Timothy W. McLain

63 papers A* 5A 6C 16Journal 33Unranked 3

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Factor-Graph-Based Passive Acoustic Navigation for Decentralized Cooperative Localization Using Bearing Elevation Depth Difference. CoRR Kalliyan Velasco, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2025	C	`conf`	Non-Uniform B-spline Trajectory Optimization using Control Point Representation Transformations. ACC David L. Christensen, Landon Shumway, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2025	J	`jnl`	Terra: Hierarchical Terrain-Aware 3D Scene Graph for Task-Agnostic Outdoor Mapping. CoRR Chad R. Samuelson, Abigail Austin, Seth Knoop, Blake Romrell, Gabriel R. Slade, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2025	J	`jnl`	Towards Terrain-Aware Task-Driven 3D Scene Graph Generation in Outdoor Environments. CoRR Chad R. Samuelson, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2024	J	`jnl`	Group- Int. J. Robotics Res. Brendon Forsgren, Michael Kaess, Ram Vasudevan, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2024	J	`jnl`	Online Calibration for Networked Radar Tracking of UAS. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. Douglas Graff, Brady Anderson, David Buck, Cameron K. Peterson, Timothy W. McLain, Karl F. Warnick
2023	J	`jnl`	Group-k consistent measurement set maximization via maximum clique over k-Uniform hypergraphs for robust multi-robot map merging. CoRR Brendon Forsgren, Ram Vasudevan, Michael Kaess, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2023	J	`jnl`	Incremental Cycle Bases for Cycle-Based Pose Graph Optimization. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Brendon Forsgren, Kevin M. Brink, Prashant Ganesh, Timothy W. McLain
2023	J	`jnl`	Offline GNSS/Camera Extrinsic Calibration Using RTK and Fiducials. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Alex D. Jordan, Jacob C. Johnson, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2022	A	`conf`	Group-k Consistent Measurement Set Maximization for Robust Outlier Detection. IROS Brendon Forsgren, Ram Vasudevan, Michael Kaess, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2022	J	`jnl`	Group-k Consistent Measurement Set Maximization for Robust Outlier Detection. CoRR Brendon Forsgren, Ram Vasudevan, Michael Kaess, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson
2022	J	`jnl`	Incremental cycle bases for cycle-based pose graph optimization. CoRR Brendon Forsgren, Kevin M. Brink, Prashant Ganesh, Timothy W. McLain
2020	J	`jnl`	Cooperative Relative Navigation of Multiple Aircraft in Global Positioning System-Denied/Degraded Environments. J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst. Gary J. Ellingson, Kevin M. Brink, Timothy W. McLain
2020	A	`conf`	ROSflight: A Lean Open-Source Research Autopilot. IROS James Jackson, Daniel P. Koch, Trey Henrichsen, Timothy W. McLain
2020	J	`jnl`	Relative multiplicative extended Kalman filter for observable GPS-denied navigation. Int. J. Robotics Res. Daniel P. Koch, David O. Wheeler, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Kevin M. Brink
2020	J	`jnl`	Relative navigation of autonomous GPS-degraded micro air vehicles. Auton. Robots David O. Wheeler, Daniel P. Koch, James S. Jackson, Gary J. Ellingson, Paul W. Nyholm, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2019	J	`jnl`	Direct Relative Edge Optimization, A Robust Alternative for Pose Graph Optimization. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. James S. Jackson, Kevin M. Brink, Brendon Forsgren, David O. Wheeler, Timothy W. McLain
2019	A*	`conf`	Improving the Robustness of Visual-Inertial Extended Kalman Filtering. ICRA James Jackson, Jerel Nielsen, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2019	C	`conf`	Visual Servoing with Feed-Forward for Precision Shipboard Landing of an Autonomous Multirotor. ACC Jesse S. Wynn, Timothy W. McLain
2018	J	`jnl`	Ground-Based Sense-and-Avoid System for Small Unmanned Aircraft. J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst. Laith R. Sahawneh, Jared K. Wikle, A. Kaleo Roberts, Jonathan C. Spencer, Timothy W. McLain, Karl F. Warnick, Randal W. Beard
2018	—	`conf`	Relative visual-inertial odometry for fixed-wing aircraft in GPS-denied environments. PLANS Gary J. Ellingson, Kevin M. Brink, Timothy W. McLain
2017	A	`conf`	Deep visual gravity vector detection for unmanned aircraft attitude estimation. IROS Gary J. Ellingson, David Wingate, Timothy W. McLain
2017	J	`jnl`	Minimum Required Detection Range for Detect and Avoid of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst. Jared K. Wikle, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Laith R. Sahawneh
2015	J	`jnl`	Multiplicative Extended Kalman Filter for Relative Rotorcraft Navigation. J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst. Robert C. Leishman, Timothy W. McLain
2014	J	`jnl`	Analysis of an Improved IMU-Based Observer for Multirotor Helicopters. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. John Macdonald, Robert C. Leishman, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2014	C	`conf`	Quaternion based attitude error for a tailsitter in hover flight. ACC Matthew E. Argyle, Jason M. Beach, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Stephen Morris
2014	J	`jnl`	Relative Navigation Approach for Vision-Based Aerial GPS-Denied Navigation. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. Robert C. Leishman, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2014	C	`conf`	Tailsitter heading estimation using a magnetometer. ACC Jason M. Beach, Matthew E. Argyle, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Stephen Morris
2012	—	`conf`	Quaternion Control for Autonomous Path Following Maneuvers. Infotech@Aerospace James K. Hall, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2012	A*	`conf`	Relative navigation and control of a hexacopter. ICRA Robert C. Leishman, John Macdonald, Timothy W. McLain, Randy W. Beard
2011	A	`conf`	Differential flatness based control of a rotorcraft for aggressive maneuvers. IROS Jeff Ferrin, Robert C. Leishman, Randy W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2011	A	`conf`	Utilizing an improved rotorcraft dynamic model in state estimation. IROS Robert C. Leishman, Jeff Ferrin, Timothy W. McLain, John Macdonald, Stephen Quebe, Randal W. Beard
2009	C	`conf`	Dynamics and control of cable-drogue system in aerial recovery of Micro Air Vehicles based on Gauss's Principle. ACC Liang Sun, Randal W. Beard, Mark B. Colton, Timothy W. McLain
2009	J	`jnl`	Vision-Based Landing of Fixed-Wing Miniature Air Vehicles. J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun. D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Barrett Edwards
2008	C	`conf`	Adaptive quaternion control of a miniature tailsitter UAV. ACC Nathan B. Knoebel, Timothy W. McLain
2007	J	`jnl`	Autonomous Landing of Miniature Aerial Vehicles. J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun. D. Blake Barber, Stephen Griffiths, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2007	J	`jnl`	Experiments in Cooperative Timing for Miniature Air Vehicles. J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun. Derek R. Nelson, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2007	A*	`conf`	Managing autonomy in robot teams: observations from four experiments. HRI Michael A. Goodrich, Timothy W. McLain, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Jisang Sun, Jacob W. Crandall
2007	A	`conf`	Performance Evaluation of Vision-Based Navigation and Landing on a Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. WACV David Hubbard, Bryan S. Morse, Colin Theodore, Mark Tischler, Timothy W. McLain
2007	J	`jnl`	Vector Field Path Following for Miniature Air Vehicles. IEEE Trans. Robotics Derek R. Nelson, D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2006	J	`jnl`	Cooperative forest fire surveillance using a team of small unmanned air vehicles. Int. J. Syst. Sci. David W. Casbeer, Derek B. Kingston, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2006	J	`jnl`	Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs. Proc. IEEE Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Derek B. Nelson, Derek B. Kingston, David Johanson
2006	J	`jnl`	Learning Real-Time A* Path Planner for Unmanned Air Vehicle Target Sensing. J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun. Jason K. Howlett, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich
2006	J	`jnl`	Maximizing miniature aerial vehicles. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. Stephen Griffiths, Jeffery Saunders, Andrew Curtis, D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2006	C	`conf`	Vector field path following for small unmanned air vehicles. ACC Derek R. Nelson, D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2006	J	`jnl`	Vision-based Target Geo-location using a Fixed-wing Miniature Air Vehicle. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. D. Blake Barber, Joshua D. Redding, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Clark N. Taylor
2006	C	`conf`	Vision-based target localization from a fixed-wing miniature air vehicle. ACC Joshua D. Redding, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Clark N. Taylor
2005	J	`jnl`	Autonomous Vehicle Technologies for Small Fixed-Wing UAVs. J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun. Randal W. Beard, Derek B. Kingston, Morgan Quigley, Deryl Snyder, Reed Christiansen, Walt Johnson, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich
2005	C	`conf`	Forest fire monitoring with multiple small UAVs. ACC David W. Casbeer, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Sai-Ming Li, Raman K. Mehra
2005	C	`conf`	Nonlinear tracking control for nonholonomic mobile robots with input constraints: an experimental study. ACC Wei Ren, Jisang Sun, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2005	J	`jnl`	Real-time dynamic trajectory smoothing for unmanned air vehicles. IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol. Erik P. Anderson, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2004	C	`conf`	Unmanned air vehicle testbed for cooperative control experiments. ACC Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2003	C	`conf`	Cooperative path planning for timing-critical missions. ACC Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
2003	—	`conf`	Multiple UAV cooperative search under collision avoidance and limited range communication constraints. CDC Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2002	C	`conf`	Autonomous hierarchical control of multiple unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs). ACC Sai-Ming Li, Jovan D. Boskovic, Sanjeev Seereeram, Ravi K. Prasanth, Jayesh Amin, Raman K. Mehra, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
2002	A*	`conf`	Coordinated Target Assignment and Intercept for Unmanned Air Vehicles. ICRA Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Michael Goodrich
2002	J	`jnl`	Coordinated target assignment and intercept for unmanned air vehicles. IEEE Trans. Robotics Autom. Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich, Erik P. Anderson
2001	C	`conf`	Cooperative control of UAV rendezvous. ACC Timothy W. McLain, Phillip R. Chandler, Steven J. Rasmussen, Meir Pachter
2000	C	`conf`	A decomposition strategy for optimal coordination of unmanned air vehicles. ACC Timothy W. McLain, Phillip R. Chandler, Meir Pachter
2000	C	`conf`	Validation of a synthesis technique for the optimal control of an electro-hydraulic positioning system. ACC Richard D. Abbott, Timothy W. McLain
1998	J	`jnl`	Development and Experimental Validation of an Underwater Manipulator Hydrodynamic Model. Int. J. Robotics Res. Timothy W. McLain, Stephen M. Rock
1998	A*	`conf`	Successive Galerkin Approximations to the Nonlinear Optimal Control of an Underwater Robotic Vehicle. ICRA Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard
1996	J	`jnl`	Experiments in the coordinated control of an underwater arm/vehicle system. Auton. Robots Timothy W. McLain, Stephen M. Rock, Michael J. Lee