Timothy W. McLain

According to our database, Timothy W. McLain authored at least 55 papers between 1996 and 2023.

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2023

Offline GNSS/Camera Extrinsic Calibration Using RTK and Fiducials.

Alex D. Jordan, Jacob Johnson, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., June, 2023

Incremental Cycle Bases for Cycle-Based Pose Graph Optimization.

Brendon Forsgren, Kevin M. Brink, Prashant Ganesh, Timothy W. McLain

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2023

Group-k consistent measurement set maximization via maximum clique over k-Uniform hypergraphs for robust multi-robot map merging.

Brendon Forsgren, Ram Vasudevan, Michael Kaess, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson

CoRR, 2023

2022

Group-k Consistent Measurement Set Maximization for Robust Outlier Detection.

Brendon Forsgren, Ram Vasudevan, Michael Kaess, Timothy W. McLain, Joshua G. Mangelson

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

2020

Cooperative Relative Navigation of Multiple Aircraft in Global Positioning System-Denied/Degraded Environments.

Gary J. Ellingson, Kevin M. Brink, Timothy W. McLain

J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst., August, 2020

Relative multiplicative extended Kalman filter for observable GPS-denied navigation.

Daniel P. Koch, David O. Wheeler, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Kevin M. Brink

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2020

Relative navigation of autonomous GPS-degraded micro air vehicles.

David O. Wheeler, Daniel P. Koch, James S. Jackson, Gary J. Ellingson, Paul W. Nyholm, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

Auton. Robots, 2020

ROSflight: A Lean Open-Source Research Autopilot.

James Jackson, Daniel P. Koch, Trey Henrichsen, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020

2019

Direct Relative Edge Optimization, A Robust Alternative for Pose Graph Optimization.

James S. Jackson, Kevin M. Brink, Brendon Forsgren, David O. Wheeler, Timothy W. McLain

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2019

Improving the Robustness of Visual-Inertial Extended Kalman Filtering.

James Jackson, Jerel Nielsen, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019

Visual Servoing with Feed-Forward for Precision Shipboard Landing of an Autonomous Multirotor.

Jesse S. Wynn, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, 2019

2018

Ground-Based Sense-and-Avoid System for Small Unmanned Aircraft.

Laith R. Sahawneh, Jared K. Wikle, A. Kaleo Roberts, Jonathan C. Spencer, Timothy W. McLain, Karl F. Warnick, Randal W. Beard

J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst., August, 2018

Relative visual-inertial odometry for fixed-wing aircraft in GPS-denied environments.

Gary J. Ellingson, Kevin M. Brink, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, 2018

2017

Minimum Required Detection Range for Detect and Avoid of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

Jared K. Wikle, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Laith R. Sahawneh

J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst., 2017

Deep visual gravity vector detection for unmanned aircraft attitude estimation.

Gary J. Ellingson, David Wingate, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017

2015

Multiplicative Extended Kalman Filter for Relative Rotorcraft Navigation.

Robert C. Leishman, Timothy W. McLain

J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst., 2015

2014

Analysis of an Improved IMU-Based Observer for Multirotor Helicopters.

John Macdonald, Robert C. Leishman, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2014

Relative Navigation Approach for Vision-Based Aerial GPS-Denied Navigation.

Robert C. Leishman, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2014

Tailsitter heading estimation using a magnetometer.

Jason M. Beach, Matthew E. Argyle, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Stephen Morris

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2014

Quaternion based attitude error for a tailsitter in hover flight.

Matthew E. Argyle, Jason M. Beach, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Stephen Morris

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2014

2012

Quaternion Control for Autonomous Path Following Maneuvers.

James K. Hall, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the Infotech@Aerospace 2012, 2012

Relative navigation and control of a hexacopter.

Robert C. Leishman, John Macdonald, Timothy W. McLain, Randy W. Beard

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

2011

Utilizing an improved rotorcraft dynamic model in state estimation.

Robert C. Leishman, Jeff Ferrin, Timothy W. McLain, John Macdonald, Stephen Quebe, Randal W. Beard

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011

Differential flatness based control of a rotorcraft for aggressive maneuvers.

Jeff Ferrin, Robert C. Leishman, Randy W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011

2009

Vision-Based Landing of Fixed-Wing Miniature Air Vehicles.

D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Barrett Edwards

J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun., 2009

Dynamics and control of cable-drogue system in aerial recovery of Micro Air Vehicles based on Gauss's Principle.

Liang Sun, Randal W. Beard, Mark B. Colton, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2009

2008

Adaptive quaternion control of a miniature tailsitter UAV.

Nathan B. Knoebel, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008

2007

Vector Field Path Following for Miniature Air Vehicles.

Derek R. Nelson, D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2007

Experiments in Cooperative Timing for Miniature Air Vehicles.

Derek R. Nelson, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun., 2007

Autonomous Landing of Miniature Aerial Vehicles.

D. Blake Barber, Stephen Griffiths, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun., 2007

Performance Evaluation of Vision-Based Navigation and Landing on a Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

David Hubbard, Bryan S. Morse, Colin Theodore, Mark Tischler, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2007), 2007

Managing autonomy in robot teams: observations from four experiments.

Michael A. Goodrich, Timothy W. McLain, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Jisang Sun, Jacob W. Crandall

Proceedings of the Second ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2007

2006

Maximizing miniature aerial vehicles.

Stephen Griffiths, Jeffery Saunders, Andrew Curtis, D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag., 2006

Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs.

Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Derek B. Nelson, Derek B. Kingston, David Johanson

Proc. IEEE, 2006

Vision-based Target Geo-location using a Fixed-wing Miniature Air Vehicle.

D. Blake Barber, Joshua D. Redding, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Clark N. Taylor

J. Intell. Robotic Syst., 2006

Learning Real-Time A* Path Planner for Unmanned Air Vehicle Target Sensing.

Jason K. Howlett, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich

J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun., 2006

Cooperative forest fire surveillance using a team of small unmanned air vehicles.

David W. Casbeer, Derek B. Kingston, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

Int. J. Syst. Sci., 2006

Vision-based target localization from a fixed-wing miniature air vehicle.

Joshua D. Redding, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard, Clark N. Taylor

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2006

Vector field path following for small unmanned air vehicles.

Derek R. Nelson, D. Blake Barber, Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2006

2005

Real-time dynamic trajectory smoothing for unmanned air vehicles.

Erik P. Anderson, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2005

Autonomous Vehicle Technologies for Small Fixed-Wing UAVs.

Randal W. Beard, Derek B. Kingston, Morgan Quigley, Deryl Snyder, Reed Christiansen, Walt Johnson, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich

J. Aerosp. Comput. Inf. Commun., 2005

Nonlinear tracking control for nonholonomic mobile robots with input constraints: an experimental study.

Wei Ren, Jisang Sun, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2005

Forest fire monitoring with multiple small UAVs.

David W. Casbeer, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Sai-Ming Li, Raman K. Mehra

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2005

2004

Unmanned air vehicle testbed for cooperative control experiments.

Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, 2004

2003

Multiple UAV cooperative search under collision avoidance and limited range communication constraints.

Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003

Cooperative path planning for timing-critical missions.

Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2003

2002

Coordinated target assignment and intercept for unmanned air vehicles.

Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich, Erik P. Anderson

IEEE Trans. Robotics Autom., 2002

Coordinated Target Assignment and Intercept for Unmanned Air Vehicles.

Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Michael A. Goodrich

Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002

Autonomous hierarchical control of multiple unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs).

Sai-Ming Li, Jovan D. Boskovic, Sanjeev Seereeram, Ravi K. Prasanth, Jayesh Amin, Raman K. Mehra, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2002

2001

Cooperative control of UAV rendezvous.

Timothy W. McLain, Phillip R. Chandler, Steven J. Rasmussen, Meir Pachter

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2001

2000

A decomposition strategy for optimal coordination of unmanned air vehicles.

Timothy W. McLain, Phillip R. Chandler, Meir Pachter

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2000

Validation of a synthesis technique for the optimal control of an electro-hydraulic positioning system.

Richard D. Abbott, Timothy W. McLain

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2000

1998

Development and Experimental Validation of an Underwater Manipulator Hydrodynamic Model.

Timothy W. McLain, Stephen M. Rock

Int. J. Robotics Res., 1998

Successive Galerkin Approximations to the Nonlinear Optimal Control of an Underwater Robotic Vehicle.

Timothy W. McLain, Randal W. Beard

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1998

1996

Experiments in the coordinated control of an underwater arm/vehicle system.

Timothy W. McLain, Stephen M. Rock, Michael J. Lee

Auton. Robots, 1996