Contacts

Book Chapters

  1. N. Gans, G. Hu, and W. E. Dixon, “Image-Based State Estimation” in Autonomous Robotics, Complexity and Nonlinearity, a volume in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science , Springer, pp. 4751-4776, Vol. 5, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-387-75888-6.

Journal Papers

  1. N.R. Gans, G. Hu, K. Nagarajan, and W. E. Dixon, “Keeping Multiple Moving Targets in the Field of View of a Mobile Camera,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation , Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 822-828 (2011).
  2. G. Hu, N. Gans, and W. E. Dixon, “Quaternion-Based Visual Servo Control in the Presence of Camera Calibration Error,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 489-503 (2010).
  3. G. Hu, N. Gans, N. Fitz-Coy, and W. E. Dixon, “Adaptive Homography-Based Visual Servo Tracking Control Via A Quaternion Formulation,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 128-135 (2010).
  4. K. Kaiser, N. Gans, and W. E. Dixon, “Vision-Based State Estimation and Control of an Aerial Vehicle through Chained Homography Reconstruction,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 1064-1077 (2010).
  5. N. R. Gans, W. E. Dixon, R. Lind, A. Kurdilla, “A Hardware in the Loop Simulation Platform for Vision-Based Control of Unmanned Air Vehicles,” Mechatronics, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 1043-1056.
  6. G. Hu, W. Mackunis, N. Gans, W. E. Dixon, J. Chen, A. Behal, D.M. Dawson, “Homography-Based Visual Servo Control with Imperfect Camera Calibration,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 1318-1324 (2009).
  7. G. Hu, D. Aiken, S. Gupta, W.E. Dixon, “Lyapunov-Based Range Identification For A Paracatadioptric System,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 1775-1781 (2008).
  8. K. Dupree, N. R. Gans, W. MacKunis, and W. E. Dixon, “Euclidean Calculation of Feature Points of a Rotating Satellite: A Daisy Chaining Approach,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 954-961 (2008).
  9. S. S. Mehta, T. Burks, W. E. Dixon, "A Theoretical Model for Vision-Based Localization of a Wheeled Mobile Robot in Greenhouse Applications: A Daisy Chaining Approach", Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 63, pp. 28-37, (2008).

Conference Papers


  1. M. Johnson, G. Hu, K. Dupree, and W. E. Dixon, “Inverse Optimal Homography-Based Visual Servo Control via an Uncalibrated Camera,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009, pp. 2408-2413.
  2. N. R. Gans, G. Hu, W. E. Dixon, “Simultaneous Stability of Image and Pose Error in Visual Servo Control,” IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, San Antonio, Texas, September 2008, pp. 438-443 (Invited Paper).
  3. N. R. Gans, G. Hu, W. E. Dixon, “Keeping Objects in the Field of View: An Underdetermined Task Function Approach to Visual Servoing,” IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control part of the Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, San Antonio, Texas, September 2008, pp. 432-437 (Invited Paper).
  4. S. S. Mehta, G. Hu, A. P. Dani, W. E. Dixon, "Multi-Reference Visual Servo Control of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle," Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. (Invited Paper)
  5. K. Dupree, S. Mehta, C. Crane and W. E. Dixon, "Euclidean Calculation of the Pose of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle: A Daisy Chaining Approach," International Joint Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness & Response and Robotics & Remote Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2008, pp. 557-562.
  6. G. Hu, S. Mehta, N. Gans, and W. E. Dixon, "Daisy Chaining Based Visual Servo Control Part I: Adaptive Quaternion-Based Tracking Control," Proceedings of IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, October 2007, Suntec City, Singapore, pp. 1474-1479.
  7. G. Hu, S. Mehta, N. Gans, and W. E. Dixon, "Daisy Chaining Based Visual Servo Control Part II: Extensions, Applications and Open Problems," Proceedings of IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, October 2007, Suntec City, Singapore, pp. 729-734.
  8. K. Dupree, N. Gans, W. Mackunis, W. E. Dixon, "Euclidean Calculation of Feature Points of a Rotating Satellite: A Daisy Chaining Approach," Proceedings of IEEE American Control Conference, July 2007, New York, NY, pp. 3874-3879.
  9. K. Kaiser, N. R. Gans, W. E. Dixon, "Localization and Control of an Aerial Vehicle through Chained, Vision-Based Pose Reconstruction," Proceedings of IEEE American Control Conference, July 2007, New York, NY, pp. 5934-5939.
  10. S. Mehta, G. Hu, N. Gans, and W. E. Dixon, "Adaptive Vision-Based Collaborative Tracking Control of an UGV via a Moving Airborne Camera: A Daisy Chaining Approach,"Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, 2006, pp. 3867-3872.
  11. S. Mehta, K. Kaiser, N. Gans, W. E. Dixon, "Homography-Based Coordinate Relationships for Unmanned Air Vehicle Regulation," Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Keystone, Colorado, 2006 (Invited Paper).
  12. K. Kaiser, N. Gans, S. Mehta, W. E. Dixon, "Position and Orientation of an Aerial Vehicle through Chained, Vision-Based Pose Reconstruction," Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Keystone, Colorado, 2006 (Invited Paper).
  13. S. Mehta, W. E. Dixon, D. MacArthur, C. D. Crane, "Visual Servo Control of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle via a Moving Airborne Monocular Camera," Proceedings of IEEE American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006, pp. 5276-5281 (Invited Paper).
  14. R. S. Causey, S. S. Mehta, R. Lind, W. E. Dixon, "Dynamic Target State Estimation for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles using a Monocular Camera System", SAE AeroTech Congress & Exhibition, 2007, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 2007-01-3844.
  15. S. Mehta, T. Burks, "A Theoretical Model for Vision-Based Localization of a Wheeled Mobile Robot in Greenhouse Applications: A Daisy Chaining Approach", Proceedings of 3rd IFAC International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Control for Bioproduction Systems, 2006, Sapporo, Japan.

Patents


    S. S. Mehta, W. E. Dixon, R. Lind, R. S. Causey, "Dynamic Target State estimation for Autonomous Vehicle using a Monocular Camera System", University of Florida, 2007.