Copyright The Robotics Lab 2008
Journal Publications

Spenko, M., Haynes, C., Saunders, A., Cutkosky, M., Rizzi, A., Full, R., Koditschek, D. "Biologically Inspired Climbing with A Hexapedal Robot."  J. Field Robotics. 25.4-5 (2008): 223-242.

Kim, S., Spenko, M., Trujillo, S., Heyneman, B., Santos, D., Cutkosky, M. "Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing with Directional Adhesion."  IEEE Transactions on Robotics.  24.1 (2008): 65-74.

Santos, D., Spenko, M., Parness, A., Kim, S., and Cutkosky, M., "Directional Adhesion for Climbing: Theoretical and Practical Considerations." Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology.  21.12-13 (2007): 1317-1341.

Spenko, M., Yu, H., and Dubowsky, S. "A Robotic Personal Aid for the Mobility and Health Monitoring of the Elderly." IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 14.3 (Sept., 2006): 344-351.

Autumn, K., Dittmore, A., Santos, D., Spenko, M., and Cutkosky, M. "Frictional Adhesion: A New Angle on Gecko Attachment." Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (Aug., 2006): 3569-3579.

Spenko, M., Iagnemma, K., Kuroda, Y., and Dubowsky, S. "Hazard Avoidance for High Speed Mobile Robots in Rough Terrain."  Journal of Field Robotics 23.5 (Apr., 2006): 311-331.

Forest, C., Spenko, M., Sun, Y., Slocum, A., Heilmann R., and Schattenburg, M.  "Repeatable and Accurate Assembly of X-Ray Foil Optics." Journal of Precision Engineering 30.1 (Jan., 2006): 63-70.

Yu, H., Spenko, M., and Dubowsky, S. "Omni-Directional Mobility Using Active Split Offset Castors."  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design 126.5 (Sept., 2004): 822-829.

Yu, H., Spenko, M., and Dubowsky, S.  "An Adaptive Shared Control System for an Intelligent Mobility Aid for the Elderly."  Journal of Autonomous Robots 15.1 (Jul., 2003): 53-66.


Conference Proceedings


Santos, D., Kim, S., Spenko, M., Parness, A., Cutkosky, M. "Directional Adhesive Structures for Controlled Climbing on Smooth Vertical Surfaces." ICRA 2007.

Kim, S., Spenko, M., Trujillo, S., Heyneman, B., Matolli, V., Cutkosky, M. "Whole Body Adhesion: Hierarchical, Directional, and Distributed Control of Adhesive Forces for a Climbing Robot." ICRA 2007. 
Finalist - Best Conference Paper, Winner - Best Student Paper.

Autumn, K., Gravish, N., Wilkinson, M., Santos, D., Spenko, M., and Cutkosky, M.  "Frictional Adhesion of Natural and Synthetic Gecko Setal Arrays."  Proceedings of the 30th annual Adhesion Society (2007).

Spenko, M., Overholt, J., and Iagnemma, K. "High Speed Hazard Avoidance for Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Emergency Situations." 25th Annual Army Science Conference (2006). 
Best Paper - Unmanned Vehicles Session.  Runner-Up - Best Overall Paper.

Spenko, M., Cutkosky, M., Majidi, C., Fearing, R., Groff, R., Autumn, K. "Foot Design and Integration for Bioinspired Climbing Robots." Proceedings of the SPIE Unmanned Systems Technology VIII 6230 (2006).

Spenko, M., Dubowsky, S., and Iagnemma, K. "Experimental Validation of High Speed Hazard Avoidance Control for Unmanned Ground Vehicles." 8th Int. IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, SYROCO (2006).

Spenko, M., Iagnemma, K., and Dubowsky S. "High Speed Hazard Avoidance for Mobile Robots in Rough Terrain." Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VI 5422 (2004).

Iagnemma, K., Golda, D., Spenko, M., and Dubowsky, S. "Experimental Study of Vehicle and Terrain Models for High-Speed Rough-Terrain Mobile Robots." Int. Symposium on Experimental Robotics (2002).

Forest, C., Spenko, M., Sun, Y., McGuirk, M., Schattenburg, M., and Slocum, A. "Precision Assembly and Metrology of X-Ray Foil Optics." Proceedings of the American Society for Precision Engineering (2002).

Sun, Y., Chen, C., Heilmann, R., Forest, C., Spenko, M., Konkola, P., McGuirk, M., Joo, C., and Schattenburg, M. "Precision Microcomb Design and Fabrication for Constellation-X Soft X-Ray Telescope Segmented Optic Assembly." Proceedings of the American Society for Precision Engineering (2002).

Spenko, M., Yu, H., and Dubowsky, S. "Analysis and Design of an Omnidirectional Platform for Operation on Non-Ideal Floors." Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2002).
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