Research Overview
 [J]: Journal (#10),  [C]: Conference (#31),  [R]: Report or Abstract (#7)

In Preparation | Under Review

  • [J] Ramviyas Parasuraman, Yongchang Hu, Petter Ögren, Geert Leus, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Online Estimation of Path Loss Exponent in Robot and Vehicular Networks". (In preparation)
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, Ramviyas Parasuraman, Sangjun Lee, Jin-Woo Jung, and Eric T. Matson, "A Directional Antenna based Leader-Follower Relay System for End-to-End Robot Communications", Robotics and Autonomous Systems. (Under review)
  • [J] Miae Kim, Eric T. Matson, Byung-Cheol Min, Inseok Koh, Hyewon Jeon, Jiyoung Choi, John Gallagher, and Young Im Cho, "A HARMS-based Heterogeneous Human-Robot Team for a Gathering and Collection Function", International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. (Under review)

2017

  • [C] Sangjun Lee, Yongbum Cho, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Attack-aware Multi-sensor Integration Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Systems", 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Banff, Canada, 5-8 October, 2017. (Accepted)
  • [R] Ramviyas Parasuraman, Sergio Caccamo, Luigi Freda, Petter Ögren, and Byung-Cheol Min, "An Approach to Retrieve from Communication Loss in Field Robots", Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2017, Workshop on Robot Communication in the Wild: Meeting the Challenges of Real-World Systems, MIT, Massachusetts, USA, July 16, 2017.
  • [R] Danilo Tardioli, Ramviyas Parasuraman, Petter Ögren, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Pound: A ROS Node to Improve Communication Latency Performance in Multi-Robot Systems", Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2017, Workshop on Robot Communication in the Wild: Meeting the Challenges of Real-World Systems, MIT, Massachusetts, USA, July 16, 2017.
  • [C] Yeonju Oh, Wei-Liang Kao, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Indoor Navigation Aid System Using No Positioning Technique for Visually Impaired People", HCI International 2017 - Poster Extended Abstract, Vancouver, Canada, 9-14 July, 2017. Download PDF, Download Video
  • [C] Manoj Penmetcha, Arabinda Samantaray, and Byung-Cheol Min, "SmartResponse: Emergency and Non-Emergency Response for Smartphone based Indoor Localization applications", HCI International 2017 - Poster Extended Abstract, Vancouver, Canada, 9-14 July, 2017. Download PDF
  • [C] Hyun Hwang, Jun Han Bae, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Design Guidelines for Sensor Locations on 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands", IEEE Robotic Computing (IRC) 2017, Taichung, Taiwan, April 10-12, 2017. Download PDF
  • [C] Sangmi Shin, Byung-Cheol Min, Julia Rayz, and Eric T. Matson, "Semantic Knowledge-based Language Education Device for Children with Developmental Disabilities", IEEE Robotic Computing (IRC) 2017, Taichung, Taiwan, April 10-12, 2017. Download PDF

2016

  • [R] Jun Han Bae, Dong Hun Lee, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Design and Concept of the Sediment Sampling Robot and Dynamic Buoy", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Late-Breaking Reports, Daejeon, Korea, Oct. 9-14, 2016.
  • [C] Huanhuan Wang, Pai-Ying Hsiao, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Examine the Potential of Robots to Teach Autistic Children Emotional Concepts", The Eight International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR), Kansas City, USA, Nov. 1-3, 2016. Download PDF
  • [C] Jun Han Bae, Jeehwan Park, Sangjun Lee, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Tri-SedimentBot: An Underwater Sediment Sampling Robot", Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, Aug. 21-24, 2016. Download PDF, Download Video
  • [J] Daniel K. Schrader, Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, and J. Eric Dietz, "Real-time Averaging of Position Data from Multiple GPS Receivers", Measurement, Vol. 90, pp. 329-337, August 2016. Download PDF
  • [R] M. Bernardine Dias, Ermine Teves, Eric Hochendoner, Praneetha Sistla, Byung-Cheol Min, and Aaron Steinfeld, "Enhancing the Safety of Visually Impaired Travellers in and around Transit Stations", The U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program, 2016. Download PDF
  • [C] Kangwei Chen, Victoria Plaza-Leiva, Byung-Cheol Min, Aaron Steinfeld, and M. Bernardine Dias, "NavCue: Context Immersive Navigation Assistance for Blind Travelers", 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Videos, 2016. Download PDF, Download Video
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, Yongho Kim, Sangjun Lee, Jin-Woo Jung, and Eric T. Matson, “Finding the Optimal Location and Allocation of Relay Robots for Building a Rapid End-to-end Wireless Communication", Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 39, Issue 15, pp. 23-44, March 2016. Download PDF

2015

  • [R] Jun Han Bae, Eric T. Matson, and Byung-Cheol Min, “Towards an Autonomous Water Monitoring System with an Unmanned Aerial and Surface Vehicle Team", 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), West Lafayette, USA, Oct. 18-20, 2015. Download PDF, Download Poster
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, and Jin-Woo Jung, “Active Antenna Tracking System with Directional Antennas for Enhancing Wireless Communication Capabilities of a Networked Robotic System", Journal of Field Robotics, 2015. Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Suryansh Saxena, Aaron Steinfeld, and M. Bernardine Dias, “Incorporating Information from Trusted Sources to Enhance Urban Navigation for Blind Travelers", Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, pp.4511-4518, Seattle, USA, May 26-30, 2015. Download PDF
  • [R] Byung-Cheol Min, Aaron Steinfeld, and M. Bernardine Dias, “Towards Effective Human-Robot Interaction for Visually Imparied Adults", Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on Late-Breaking Report, Seattle, USA, May 26-30, 2015.
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Aaron Steinfeld, and M. Bernardine Dias, “How Would You Describe Assistive Robots to People Who are Blind or Low Vision?", Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Extended Abstracts, Portland, USA, Mar. 2-5, 2015. Download PDF

2014 and Earlier

  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, Anthony H. Smith, and J. Eric Dietz, "Using Directional Antennas as Sensors to Assist Fire-fighting Robots in Large Scale Fires", 2014 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS 2014), Queenstown, New Zealand, 2014. Download PDF
  • [R] Alekhya Jonnalagedda, Lucy Pei, Suryansh Saxena, Ming Wu, Byung-Cheol Min, Ermine A. Teves, Aaron Steinfeld, and M. Bernardine Dias, "Enhancing the Safety of Visually Impaired Travelers in and around Transit Stations", tech. report CMI-RI-TR-14-28, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Dec., 2014. Download PDF
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, Jinung An, and Donghan Kim, "Improvement of Violinist Robot using a Passive Damper Device", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 72, Issue 3-4, pp. 343-355, Dec. 2013. Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min and Eric T. Matson, "Robotic Follower System using Bearing-only Tracking with Directional Antennas", in Proc. International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), Denver, USA, Dec. 18-20, 2013. Download PDF
  • [C] Esther Rolf, Matt Whitlock, Byung-Cheol Min, and Eric T. Matson, "Enhancing Wi-Fi Signal Strength of a Dynamic Heterogeneous System Using a Mobile Robot Provider", in Proc. International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), Denver, USA., Dec. 18-20, 2013. Download PDF
  • [C] Jae-Seok Yoon, Byung-Cheol Min, Seong-Og Shin, and Donghan Kim, "GA-based Optimal Waypoint Design for Improved Path Following of Mobile Robot", in Proc. International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), Denver, USA., Dec. 18-20, 2013. Download PDF
  • [C] Soo Hyeok Kang, Yong Ho Kim, Byung-Cheol Min, Soon-Geul Lee, Jinung An, and Donghan Kim, "Smart Floor with Learning Capability for Mobile Robot System", Recent Advances in Robotics and Automation (Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence), Vol. 480, pp. 205-215, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. Download PDF
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, John Lewis, Eric T. Matson, and Anthony H. Smith, "Heuristic Optimization Techniques for Self-orientation of Antennas in Long-distance Point-to-point Broadband Networks", Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 11, Issue 8, pp. 2252-2263, Nov. 2013. Download PDF
  • [J] Eric T. Matson, John Lewis, Sherry Wei, and Byung-Cheol Min, "Implementing HARMS-based Indistinguishability in Ubiquitous Robot Organizations", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 61, No. 11, pp. 1186-1192, Nov. 2013. Download PDF
  • [J] Dong Hoe Kim, Byung-Cheol Min, and Donghan Kim, "A Dust Detection Sensor System for Improvement of a Robot Vacuum Cleaner", Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, October 2013. (Korean Journal) Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, and Bakytgul Khaday, "Design of a Networked Robotic System Capable of Enhancing Wireless Communication Capabilities", 11th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Sweden, Oct. 21-26, 2013. Download PDF
  • [J] Cory Q. Nguyen, Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, Anthony H. Smith, J. Eric Dietz, and Donghan Kim, "Using Mobile Robots to Establish Mobile Wireless Mesh Networks and Increase Network Throughput", International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 2012, Article ID 614532, 2012. Download PDF
  • [C] Sangyup Lee, Byung-Cheol Min, Dong-Hoe Kim, Jae-Seok Yoon, and Donghan Kim, "Passive RFID Positioning System Using RF Power Control", in Proc. International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), Gwangju, Korea, Dec. 2012. Download PDF
  • [C] Ji Hyeon Hong, Byung-Cheol Min, Julia M. Taylor, Victor Raskin, and Eric T. Matson, "NL-Based Communication with Firefighting Robots", 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp. 1461-1466, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 14-17, 2012. Download PDF
  • [C] Soo Hyeok Kang, Byung-Cheol Min, Ji Hyeon Hong, Eric T. Matson, Soon-Geul Lee, and Donghan Kim, "Novel Positioning System for Mobile Robot Using RFID Power Control", Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Bristol, UK, August 20-23, 2012. Download PDF
  • [C] Daniel K. Schrader,  Byung-Cheol Min, Eric T. Matson, and Eric Dietz, "Combining Multiple, Inexpensive Receivers to Improve Accuracy and Reliability", 2012 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), University of Brescia, Italy, Feb. 7-9, 2012. Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, John Lewis, Daniel K. Schrader, Eric T. Matson, and Anthony Smith, "Self-orientation of Antennas, Assisted by Mobile Robots, for Receiving the Best Wireless Signal", 2012 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), University of Brescia, Italy, Feb. 7-9, 2012. Download PDF
  • [C] Eric T. Matson, Julia Taylor, Victor Raskin, Byung-Cheol Min, and E. Cho Wilson, "A Natural Language Exchange Model for Enabling Human, Agent, Robot and Machine Interaction", The 5th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), Wellington, New Zealand, Dec. 6-8, 2011. Download PDF
  • [C] Soo Hyeok Kang, Yong Ho Kim, Eun Jin Lee, Soon-Geul Lee, Byung-Cheol Min, Jinung An, and Dong Han Kim, "Implementation of Smart Floor for Multi-Robot System", The 5th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), Wellington, New Zealand, Dec. 6-8, 2011.  Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Ji Hyeon Hong, and Eric T. Matson, "Adaptive Robust Control (ARC) for an Altitude Control of a Quadrotor Type UAV Carrying an Unknown Payloads", 2011 11th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), KINTEX, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Oct. 26-29, 2011. Download PDF
  • [C] Eric T. Matson, Byung-Cheol Min, "M2M infrastructure to integrate humans, agents and robots into collectives",Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE, Hangzhou, China, May 10-12, 2011. Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Hina Chaudhry, Eric T. Matson, Anthony Smith, and J. Eric Dietz, "Rural Energy Security using Autonomous Micro-turbine Smart Grids", 2011 IEEE Rural Power Conference (IEEE REPC), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, April 10-13, 2011. Download PDF
  • [C] Jeong Wan Kim, Yong Ho Kim, Byung-Cheol Min, and Donghan Kim, "Tacit Navigation Method for Multi-Agent System", in Proc.FIRA Robot World Congress, Bangalore, India, Sep. 15-17, 2010. Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Hee Yeul Kwon, and Donghan Kim, "Path Planning Algorithm for VTOL Type UAVs Based on the Methods of Ray Tracing and Limit Cycle", IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA), December 2009. Download PDF
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, Moon-Su Kim, and Donghan Kim, "Fuzzy Logic Path Planner and Motion Controller by Evolutionary Programming for Mobile Robots", International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 11, No. 3, September 2009. Download PDF
  • [J] Byung-Cheol Min, Donghan Kim, Yoon Hyuk Kim, Ki Yeoul Kim, and Chongkug Park, "Development of Violin Self-Training Algorithm Using Fuzzy Logic", Journal of Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 19, No. 4, August 2009. (Korean Journal) Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Chan Ho Cho, Kyung Min Choi, and Donghan Kim, "Development of a Micro Quad-Rotor UAV for Monitoring an Indoor Environment", in Proc. FIRA Robot World Congress, Incheon, Korea, Aug. 16-20, 2009. Download PDF
  • [C] Chan Ho Cho, Byung-Cheol Min, and Donghan Kim, "A Gait Generation for an Unlocked Joint Failure of the Quadruped Robot with Balance Weight", in Proc. FIRA Robot World Congress, Incheon, Korea, Aug. 16-20, 2009. Download PDF
  • [C] Byung-Cheol Min, Eun Jin Lee, Soo Hyeok Kang, and Donghan Kim, "Limit-cycle Navigation Method for a Quad-rotor Type UAV", Industrial Electronics, 2009. ISIE 2009, IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 1352-1357, July 2009. Download PDF