Publications

Publications 2015

Academic Journals

  1. H. Astley, C. Gong, M. Travers, M. Serrano, P. Vela, J.R. Mendelson III, H. Choset, D.L. Hu, D.I. Goldman. Modulation of Orthogonal Body Waves Enables High Maneuverability in Sidewinding Locomotion. Proceedings of the NAtional Academy of Sciences, 112(19):6200-5, 2015. (more)
  2. G. Chowdhary, H.A. Kingravi, J. How, P.A. Vela. Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control Using Gaussian Processes. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 26(3):537-550, 2015. (more)
  3. A. Rashidi, I. Brilakis, P. Vela. Generating Absolute-Scale Point Cloud Data of Built Infrastructure Scenes Using a Monocular Camera Setting. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 29(6), 2015. (more)
  4. S.S. Sharpe, S.A. Koehler, R. Kuckuk, M. Serrano, P. Vela, D.I. Goldman. Locomotor Benefits of Being a Slender and Slick Sand-Swimmer. Journal of Experimantal Biology, 218:440-450, 2015. (more)
  5. J. Yang, MW Park, P.A. Vela, M. Golparvar-Fard. Construction Performance Monitoring via Still Images, Time-Lapse Photos, and Video Streams: Now, Tomorrow, and the Future. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 29(2):211-224, 2015. (more) doi
  6. G. Zhang, P.A. Vela, I. Brilakis, P. Karasev. A Sparsity-Inducing Optimization Based Algorithm for Planar Patches Extraction from Noisy Point-Cloud Data. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 30(2):85-102, 2015. (more) doi

International Conferences

  1. G. Hadjidemetriou, M.M. Serrano, P.A. Vela, S. Christodoulou. Path Defects Detection in Images Using Support Vector Machines. In International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015. (more)
  2. P. Mavrovounioti, G. Hadjidemetriou, P.A. Vela, S. Christodoulou. Computer-Vision-Aided Automatic Generation of Building Information Models. In International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015. (more)
  3. N. P. Hyun, E. I. Verriest, P. A. Vela. Optimal obstacle avoidance trajectory generation using the root locus principle. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Volume, Pages 626-631, 2015. (more) download
  4. M. Serrano, A. Chang, G. Zhang, P. Vela. Incorporating Frictional Anisotropy in the Design of a Robotic Snake Through the Exploitation of Scales. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pages 3729-3734, 2015. (more)
  5. F. Xia, L. Tyoan, Z. Yang, I. Uzoije, G. Zhang, P. A. Vela. Human-Aware Mobile Robot Exploration and Motion Planner. In SoutheastCon, Pages 1-4, 2015. (more) download
  6. G. Zhang, P. Vela. Optimal Observability and Minimal Cardinality Localization and Mapping. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015. (more)
  7. G. Zhang, P. Vela. Good Features to Track for Visual SLAM. In Proceedings IEEE Conference on Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2015. (more)

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