Publications

Call For Papers: Special Issue

"Robotic Self-X Systems."
Robotica, Expected Publication: 1 May 2010.
Guest Editor

Resiliency in Self-Reproducing Systems

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "Resilient Self-Reproducing Systems."
Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Ann Arbor, USA, 20-22 October 2008.
Best Paper in Session Award

Seeding of Self-Reproducing Systems

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "Optimal Seeding of Self-Reproducing Systems."
Submitted to the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 5 November 2008.
The SI Algorithm

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "On the Seeding of Self-Reproducing Systems."
Technical Report CGR-07-08, University of Michigan, 2007.
The SIGA, RSI and SI Algorithms

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "Optimal Seeding of a Class of Self-Reproducing Systems."
Proceedings of the 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-21 August 2008.
The SI Algorithm

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "An Optimal-Seed Identification Algorithm for Self-Reproducing Systems."
Proceedings of the 58th International Astronautical Congress, no. IAC-07-D3.2.02, Hyderabad, India, 24-28 September 2007.
The RSI Algorithm

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "A Combined Seed-Identification and Generation Analysis Algorithm for Self-Reproducing Systems."
Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, pp. 2582-2587, New York, USA, 11-13 July 2007.
The SIGA Algorithm - Best Paper in Session Award

Information in Self-Reproducing Systems

Menezes, A., and Kabamba, P. "Information Requirements for Self-Reproducing Systems in Lunar Robotic Colonies."
Proceedings of the 57th International Astronautical Congress, no. IAC-06-A5-P.04, Valencia, Spain, 2-6 October 2006.
Comparing Generation and Information Theories

Aerospace Technology Transfer

Menezes, A., Luk, R., Lam, P.T.Y., and Bhunnoo, Z. "Applying Martian Rover Technology to Solve Terrestrial Problems - The Development of an Autonomous Cold-Trailing Omnirange Robot (ACTOR)."
Proceedings of the 56th International Astronautical Congress, no. IAC-05-E2-3.03, Fukuoka, Japan, 17-21 October 2005.
Robot Analysis and Design