Thomas M. Howard

According to our database, Thomas M. Howard authored at least 54 papers between 2005 and 2025.

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2025

Homotopy-Aware Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Mobile Robot Motion Planning in Cluttered Environments.

Ashwin Menon, Eric R. Damm, Thomas M. Howard

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., February, 2025

2024

Grounding Language Instructions that Refer to the Past, Present, and/or Future State of Objects for Human-Robot Interaction.

Tabib Wasit Rahman, Katelyn Shakir, Nikola Raicevic, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2024

2023

Resolving Ambiguity via Dialogue to Correct Unsynthesizable Controllers for Free-Flying Robots.

Joshua D. Rosser, Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard

CoRR, 2023

Language Guided Temporally Adaptive Perception for Efficient Natural Language Grounding in Cluttered Dynamic Worlds.

Siddharth Patki, Jacob Arkin, Nikola Raicevic, Thomas M. Howard

IROS, 2023

Terrain-Aware Kinodynamic Planning with Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Mobile Robot Navigation in Off-Road Environments.

Eric R. Damm, Jason M. Gregory, Eli S. Lancaster, Felix A. Sanchez, Daniel M. Sahu, Thomas M. Howard

IROS, 2023

2022

Language Understanding for Field and Service Robots in a Priori Unknown Environments.

Matthew R. Walter, Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Ethan Fahnestock, Felix Duvallet, Sachithra Hemachandra, Jean Oh, Anthony Stentz, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard

Field Robotics, March, 2022

An Intelligence Architecture for Grounded Language Communication with Field Robots.

Thomas M. Howard, Ethan Stump, Jonathan Fink, Jacob Arkin, Rohan Paul, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy, Daniel Barber, Rhyse Bendell, Karl Schmeckpeper, Junjiao Tian, Jean Oh, Maggie B. Wigness, Long Quang, Brandon Rothrock, Jeremy Nash, Matthew R. Walter, Florian Jentsch, Nicholas Roy

Field Robotics, March, 2022

An Efficient Algorithm for Visualization and Interpretation of Grounded Language Models.

Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Joshua D. Rosser, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2022

Improved Performance of CPG Parameter Inference for Path-following Control of Legged Robots.

Nathan D. Kent, David Neiman, Matthew Travers, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

2021

Discrete Optimization of Adaptive State Lattices for Iterative Motion Planning on Unmanned Ground Vehicles.

Benned Hedegaard, Ethan Fahnestock, Jacob Arkin, Ashwin Menon, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2021

2020

Multimodal estimation and communication of latent semantic knowledge for robust execution of robot instructions.

Jacob Arkin, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy, Matthew R. Walter, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard, Rohan Paul

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2020

Guest Editorial: Robotics: Science and Systems 2018 (RSS 2018).

Thomas M. Howard, Amanda Prorok, Hadas Kress-Gazit

Auton. Robots, 2020

Inferring Task-Space Central Pattern Generator Parameters for Closed-loop Control of Underactuated Robots.

Nathan D. Kent, Raunaq M. Bhirangi, Matthew J. Travers, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

2019

Language-guided Adaptive Perception with Hierarchical Symbolic Representations for Mobile Manipulators.

Ethan Fahnestock, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard

CoRR, 2019

Probabilistic Mapping of Tissue Elasticity for Robot-Assisted Medical Ultrasound.

Michael E. Napoli, Soumya Goswami, Stephen A. McAleavey, Marvin M. Doyley, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the Robotics Research, 2019

Inferring Compact Representations for Efficient Natural Language Understanding of Robot Instructions.

Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Language-guided Semantic Mapping and Mobile Manipulation in Partially Observable Environments.

Siddharth Patki, Ethan Fahnestock, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter

Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Robot Learning, 2019

Inferring Distributions of Parameterized Controllers for Efficient Sampling-Based Locomotion of Underactuated Robots.

Raghu Aditya Chavali, Nathan Kent, Michael E. Napoli, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew J. Travers

Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, 2019

2018

Efficient grounding of abstract spatial concepts for natural language interaction with robot platforms.

Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Derya Aksaray, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2018

Adaptive Grasp Control through Multi-Modal Interactions for Assistive Prosthetic Devices.

Michelle Esponda, Thomas M. Howard

CoRR, 2018

Language-Guided Adaptive Perception for Efficient Grounded Communication with Robotic Manipulators in Cluttered Environments.

Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 19th Annual SIGdial Meeting on Discourse and Dialogue, 2018

Real-Time Human-Robot Communication for Manipulation Tasks in Partially Observed Environments.

Jacob Arkin, Rohan Paul, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 2018

Hybrid Force/Velocity Control "With Compliance Estimation via Strain Elastography for Robot Assisted Ultrasound Screening.

Michael E. Napoli, Christian Freitas, Soumya Goswami, Stephen A. McAleavey, Marvin M. Doyley, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2018

2017

Real-time natural language corrections for assistive robotic manipulators.

Alexander Broad, Jacob Arkin, Nathan D. Ratliff, Thomas M. Howard, Brenna D. Argall

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2017

Robot-Initiated Specification Repair through Grounded Language Interaction.

Adrian Boteanu, Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard, Hadas Kress-Gazit

CoRR, 2017

Topology-aware RRT∗ for parallel optimal sampling in topologies.

Daqing Yi, Michael A. Goodrich, Thomas M. Howard, Kevin D. Seppi

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2017

Contextual awareness: Understanding monologic natural language instructions for autonomous robots.

Jacob Arkin, Matthew R. Walter, Adrian Boteanu, Michael E. Napoli, Harel Biggie, Hadas Kress-Gazit, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2017

A Multiview Approach to Learning Articulated Motion Models.

Andrea F. Daniele, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter

Proceedings of the Robotics Research, The 18th International Symposium, 2017

On the performance of selective adaptation in state lattices for mobile robot motion planning in cluttered environments.

Michael E. Napoli, Harel Biggie, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

Grounding Abstract Spatial Concepts for Language Interaction with Robots.

Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2017

Learning Models for Predictive Adaptation in State Lattices.

Michael E. Napoli, Harel Biggie, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the Field and Service Robotics, 2017

2016

Efficient Grounding of Abstract Spatial Concepts for Natural Language Interaction with Robot Manipulators.

Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the Robotics: Science and Systems XII, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, June 18, 2016

Integrated Intelligence for Human-Robot Teams.

Jean Oh, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter, Daniel Barber, Menglong Zhu, Sangdon Park, Arne Suppé, Luis E. Navarro-Serment, Felix Duvallet, Abdeslam Boularias, Oscar J. Romero, Jerry Vinokurov, Terence Keegan, Robert M. Dean, Craig Lennon, Barry A. Bodt, Marshal Childers, Jianbo Shi, Kostas Daniilidis, Nicholas Roy, Christian Lebiere, Martial Hebert, Anthony Stentz

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, 2016

Expressing homotopic requirements for mobile robot navigation through natural language instructions.

Daqing Yi, Thomas M. Howard, Michael A. Goodrich, Kevin D. Seppi

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

A model for verifiable grounding and execution of complex natural language instructions.

Adrian Boteanu, Thomas M. Howard, Jacob Arkin, Hadas Kress-Gazit

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016

2015

On the performance of hierarchical distributed correspondence graphs for efficient symbol grounding of robot instructions.

Istvan Chung, Oron Propp, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

Learning models for following natural language directions in unknown environments.

Sachithra Hemachandra, Felix Duvallet, Thomas M. Howard, Nicholas Roy, Anthony Stentz, Matthew R. Walter

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

2014

Model-Predictive Motion Planning: Several Key Developments for Autonomous Mobile Robots.

Thomas M. Howard, Mihail Pivtoraiko, Ross A. Knepper, Alonzo Kelly

IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2014

Inferring Maps and Behaviors from Natural Language Instructions.

Felix Duvallet, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard, Sachithra Hemachandra, Jean Oh, Seth J. Teller, Nicholas Roy, Anthony Stentz

Proceedings of the Experimental Robotics, 2014

A summary of team MIT's approach to the virtual robotics challenge.

Russ Tedrake, Maurice F. Fallon, Sisir Karumanchi, Scott Kuindersma, Matthew E. Antone, Toby Schneider, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter, Hongkai Dai, Robin Deits, Michael Fleder, Dehann Fourie, Riad I. Hammoud, Sachithra Hemachandra, P. Ilardi, Claudia Pérez-D'Arpino, Sudeep Pillai, Andres Valenzuela, Cecilia Cantu, C. Dolan, I. Evans, S. Jorgensen, J. Kristeller, Julie A. Shah, Karl Iagnemma, Seth J. Teller

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

A natural language planner interface for mobile manipulators.

Thomas M. Howard, Stefanie Tellex, Nicholas Roy

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

2009

Receding Horizon Model-Predictive Control for Mobile Robot Navigation of Intricate Paths.

Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, Alonzo Kelly

Proceedings of the Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 7th International Conference, 2009

Model Predictive Control for Mobile Robots with Actively Reconfigurable Chassis.

P. Michael Furlong, Thomas M. Howard, David Wettergreen

Proceedings of the Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 7th International Conference, 2009

2008

Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge.

Chris Urmson, Joshua Anhalt, Drew Bagnell, Christopher R. Baker, Robert Bittner, M. N. Clark, John M. Dolan, Dave Duggins, Tugrul Galatali, Christopher Geyer, Michele Gittleman, Sam Harbaugh, Martial Hebert, Thomas M. Howard, Sascha Kolski, Alonzo Kelly, Maxim Likhachev, Matthew McNaughton, Nick Miller, Kevin M. Peterson, Brian Pilnick, Raj Rajkumar, Paul E. Rybski, Bryan Salesky, Young-Woo Seo, Sanjiv Singh, Jarrod M. Snider, Anthony Stentz, William Whittaker, Ziv Wolkowicki, Jason Ziglar, Hong Bae, Thomas Brown, Daniel Demitrish, Bakhtiar Litkouhi, Jim Nickolaou, Varsha Sadekar, Wende Zhang, Joshua Struble, Michael Taylor, Michael Darms, Dave Ferguson

J. Field Robotics, 2008

State space sampling of feasible motions for high-performance mobile robot navigation in complex environments.

Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, Alonzo Kelly, Dave Ferguson

J. Field Robotics, 2008

Motion planning in urban environments.

Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev

J. Field Robotics, 2008

Coordinated Control and Range Imaging for Mobile Manipulation.

Dean M. Anderson, Thomas M. Howard, David Apfelbaum, Herman Herman, Alonzo Kelly

Proceedings of the Experimental Robotics, The Eleventh International Symposium, 2008

Motion planning in urban environments: Part II.

Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008

Motion planning in urban environments: Part I.

Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008

2007

Optimal Rough Terrain Trajectory Generation for Wheeled Mobile Robots.

Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2007

State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Highly Constrained Environments.

Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, Alonzo Kelly

Proceedings of the Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 6th International Conference, 2007

2006

Constrained Optimization Path Following of Wheeled Robots in Natural Terrain.

Thomas M. Howard, Ross A. Knepper, Alonzo Kelly

Proceedings of the Experimental Robotics, 2006

Trajectory and Spline Generation for All-Wheel Steering Mobile Robots.

Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006

2005

Trajectory Generation on Rough Terrain Considering Actuator Dynamics.

Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly

Proceedings of the Field and Service Robotics, Results of the 5th International Conference, 2005