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Richard E. Groff


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Publications list to be updated soon. For a current publications, see my C.V.    (9/1/2006)

Publications

Journal:
  • C.S. Majidi, R.E. Groff, R.S. Fearing, "Attachment of Fiber Array Adhesive through Side Contact"  Journal of Applied Physics, v98, 103521, 2005.
  • R.E. Groff, D.E. Koditschek, P.P. Khargonekar, "A Local Convergence Proof for the MinVar Algorithm for Computing Continuous Piecewise Linear Approximations"
    SIAM J. Num. Anal., v.41, n.3, pp983-1007, 2003.
Conference:
  • Ranjana Sahai, et al., "Towards a 3 Gram Crawling Robot through the Integration of Microrobot Technologies." IEEE Intl. Conf. Robotics and Automation. Orlando, Florida. To appear May 2006.
  • A. Hoover, et al., "A Rapidly Prototyped 2-Axis Positioning Stage for Microassembly Using Large Displacement Compliant Mechanisms." IEEE Intl. Conf. Robotics and Automation. Orlando, Florida. To appear May 2006.
  • T. Tong, C. Majidi, Y. Zhao, L. Delzeit, R.E. Groff, P. Reddy, A. Majumdar, A. Kashani, M. Meyyappan, "Compressive Properties of Dense Vertically Aligned Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays" (extended abstract). ASME NANO. Berkeley, California. Sep. 2005.
  • Kellar Autumn, Martin Buehler, Mark Cutkosky, Ronald Fearing, Robert J. Full, Daniel Goldman, Richard Groff, William Provancher, Alfred A. Rizzi, Uluc Saranli, Aaron Saunders, Daniel E. Koditschek, "Robotics in Scansorial Environments" in Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII, eds. Grant R. Gerhart, Charles M. Shoemaker, Douglas W. Gage, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5804, p291-302, 2005.
  • J.D. Weingarten, R.E. Groff, D.E. Koditschek, "A Framework for the Coordination of Legged Robot Gaits." IEEE Conf. Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, Singapore. Dec. 2004.
  • C. Majidi, R. Groff, and R. Fearing, "Clumping and Packing of Hair Arrays Manufactured by Nanocasting" ASME Int. Mech. Eng.Conf, Anaheim, California. Nov. 2004.
  • J.D. Weingarten, G. Lopes, R.E. Groff, M. Buehler, D.E. Koditschek, "Automated Gait Adaptation for Legged Robots." IEEE Intl Conf. Robotics and Automation. New Orleans, Louisiana. Apr. 2004.
  • R.E. Groff, D.E. Koditschek, P.P. Khargonekar, T.T. Thieret, "Representation and Control of Color Space Transformations for Effective Calibration and Control." IS&T NIP16. Vancouver, Canada. Oct. 2000.
  • R.E. Groff, D.E. Koditschek, P.P. Khargonekar, "Piecewise Linear Homeomorphisms: the Scalar Case." International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. Como, Italy. Jul. 2000.
  • R.E. Groff, P.P. Khargonekar, D.E. Koditschek, T.T. Thieret, and L.K. Mestha, "Modeling and Control of Color Xerographic Processes." IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Phoenix, AZ. Dec. 1999.
  • R.E. Groff, D.E. Koditschek, and P.P. Khargonekar, "Invertible Piecewise Linear Approximations for Color Reproduction." IEEE International Conference on Control Application. Trieste, Italy. Sep. 1998.
Other Publications:
  • R.E. Groff, "Piecewise Linear Homeomorphisms for Approximation of Invertible Maps" Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan, April 2003.
  • R.E. Groff and T.T. Thieret, "Printers" in Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. J.G. Webster, ed., Wiley & Sons. http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/eeee/, 2003.
  • R.E. Groff, "Numerical Studies of Interfacial Energy and Width in a Ginzburg-Landau and Strain Coupled System." Undergraduate thesis, Pennsylvania State University. State College, PA, 1996.
Presentations and Workshops
  • Designing Nanostructures at the Interface between Biomedical and Physical Systems - Presented poster on gecko adhesives and participated in focus group at National Academies Keck Futures Initiative sponsored conference. Focus group perspectives article on building a machine from biological parts, a “pseudo-cell,” is in preparation for journal submission. Sep., Nov. 2004.
  • Dust Mitigation Technology Focus Group - Presented poster on gecko adhesives emphasizing self-cleaning properties and participated in technology assessment focus groups at NASA Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) meeting on methods to deal with dust during lunar and Mars missions. May 2005.
  • DCI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Colloquium Presented gecko adhesives research in context of climbing robots. April 2005.
  • Johns-Hopkins University, Invited Speaker for Robotics Course Presented gecko adhesives research in context of climbing robots. April 2005.