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Eric Timmons
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 11
Citations - 54
Eric Timmons is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scale (ratio) & Space exploration. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 11 publications receiving 51 citations.
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Learning hybrid models with guarded transitions
TL;DR: A novel algorithm capable of performing unsupervised learning of guarded Probabilistic Hybrid Automata (PHA) models is presented, which extends prior work by allowing stochastic discrete mode transitions in a hybrid system to have a functional dependence on its continuous state.
Initial Development of an Earth-Based Prototype for a Lunar Hopper Autonomous Exploration System
Phillip M. Cunio,Zachary J. Bailey,Hemant Kumar Chaurasia,Rahul Goel,Alessandro Golkar,Daniel Selva,Eric Timmons,Babak E. Cohanim,Jeffrey A. Hoffman,David Miller +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, an Earth-based hopper prototype for autonomous planetary exploration is described, which consists of a gravity-canceling system, composed of battery-powered electric ducted fans, and an integrated lunar hopper system, which operates using cold gas propulsion.
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A scheduler for actions with iterated durations
TL;DR: This paper introduces the Looping Temporal Problem with Preference (LTPP) as a simple parameterized extension of a simple temporal problem and introduces a scheduling algorithm for LTPPs which leverages the structure of the problem to find the optimal solution efficiently.
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Risk-aware Planning in Hybrid Domains: An Application to Autonomous Planetary Rovers
Pedro Santana,Tiago Stegun Vaquero,Catharine L. R. McGhan,Claudio Fabiano Motta Toledo,Eric Timmons,Brian C. Williams,Richard M. Murray +6 more
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Best-first Enumeration Based on Bounding Conflicts, and its Application to Large-scale Hybrid Estimation
Eric Timmons,Brian C. Williams +1 more
TL;DR: An approach to hybrid estimation that unifies best-first enumeration and conflict-directed search through the concept of “bounding” conflicts, an extension of conflicts that represent tighter bounds on the cost of regions of the search space is presented.