Robotics: Science and Systems Workshop on Robot Communication in the Wild (deadline for contribution May 21). 
• Dr. Hollinger was the recipient of a 2017 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award.
• Our papers on deep learning for robot search and semi-autonomous underwater vehicles will appear in IROS 2016 and OCEANS 2016.
• Our paper on MPC for underwater robots in ocean waves will appear at ICRA 2016 and in the RA Letters.
• Check out our workshop on Online Decision Making in Multi-robot Coordination at RSS 2016.
• Congratulations to Daniel Fernandez, Yawei Zhang, and Ryan Skeele for successfully defending their Masters Theses.
• Our paper on agent-based multi-UAV coordination will appear at IROS 2015.
• Oregon State is part of the 15-university ASSURE team awarded the FAA Center of Excellence for Unmanned Systems.
• Check out our workshop on Persistent Autonomy for Aquatic Robots at ICRA 2015.
• Our papers on multi-UAV exploration and human-robot information gathering will appear at ICRA 2015.
• Oregon Live published a news article on our new bioacoustic underwater gliders project.
• Our paper on unifying multi-goal path planning for autonomous data collection appeared at IROS 2014.
  
• Our paper on self-organizing maps for the prize collecting traveling salesman problem won the Best Poster Award at the Workshop on Self-organizing Maps in Mittweida, Germany.
• The International Journal of Robotics Research published our work on sampling-based robotic information gathering algorithms.
• Check out our workshop on Autonomous Control, Adaptation, and Learning for Underwater Vehicles at RSS 2014.
• Our paper on trajectory learning for human-robot scientific data collection will appear at ICRA 2014.
• The Oregon State University School of MIME is hiring faculty this season. See here for more info.
• The lab director will be presenting at the NSF-Sponsored Workshop on Robot Planning in the Real World in Arlington, VA.
• Our paper on squared error distortion metrics for motion planning in robotic sensor networks will appear at Wi-UAV 2013.
  
• The Journal of Field Robotics published our work on risk-aware path planning for autonomous underwater vehicles using predictive ocean models.
• Our paper on sampling-based motion planning for robotic information gathering will appear at RSS 2013.
• Check out our workshop on Robotic Exploration, Monitoring, and Information Collection at RSS 2013.
• The OSU Robotics website is up and now contains information about research, education, and outreach.
• The Robotic Decision Making Laboratory is recruiting students. See the people page for more info.