Publications

Thesis

Kennedy, Monroe David, “Modeling And Control For Robotic Assistants: Single And Multi-Robot Manipulation” (2019). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 3299.  pdf  cite

Journal Articles

• Kennedy M, Schmeckpeper K, Thakur D, Chenfanfu J, Kumar V, Daniilidis K. “Autonomous Precision Pouring from Unknown Containers”. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019. (pdf) video cite
• Kennedy M, Thakur D, Kumar V, Hsieh M, Bhattacharya S. “Optimal Paths for Polygonal Robots in SE(2)”. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2018. video cite
• Mucchiani C, Kennedy M, Yim M, Seo J. “Object Picking through In-Hand Manipulation using Passive End-Effectors with Zero Mobility”. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2018. video cite
• Steager E, Sakar M, Magee C, Kennedy M, Cowley A, Kumar V. “Automated biomanipulation of single cells using magnetic microrobots,” International Journal of Robotics Research, p. in press, 2013. video cite

Conference Papers

• Li, A., Wu, P., & Kennedy III, M. (2021). Replay Overshooting: Learning Stochastic Latent Dynamics with the Extended Kalman Filter. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). paper
• Kennedy M, Queen K, Thakur D, Daniilidis K, Kumar V. “Precise Dispensing of Liquids Using Visual Feedback.” 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, 2017, pp. 1260-1266. video, cite
• Kennedy M, Thakur D, Kumar V, Hsieh M, Bhattacharya S. “Optimal Paths for Polygonal Robots in SE(2)”. ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 5B: 41st Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2017. video cite
• Kennedy M, Guerrero L, Kumar V. “Decentralized Algorithm for Force Distribution With Applications to Cooperative Transport”. 2015 ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 5C: 39th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference. cite
• Zhang M, Kennedy M, Hsieh M, Daniilidis K. “A triangle histogram for object classification by tactile sensing,” 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, 2016, pp. 4931-4938. video cite

Editorials, Workshops, Non-refereed, Short conference article and abstracts

• Guptasarma, S., & Kennedy, M. (2021). Considerations for the Control Design of Augmentative Robots. IEEE IROS Workshop on Building and Evaluating Ethical Robotic Systems. cite
• Howard A, Kennedy M. “Robots are not immune to bias and injustice”. Science Robotics. 2020. cite
• Junwu Zhang and Monroe Kennedy. Recent development in human motion and gait prediction. Workshop on Robot Retrospectives, Robot Science and Systems, 2020. cite