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) 1989
selected publications
Academic Articles125
- Murphy, R. R., Gandudi, V., Amin, T., Clendenin, A., & Moats, J. (2022). An analysis of international use of robots for COVID-19. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 148, 103922-103922.
- Traore, S., Fipps, G., Swanson, C., Dufek, J., & Robin, M. (2022). Unmanned aerial vehicle system integrating high‐resolution sensors for detecting leaks in irrigation canals—Proof of concept*. Irrigation and Drainage. 71(1), 206-217.
- Buckner, C., Miikkulainen, R., Forrest, S., Milano, S., Zou, J., Prunk, C., ... Marda, V. (2022). AI reflections in 2021. Nature Machine Intelligence. 4(1), 5-10.
- Kim, Y., Kim, H., Murphy, R., Lee, S., & Ahn, C. R. (2022). Delegation or Collaboration: Understanding Different Construction Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Robotization. Journal of Management in Engineering. 38(1), 04021084.
- Murphy, R. R. (2021). Robot intelligence and applications are as varied as animal intelligence, so why not treat them the same way?. Science Robotics. 6(61), eabn0877.
Books1
- RILEY, J., MURPHY, R., & ENDSLEY, M. (2006). 25. Situation Awareness in the Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Elsevier.
Chapters14
- 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 Singapore.
- Murphy, R. R., & Woods, D. D. (2020). Beyond Asimov: The Three Laws of Responsible Robotics. Machine Ethics and Robot Ethics. 405-411. Routledge.
- Yoshinada, H., Kurashiki, K., Kondo, D., Nagatani, K., Kiribayashi, S., Fuchida, M., ... Tadokoro, S. (2019). Dual-Arm Construction Robot with Remote-Control Function. ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS OF ROBOTICS V. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 195-264. Springer International Publishing.
- Murphy, R. R., & Tadokoro, S. (2019). User Interfaces for Human-Robot Interaction in Field Robotics. ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS OF ROBOTICS V. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 507-528. Springer International Publishing.
- Murphy, R. R., Tadokoro, S., & Kleiner, A. (2016). Disaster Robotics. Springer Handbook of Robotics. 1577-1604. Springer International Publishing.
Conference Papers208
- Chowdhury, T., Rahnemoonfar, M., Murphy, R., & Fernandes, O. (2020). Comprehensive Semantic Segmentation on High Resolution UAV Imagery for Natural Disaster Damage Assessment. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). 00, 3904-3913.
- Murphy, R. R. (2020). Humans and Robots in Off-Normal Applications and Emergencies. ADVANCES IN HUMAN FACTORS IN ROBOTS AND UNMANNED SYSTEMS. 962, 171-180.
- Xiao, X., Dufek, J., & Murphy, R. (2019). Benchmarking Tether-based UAV Motion Primitives. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). 00, 51-55.
- Xiao, X., Dufek, J., & Murphy, R. (2019). Explicit Motion Risk Representation. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). 00, 278-283.
Repository Documents / Preprints20
- Chowdhury, T., Murphy, R., & Rahnemoonfar, M. (2022). RescueNet: A High Resolution UAV Semantic Segmentation Benchmark Dataset for Natural Disaster Damage Assessment.
- Murphy, R. R., Gandudi, V., Amin, T., Clendenin, A., & Moats, J. (2021). An Analysis of International Use of Robots for COVID-19.
- Rahnemoonfar, M., Chowdhury, T., Sarkar, A., Varshney, D., Yari, M., & Murphy, R. (2020). FloodNet: A High Resolution Aerial Imagery Dataset for Post Flood Scene Understanding.
- Di Lallo, A., Murphy, R. R., Krieger, A., Zhu, J., Taylor, R. H., & Su, H. (2020). Medical Robots for Infectious Diseases: Lessons and Challenges from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Hager, G., Kumar, V., Murphy, R., Rus, D., & Taylor, R. (2020). The Role of Robotics in Infectious Disease Crises.
Internet Publications2
- Murphy, R. R. (2021). An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse. - An article submitted to The Conversation
- Murphy, R. R., Adams, J., & Gandudi, V. (2020). Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis and offering lessons for future disasters.
in the news
- Texas A&M professor helping in recovery efforts at Surfside condo collapse KBTX-TV News 3 July 8, 2021
- Throwable military robots sent to assist with Florida condo collapse The Washington Post June 30, 2021
researcher on
Principal Investigator11
- Best Viewpoints for External Robots or Sensors Assisting Other Robots awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2020
Co-Principal Investigator1
- RAPID: Human-robotic interactions during Harvey recovery operations awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- CSCE482 Hnr- Sr Capstone Design Instructor
- CSCE482 Sr Capstone Design Instructor
- CSCE483 Computer Sys Design Instructor
- CSCE489 Sptp: Ai Robotics Instructor
- CSCE491 Hnr-research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Wilde, Grant Andrew (2016-08). Path Plan Performance Evaluation of the Challenge 1: A Small Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Radiation Detection and Mapping. (Master's Thesis)
- Duncan, Brittany A (2015-12). Modeling Human-Robot Interaction in Three Dimensions. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Agarwal, Siddharth (2015-08). Characteristics of Indoor Disaster Environments and their impact on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. (Master's Thesis)
- Srinivasan, Vasant (2014-08). High Social Acceptance of Head Gaze Loosely Synchronized with Speech for Social Robots. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Peschel, Joshua Michael (2012-08). Mission Specialist Human-Robot Interaction in Micro Unmanned Aerial Systems. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
robin.r.murphy@tamu.edu
First Name
Robin
Last Name
Murphy
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Computer Science & Engineering; 3112 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3112
USA