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Roger V. Bostelman (Assoc)

Roger has been a Project Manager in the Intelligent Systems Division at NIST for at least 20 of his 31 years at NIST. He managed the Intelligent Control of Mobility Systems Program and many projects such as:

  • DARPA Learning Applied to Ground Robots (LAGR)
  • NIST Industrial Autonomous Vehicle Project
  • USMC Air Transportable Expeditionary Crane Project
  • US Navy Mobile Offshore Base Project
  • NIST Healthcare Mobility Project
  • and many others.

Roger has designed, built and tested mechanical systems and their interface electronics on robot cranes, arms and vehicles including an automated HMMWV, HLPR Chair, Flying Carpet, and several RoboCranes.

He has over 50 publications in books, journals and conference proceedings and he holds 5 patents with three pending.

Selected Publications

Robotic Patient Lift and Transfer

Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus
This book chapter provides background on wheelchairs, patient lift devices and the combination of mobile patient lift and transfer devices and research. The

Integrating Learning Into a Hierarchical Vehicle Control System

Author(s)
James S. Albus, Roger V. Bostelman, Tsai H. Hong, Tommy Chang, William P. Shackleford, Michael O. Shneier
The National Institute of Standards and Technology s (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) is a participant in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Publications

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Data and Software Publications

Continuous Mobile Manipulator Performance Experiment 02-01-2022

Author(s)
Omar Aboul-Enein, Henry Medeiros, Mili Shah, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman, Ann Virts
Mobile manipulators, which are robotic systems integrating an automatic or autonomous mobile base with a manipulator, can potentially enhance automation in many industrial and unstructured

Markerless Body Tracking System Results for Industrial Exoskeletons

Author(s)
Ann Virts, Soocheol Yoon, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman
Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) and depth markerless body tracking systems were applied for industrial exoskeletons. The original images and their body tracking results are described in this data set. The

Continuous Mobile Manipulator Performance Experiment 06-07-2022

Author(s)
Omar Aboul-Enein, Henry Medeiros, Mili Shah, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman, Ann Virts
Mobile manipulators, which are robotic systems integrating an automatic or autonomous mobile base with a manipulator, can potentially enhance automation in many industrial and unstructured
Created August 15, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022
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