A Computer-Controlled Rotating-Belt Hand for Object Orientation. - John R. Birk (IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 1974)

A Computation for Robots to Orient and Position Hand-Held Workpieces. - John R. Birk (IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 1976)

Workpiece Orientation Correction with a Robot Arm Using Visual Information. - John R. Birk; Robert B. Kelley; Vivek V. Badami (IJCAI, 1977)

Image Feature Extraction Using Diameter-Limited Gradient Direction Histograms. - John R. Birk; Robert B. Kelley; N. Chen; L. Wilson (IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 1979)

An Orienting Robot for Feeding Workpieces Stored in Bins. - John R. Birk; Robert B. Kelley; Henrique A. S. Martins (IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 1981)

A Robot System Which Acquires Cylindrical Workpieces from Bins. - Robert B. Kelley; John R. Birk; Henrique A. S. Martins; Richard Tella (IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 1982)

General Purpose Hands for Bin-Picking Robots. - Richard Tella; John R. Birk; Robert B. Kelley (IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 1982)

Error Analysis of Surface Normals Determined by Radiometry. - Rajarshi Ray 002; John R. Birk; Robert B. Kelley (IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 1983)

Matched Filters for Bin Picking. - Jean-Daniel Dessimoz; John R. Birk; Robert B. Kelley; Henrique A. S. Martins; Chi Lin (IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 1984)