Publications

Thesis

Learning Semantic Maps from Natural Language (pdf)

Journal Papers

  • Mathew R. Walter*, Sachithra Hemachandra*, Bianca Homberg, Stefanie Tellex, Seth Teller, “A Framework for Learning Semantic Maps from Grounded Natural Language Descriptions”, The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) Special Issue from RSS 2013 (pdf)
  • F. Doshi-Velez, W. Li, Y. Battat, J. Park, B. Charrow, D. Curtis, S. Hemachandra, B. Reimer, J. Velez, C. Walsh, D. Fredette, N. Roy, S. Teller. “Improving Safety and Operational Efficiency in Residential Care Settings with WiFi-based Localization”. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Volume 13(6), July 2012, Pages 558-563 (pdf)

Conference Papers

  • Sachithra Hemachandra and Matthew R. Walter “Information and Theoretic Question Asking to Improve Spatial Semantic Representations”, in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015
  • Sachithra Hemachandra*, Felix Duvallet*,  Thomas Howard,   Nicholas Roy, Anthony Stentz and Matthew R. Walter “Learning Models for Following Natural Language Directions in Unknown Environments”, in IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015
  • Felix Duvallet*, Matthew R. Walter*, Thomas Howard*, Sachithra Hemachandra*, Jean Oh, Seth Teller, Nicholas Roy, and Anthony Stentz, “A Probabilistic Framework for Inferring Maps and Behaviors from Natural Language”, in Proc. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) 2014 (pdf)
  • S. Hemachandra, M. R. Walter, S. Tellex, and S. Teller, “Learning spatial-semantic representations from natural language descriptions and scene classification,” in Proc. IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 (pdf)
  • R. Tedrake, M. Fallon, S. Karumanchi, S. Kuindersma, M. Antone, T. Schneider, T. Howard, M. Walter, H. Dai, R. Deits, M. Fleder, D. Fourie, R. Hammoud, S. Hemachandra, P. Ilardi, C. Perez-D’Arpino, S. Pillai, A. Valenzuela, C. Cantu, C. Dolan, I. Evans, S. Jorgensen, J. Kristeller, J. A. Shah, K. Iagnemma, and S. Teller. “A summary of team MIT’s approach to the virtual robotics challenge”. Proc. IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014
  • Mathew R. Walter*, Sachithra Hemachandra*, Bianca Homberg, Stefanie Tellex, Seth Teller, “Learning Semantic Maps from Natural Language Descriptions”, Robotics: Science and Systems 2013 (pdf)
  • S.Hemachandra, T.Kollar, N. Roy and S. Teller. “Following and Interpreting Narrated Guided Tours”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, 2011. (pdf)
  • S. Kodagoda, E. A. S. M. Hemachandra, P. G. Jayasekara, R. L. Peiries,  A. C. De Silva, Rohan Munasinghe “Obstacle Detection and Map Building with a Rotating Ultrasonic Range Sensor using Bayesian Combination”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, 2006.
  • S. Kodagoda, E. A. S. M. Hemachandra, P.A.A.R. Pannipitiya, L.S. Bartholomeuz, A. A. Pasqual “Minimal Invasive Headband for Brain Computer Interfacing and Analysis” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, 2006.

(* : equally contributing authors)

Technical Reports

  • Thomas Kollar, Stefanie Tellex, Matthew R Walter, Albert Huang, Abraham Bachrach, Sachithra Hemachandra, Emma Brunskill, Ashis Banerjee, Deb Roy, Seth Teller, Nicholas Roy, “Generalized Grounding Graphs: A Probabilistic Framework for Understanding Grounded Language”,  (2013) (pdf)

Workshop Papers

  • S. Hemachandra,  M. R. Walter and S. Teller. “Information Theoretic Question Asking to Improve Spatial Semantic Representations” Proceeding of AAAI Fall Symposium on Knowledge, Skill, and Behavior Transfer in Autonomous Robots (2014) (upcoming)
  • S. Hemachandra, R. Finman, S. Pillai, S. Teller and M. R. Walter. “Towards Enabling a Robot to Effectively Assist People in Human-Occupied Environments” Proceeding of AAAI Spring Symposium - Designing Intelligent Robots: Reintegrating AI (2012) (pdf)