Autonomous robotics is driving Perseverance rover's progress on Mars.

Tara A. Estlin

Vandi Verma Mark W. Maimone Daniel M. Gaines Raymond Francis Tara A. Estlin Stephen Kuhn Gregg R. Rabideau Steve A. Chien Michael M. McHenry Evan J. Graser Arturo L. Rankin Ellen R. Thiel Autonomous robotics is driving Perseverance rover's progress on Mars. 2023 July 8 Sci. Robotics 80 https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adi3099 db/journals/scirobotics/scirobotics8.html#VermaMGFEKRCMGRT23

Raymond Francis Tara A. Estlin Gary Doran Stephen Johnstone Daniel M. Gaines Vandi Verma Michael C. Burl Jens Frydenvang Suzanne Montaño Roger C. Wiens Steven Schaffer Olivier Gasnault Lauren DeFlores Diana Blaney Benjamin J. Bornstein AEGIS autonomous targeting for ChemCam on Mars Science Laboratory: Deployment and results of initial science team use. 2017 2 Sci. Robotics 7 https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aan4582 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59783827 db/journals/scirobotics/scirobotics2.html#EstlinDJGVBFMWS17

Mark McClelland Mark E. Campbell Tara A. Estlin Qualitative relational mapping and navigation for planetary rovers. 73-86 2016 83 Robotics Auton. Syst. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2016.05.017 db/journals/ras/ras83.html#McClellandCE16

Gary Doran David R. Thompson 0001 Tara A. Estlin Precision Instrument Targeting via Image Registration for the Mars 2020 Rover. 3352-3358 2016 IJCAI http://www.ijcai.org/Abstract/16/474 conf/ijcai/2016 db/conf/ijcai/ijcai2016.html#DoranTE16 Raymond Francis Tara A. Estlin Daniel M. Gaines Benjamin J. Bornstein Steven Schaffer Vandi Verma Robert C. Anderson Michael C. Burl Selina Chu Rebecca Castaño David R. Thompson 0001 Diana Blaney Lauren de Flores Gary Doran Tony Nelson Roger C. Wiens AEGIS autonomous targeting for the Curiosity rover's ChemCam instrument. 1-5 2015 AIPR https://doi.org/10.1109/AIPR.2015.7444544 https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/AIPR.2015.7444544 conf/aipr/2015 db/conf/aipr/aipr2015.html#FrancisEGBSVABC15

Mark McClelland Mark E. Campbell Tara A. Estlin Qualitative Relational Mapping for Mobile Robots with Minimal Sensing. 497-511 2014 11 J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst. 8 https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I010155 db/journals/jacic/jacic11.html#McClellandCE14

Mark McClelland Tara A. Estlin Mark E. Campbell Qualitative Relational Mapping and Navigation for Planetary Rovers. 2014 abs/1402.0009 CoRR http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0009 db/journals/corr/corr1402.html#McClellandEC14

Tara A. Estlin Benjamin J. Bornstein Daniel M. Gaines Robert C. Anderson David R. Thompson 0001 Michael C. Burl Rebecca Castaño Michele Judd AEGIS Automated Science Targeting for the MER Opportunity Rover. 50:1-50:19 2012 3 ACM Trans. Intell. Syst. Technol. 3 https://doi.org/10.1145/2168752.2168764 db/journals/tist/tist3.html#EstlinBGATBCJ12

Mark McClelland Mark E. Campbell Tara A. Estlin Qualitative Relational Mapping for Autonomous Robotics. 2012 Infotech@Aerospace https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2012-2439 conf/itaero/2012 db/conf/itaero/itaero2012.html#McClellandCE12

Jay Wyatt Erik Barkley Scott C. Burleigh Tara A. Estlin Ross Jones Josh Schoolcraft Kelvin Nichols Robert L. Pitts Adam Schlesinger Patrick W. Fink Gary L. Grobe Enabling Autonomous Exploration via the Solar System Internet. 9-15 2010 25 IEEE Intell. Syst. 5 https://doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2010.121 http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIS.2010.121 db/journals/expert/expert25.html#WyattBBEJSNPSFG10

Daniel M. Gaines Tara A. Estlin Caroline Chouinard Spatial coverage planning for a planetary rover. 614-620 2008 ICRA https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543274 conf/icra/2008 db/conf/icra/icra2008.html#GainesEC08

Rebecca Castaño Tara A. Estlin Robert C. Anderson Daniel M. Gaines Andres Castano Benjamin J. Bornstein Caroline Chouinard Michele Judd Oasis: Onboard autonomous science investigation system for opportunistic rover science. 379-397 2007 24 J. Field Robotics 5 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.20192 db/journals/jfr/jfr24.html#CastanoEAGCBCJ07

Tara A. Estlin Daniel M. Gaines Caroline Chouinard Rebecca Castaño Benjamin J. Bornstein Michele Judd Issa A. D. Nesnas Robert C. Anderson Increased Mars Rover Autonomy using AI Planning, Scheduling and Execution. 4911-4918 2007 conf/icra/2007 ICRA https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364236 db/conf/icra/icra2007.html#EstlinGCCBJNA07 Tara A. Estlin Daniel M. Gaines Forest Fisher Rebecca Castaño Coordinating multiple rovers with interdependent science objectives. 879-886 2005 conf/atal/2005 AAMAS https://doi.org/10.1145/1082473.1082607 db/conf/atal/aamas2005.html#EstlinGFC05 Issa A. D. Nesnas Anne Wright Max Bajracharya Reid G. Simmons Tara A. Estlin CLARAty and challenges of developing interoperable robotic software. 2428-2435 2003 IROS https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2003.1249234 conf/iros/2003 db/conf/iros/iros2003.html#NesnasWBSE03

Steve A. Chien Tara A. Estlin Forest Fisher Gregg R. Rabideau Lessons Learned Deploying Space Planning Systems. 161-187 2001 15 Appl. Artif. Intell. 2 db/journals/aai/aai15.html#ChienEFR01 https://doi.org/10.1080/088395101750065750 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q58270359

Tara A. Estlin Steve A. Chien Xuemei Wang Hierarchical task network and operator-based planning: two complementary approaches to real-world planning. 379-395 2001 13 J. Exp. Theor. Artif. Intell. 4 https://doi.org/10.1080/09528130110101288 db/journals/jetai/jetai13.html#EstlinCW01

Tara A. Estlin Rebecca Castaño Ashley Davies Darren Mutz Gregg R. Rabideau Steve A. Chien Eric Mjolsness Goal-Directed Scientific Exploration Using Multiple Rovers. 33-37 2001 conf/flairs/2001 FLAIRS db/conf/flairs/flairs2001.html#EstlinDMRCM01 http://www.aaai.org/Library/FLAIRS/2001/flairs01-007.php Rob Sherwood Andrew Mishkin Tara A. Estlin Steve A. Chien Barbara Engelhardt Brian K. Cooper Gregg R. Rabideau A Tool for Autonomous Ground-Based Rover Planning. 73-77 2001 conf/flairs/2001 FLAIRS db/conf/flairs/flairs2001.html#SherwoodMECECR01 http://www.aaai.org/Library/FLAIRS/2001/flairs01-015.php Rob Sherwood Andrew Mishkin Tara A. Estlin Steve A. Chien Paul G. Backes Jeffrey S. Norris Brian K. Cooper Scott Maxwell Gregg R. Rabideau Autonomously generating operations sequences for a Mars rover using AI-based planning. 803-808 2001 IROS https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2001.976267 conf/iros/2001 db/conf/iros/iros2001.html#SherwoodMECBNCMR01 Russell Knight Forest Fisher Tara A. Estlin Barbara Engelhardt Steve A. Chien Balancing deliberation and reaction, planning and execution for space robotic applications. 2131-2139 2001 IROS https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2001.976386 conf/iros/2001 db/conf/iros/iros2001.html#KnightFEEC01 Issa A. D. Nesnas Richard Volpe Tara A. Estlin Hari Das Nayar Richard Petras Darren Mutz Toward developing reusable software components for robotic applications. 2375-2383 2001 IROS https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2001.976425 conf/iros/2001 db/conf/iros/iros2001.html#NesnasVENPM01

Steve A. Chien Forest Fisher Tara A. Estlin Automated software module reconfiguration through the use of artificial intelligence planning techniques. 186-192 2000 147 IEE Proc. Softw. 5 db/journals/iee/iee-s147.html#ChienFE00 https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-sen:20000899 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q111898499

Steve A. Chien Anthony C. Barrett Tara A. Estlin Gregg R. Rabideau A comparison of coordinated planning methods for cooperating rovers. 100-101 2000 conf/agents/2000 Agents https://doi.org/10.1145/336595.337057 db/conf/agents/agents2000.html#ChienBER00 Richard Volpe Tara A. Estlin Sharon L. Laubach Clark F. Olson J. Balaram Enhanced Mars Rover Navigation Techniques. 926-931 2000 conf/icra/2000 ICRA db/conf/icra/icra2000.html#VolpeELOB00 https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844167 Tara A. Estlin Alexander G. Gray Tobias Mann Gregg R. Rabideau Rebecca Castaño Steve A. Chien Eric Mjolsness An Integrated System for Multi-Rover Scientific Exploration. 613-620 1999 conf/aaai/1999 AAAI/IAAI db/conf/aaai/aaai99.html#EstlinGMRCCM99 http://www.aaai.org/Library/AAAI/1999/aaai99-087.php Forest Fisher Tara A. Estlin Darren Mutz Steve A. Chien Using Artificial Intelligence Planning to Generate Antenna Tracking Plans. 856-863 1999 conf/aaai/1999 AAAI/IAAI db/conf/aaai/aaai99.html#FisherEMC99 http://www.aaai.org/Library/IAAI/1999/iaai99-121.php Tara A. Estlin Forest Fisher Darren Mutz Steve A. Chien Automated Planning for a Deep Space Communications Station. 1410-1417 1999 conf/icra/1999 ICRA db/conf/icra/icra1999-2.html#EstlinFMC99 https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.1999.772558 Steve A. Chien Forest Fisher Helen Mortensen Edisanter Lo Ronald Greeley Anita Govindjee Tara A. Estlin Xuemei Wang Using Artificial Intelligence Planning Techniques to Automatically Reconfigure Software Modules. 415-426 1998 conf/ieaaie/1998-2 IEA/AIE (Vol. 2) db/conf/ieaaie/ieaaie1998-2.html#ChienFMLGGEW98 https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-64574-8_427 Steve A. Chien Anita Govindjee Tara A. Estlin Xuemei Wang Randall W. Hill Jr. Automated Generation of Tracking Plans for a Network of Communications Antennas. 963-970 1997 conf/aaai/1997 AAAI/IAAI db/conf/aaai/aaai97.html#ChienGEWH97 http://www.aaai.org/Library/IAAI/1997/iaai97-195.php Tara A. Estlin Steve A. Chien Xuemei Wang An Argument for a Hybrid HTN/Operator-Based Approach to Planning. 182-194 1997 conf/ecp/1997 ECP db/conf/ecp/ecp1997.html#EstlinCW97 https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63912-8_85 Steve A. Chien Randall W. Hill Jr. Anita Govindjee Xuemei Wang Tara A. Estlin M. A. Griesel Roberto Lam Kristina V. Fayyad A hierarchical architecture for resource allocation, plan execution, and revision for operation of a network of communications antennas. 3340-3347 1997 ICRA https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.1997.606798 conf/icra/1997 db/conf/icra/icra1997.html#ChienHGWEGLF97 Tara A. Estlin Raymond J. Mooney Learning to Improve both Efficiency and Quality of Planning. 1227-1233 1997 conf/ijcai/1997 IJCAI db/conf/ijcai/ijcai97.html#EstlinM97 http://ijcai.org/Proceedings/97-2/Papers/063.pdf Tara A. Estlin Raymond J. Mooney Multi-Strategy Learning of Search Control for Partial-Order Planning. 843-848 1996 conf/aaai/1996-1 AAAI/IAAI, Vol. 1 db/conf/aaai/aaai96-1.html#EstlinM96 http://www.aaai.org/Library/AAAI/1996/aaai96-125.php Robert C. Anderson Paul BackesPaul G. Backes Max Bajracharya J. Balaram Erik Barkley Anthony C. Barrett Diana Blaney Benjamin J. Bornstein Michael C. Burl Scott C. Burleigh Mark E. Campbell Andres Castano Rebecca Castaño Steve A. Chien Caroline Chouinard Selina Chu Brian K. Cooper Ashley Davies Lauren DeFlores Gary Doran Barbara E. EngelhardtBarbara Engelhardt Kristina V. Fayyad Patrick W. Fink Forest Fisher Lauren de Flores Raymond Francis Jens Frydenvang Daniel M. Gaines Olivier Gasnault Anita Govindjee Evan J. Graser Alexander G. Gray Ronald Greeley M. A. Griesel Gary L. Grobe Randall W. Hill Jr. Stephen Johnstone Ross Jones Michele Judd Russell Knight Stephen Kuhn Roberto Lam Sharon L. Laubach Edisanter Lo Mark W. Maimone Tobias Mann Scott Maxwell Mark McClelland Michael M. McHenry Andrew Mishkin Eric Mjolsness Suzanne Montaño Raymond J. Mooney Helen Mortensen Darren Mutz Hari Das Nayar Tony Nelson Issa A. D. Nesnas Kelvin Nichols Jeffrey S. Norris Clark F. Olson Richard Petras Robert L. Pitts Gregg R. Rabideau Arturo L. Rankin Steven Schaffer Adam Schlesinger Josh Schoolcraft Rob Sherwood Reid G. Simmons Ellen R. Thiel David R. Thompson 0001 Vandi Verma Richard Volpe Xuemei Wang Roger C. Wiens Anne Wright Jay Wyatt