Thomas M. Howard

68 papers A* 6A 11B 6C 3Misc 1Journal 25Unranked 16

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Temporally-Sampled Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Autonomous Ground Robot Navigation in Partially Observed Environments. CoRR Ashwin Menon, Eric R. Damm, Eli S. Lancaster, Felix A. Sanchez, Jason M. Gregory, Thomas M. Howard
2025	—	`conf`	A Learning-based Approach to Motion Planning with State Lattices in Off-Road Environments. CASE Joshua D. Rosser, Garrett Warnell, Eli Lancaster, Felix A. Sanchez, Ethan Fahnestock, Eric R. Damm, Jason Gregory, Thomas M. Howard
2025	J	`jnl`	Far-Field Image-Based Traversability Mapping for a Priori Unknown Natural Environments. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Ethan Fahnestock, Erick Fuentes, Samuel Prentice, Vasileios Vasilopoulos, Philip R. Osteen, Thomas M. Howard, Nicholas Roy
2025	B	`conf`	Grounding Language with Numeric Quantities for Human-Robot Interaction with Collaborative Robots. RO-MAN Tabib Wasit Rahman, Katelyn Shakir, Thomas M. Howard
2025	J	`jnl`	Homotopy-Aware Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Mobile Robot Motion Planning in Cluttered Environments. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Ashwin Menon, Eric R. Damm, Thomas M. Howard
2025	B	`conf`	Improving the Efficiency of Grounding Language Instructions that Refer to the Future State of Objects for Human-Robot Interaction. RO-MAN Katelyn Shakir, Tabib Wasit Rahman, Thomas M. Howard
2025	J	`jnl`	Incorporating Stochastic Models of Controller Behavior into Kinodynamic Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Mobile Robot Motion Planning in Off-Road Environments. CoRR Eric R. Damm, Eli S. Lancaster, Felix A. Sanchez, Kiana Bronder, Jason M. Gregory, Thomas M. Howard
2025	J	`jnl`	Kinodynamic Motion Planning for Mobile Robot Navigation across Inconsistent World Models. CoRR Eric R. Damm, Thomas M. Howard
2025	J	`jnl`	Terrain-Aware Kinodynamic Planning with Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Mobile Robot Navigation in Off-Road Environments. CoRR Eric R. Damm, Jason M. Gregory, Eli S. Lancaster, Felix A. Sanchez, Daniel M. Sahu, Thomas M. Howard
2024	B	`conf`	Grounding Language Instructions that Refer to the Past, Present, and/or Future State of Objects for Human-Robot Interaction. RO-MAN Tabib Wasit Rahman, Katelyn Shakir, Nikola Raicevic, Thomas M. Howard
2023	A	`conf`	Language Guided Temporally Adaptive Perception for Efficient Natural Language Grounding in Cluttered Dynamic Worlds. IROS Siddharth Patki, Jacob Arkin, Nikola Raicevic, Thomas M. Howard
2023	J	`jnl`	Resolving Ambiguity via Dialogue to Correct Unsynthesizable Controllers for Free-Flying Robots. CoRR Joshua D. Rosser, Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard
2023	A	`conf`	Terrain-Aware Kinodynamic Planning with Efficiently Adaptive State Lattices for Mobile Robot Navigation in Off-Road Environments. IROS Eric R. Damm, Jason M. Gregory, Eli S. Lancaster, Felix A. Sanchez, Daniel M. Sahu, Thomas M. Howard
2022	B	`conf`	An Efficient Algorithm for Visualization and Interpretation of Grounded Language Models. RO-MAN Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Joshua D. Rosser, Thomas M. Howard
2022	J	`jnl`	An Intelligence Architecture for Grounded Language Communication with Field Robots. Field Robotics 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
2022	A	`conf`	Improved Performance of CPG Parameter Inference for Path-following Control of Legged Robots. IROS Nathan D. Kent, David Neiman, Matthew Travers, Thomas M. Howard
2022	J	`jnl`	Language Understanding for Field and Service Robots in a Priori Unknown Environments. Field Robotics Matthew R. Walter, Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Ethan Fahnestock, Felix Duvallet, Sachithra Hemachandra, Jean Oh, Anthony Stentz, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2021	A	`conf`	Discrete Optimization of Adaptive State Lattices for Iterative Motion Planning on Unmanned Ground Vehicles. IROS Benned Hedegaard, Ethan Fahnestock, Jacob Arkin, Ashwin Menon, Thomas M. Howard
2021	J	`jnl`	Language Understanding for Field and Service Robots in a Priori Unknown Environments. CoRR Matthew R. Walter, Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Ethan Fahnestock, Felix Duvallet, Sachithra Hemachandra, Jean Oh, Anthony Stentz, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2020	J	`jnl`	Guest Editorial: Robotics: Science and Systems 2018 (RSS 2018). Auton. Robots Thomas M. Howard, Amanda Prorok, Hadas Kress-Gazit
2020	A*	`conf`	Inferring Task-Space Central Pattern Generator Parameters for Closed-loop Control of Underactuated Robots. ICRA Nathan D. Kent, Raunaq M. Bhirangi, Matthew J. Travers, Thomas M. Howard
2020	J	`jnl`	Multimodal estimation and communication of latent semantic knowledge for robust execution of robot instructions. Int. J. Robotics Res. Jacob Arkin, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy, Matthew R. Walter, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard, Rohan Paul
2019	A*	`conf`	Inferring Compact Representations for Efficient Natural Language Understanding of Robot Instructions. ICRA Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard
2019	J	`jnl`	Inferring Compact Representations for Efficient Natural Language Understanding of Robot Instructions. CoRR Siddharth Patki, Andrea F. Daniele, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard
2019	C	`conf`	Inferring Distributions of Parameterized Controllers for Efficient Sampling-Based Locomotion of Underactuated Robots. ACC Raghu Aditya Chavali, Nathan Kent, Michael E. Napoli, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew J. Travers
2019	J	`jnl`	Language-guided Adaptive Perception with Hierarchical Symbolic Representations for Mobile Manipulators. CoRR Ethan Fahnestock, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard
2019	Misc	`conf`	Language-guided Semantic Mapping and Mobile Manipulation in Partially Observable Environments. CoRL Siddharth Patki, Ethan Fahnestock, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter
2019	J	`jnl`	Language-guided Semantic Mapping and Mobile Manipulation in Partially Observable Environments. CoRR Siddharth Patki, Ethan Fahnestock, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter
2019	C	`conf`	Probabilistic Mapping of Tissue Elasticity for Robot-Assisted Medical Ultrasound. ISRR Michael E. Napoli, Soumya Goswami, Stephen A. McAleavey, Marvin M. Doyley, Thomas M. Howard
2018	J	`jnl`	Adaptive Grasp Control through Multi-Modal Interactions for Assistive Prosthetic Devices. CoRR Michelle Esponda, Thomas M. Howard
2018	J	`jnl`	Efficient grounding of abstract spatial concepts for natural language interaction with robot platforms. Int. J. Robotics Res. Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Derya Aksaray, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2018	—	`conf`	Hybrid Force/Velocity Control "With Compliance Estimation via Strain Elastography for Robot Assisted Ultrasound Screening. BioRob Michael E. Napoli, Christian Freitas, Soumya Goswami, Stephen A. McAleavey, Marvin M. Doyley, Thomas M. Howard
2018	—	`conf`	Language-Guided Adaptive Perception for Efficient Grounded Communication with Robotic Manipulators in Cluttered Environments. SIGDIAL Conference Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard
2018	—	`conf`	Real-Time Human-Robot Communication for Manipulation Tasks in Partially Observed Environments. ISER Jacob Arkin, Rohan Paul, Daehyung Park, Subhro Roy, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2017	C	`conf`	A Multiview Approach to Learning Articulated Motion Models. ISRR Andrea F. Daniele, Thomas M. Howard, Matthew R. Walter
2017	B	`conf`	Contextual awareness: Understanding monologic natural language instructions for autonomous robots. RO-MAN Jacob Arkin, Matthew R. Walter, Adrian Boteanu, Michael E. Napoli, Harel Biggie, Hadas Kress-Gazit, Thomas M. Howard
2017	A*	`conf`	Grounding Abstract Spatial Concepts for Language Interaction with Robots. IJCAI Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2017	—	`conf`	Learning Models for Predictive Adaptation in State Lattices. FSR Michael E. Napoli, Harel Biggie, Thomas M. Howard
2017	A	`conf`	On the performance of selective adaptation in state lattices for mobile robot motion planning in cluttered environments. IROS Michael E. Napoli, Harel Biggie, Thomas M. Howard
2017	J	`jnl`	Real-time natural language corrections for assistive robotic manipulators. Int. J. Robotics Res. Alexander Broad, Jacob Arkin, Nathan D. Ratliff, Thomas M. Howard, Brenna D. Argall
2017	J	`jnl`	Robot-Initiated Specification Repair through Grounded Language Interaction. CoRR Adrian Boteanu, Jacob Arkin, Siddharth Patki, Thomas M. Howard, Hadas Kress-Gazit
2017	B	`conf`	Topology-aware RRT∗ for parallel optimal sampling in topologies. SMC Daqing Yi, Michael A. Goodrich, Thomas M. Howard, Kevin D. Seppi
2016	A	`conf`	A model for verifiable grounding and execution of complex natural language instructions. IROS Adrian Boteanu, Thomas M. Howard, Jacob Arkin, Hadas Kress-Gazit
2016	—	`conf`	Efficient Grounding of Abstract Spatial Concepts for Natural Language Interaction with Robot Manipulators. Robotics: Science and Systems Rohan Paul, Jacob Arkin, Nicholas Roy, Thomas M. Howard
2016	A	`conf`	Expressing homotopic requirements for mobile robot navigation through natural language instructions. IROS Daqing Yi, Thomas M. Howard, Michael A. Goodrich, Kevin D. Seppi
2016	—	`conf`	Integrated Intelligence for Human-Robot Teams. ISER 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
2015	J	`jnl`	Learning Models for Following Natural Language Directions in Unknown Environments. CoRR Sachithra Hemachandra, Felix Duvallet, Thomas M. Howard, Nicholas Roy, Anthony Stentz, Matthew R. Walter
2015	A*	`conf`	Learning models for following natural language directions in unknown environments. ICRA Sachithra Hemachandra, Felix Duvallet, Thomas M. Howard, Nicholas Roy, Anthony Stentz, Matthew R. Walter
2015	A	`conf`	On the performance of hierarchical distributed correspondence graphs for efficient symbol grounding of robot instructions. IROS Istvan Chung, Oron Propp, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard
2014	A*	`conf`	A natural language planner interface for mobile manipulators. ICRA Thomas M. Howard, Stefanie Tellex, Nicholas Roy
2014	A*	`conf`	A summary of team MIT's approach to the virtual robotics challenge. ICRA 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
2014	—	`conf`	Inferring Maps and Behaviors from Natural Language Instructions. ISER Felix Duvallet, Matthew R. Walter, Thomas M. Howard, Sachithra Hemachandra, Jean Oh, Seth J. Teller, Nicholas Roy, Anthony Stentz
2014	J	`jnl`	Model-Predictive Motion Planning: Several Key Developments for Autonomous Mobile Robots. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. Thomas M. Howard, Mihail Pivtoraiko, Ross A. Knepper, Alonzo Kelly
2009	—	`conf`	Autonomous Driving in Urban Environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge. The DARPA 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
2009	—	`conf`	Model Predictive Control for Mobile Robots with Actively Reconfigurable Chassis. FSR P. Michael Furlong, Thomas M. Howard, David Wettergreen
2009	—	`conf`	Motion Planning in Urban Environments. The DARPA Urban Challenge Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev
2009	—	`conf`	Receding Horizon Model-Predictive Control for Mobile Robot Navigation of Intricate Paths. FSR Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, Alonzo Kelly
2008	J	`jnl`	Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge. J. Field Robotics 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
2008	—	`conf`	Coordinated Control and Range Imaging for Mobile Manipulation. ISER Dean M. Anderson, Thomas M. Howard, David Apfelbaum, Herman Herman, Alonzo Kelly
2008	J	`jnl`	Motion planning in urban environments. J. Field Robotics Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev
2008	A	`conf`	Motion planning in urban environments: Part I. IROS Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev
2008	A	`conf`	Motion planning in urban environments: Part II. IROS Dave Ferguson, Thomas M. Howard, Maxim Likhachev
2008	J	`jnl`	State space sampling of feasible motions for high-performance mobile robot navigation in complex environments. J. Field Robotics Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, Alonzo Kelly, Dave Ferguson
2007	J	`jnl`	Optimal Rough Terrain Trajectory Generation for Wheeled Mobile Robots. Int. J. Robotics Res. Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly
2007	—	`conf`	State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Highly Constrained Environments. FSR Thomas M. Howard, Colin J. Green, Alonzo Kelly
2006	—	`conf`	Constrained Optimization Path Following of Wheeled Robots in Natural Terrain. ISER Thomas M. Howard, Ross A. Knepper, Alonzo Kelly
2006	A	`conf`	Trajectory and Spline Generation for All-Wheel Steering Mobile Robots. IROS Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly
2005	—	`conf`	Trajectory Generation on Rough Terrain Considering Actuator Dynamics. FSR Thomas M. Howard, Alonzo Kelly