Robert Zlot
Research Scientist
Contact
PO Box 883
Kenmore, QLD 4069
Australia
Tel: 61 7 3327 4048
Fax: 61 7 3327 4455
Science Area
- Robotics
Biography
Robert joined the robotics group at CSIRO's Autonomous Systems Laboratory in February 2007. Research interests include terrain modeling, simultaneous localization and mapping, navigation, planning, and multirobot coordination.
Robert is originally from Toronto, Canada. He received a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006. His thesis focused on task allocation, planning, and scheduling for coordinating a team of autonomous robots.
Academic Qualifications
| 2006 | PhD Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Robotics |
| 2002 | MS Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Robotics |
| 2000 | B.Sc. York University, Canada, Space and Communications Science |
Top 10 Publications
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| P. Borges, R. Zlot, M. Bosse, S. Nuske, and A. Tews, "Vision-based Localization Using an Edge Map Extracted from 3D Laser Range Data", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010 (to appear). |
| M. Bosse and R. Zlot, "Keypoint Design and Evaluation for Place Recognition in 2D Lidar Maps", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 57(12), December 2009. |
| F. Pauling, M. Bosse, and R. Zlot, "Automatic Segmentation of 3D Laser Point Clouds by Ellipsoidal Region Growing", Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009. |
| M. Bosse and R. Zlot, "Place Recognition using Regional Point Descriptors for 3D Mapping", International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, 2009. |
| M. Bosse and R. Zlot, "Continuous 3D Scan-Matching with a 2D Spinning Laser", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009. |
| R. Zlot and M. Bosse, "Place Recognition using Keypoint Similarities in 2D Lidar Maps", International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, July, 2008. |
| M. Bosse and R. Zlot, "Map Matching and Data Association for Large-Scale 2D Laser-Based SLAM", International Journal of Robotics Research, 27(6), June 2008. |
| M.B. Dias, R. Zlot, N. Kalra, and A. Stentz, "Market-based Multirobot Coordination: A Survey and Analysis", Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Multirobot Systems, 94(7), July 2006. |
| R. Zlot and A. Stentz, "Market-based Multirobot Coordination for Complex Tasks", International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(1), January 2006. |
| R. Zlot, A. Stentz, M.B. Dias, and S. Thayer, "Multi-Robot Exploration Controlled by a Market Economy", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002. |