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Smith, Ryan
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Institute of Environment
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College of Arts, Sciences & Education
rysmith@fiu.edu
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Article
2021
Long-Term Autonomy for AUVs Operating Under Uncertainties in Dynamic Marine Environments
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IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS
. 6:6313-6320.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/LRA.2021.3091697
Web of Science:
000675205800006
2021
A Data-Driven Deployment and Planning Approach for Underactuated Vehicles in Marine Environments
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/JOE.2020.2999695
Web of Science:
000640746800002
2021
Towards Energy-Aware Feedback Planning for Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Full Text via DOI:
10.3389/frobt.2021.621820
Web of Science:
000636783700001
2020
Robust estimation of bacterial cell count from optical density
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/s42003-020-01127-5
2020
Neural Network Training for the Detection and Classification of Oceanic Mesoscale Eddies
Full Text via DOI:
10.3390/rs12162625
Web of Science:
000565436600001
2020
Development of environmental niche models for use in underwater vehicle navigation
Full Text via DOI:
10.1049/iet-csr.2019.0042
Web of Science:
001058601500002
2020
Survey of unmanned subterranean exploration, navigation, and localisation
Full Text via DOI:
10.1049/iet-csr.2019.0043
2016
Enabling Persistent Autonomy for Underwater Gliders with Ocean Model Predictions and Terrain-Based Navigation
Full Text via DOI:
10.3389/frobt.2016.00023
2016
Circulation and water renewal of Florida Bay, USA
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BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE
. 92:153-180.
Full Text via DOI:
10.5343/bms.2015.1019
Web of Science:
000375356500001
2016
Quantifying Multiscale Habitat Structural Complexity: A Cost-Effective Framework for Underwater 3D Modelling
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REMOTE SENSING
. 8:113.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3390/rs8020113
2016
Photo-effects on the viscosity of titania nanoparticle suspensions in conducting and insulating medium
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s13367-016-0005-8
2015
Future Trends in Marine Robotics [TC Spotlight]
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IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE
. 22:14-122.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/mra.2014.2385561
2014
Controlling Buoyancy-Driven Profiling Floats for Applications in Ocean Observation
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/joe.2013.2261895
2012
The Regulatory Repertoire of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
AmpC β-Lactamase Regulator AmpR Includes Virulence Genes
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PLOS ONE
. 7.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0034067
Web of Science:
000304523400054
2012
Controlling Minimally-Actuated Vehicles for Applications in Ocean Observation
Full Text via DOI:
10.3182/20120410-3-pt-4028.00007
2011
Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Adapting sampling resolution
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/rob.20405
2011
A Geometric Approach to Trajectory Design for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: Surveying the Bulbous Bow of a Ship
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s10440-011-9616-8
2010
Planning and Implementing Trajectories for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to Track Evolving Ocean Processes Based on Predictions from a Regional Ocean Model
Full Text via DOI:
10.1177/0278364910377243
2010
USC CINAPS Builds Bridges
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IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE
. 17:20-30.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/mra.2010.935795
2009
A geometrical approach to the motion planning problem for a submerged rigid body
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL
. 82:1641-1656.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1080/00207170802654410
2009
Increasing underwater vehicle autonomy by reducing energy consumption
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OCEAN ENGINEERING
. 36:62-73.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2008.07.012
2008
A First Extension of Geometric Control Theory to Underwater Vehicles*
Full Text via DOI:
10.3182/20080408-3-ie-4914.00015
2008
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: Development and Implementation of Time and Energy Efficient Trajectories1
Full Text via DOI:
10.1179/str.2008.55.1.004
2008
Design and implementation of time efficient trajectories for autonomous underwater vehicles
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OCEAN ENGINEERING
. 35:63-76.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2007.07.007
Book Chapter
2017
Data Correlation and Comparison from Multiple Sensors Over a Coral Reef with a Team of Heterogeneous Aquatic Robots
. 717-728.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-50115-4_62
Web of Science:
000418796400062
2016
Adaptive Path Planning for Tracking Ocean Fronts with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
. 761-775.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-23778-7_50
2016
Experimental Analysis of Receding Horizon Planning Algorithms for Marine Monitoring
. 31-44.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_3
2015
Ocean Glider Path Planning Based on Automatic Structure Detection and Tracking
. 714-719.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-27340-2_88
2010
Optimization Problems for Controlled Mechanical Systems: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Application
Full Text via DOI:
10.5772/7674
2010
Trajectory Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Based on Ocean Model Predictions for Feature Tracking
. 263-273.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-13408-1_24
2007
Controlling a Submerged Rigid Body: A Geometric Analysis
. 375-385.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-73890-9_30
Conference
2022
Combining Remote and In-situ Sensing for Persistent Monitoring of Water Quality
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/OCEANSChennai45887.2022.9775339
Web of Science:
000819486100135
2022
Towards Learning Ocean Models for Long-term Navigation in Dynamic Environments
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/OCEANSChennai45887.2022.9775460
Web of Science:
000819486100256
2020
Synergistic AUV Navigation through Deployed Surface Buoys
. 83-86.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/IRC.2020.00020
Web of Science:
000783964100013
2019
Computing Feedback Plans from Dynamical System Composition
. 1175-1180.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/coase.2019.8843096
Web of Science:
000555890700188
2019
Correlating Water Quality and Profile Data in the Florida Keys
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Full Text via DOI:
10.23919/oceans40490.2019.8962646
Web of Science:
000534568500102
2019
Feedback Motion Planning for Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceanse.2019.8867055
Web of Science:
000591652100025
2019
Navigation and Localization via Wave Interference Patterns: An approach inspired by Marshallese Stick Charts
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Web of Science:
000534568500246
2019
Toward Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Aquatic Dynamic Environments
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceanse.2019.8867505
Web of Science:
000591652100438
2018
Integrating Sensor Buoys into a Marine Robotics Algorithm Validation Testbed
. 1-5.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceanskobe.2018.8559419
2018
Predicting Water Properties with Markov Random Fields for Augmented Terrain-Based Navigation in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
. 1-5.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceanskobe.2018.8559210
2018
Cartman: The Low-Cost Cartesian Manipulator that Won the Amazon Robotics Challenge
. 7757-7764.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2018.8463191
2018
Heterogeneous Multi-Robot System for Exploration and Strategic Water Sampling
. 1-8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2018.8460759
2018
Semantic Segmentation from Limited Training Data
. 1908-1915.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2018.8461082
2018
A Data-Driven Deployment Approach for Persistent Monitoring in Aquatic Environments
. 147-154.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/IRC.2018.00030
Web of Science:
000450646400021
2018
A Whitening-based Tracking Algorithm for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Web of Science:
000465206800291
2018
An Underactuated Vehicle Localization Method in Marine Environments
Web of Science:
000461320201104
2018
Feedback-Based Informative AUV Planning from Kriging Errors
Web of Science:
000492901600111
2017
Augmented Terrain-Based Navigation to Enable Persistent Autonomy for Underwater Vehicles
. 292-298.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/IRC.2017.36
Web of Science:
000411203500046
2017
Energy-Efficient Control Strategies for Updating an Augmented Terrain-Based Navigation Map for Autonomous Underwater Navigation
. 223-228.
Web of Science:
000426981500037
2017
Increasing Persistent Navigation Capabilities for Underwater Vehicles with Augmented Terrain-Based Navigation
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
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Web of Science:
000426997001072
2016
Design and validation of a micro-AUV for 3-D sampling of coherent ocean features
. 1-9.
Full Text via DOI:
10.23919/oceans.2015.7404474
2016
Development and Implementation of a Marine Robotics Algorithm Validation Testbed
. 1-10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceans.2016.7761239
2016
Development of a Portable Water Quality Sensor for River Monitoring from Small Rafts
. 1-10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceans.2016.7761392
2015
Enabling Persistent Autonomy for Underwater Gliders Through Terrain Based Navigation
. 1-10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceans-genova.2015.7271751
2015
Predictive Motion Planning for AUVs Subject to Strong Time-Varying Currents and Forecasting Uncertainties
. 1144-1151.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2015.7139335
2015
Zig-Zag Wanderer: Towards Adaptive Tracking of Time-Varying Coherent Structures in the Ocean
. 3253-3258.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2015.7139647
2014
Design and development of a sampling platform to study long distance seed dispersal
. 1-8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceans-taipei.2014.6964467
2014
Predicting the Speed of a Wave Glider Autonomous Surface Vehicle from Wave Model Data
. 2250-2256.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/iros.2014.6942866
2013
Reducing actuator switchings for motion control of autonomous underwater vehicles
. 1406-1411.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/acc.2013.6580033
2013
An Investigation on the Accuracy of Regional Ocean Models Through Field Trials
. 3436-3442.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2013.6631057
2013
Wind-Energy based Path Planning For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Markov Decision Processes
. 784-789.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2013.6630662
2012
Extending Persistent Monitoring by Combining Ocean Models and Markov Decision Processes
. 1-10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceans.2012.6404931
2012
A Nonlinear PI and Backstepping-based Controller for Tractor-Steerable Trailers Influenced by Slip
. 245-252.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2012.6224567
2012
A Semi-Local Method for Iterative Depth-Map Refinement
. 758-763.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2012.6224614
2012
Towards Improving Mission Execution for Autonomous Gliders with an Ocean Model and Kalman Filter
. 4870-4877.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2012.6224609
2011
Predicting Wave Glider speed from environmental measurements
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OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
. 1-8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.23919/oceans.2011.6106989
2011
Towards automated and in-situ, near-real time 3-D reconstruction of coral reef environments
.
OCEANS 2017 - ABERDEEN
. 1-10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.23919/oceans.2011.6106982
2011
Persistent Ocean Monitoring with Underwater Gliders: Towards Accurate Reconstruction of Dynamic Ocean Processes
. 1517-1524.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/icra.2011.5979583
2010
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Trajectory Design Coupled with Predictive Ocean Models: A Case Study
. 4770-4777.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/robot.2010.5509240
2010
Cooperative Multi-AUV Tracking of Phytoplankton Blooms based on Ocean Model Predictions
. 1-10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1109/oceanssyd.2010.5603594
2010
Towards the Improvement of Autonomous Glider Navigational Accuracy Through the Use of Regional Ocean Models
. 597-606.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1115/omae2010-21015
2009
Implementation of an embedded sensor network for the coordination of Slocum gliders for coastal monitoring and observation
. 1-8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1145/1654130.1654132
2009
Robust Tracking Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in the Presence of Disturbance Inputs
. 345-351.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1115/omae2009-79486
2007
Hydrodynamic and Thruster Model Validation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
. 325-330.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1115/omae2007-29061
2006
Towards Practical Implementation of Time Optimal Trajectories for Underwater Vehicles
. 183-190.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1115/omae2006-92175
Other Scholarly Work
2019
Male Oxidative Stress Infertility (MOSI): Proposed Terminology and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Idiopathic Male Infertility.
. 296-312.
Full Text via DOI:
10.5534/wjmh.190055
Preprint
2019
Feedback Motion Planning for Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
2018
An Underactuated Vehicle Localization Method in Marine Environments
2017
Design of a Multi-Modal End-Effector and Grasping System: How Integrated Design helped win the Amazon Robotics Challenge
Full Text via DOI:
10.48550/arxiv.1710.01439
2017
Mechanical Design of a Cartesian Manipulator for Warehouse Pick and Place
Full Text via DOI:
10.48550/arxiv.1710.00967
2017
Semantic Segmentation from Limited Training Data
Full Text via DOI:
10.48550/arxiv.1709.07665
2017
Cartman: The low-cost Cartesian Manipulator that won the Amazon Robotics Challenge
Full Text via DOI:
10.48550/arxiv.1709.06283
Review
2017
International society of sports nutrition position stand: nutrient timing
Full Text via DOI:
10.1186/s12970-017-0189-4
Web of Science:
000410442100001
Research
co-principal investigator on
Grant
Integration of next-generation autonomous sensing platforms for water quality monitoring and harmful algal bloom (HAB) detection
awarded by
Florida Department of Environmental Prot
2023 - 2025
NRI: FND: Extending Autonomy in Seemingly Sensory-Denied Environments Applied to Underwater Robots
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2020 - 2024
Acquisition of a Combined Aerial and Underwater Motion Capture System
awarded by
Army Research Office
2021 - 2023
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