Scholars

overview

My research interests are artificial intelligence as applied to emergency informatics and disaster response, especially tactical land, sea, and air vehicles. Specific topics are: human-robot interaction, heterogeneous teams, victim management, and perceptual directed behavior-based control.

education and training

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) 1992
M.S. in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) 1989
B.S. in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)

selected publications

Academic Articles187

Murphy, R. R. (2025). It is hard to be a robot in the wild.. Science Robotics. 10(99), eadw1608.
Murphy, R. R. (2025). Would a robot ever get angry enough to attack a person?. Science Robotics. 10(98), eadv3128.
Murphy, R. R. (2024). Even teleoperated robots are discriminated against in science fictions.. Science Robotics. 9(97), eadu6332.
Murphy, R. R. (2024). How much initiative should a service robot have?. Science Robotics. 9(96), eadt8902.
Murphy, R. R. (2024). Ted Chiang imagines a computational theory of robots.. Science Robotics. 9(95), eadt3828.

Books3

Murphy, R. R., Gandudi, V., Adams, J., Clendenin, A., & Moats, J. (2021). Adoption of Robots for Disasters: Lessons from the Response to COVID-19. Now Publishers.
Murphy, R. R. (2014). Disaster Robotics.
Riley, J. M., Murphy, R. R., & Endsley, M. R. (2006). 25. Situation Awareness in the Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Emerald.

Chapters24

Xiao, X., Dufek, J., & Murphy, R. R. (2021). Autonomous Visual Assistance for Robot Operations Using a Tethered UAV. ROBOTICS RESEARCH, VOL 2. Field and Service Robotics. 15-29. Springer Nature.
Murphy, R. R., & Woods, D. D. (2020). Beyond Asimov: The Three Laws of Responsible Robotics. Machine Ethics and Robot Ethics. 405-411. Taylor & Francis.
Murphy, R. R. (2020). Rescue and Disaster Robotics. Encyclopedia of Robotics. 1-6. Springer Nature.
Yoshinada, H., Kurashiki, K., Kondo, D., Nagatani, K., Kiribayashi, S., Fuchida, M., ... Tadokoro, S. (2019). Dual-Arm Construction Robot with Remote-Control Function. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Disaster Robotics. 195-264. Springer Nature.
Murphy, R. R., & Tadokoro, S. (2019). User Interfaces for Human-Robot Interaction in Field Robotics. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Disaster Robotics. 507-528. Springer Nature.

Conference Papers220

Manzini, T., Perali, P., & Murphy, R. R. (2024). Three Challenges in Utilizing Machine Learning to Predict Human Behavior from Observational Data. Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. 737-739.
Ball, A., Ladig, R., Goyal, P., Galeotti, J., Choset, H., Merrick, D., & Murphy, R. (2022). A Comparison of Point Cloud Registration Techniques for on-site Disaster Data from the Surfside Structural Collapse. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). 00, 244-250.
Rao, A., Murphy, R., Merrick, D., & Choset, H. (2022). Analysis of Interior Rubble Void Spaces at Champlain Towers South Collapse. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). 00, 379-384.
Murphy, R., Kathasagaram, A., Millican, T., Clendenin, A., deWitte, P., & Moats, J. (2022). Analysis of the Use of Robots for the Second Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). 00, 335-340.
Smith, T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Murphy, R. R., Manzini, T., & Rodriguez, I. (2022). Path Coverage Optimization for USV with Side Scan Sonar for Victim Recovery. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). 00, 160-165.