Josh Vander Hook

This page provides a comprehensive list of publications, talks, etc. See also: Google Scholar Profile

Journal

  1. H. Bayram, J. VanderHook, and V. Isler. Gathering Bearing Data for Target Localization IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1(1): 369-374, 2016
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  2. Patrick A. Plonski, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Environment and Solar Map Construction for Solar-Powered Mobile Systems IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 32(1): 70-82, 2016.
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  3. N. Noori, P. Plonski, A. Renzaglia, P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Constrained Probabalistic Search for a One-Dimensional Random Walk IEEE Transactions on Robotics 32 (2), 261-274 2016
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  4. J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Pursuit and Evasion with Uncertain Bearing Measurements Journal of Computational Geometry Note: In Review.
  5. P. Plonski, J. VanderHook, C. Peng, N. Noori, and V. Isler. Navigation Around an Unknown Obstacle for Autonomous Surface Vehicles Using a Forward-Facing Sonar Cond. Accepted Towards Long-Term Autonomy in Marine Robotics, Autonomous Robotics Special Issue, 2015
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  6. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, V. Isler. Algorithms for Cooperative Active Localization of Static Targets with Mobile Bearing Sensors under Communication Constraints Transactions on Robotics, 31 (4) 2014. pp 864-876. DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2015.2432612
    [pdf] [bib] [tech report]
  7. P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, D. Mulla, V. Isler. Sensor Planning for a Symbiotic UAV and UGV system for Precision Agriculture IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2016. 32, 6. pp 1498-1511
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  8. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, V. Isler. Cautious Greedy Strategy for Bearing-Only Active Localization: Analysis and Field Experiments Journal of Field Robotics. pp 296-318, 31(2). April, 2014.
    [pdf] [bib] [wiley]
  9. P. Tokekar, E. Branson, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Tracking Aquatic Invaders IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. pp 33-41, 20(3), September, 2013.
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Conference

  1. J. VanderHook, Tiago Stegun Vaquero, Federico Rossi, Martina Troesch, Marc Sanchez-Net, Joshua Schoolcraft, Jean-Pierre de la Croix, Steve Chien Mars On-site Shared Analytics Information and Computing To Appear in 29th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling Berkeley, CA 2019.
  2. J. Vander Hook, William Seto, Viet Nguyen, Zaki Hasnain, Liam Gallagher, Tyler Halpin-Chan, Varun Varahamurthy, Moises Angulo Autonomous Swarms of High Speed Manuvering Surface Vessels Accepted for Proceedings of SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Baltimore MD 2019
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  3. Jean-Pierre de la Croix, Grace Lim, Joshua Vander Hook, Amir Rahmani, Greg Droge, Alexander Xydes, and Chris Scrapper. Mission modeling, planning, and execution module for teams of unmanned vehicles. In Unmanned Systems Technology XIX vol. 10195, p. 101950J. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2017.
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  4. Wolf, Michael T., Amir Rahmani, Jean-Pierre de la Croix, Gail Woodward, Joshua Vander Hook, David Brown, Steve Schaffer, Marc Pomerantz CARACaS multi-agent maritime autonomy for unmanned surface vehicles in the Swarm II harbor patrol demonstration In Unmanned Systems Technology XIX vol. 10195, p. 101950O. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2017.
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  5. V. Isler, N. Noori, P. Plonski, A. Renzaglia, P. Tokekar, and J. VanderHook. Finding and Tracking Targets in the Wild: Algorithms and Field Deployments International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, pp 1-8, 2015.
    [pdf] [bib]
  6. J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Pursuit and Evasion with Uncertain Bearing Measurements Proc. Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry 2014. 332-340.
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  7. P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Sensor Planning for a Symbiotic UAV and UGV system for Precision Agriculture Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Tokyo, Japan. pp 5321-5326, 2013.
    [pdf] [bib] [Tech Report]
  8. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, E. Branson, P. Bajer, P. Sorensen, V. Isler. Local-Search Strategy for Active Localization of Multiple Invasive Fish Springer Tracts on Advanced Robotis (STAR) 88, pp. 859-873, 2013.
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  9. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, V. Isler. Cautious Greedy Strategy for Bearing-based Active Localization: Experiments and Theoretical Analysis. In: Proc IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation, 2012, pp 1787-1792.
    [pdf] [bib] [Tech Report]
  10. P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, and V. Isler. Active Target Localization for Bearing Based Robotic Telemetry. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2011. pp 488-493.
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Reports and Theses

  1. J. VanderHook. Active Target Localization and Tracking with Application to Robotic Environmental Monitoring University of Minnesota 2015.
    [permalink] [pdf] [bib]
  2. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, V. Isler. Bearing-Only Active Target Localization Strategies for a System of Two Communicating Mobile Robots: Full Technical Report . 2013
    [Tech Report] [bib]
  3. P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Sensor Planning for a Symbiotic UAV and UGV system for Precision Agriculture . 2013
    [Tech Report]
  4. N. Noori, P. Plonski, A. Renzaglia, P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Long-Term Search Through Energy Efficiency and Harvesting . 2013
    [Tech Report]
  5. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, V. Isler. Cautious Greedy Strategy for Bearing-based Active Localization: Technical Report. 2012
    [Tech Report]
  6. E. Branson, P. Tokekar, J. VanderHook, V. Isler. Aquatic and Land-based Robotic Telemetry for Tracking Invasive Fish Workshop for Research in Environmental Monitoring. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2011.
    [pdf] [bib]
  7. J. VanderHook, D. Kelley. Experimental Verification of Costless-Merge Pairing Heaps MNSU Journal of Undergraduate Research. Bachelors Thesis, 2010, Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Talks

Invited and non-conference

  1. J. VanderHook "Robotic Sensor Networks" at ARCS Annual Awards Dinner, October 2013. University of Minnesota.
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  2. J. VanderHook "Escaping Ageing Lions" at Graduate Student Colloqium, Fall, 2013. University of Minnesota.
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  3. J. VanderHook "Searching with Bearing Measurements" at Graduate Student Colloqium, May 10, 2013. University of Minnessota.
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  4. J. VanderHook, P. Tokekar, V. Isler. "Finding and Localizing Radio-Tagged Carp with An Autonomous Robotic Boat" American Fisheries Society, 2012 Saint Paul, MN.
    [poster]