PhD Theses
Here you will find a list of relevant PhD thesis in reverse chronological order by year; with each year the entries are alphabetical by author. When attaching your PhD thesis, please follow the formatting of previous entries. After you have edited and saved, you can click on the attach links in the saved page to upload the corresponding files (abstract as text file and thesis as pdf file).
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2008
- Hanna Kurniawati. Workspace-Based Sampling for Probabilistic Path Planning. Advisor: David Hsu. Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, 2007 (defended 2008). Download thesis as pdf. Watch video demo.
- Yi Li. Real-Time Motion Planning of Multiple Agents and Formations in Virtual Environments. Advisor: Kamal Gupta. School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, 2008. Download thesis as pdf.
2007
- Brendan Burns. Exploiting Structure: A Guided Approach to Sampling-Based Robot Motion Planning. Advisor: Oliver Brock. Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, 2007. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Jur van den Berg. Path Planning in Dynamic Environments. Advisor: Mark Overmars. Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University, 2007. Download thesis as pdf.
- Claudia Esteves. Motion Planning: from Digital Actors to Humanoid Robots. Advisor:Jean-Paul Laumond.Gepetto Research Team,LAAS-CNRS, 2007. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Marco Morales. Metrics for Sampling-Based Motion Planning. Adviser: Nancy M. Amato. Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M Univesity, 2007. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Jason M. O'Kane. A Theory for Comparing Robot Systems. Advisor: Steven M. LaValle. Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, 2007. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Subramanian Ramamoorthy. Task Encoding, Motion Planning and Intelligent Control with Qualitative Models. Advisor: Benjamin J. Kuipers. Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Ron Wein. The Integration of Exact Arrangements with Effective Motion Planning. Advisor: Dan Halperin. School of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, 2007. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
2006
- Roland Geraerts. Sampling-based Motion Planning: Analysis and Path Quality. Advisor: Mark Overmars. Department of Computer Science. Utrecht University, 2006. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Leonard Jaillet. Probabilistic Methods for the Planning of Reactive Movements (in French). Advisor: Thierry Simeon. Robotics and AI group. LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, 2006. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Jyh-Ming Lien. Approximate Convex Decomposition and Its Applications. Advisor: Nancy Amato. Department of Computer Science. Texas A&M University, 2006. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Efrain Lopez Damian. Grasp Planning for Object Manipulation by an Autonomous Robot. Advisors: Rachid Alami and Daniel Sidobre. Robotics and Interactions group. LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, 2006. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Mitul Saha. Motion Planning with Probabilistic Roadmaps. Advisor: Jean-Claude Latombe. Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, Stanford, CA, USA, 2006. Download thesis as pdf.
2004
- Ibrahim Volkan Isler. Algorithms for Distributed and Mobile Sensing. Advisors: Kostas Daniilidis and Sampath Kannan. Department of Computer and Information Science. University of Pennsylvania, 2004. Abstact and Full Text.
- Roland Philippsen. Motion planning and obstacle avoidance for mobile robots in highly cluttered dynamic environments. Advisor: Roland Siegwart. Microengineering Section. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 2004. Abstract and Full Text.
- Morten Strandberg. Robot Path Planning: An Object-Oriented Approach. Advisor: Bo Wahlberg. Department of Signals, Sensors and Systems. Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2004. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
2003
- Osman Burchan Bayazit. Solving Motion Planning Problems by Iterative Relaxation of Constraints. Advisor: Nancy Amato. Parasol Lab. Department of Computer Science. Texas A&M University, 2003. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Juan Cortes. Motion Planning Algorithms for General Closed-chain Mechanisms. Advisor: Thierry Simeon. Robotics and AI group. LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, 2003. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
- Guang Song. A Motion Planning Approach to Protein Folding. Advisor: Nancy Amato. Parasol Lab. Department of Computer Science. Texas A&M University, 2003. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
2002
- Javier Minguez. Robot Shape, Kinematics and Dynamics in Sensor-Based Motion Planning. Advisor: Luis Montano. Department of Computer Science. University of Zaragoza, 2002. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
2001
- Andrea Baumann. Robot Motion Planning in Time-varying Environments. Advisor: Hans-Jürgen Siegert. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, 2001. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
2000
- Oliver Brock. Generating Robot Motion: The Integration of Planning and Execution. Advisor: Oussama Khatib. Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, 2006. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
1998
- Boris Baginski. Motion Planning for Manipulators with Many Degrees of Freedom - The BB-Method. Advisor: Hans-Jürgen Siegert. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, 1998. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.
1991
- Bernhard Glavina. Planning of Collision-Free Motion for Manipulators by Combining Directed Search and Random Generation of Intermediate Goals (in German). Advisor: Hans-Jürgen Siegert. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, 1991. View abstract as txt. Download thesis as pdf.