Maja J Mataric´

Publications

Journal Aricles
Book Chapters
Edited Volumes
Conference Proceedings
Posters
Theses
Advised PhD Theses
Workshop Papers
Technical Reports

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Refereed Journal Articles

2004

  • Odest Chadwicke Jenkins and Maja J Mataric´, "Performance-Derived Behavior Vocabularies: Data-Driven Acquisition of Skills From Motion", International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Jun 2004, 237-288. [PDF]

  • Brian Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "A Formal Framework for the STudy of Task Allocation in Multi-Robot Systems", International Journal of Robotics Research, 23(9), Sep 2004, 939-954. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

    2003

  • Maja J Mataric´, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Esben Ostergaard, "Multi-robot Task Allocation in Uncertain Environments", Autonomous Robots, 14(2-3), pp. 255-263, 2003. [PDF]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Maximizing Reward in a Non-Stationary Mobile Robot Environment", invited submission to the Best of Agents-2000, special issue of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 6(3), 2003, pp. 281-316. [PS.GZ]

    2002

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Sold!: Auction methods for multi-robot coordination", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation,, special issue on Advances in Multi-Robot Systems, 18(5), Oct 2002, 758-786. [PDF]

  • Jakob Fredslund and Maja J Mataric´, "A General, Local Algorithm for Robot Formations",IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation,, special issue on Advances in Multi-Robot Systems, 18(5), Oct 2002, 837-846. [PS] [PDF]

  • Richard Vaughan, Kasper Stoy, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "LOST: Localization-Space Trails for Robot Teams",IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation,, special issue on Advances in Multi-Robot Systems, 18(5), Oct 2002, 796-812.[PS.GZ]

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "An Incremental Self-Deployment Algorithm for Mobile Sensor Networks", Autonomous Robots,special issue on Intelligent Embedded Systems, G. Sukhatme, ed., 2002, 113-126. [PDF]

  • Ajo Fod, Maja J Mataric´, and Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, "Automated Derivation of Primitives for Movement Classification", Autonomous Robots,12(1), Jan 2002, 39-54. [PDF][PS]

    2001

  • Monica Nicolescu and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning and Interacting in Human-Robot Domains", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, Cybernetics, special issue on "Socially Intelligent Agents - The Human in the Loop", K. Dautenhahn, ed., 31:5, 2001, 419-430.[PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Aude Billard and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning human arm movements by imitation: Evaluation of a biologically inspired connectionist architecture", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 37:2-3, Nov 30, 2001, 145-160. [PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Learning in Behavior-Based Multi-Robot Systems: Policies, Models, and Other Agents", Cognitive Systems Research, special issue on Multi-disciplinary studies of multi-agent learning, Ron Sun, ed., 2(1), Apr 2001, 81-93. [PS.GZ]

    2000

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Getting Humanoids to Move and Imitate", IEEE Intelligent Systems, Jul 2000, 18-24. [PDF]

  • Gaurav S. Sukhatme and Maja J Mataric´, "Embedding Robots Into the Internet", Communications of the ACM, special issue on "Embedding the Internet", D. Estrin, R. Govindan, and J. Heidamann, eds. May 2000, 67-73. [PS.GZ]

  • Barry Werger and Maja J Mataric´, "From Insect to Internet: Situated Control for Networked Robot Teams", Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence,, 31:1-4, pp. 173-198, 2001. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

    1999

  • Francois Michaud and Maja J Mataric´, "Representation of behavioral history for learning in nonstationary conditions", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 29, 1999, 187-200. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, Victor B. Zordan, and Matthew M. Williamson, "Making Complex Articulated Agents Dance: an analysis of control methods drawn from robotics, animation, and biology", Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2(1), Mar 1999, 23-44. [PS.GZ]

    1998

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Marc Pomplun, "Fixation Behavior in Observation and Imitation of Human Movement", Cognitive Brain Research, 7(2), 1998, 191-202. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Using Communication to Reduce Locality in Distributed Multi-Agent Learning", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, special issue on Learning in DAI Systems, Gerhard Weiss, ed., 10(3), Jul-Sep, 1998, 357-369. [PS.GZ]

  • Miguel Schneider Fontan and Maja J Mataric´, "Territorial Multi-Robot Task Division", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 14(5), Oct 1998, 815-822.[PS.GZ]

  • Francois Michaud and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning from History for Behavior-Based Mobile Robots in Non-stationary Conditions", joint special issue on Learning in Autonomous Robots, Machine Learning, 31(1-3), 141-167, and Autonomous Robots, 5(3-4), Jul/Aug 1998, 335-354. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Behavior-Based Robotics as a Tool for Synthesis of Artificial Behavior and Analysis of Natural Behavior", Trends in Cognitive Science, 2(3), Mar 1998, 82-87. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Coordination and Learning in Multi-Robot Systems", IEEE Intelligent Systems, Mar/Apr 1998, 6-8.[ PDF] [PS.GZ]

    1997

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Social Behavior", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 20, 1997, 191-204. [PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Studying the Role of Embodiment in Cognition", in Cybernetics and Systems 28(6), special issue on Epistemological Aspects of Embodied AI, Erich Prem, ed., Jul 1997, 457-470. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Reinforcement Learning in the Multi-Robot Domain", Autonomous Robots, 4(1), Mar 1997, 73-83. [PZ.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Behavior-Based Control: Examples from Navigation, Learning, and Group Behavior", Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, special issue on Software Architectures for Physical Agents, 9(2-3), H. Hexmoor, I. Horswill, and D. Kortenkamp, eds., 1997, 323-336. [PS.GZ]

    1996

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Dave Cliff, "Challenges In Evolving Controllers for Physical Robots", in "Evolutional Robotics", special issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 19(1), Oct 1996, 67-83. [PS.GZ]

    1995

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Designing and Understanding Adaptive Group Behavior", Adaptive Behavior 4:1, Dec 1995, 51-80. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Issues and Approaches in the Design of Collective Autonomous Agents", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 16(2-4), Dec 1995, 321-331. [PS.GZ]

    1992

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Integration of Representation Into Goal-Driven Behavior-Based Robots", in IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 8(3), Jun 1992, 304-312. [PDF]

    Refereed Book Chapters

  • Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Task Learning Through Imitation and Human-Robot Interaction", in Models and Mechanisms of Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals: Behavioural, Social and Communicative Dimensions, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Chrystopher Nehaniv, eds., 2005. [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "On role allocation in RoboCup", in RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII, D. Polani, A. Bonarini, B. Browning, and K. Yoshida, eds., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. Invited paper. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Dan Paluska, Maja J Mataric´, and Jerry Pratt, "Control of Biomimetic Robots", in Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots, Y. Bar-Cohen and C. Breazeal, Eds., SPIE Press, Vol. PM122, May 2003. [DOC]

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Localization for Mobile Robot Teams: A Distributed MLE Approach", Experimental Robotics VIII, B. Siciliano and P. Dario, eds., Springer-Verlaag, 2003, 146-155. [PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Situated Robotics", invited contribution to the Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Reference Limited, Nov 2002. [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Cognitive Processing Through the Interaction of Many Agents", invited contribution to the Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Reference Limited, Nov 2002. [PDF]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Design and Evaluation of Robust Behavior-Based Controllers," in Robot Teams: From Diversity to Polymorphism, Tucker Balch and Lynne E. Parker, eds., A K Peters Ltd, April 2002. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Principled Communication for Dynamic Multi-Robot Task Allocation", Experimental Robotics VII, LNCIS 271, D. Rus and S. Singh, eds., Springer-Verlaag Berlin, 2001, 253-362. [PS.GZ][PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Sensory-Motor Primitives as a Basis for Learning by Imitation:Linking Perception to Action and Biology to Robotics", in Imitation in Animals and Artifacts, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Chrystopher Nehaniv, eds., MIT Press, 2002, 392-422. [PS.GZ]

  • Paolo Pirjanian and Maja J Mataric´, Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation, D. Drainkov and A. Saffiotti, eds., Studies on Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Springer-Verlag, 2000, 235-253. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Rodney A. Brooks, "Learning a Distributed Map Representation Based on Navigation Behaviors", in Cambrian Intelligence, MIT Press, 1999, 37-58.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Behavior-Based Robotics", in the MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences, Robert A. Wilson and Frank C. Keil, eds., MIT Press, April 1999, 74-77. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Learning in Multi-Robot Systems", in Adaptation and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems, Gerhard Weiss and Sandip Sen, eds., Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), 1042, Springer-Verlag 1996, 152-163.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "From Local Interactions to Collective Intelligence", in The Biology and Technology of Intelligent Autonomous Agents, L. Steels, ed., NATO ASI Series F, 144, Springer-Verlag, 1995, 275-295.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Integration of Representation Into Goal-Driven Behavior-Based Robots", The Artificial Life Route to Artificial Intelligence: Building Embodied, Situated Agents, L. Steels and R. Brooks, eds., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, 1995, 165-186.

  • Rodney A. Brooks and Maja J Mataric´, "Real Robots, Real Learning Problems", in Robot Learning, Jonathan H. Connell and Sridhar Mahadevan, eds., Kluwer Academic Press, 1993, 193-213.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Parallel, Decentralized Spatial Mapping for Robot Navigation and Path Planning'', Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Hans-Paul Schwefel and Reinhard Maenner, eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991, 381-385.

    Edited Volumes

  • "Emerging Directions in Robotics'', special issue of the Communications of the ACM, G. Sukhatme and M. Mataric´, eds., Mar 2002.

  • "Learning in Autonomous Robots'', joint special issue of Autonomous Robots, 5(3-4), and Machine Learning, 31(1-3), M. Mataric´ and H. Hexmoor, eds., Jul/Aug 1998.

  • "Complete Agent Learning in Complex Environments'', special issue of Adaptive Behavior Journal, M. Mataric´, ed., 5(3-4), Winter/Spring 1997.

  • Proceedings, 4th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-96), P. Maes, M. Mataric´, J-A. Meyer, J. Pollack, and S. Wilson, eds., MIT Press, 1996.

    Refereed Conference Proceedings

    2004

  • William Bluethmann, Robert Ambrose, Myron Diftler, Eric Huber, Andrew Fagg, Michael Rosenstein, Robert Platt, Roderic Grupen, Cynthia Breazeal, Andrew Brooks, Andre Lockerd, R. Allan Peters, Odest Jenkins, Maja J Mataric´, and Magdalena Bugajska, "Building an Autonomous Humanoid Tool User", Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2004), Santa Monica, CA, Nov 10-12, 2004. [PDF]

  • Chris V. Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Automatic Synthesis of Communcation-Based Coordinated Multi-Robot Systems", Proceeding, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-04), Sendai, Japan, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2004, 381-387. [PDF]

  • Anand Panangadan, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Detecting Anomalous Human Interactions using Laser Range-finders", Proceeding, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-04), Sendai, Japan, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2004, 2136-2141. [PDF]

  • Ashley Tews, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Avoiding Detection in a Dynamic Environment", Proceeding, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-04), Sendai, Japan, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2004, 3773-3778. [PDF]

  • Odest C. Jenkins and Maja J Mataric´, "A Spatio-temporal Extension to Isomap Nonlinear Dimension Reduction, Proceedings, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2004), Banff, Canada, July 4-8, 2004, 441-448. [PDF]

  • Torbjørn S. Dahl, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme "Emergent Robot Differentiation in Distributed Multi-Robot Task Allocation". To Appear in the Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS'04), Toulouse, France, June 23 - 25, 2002, 191-200. [PS] [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Synthesis and Analysis of Non-Reactive Controllers for Multi-Robot Sequential Task Domains", Proceedings, International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER-04), Singapore, Jun 22-25, 2004. [PDF]

  • Evan Drumwright and Maja J Mataric´, "Exemplar-Based Primitives for Humanoid Movement Classification and Control". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-04), New Orleans, Louisiana, Apr 26-May 1, 2004, 140-145. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Marcelo Kallmann, Robert Bargmann, and Maja J Mataric´. "Motion Planning Using Dynamic Roadmaps". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-04), New Orleans, Louisiana, Apr 26-May 1, 2004, 4399-4404. [PDF]

  • Dylan Shell and Maja J Mataric´. "Directional Audio Beacon Deployment: an Assistive Multi-Robot Application". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-04), New Orleans, Louisiana, Apr 26-May 1, 2004. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Marcelo Kallmann and Maja J Mataric´. "Planning the Sequencing of Movement Primitives". Proceedings of the International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB), Los Angeles, CA, Jul 13-17, 2004, 193-200. [PDF]

  • Ashley Tews, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J. Mataric´. "A Multi-robot Approach to Stealthy Navigation in the Presence of an Observer," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-04), New Orleans, Louisiana, Apr 26-May 1, 2004, 2379-2385. [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J Mataric´. "The Use of Internal State in Multi-Robot Coordination", Proceedings, Hawaii International Conference on Computer Science (HICCS-04), Jan 2004, 27-32. [PDF]

    2003

  • Evan Drumwright and Maja J Mataric´, "Generating and Recognizing Free-Space Movements in Humanoid Robots", Proceeding, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-03), Las Vegas, NV, Oct 27-31, 2003, 1672-1678. [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Adaptive Division of Labor in large-Scale Multi-Robot Systems", Proceeding, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-03), Las Vegas, NV, Oct 27-31, 2003, 1969-1974. [PDF]

  • Dylan Shell and Maja J Mataric´, "A Human Motion-Based Environmental Complexity Measure for Robotics", Proceeding, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-03), Las Vegas, NV, Oct 27-31, 2003, 2559-2564. [PDF], [PS.GZ]

  • Odest Chadwicke Jenkins and Maja J Mataric´, "Automated Derivation of Behavior Vocabularies for Autonomous Humanoid Motion", Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (Agents 2003), Melbourne, Austrailia, July, 2003, 225-232. [PDF]

  • Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Natural Methods for Robot Task Learning: Instructive Demonstration, Generalization and Practice", in Proceedings, Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, pages 241-248, Melbourne, Australia, July 14-18, 2003 (best student paper nomination). [PDF]

  • Monica Nicolescu, Maja J Mataric´, "Linking Perception and Action in a Control Architecture for Human-Robot Domains", Proceedings, Thirty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-36), Hawaii, January 6-9, 2003. [PS], [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Multi-Robot Task Allocation: Analyzing the Complexity and Optimality of Key Architectures". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2003), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 17-22, 2003, 3862-3867. [PS] [PDF]

  • Torbjorn S. Dahl and Maja J. Mataric´, "Multi-Robot Task Allocation Through Vacancy Chains," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2003), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 17-22, 2003, 2293-2298. [PS]

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´ and Gaurav S Sukhatme, "Putting the `I' in `Team': An Ego-Centric Approach to Cooperative Localization", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics an Automation (ICRA-2003), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 17-22, 2003, 868-873. [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J. Mataric´, "From Local to Global Behavior in Intelligent Self-Assembly". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2003), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 17-22, 2003, 721-726. [PDF]

  • Ashley Tews, Maja J. Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "A Scalable Approach to Human-Robot Interaction". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2003), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 17-22, 2003, 1665-1670. [PS]

  • Chi-Wei Chu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, and Maja J Mataric´, "Markerless Kinematic Model and Motion Capture from Volume Sequences", Proceedings, IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2003 (CVPR 2003), Madison, Wisconsin, July, 2003, 475-482. [PDF]

    2002

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Localization for Mobile Robot Teams: a Distributed MLE Approach", Proceedings, International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER-2002), Sant'Angelo d'Ischia, Italy, Jul 8-11, 2002. [PDF]

  • Daniel Arbuckle, Andrew Howard and Maja J Mataric´, "Temporal Occupancy Grids: a Method for Classifying Spatio-Temporal Properties of the Environment", Proceeding of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-02), Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002, 409-414. [PDF]

  • Torbjorn S. Dahl, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Organization in Groups of Robots", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2002), Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002, 1044-1049. [PS] [PDF]

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´ and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "An Incremental Deployment Algorithm for Mobile Robot Teams", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2002), Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002, 2849-2854. [PDF]

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´ and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Localization for Mobile Robot Teams Using Maximum Likelihood Estimation", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-02), Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002, 434-459. [PDF]

  • Odest Chadwicke Jenkins and Maja J Mataric´, "Deriving Action and Behavior Primitives from Human Motion Data". Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ Internation Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2002), Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002, 2551-2556. [PS] [PDF]

  • Jens Wawerla, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Collective Contruction with Multiple Robots", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2002), Lausanne, Switzerland, September 30 - October 4, 2002. [PDF]

  • Helen Yan and Maja J Mataric´, "General Spatial Features for Analysis of Multi-robot and Human Activities from Raw Position Data", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2002), EPFL, Switzerland, Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2002, 2770-2775. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Andrew Howard and Maja J Mataric´, "Mobile Sensor Network Deployment Using Potential Fields: A Distributd, Scalable Solution to the Area Coverage Problem", Proceedings, 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), Japan, 2002. [PDF]

  • Monica Nicolescu and Maja J Mataric´, "A hierarchical architecture for behavior-based robots", Proceedings, First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Bologna, Italy, July 15-19, 2002.[PS][PDF]

  • R. Amit and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Movement Sequences from Demonstration", Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-2002), MIT, Cambridge, MA, June 12-15, 2002, 302-306. [PS] [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Pusher-watcher: An approach to fault-tolerant tightly-coupled robot coordination" Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2002), Washington, DC, May 11 - 15, 2002, 464-469. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Exploiting physical dynamics for concurrent control of a mobile robot", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2002), Washington, DC, May 11 - 15, 2002, 3467-3472. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Jakob Fredslund and Maja J Mataric´, "Huey, Dewey, Louie, and GUI -- Commanding Robot Formations", To appear in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2002), Washington, DC, May 11 - 15, 2002, 175-180. [PS] [PDF]

  • Esben H. Ostergaard, Maja J. Mataric´ and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Multi-robot Task Allocation in the Light of Uncertainty", Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2002), Wasington DC, May 11-15, 2002, 3002-3007. [PDF], [PS]

  • Amit Ramesh and Maja J Mataric´, "Parametric Primitives for Movement Representation and Control", Proceedings, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2002), Washington DC, May 11-15, 2002, 863-868.[PS] [PDF]

  • Richard Vaughan, Kasper Stoey, Gaurav S. Sukhatme and Maja J Mataric´, "Exploiting Task Regularities to Transform Between Reference Frames in Robot Teams", Proceedings, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2002), Washington DC, May 11-15, 2002, 2599-2605.

  • Ajo Fod, Andrew Howard, and Maja J Mataric´, "A Laser-Based People Tracker", Proceedings, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA-2002), Washington DC, May 11-15, 2002, 3024-3029.[PDF]

  • Jakob Fredslund and Maja J Mataric´, Robots in Formation Using Local Information, Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-7), Marina del Rey, CA, Mar 25-27, 2002, 100-107. [PDF] [PS]

    2001

  • Andrew Howard and Maja J. Mataric´, "Relaxation on a Mesh", Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS), Maui, Hawaii, Oct 2001, 740-745. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J. Mataric´, "Detecting Regime Changes With a Mobile Robot Using Multiple Models", Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS), Maui, Hawaii, Oct 2001, 619-624.

  • Monica Nicolsecu and Maja J. Mataric´, "Experience-based Representation Construction: Learning From Human and Robot Teachers", Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS), Maui, Hawaii, Oct 2001, 740-745. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Esben H. Ostergaard, Maja J. Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Distributed Multi-Robot Task Allocation for Emergency Handling", Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS), Maui, Hawaii, Oct 2001, 821-826. [PS] [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey, Richard Vaughan, Andrew Howard, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Most Valuable Player: A Robot Device Server for Distributed Control", Proceedings, IROS-2001, Maui, Hawaii, Oct 2001, 1226-1231.[PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Task-Allocation and Coordination of Multiple Robots for Planetary Exploration", 10th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Buda, Hungary, Aug 22-25, 2001, 61-70.[PDF]

  • Jakob Fredslund and Maja J Mataric´, Robot Formations Using Only Local Sensing and Control,Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on computationl Intelligence for Robotics and Automation (CIRA-2001), Banff, Canada, Jul 29-Aug 1 2001. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Monica Nicolescu and Maja J Mataric´, Experience-based learning of task representations from human-robot interaction", Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on computationl Intelligence for Robotics and Automation (CIRA-2001), Banff, Canada, Jul 29-Aug 1 2001. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Wei Ye, Richard T. Vaughan, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, John Heidemann, Deborah Estrin and Maja J Mataric´, Evaluating Control Strategies for Wireless-Networked Robots Using an Integrated Robot and Network Simulation, Proceedings, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2001).[PS.GZ][PDF]

    2000

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Principled Communication for Dynamic Multi-Robot Task Allocation", Proceedings, International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER-2000), Waikiki, Hawaii, Dec 10-13, 2000, 341-352. [PS.GZ][PDF]

  • Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Maja J Mataric´, and Stefan Weber, "Primitive-Based Movement Classification for Humanoid Imitation", Proceedings, First IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2000), MIT, Cambridge, MA, Sep 7-8, 2000. [PDF]

  • Ajo Fod, Maja J Mataric´, and Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, "Automated Derivation of Primitives for Movement Classification", Proceedings, First IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2000), MIT, Cambridge, MA, Sep 7-8, 2000. [PDF]

  • Marc Pomplun and Maja J Mataric´, "Evaluation Metrics and Results of Human Arm Movement Imitation", Proceedings, First IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2000), MIT, Cambridge, MA, Sep 7-8, 2000. [ PDF] [ PS.GZ].

  • Aude Billard and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning human arm movements by imitation: Evaluation of a biologically inspired connectionist architecture", Proceedings, First IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2000), MIT, Cambridge, MA, Sep 7-8, 2000.[PDF]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Multiple Models for Reward Maximization,", Proceedings, The Seventeenth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2000), Stanford University, June 29-July 2, 2000, 319-326.[PS.GZ]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Reward maximization in a Non-Stationary Mobile Robot Environment", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000.[PS.GZ]

  • Aude Billard and Maja J Mataric´, "A biologically inspired robotic model for learning by imitation", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000, 373-380. [PDF]

  • Richard Vaughan, Kasper Stoey, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Whistling in the Dark: Cooperative Trail Following in Uncertain Localization Space", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000, 373-380.[PS.GZ]

  • Richard Vaughan, Kasper Stoey, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Blazing a trail: insect-inspired resource transportation by a robot team", Proceedings, 5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), Knoxville, TN, Oct 4-6, 2000, 111-120.[PS.GZ]

  • Richard Vaughan, Kasper Stoey, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Go ahead, make my day: Robot conflict resolution by aggressive competition", Proceedings, 6th International Conference On the Simulation Of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-2000), Paris, France, Sep 11-15, 2000, 11-16.[PS.GZ]

  • Barry Werger and Maja J Mataric´, "Broadcast of Local Eligibility for Multi-Target Observation", Proceedings, 5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), Knoxville, TN, Oct 4-6, 2000, 347-356.[PDF]

  • Paolo Pirjanian and Maja J Mataric´, "Multi-Robot Target Acquisition Using Multiple Objective Behavior Coordination", Proceedings, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2000), San Francisco, CA, Apr 25-28, 2000, 2696-2702.[PS.GZ]

    1999

  • Paolo Pirjanian and Maja J Mataric´, "A decision-theoretic approach to fuzzy behavior coordination", Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics & Automation (CIRA-99), Monteray, CA, Nov 8-9, 1999.[PS.GZ]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Coordinating Mobile Robot Group Behavior Using a Model of Interaction Dynamics", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 1999, Seattle, WA, May 1-3, 1999, 100-107.[PS.GZ] (This paper received the ACM Student Paper award.)

    1998

  • Francois Michaud and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning from History for Adaptive Mobile Robot Control", Proceedings, IROS-98, Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct 12-16, 1998, 1865-1870.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, Matthew Williamson, John Demiris, and Aswath Mohan "Behavior-Based Primitives for Articulated Control", in Proceedings, From Animals to Animats 5, Fifth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-98), Rolf Pfeifer, Bruce Blumberg, Jean-Arcady Meyer, and Stewart W. Wilson, eds., MIT Press, 1998, 165-170.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, Victor Zordan, and Zach Mason, "Movement Control Methods for Complex, Dynamically Simulated Agents: Adonis Dances the Macarena", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 1998, Minneapolis/St. Paul, May 10-13, 1998, ACM Press, 317-324.[PS.GZ]

  • Francois Michaud and Maja J Mataric´, "A History-Based Approach for Adaptive Robot Behavior in Dynamic Environments", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 1998, Minneapolis/St. Paul, May 10-13, 1998, ACM Press, 422-429.[PS.GZ]

    1997

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Using Communication to Reduce Locality in Distributed Multi-Agent Learning", Proceedings, AAAI-97, Providence, Rhode Island, Jul 27-31, 1997, 643-648.[PS.GZ]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Interference as a Tool for Designing and Evaluating Multi-Robot Controllers", Proceedings, AAAI-97, Providence, Rhode Island, Jul 27-31, 1997, 637-642.[PS.GZ]

  • Francois Michaud and Maja J Mataric´, "Behavior Evaluation and Learning from an Internal Point of View", Proceedings, FLAIRS-97, Daytona, Florida, May 1997.[PS.GZ]

    1996

  • Miguel Schneider Fontan and Maja J Mataric´, "A Study of Territoriality: The Role of Critical Mass in Adaptive Task Division" in Proceedings, From Animals to Animats 4, Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-96), Pattie Maes, Maja J Mataric´, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Jordan Pollack, and Stewart W. Wilson, eds, MIT Press/Bradford Books 1996, 553-561.[PS.GZ]

  • Barry Brian Werger and Maja J Mataric´, "Robotic "Food" Chains: Externalization of State and Program for Minimal-Agent Foraging" in Proceedings, From Animals to Animats 4, Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-96), Pattie Maes, Maja J Mataric´, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Jordan Pollack, and Stewart W. Wilson, eds, MIT Press/Bradford Books 1996, 625-634.[PS.GZ]

    1995

  • Maja J Mataric´, Martin Nilsson and Kristian Simsarian, "Cooperative Multi-Robot Box-Pushing" Proceedings, IROS-95, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995, 556-561.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Evaluation of Learning Performance of Situated Embodied Agents" in Proceedings, Third European Conference on Artificial Life, Granada, Spain, Jun 4-6, 1995, 579-589.[PS.GZ]

    1994

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Reward Functions for Accelerated Learning" in Machine Learning: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference, William W. Cohen and Haym Hirsh, eds., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1994, 181-189.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Learning to Behave Socially" in Proceedings, From Animals to Animats 3, Third International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-94), D. Cliff, P. Husbands, J-A. Meyer and S. Wilson, eds., MIT Press, 453-462.[PS.GZ]

    1993

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Kin Recognition, Similarity, and Group Behavior" in Proceedings, Fifteenth Annual Cognitive Science Society Conference, Boulder, Colorado, Jun 1993, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 705-710.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Matthew J. Marjanovic, "Synthesizing Complex Behaviors by Composing Simple Primitives", Proceedings, Self Organization and Life, From Simple Rules to Global Complexity, European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL-93), Brussels, Belgium, May 1993, 2, 698-707.

    1992

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Designing Emergent Behaviors: From Local Interactions to Collective Intelligence", in Proceedings, From Animals to Animats 2, Second International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-92), J-A. Meyer, H. Roitblat and S. Wilson, eds., MIT Press, 432-441.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Minimizing Complexity in Controlling a Mobile Robot Population", in Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nice, France, 1992, 830-835.

    1990

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Navigating With a Rat Brain: A Neurobiologically-Inspired Model for Robot Spatial Representation", in Proceedings, From Animals to Animats: First International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-90), J-A. Meyer and S. Wilson, eds., MIT Press, 1990, 169-175.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Environment Learning Using a Distributed Representation", Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Cincinnati, May 1990, 402-406.

  • Rodney A. Brooks, Pattie Maes, Maja J Mataric´, and Grinnell Moore, "Lunar Base Construction Robots", in Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-90), Tokyo, Japan, Jul 1990, 389-392.

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Rodney A. Brooks, "Learning a Distributed Map Representation Based on Navigation Behaviors", Proceedings, USA-Japan Symposium on Flexible Automation, Kyoto, Japan, Jul 1990, 499-506.

    Unrefereed Conference Papers

  • Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Deborah Estrin, David Caron, Maja J Mataric´, and Aristides Requicha "Proposed Approach for Combining Distributed Sensing, Robotic Sampling, and Offline Analysis for in situ Marine Monitoring", Proceedings, Advanced Environmental and Chemical Sensing Technology - SPIE 2000, Vol. 43205, Boston, MA, November 6-8, 2000.[PS.GZ]

  • Goksel Dedeoglu, Maja J. Mataric´, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Incremental, on-line topological map building with a mobile robot", Proceedings of Mobile Robots XIV - SPIE 99, Boston, MA, pp. 129-139.[PS.GZ]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J. Mataric´, "Mobile Robot Group Coordination Using a Model Of Interaction Dynamics", Proceedings of the SPIE: Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic Systems II,", G. McKee and P. Schenker, eds., Boston, MA, Sep 1999, The International Society for Optical Engineering, 63-73.[PS.GZ]

  • Terry Huntsberger, Maja J Mataric´, and Paolo Pirjanian, "Action Selection Within the Context of a Robotic Colony", Proceedings, Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic Systems, SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Boston, MA, Sep 1999, 84-90.[HTML]

  • Gaurav S. Sukhatme, James F. Montgomery, and Maja J. Mataric´, "Design and Implementation of a Mechanically Heterogeneous Robot Group", Proceedings of Mobile Robots XIV - SPIE 99, Boston, MA, 1999, 122-133.[PS.GZ]

    Refereed Conference Posters

  • Evan Drumwright, Marcelo Kallmann, and Maja J Mataric´, "Towards Single-Arm Reaching for Humanoid Robots in Dynamic Environments", Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2004), Santa Monica, CA, Nov 10-12, 2004. [PDF]

  • Nathan Miller, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Marcelo Kallmann, Evan Drumwright, and Maja J Mataric´, "Motion Capture from Inertial Sensing for Untethered Humanoid Teleoperation", Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids-2004), Santa Monica, CA, Nov 10-12, 2004. [PDF]

  • Anand Panangadan, Maja J. Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Identifying Human Interactions in Indoor Environments", Proceedings, 3rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, New York City, July 19-23, 2004, 1308-1309. [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Sequential Task Execution in a Minimalist Distributed Robotic System", To Appear as poster in Proceedings of the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-02), Edinburgh, UK, Aug 4-9, 2002, 395-396. [PDF]

  • Esben Ostergaard, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Emergent Bucket Brigading", Autonomous Agents 2001, Monteral, Canada, May 28-Jun 1, 2001. [PS], [PDF]

  • Monica Nicolescu and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Cooperation From Human-Robot Interaction", Proceedings, 5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS), Knoxville, TN, Oct 4-6, 2000, 477-478.[PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Brian Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Murdoch: Publish/Subscribe Task Allocation For Heterogeneous Agents", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000, 203-204.[PS.GZ]

  • Stergios Rumeliotis, Paolo Pirjanian, and Maja J Mataric´, "Ant-Inspired Navigation in Unknown Environments", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000, 25-26.[PS.GZ]

  • Stefan Weber, Chad Jenkins, and Maja J Mataric´, "Imitation Using Perceptual and Motor Primitives", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000, 136-137.[PS.GZ]

  • Barry Werger and Maja J Mataric´, "Broadcast of Local Eligibility: Behavior-Based Control for Strongly Cooperative Robot Teams", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 3-7, 2000, 21-22.[PDF]

  • Aruna Sankaranarayanan and Mataric´, Maja J., "The Multi-Agent-based Schedule Calculator (MASC) System", Proceedings, Autonomous Agents 1998, Minneapolis/St. Paul, May 10-13, 1998, ACM Press, 465-466.[PS.GZ]

  • Barry Werger and Maja J Mataric´, "Quick 'n' Dirty Generalization for Mobile Robot Reinforcement Learning", IJCAI-97, Nagoya, Japan, Aug 23-29, 1997.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Studying the Role of Embodiment in Cognition", Society for Philosophy and Psychology 1997 Annual Meeting, The New School for Social Research, New York, Jun 5-8, 1997.

  • Sheila R. Cooke, Brendan Kitts, Robert Sekuler, and Maja J Mataric´, "Delayed and Real-Time Imitation of Complex Visual Gestures", Proceedings of the International Conference on Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, Boston University, May 28-31, 1997.[HTML]

  • Brendan Kitts, Sheila R. Cooke, Maja J Mataric´, and Sekuler, Robert, "Improved Pattern Recognition by Combining Invariance Methods", Proceedings of the International Conference on Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, Boston University, May 28-31, 1997.[HTML]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Group Behavior in Multi-Robot Systems", Artificial Life IV, MIT, Cambridge, May 1994.

    Theses

  • Maja J Mataric´, " Interaction and Intelligent Behavior", MIT EECS PhD Thesis, May 1994, MIT AI Lab Tech Report AITR-1495,Aug 1994. Also available from publications@ai.mit.edu. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "A Distributed Model for Mobile Robot Environment-Learning and Navigation", MIT EECS Master's Thesis, Jan 1990, MIT AI Lab Tech Report AITR-1228,May 1990. Also available in hardcopy from publications@ai.mit.edu.[PS] [PDF]

    Advised PhD Theses

    Dani Goldberg, "Evaluating the Dynamics of Agent-Environment Interaction", May 2001. [PS.GZ]

    Brian Gerkey, "On Multi-Robot Task Allocation", May 2003. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

    Monica Nicolescu, "A Framework for Learning From Demonstration, Generalization and Practice in Human-Robot Domains", May 2003. [PDF]

    Odest Jenkins, "Data-driven Derivation of Skills for Autonomous Humanoid Agents", Sep 2003. [PDF]

    Refereed Workshop Papers

  • Dylan A. Shell, Chris V. Jones, and Maja J. Mataric´, "Ergodic dynamics by design: a route to predictable multi-robot systems", in Proceedings, Third International Naval Research Laboratory Multi-Robot Systems Workshop, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, Mar 2005. [PDF]

  • Odest C. Jenkins, Monica Nicolescu, and Maja J Mataric´, "Autonomy and Supervision for Robot Skills and Tasks Learned from Demonstration", AAAI Workshop on Supervisory Control of Learning and Adaptive Systems, San Jose, CA, July 25, 2004. [PDF]

  • Dylan Shell and Maja J Mataric´. "On the use of the term 'stigmergy'" Proceedings, 2nd International Workshop on the Mathematics and Algorithms of Social Insects, Atlanta, Georgia, Dec 2003, 193. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "A Framework for Studying Multi-Robot Task Allocation" Proceedings of the Naval Research Laboratory Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Washington, DC, March 17 - 19, 2003, 15-26. [ PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Andrew Howard, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Cooperative Relative Localization for Mobile Robot Teams: An Ego-centric Approach". Proceedings of the Naval Research Laboratory Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Washington, DC, March 17 - 19, 2003, 65-76. [PDF]

  • Chris V. Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Towards a Multi-Robot Coordination Formalism", Proceedings, 2nd International Workshop on the Mathemtaics and Algorithms of Social Insects, Atlanta, GA, Dec 2003, 60-67. [PS]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Robotics Education for All Ages", Proceedings, AAAI Spring Symposium on Accessible, Hands-on AI and Robotics Education, Palo Alto, CA, Mar 22-24, 2004. [PDF]

  • Brian P. Gerkey, Richard T. Vaughan, Kasper Stoey, Andrew Howard, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Maja J Mataric´, "Most Valuable Player: A Robot Device Server for Distributed Control", Autonomous Agents Conference (Agents-2001) Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems Infrastructure, Montreal, Canada, May 28-Jun 1, 2001. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Odest C. Jenkins and Maja J Mataric´, "Primitives and Behavior-Based Architectures for Interactive Entertainment", AAAI Fall Symposium on on AI and Interactive Entertainment, Stanford, CA, CA, Mar 26-28, 2001.[PDF]

  • Maja J Mataric´, Odest C. Jenkins, Ajo Fod, and Victor Zordan, "Control and Imitation in Humanoids", AAAI Fall Symposium on Simulating Human Agents, North Falmouth, MA, Nov 3-5, 2000.[PS.GZ]

  • Aude Billard and Maja J Mataric´, "Betty: Robot, play with me! Robot: O.K. How do we play? Betty: You watch me and do like I do. Look!", Proceedings, Workshop on Interactive Robotics and Entertainment (WIRE-2000), Pittsburgh, PA, April 30-May 1, 2000.[PDF]

  • John Demiris and Maja J Mataric´, "Perceptuo-Motor Primitives in Imitation", in Working Notes, Autonomous Agents 1998 Workshop on Agents In Interaction - Acquiring Competence Through Imitation, Minneapolis/St. Paul, May 10, 1998. [PS.GZ]

  • Kristian T. Simsarian and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning to Cooperate using two Six-Legged Mobile Robots" in Proceedings, Third European Workshop of Learning Robots, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Apr 28-29, 1995.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Learning in Multi-Robot Systems", in Proceedings, IJCAI-95 Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems, Montreal, Canada, Aug 21, 1995.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Behavioral Synergy Without Explicit Integration", in Proceedings, AAAI Spring Symposium on Integrated Intelligent Architectures, Stanford University, Sigart Bulletin, 2(4), Aug 1991, 130-133.

    Invited Workshop Papers

  • Chris V. Jones, Dylan A. Shell, Maja J. Mataric´, and Brian P. Gerkey. "Principled Approaches to the Design of Multi-Robot Systems". Proceedings, Workshop on Networked Robotics}, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-04), Sendai, Japan, Sep 24-Oct 2, 2004, 71-80. [PDF]

  • Monica Nicolescu and Maja J Mataric´, "Extending Behavior-Based Systems Capabilities Using An Abstract Behavior Representation" in the Working Notes of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Parallel Cognition, North Falmouth, MA, Nov 3-5, 2000. Also IRIS Technical Report IRIS-00-389. [PDF] [PS]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Great Expectations: Scaling Up Learning by Embracing Biology and Complexity", NSF Workshop on Development and Learning, Michigan State University, Apr 5-7, 2000. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Studying the Role of Embodiment in Cognition" in the Working Notes of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Embodied Cognition and Action, MIT, Nov 9-11, 1996. [PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Learning Motor Skills by Imitation", Proceedings, AAAI Spring Symposium Toward Physical Interaction and Manipulation, Stanford University, Mar 21-23, 1994.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Creating Believability", Proceedings, AAAI Spring Symposium on Believable Agents, Stanford University, Mar 19-20, 1994.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Behavior-Based Architectures for Intelligent Control", Proceedings, Intelligent Autonomous Control Systems Workshop, RAFAEL document #92-39-106-TR, Leshem, Israel, Nov 2-3, 1992.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Distributed Approaches to Behavior Control", Proceedings, SPIE Sensor Fusion, Boston, Nov 1992.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Controlling a Mobile Robot Herd: Theory and Practice", AAAI Fall Symposium on Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Real-World Autonomous Mobile Robots, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oct 23-25, 1992.

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Behavior-Based Systems: Main Properties and Implications" in Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop on Architectures for Intelligent Control Systems, Nice, France, May 1992, 46-54.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, ``Perceptual Parallelism and Action Selection as Alternatives to Selective Perception'', Proceedings, AAAI Spring Symposium on Control of Selective Perception, Stanford University, Mar 25-27 1992.

    Technical Reports

    2004

  • Jon Eriksson and Maja J Mataric´, "Hands-Off Robotics for Post-Stroke Arm Rehabilitation", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-04-011, Oct 2004. [PDF] [PS]

    2003

  • Brian P. Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "A Formal Framework For the Study of Task Allocation in Multi-Robot Systems", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-03-013, Jul 2003. [PDF][PS.GZ]

  • Jones, Chris, and Maja J Mataric´, "Adaptive Division of Labor in Large-Scale Minimalist Multi-Robot Systems", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-03-008, Mar 2003. [PDF]

    2002

  • Torbjørn S. Dahl, Maja J Mataric´, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Scheduling with Group Dynamics: A Multi-Robot Task Allocation Algorithm Based on Vacancy Chains", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-007, Dec 2002. [PS] [PDF]

  • Nicolescu, Monica and Mataric´, Maja J., "Natural Methods for Robot Task Learning: Instructive Demonstrations, Generalization and Practice", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-006, Dec 2002. [PDF]

  • Gerkey, Brian P, and Mataric´, Maja J., "Multi-Robot Task Allocation: Analyzing the Complexity and Optimality of Key Architectures", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-005, Sep 2002. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Tews, Ashley, Mataric´, Maja J., Sukhatme, Gaurav, and Gerkey, Brian P., "G'day Mate. Let me Introduce you to Everyone: An Infrastructure for Scalable Human-System Interaction", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-004, Sep 2002. [PS] [PDF]

  • Chu, Chi-Wei, Jenkins, Odest C. and Mataric´, Maja J., "Converting Sequences of Human Volumes into Kinematic Motion", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-003, Sep 2002. [PDF]

  • Jenkins, Odest C. and Mataric´, Maja J., "Modularization of Human Motion into Actions and Behaviors", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-002, Sep 2002. [PDF]

  • Tews, Ashley, Sukhatme, Gaurav, and Mataric´, Maja J., "An Infrastructure for Large-Scale Human-Robot Interaction", USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems Technical Report, CRES-02-001, Sep 2002. [PDF]

  • Chris Jones and Maja J Mataric´, "Sequential Task Execution in a Minimalist Distributed Robotic System", USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Sytems Technical Report IRIS-02-414, March 2002 [PDF]

    2001

  • Marc Pomplun and Maja J Mataric´, "A Segmentation Algorithm For the Comparison of Human Limb Trajectories". Technical Report IRIS-02-410, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, School of Engineering, University of Southern California, December 2001. [ PS.GZ] [ PDF]

  • Brian Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Pusher-watcher: An approach to fault-tolerant tightly-coupled robot coordination". Technical Report IRIS-01-403, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, School of Engineering, University of Southern California, March 2001. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

  • Brian Gerkey and Maja J Mataric´, "Sold!: Market methods for multi-robot control" USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems IRIS Technical Report IRIS-00-399. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Monica Nicolescu and Maja J Mataric´, "Extending Behavior-Based Systems Capabilities Using An Abstract Behavior Representation" USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems IRIS Technical Report IRIS-00-389. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

    2000

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Robust Behavior-Based Control for Distributed Multi-Robot Collection Tasks," USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems Technical Report IRIS-00-387, July 2000. [PS.GZ], [PDF]

  • Aude Billard and Maja J Mataric´, "Learning human arm movements by imitation: Evaluation of a biologically inspired connectionist architecture", IRIS Techical Report IRIS-00-386, 2000.

  • Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Maja J Mataric´, and Stefan Weber, "Primitive-Based Movement Classification for Humanoid Imitation", Tasks," USC Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems Technical Report IRIS-00-385. [PDF] [PS.GZ]

  • Marc Pomplun and Maja J Mataric´, "Evaluation Metrics and Results of Human Arm Movement Imitation", IRIS Techical Report IRIS-00-384, 2000. [ PDF] [ PS.GZ]

    1999

  • Barry Werger and Maja J Mataric´, "Exploiting Embodiment in Multi-Robot Teams", IRIS Techical Report IRIS-99-378, 1999.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Visuo-Motor Primitives as a Basis for Learning by Imitation", IRIS Techical Report IRIS-99-377, 1999.[PS.GZ]

  • Gaurav S. Sukhatme, James F. Montgomery, and Maja J Mataric´, "Design and Implementation of a Mechanically Heterogeneous Robot Group", IRIS Technical Report, IRIS-99-372, 1999.[PS.GZ]

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Augmented Markov Models", IRIS Technical Report, IRIS-99-367, 1999.[PS.GZ]

    1997

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Marc Pomplun, What do People Look at When Watching Human Movement?", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-97-194, Jul 1997.[PS.GZ]

  • Francois Michaud and Maja J Mataric´, "A History-Based Learning Approach for Adaptive Robot Behavior Selection", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-97-192, Jul 1997.

    1996

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Using Communication to Reduce Locality in Distributed Multi-Agent Learning", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-96-190, Nov 1996.[PS.GZ]

  • Miguel Schneider Fontan and Maja J Mataric´, "The Role of Critical Mass in Multi-Robot Adaptive Task Division", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-95-187, Oct 1996.[PS.GZ]

    1995

  • Maja J Mataric´ and Dave Cliff, "Challenges In Evolving Controllers for Physical Robots", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-95-184, Nov 1995, also in "Evolutional Robotics", special issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 19(1), Oct 1996, 67-83.[PS.GZ]

  • Maja J Mataric´, "Analyzing Visual Behaviors in Hand Gesture Imitation", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-96-185, Feb 1996.

  • Dani Goldberg and Maja J Mataric´, "Interference as a Guide for Designing Efficient Group Behaviors", Brandeis University Computer Science Technical Report CS-96-186, May 1996.

    1994

  • Maja J Mataric´, " Interaction and Intelligent Behavior", MIT EECS PhD Thesis, May 1994, MIT AI Lab Tech Report AITR-1495,Aug 1994. Also available from publications@ai.mit.edu. [PS.GZ] [PDF]

    1991

  • Maja J Mataric´, "A Comparative Analysis of Reinforcement Learning Methods", MIT AI Lab Memo AIM-1322, Oct 1991. [PS] [PDF]

    1990

  • Maja J Mataric´, "A Distributed Model for Mobile Robot Environment-Learning and Navigation", MIT EECS Master's Thesis, Jan 1990, MIT AI Lab Tech Report AITR-1228, May 1990. Also available in hardcopy from publications@ai.mit.edu. [PS] [PDF]

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