Texas A&M University
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

 

 
Contact Info Quick Links
Office: 333 H.R. Bright Building
Office Hours: 2:00PM-3:55PM T/Th by appointment only

Email: murphy at cse.tamu.edu

 
To schedule an appointment or demo please contact Ms. Kimberly Mallett
Phone: 979.845.8737
E-mail: kimberly at cse.tamu.edu
 
Dr. Robin R. Murphy, Ph.D.
 
 
 
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Recent Publications and Studies


R. R. Murphy, K. L. Dreger, S. Newsome, J. Rodocker, E. Steimle, T. Kimura, K. Makabe, F. Matsuno, Satoshi Tadokoro, and K. Kon, "Use of Remotely Operated Marine Vehicles at Minamisanriku and Rikuzentakata Japan for Disaster Recovery (Runner-up Best Paper)," in IEEE Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics Kyoto, Japan, 2011, pp. 19-25.

R. R. Murphy, "The 100:100 Challenge for Computing in Rescue Robotics (2nd Place Outrageous Visions in Computing Paper Competition)," in IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robots: special track on Outrageous Visions for Computing in Rescue Robotics, 2011, pp. 72 - 75

R. R. Murphy, "Use of Unmanned Systems for Search and Rescue 2010," in AUVSI North America, Washington, DC, 2011.

R. Murphy, E. Steimle, M. Hall, M. Lindemuth, D. Trejo, S. Hurlebaus, Z. Medina-Cetina, and D. Slocum, "Robot-Assisted Bridge Inspection," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, pp. 1-19, 2011.

M. Lindemuth, R. Murphy, E. Steimle, W. Armitage, K. Dreger, T. Elliot, M. Hall, D. Kalyadin, J. Kramer, M. Palankar, K. Pratt, and C. Griffin, "Sea-RAI: A Marsupial USV-UAV Team for Littoral Inspection," IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, pp. 96-107, 2011.

A. J. Hunt, R. J. Bachmann, R. Murphy, and D. Q. Roger, "A Rapidly Reconfigurable Robot for Assistance in Urban Search and Rescue," in 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Bio-inspired Robotics I (Invited Session), 2011.

R. R. Murphy and J. L. Burke, "The Safe Human-Robot Ratio (Chapter 3)," in Human-Robot Interactions in Future Military Operations, F. J. M. Barnes, Ed., ed: Ashgate, 2010, pp. 31-49.

R. R. Murphy, "UGV, UMV, UAV, and HRI Standards for Rescue Robots," in Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems PerMIS 2010, Gaithersburg, MD, 2010.

R. R. Murphy, "Navigational and Mission Usability in Rescue Robots " Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, vol. 28, pp. 142-146, March 2010.

R. Murphy, D. Shell, A. Hopper, B. Duncan, B. Fine, K. Pratt, and T. Zourntos, "A Midsummer Night's Dream (with Flying Robots)," Autonomous Robots, pp. 1-14, 2010.

Responses and Response Resources

2009 3D Rubbleviewer, see MIT Technology Review online post and video. Also appears in the July 2009 issue of Popular Mechanics.

2009 L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake damage, See video of La Sapienza quad-rotor.

2009 Cologne, Germany, building collapse

2008 Rollover Pass Bridge collapse inspection (post Hurricane Ike) with USV and UUV (TTI, USF, YSI)

2008 Berkman Plaza II collapse forensic structural inspection with UGV, UAVs (Bracken Engineering, Tohoku University Japan, Drexel University)

2007 Berkman Plaza II collapse with UGVs (Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, Florida)

2007 Crandall Canyon Utah Coal Mine Disaster with UGV (Mine Safety and Health Administration)

2007 Midas Nevada Gold Mine collapse with UGVs (Newmont Mining Company, Mine Safety and Health Administration, US Navy SPAWAR)

2005 Hurricane Wilma with USV (Marco Island Yacht Club)

2005 post-Hurricane Katrina structural inspection with UAVs (National Science Foundation)

2005 Hurricane Katrina search and rescue with UAVs; first use (Florida State Emergency Response Team, iSENYS, Win-Tec)

2005 La Conchita CA mudslides with UGVs (Ventura County Fire Rescue, LA County Fire Rescue, City of Los Angeles Fire Rescue)

2001 World Trade Center (NY State and City of NY Emergency Agencies)

Calendar of Events


FSR2012, Keynote Speaker
July 16-19, 2012

ARTSI 2012 Student Research Conference, Keynote Speaker
March 22-24, 2012

J-RAPID Workshop, NSF Invited Talk on Japan Deployments, February 9-10, 2012

IROS 2011 Tutorial: Introduction to Rescue Robotics

AUVSI 2011, Invited Speaker
August 15-19, 2011

Robotics Summit Virtual Conference & Exposition, Keynote Speaker
June 22, 2011.

NSF Invited Talk on Japan Deployments, May 23, 2011

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