A full list of my papers can be easily viewed and downloaded at my ResearchGate page or my Google Scholar page.
1. N. Gans, K. Fathian K., “Vision-Based Motion Estimation”, in Encyclopedia of Systems and Control, J. Baillieul and T. Samad Eds., Springer, 2020
M. Davoodi, A. Iqbal, J. M. Cloud, W. J. Beksi and N. R. Gans, "Rule-Based Safe Probabilistic Movement Primitive Control via Control Barrier Functions," in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022
A. Iqbal, R. Thapa, N.R. Gans, “Reinforcement Learning Based Loop Closure Detection,” in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 106, no. 51, 2022.
A. P. Yadav, M. Davoodi, N. R. Gans and A. Davoudi, "Partial-Update Kalman Filter for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Estimates Under Intermittent Data," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 67305-67315, 2022.
A. P. Yadav, M. Davoodi, N. R. Gans and A. Davoudi, "Partial-Update Kalman Filter for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Estimates Under Intermittent Data," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 67305-67315, 2022
S. Kumar, O. Makarenkov, R. D. Gregg and N. Gans, "Stability of Time-Invariant Extremum Seeking Control for Limit Cycle Minimization," in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 5017-5024, Sept. 2022
A. Iqbal, M.G. Garcia, L. Chellappan, N. Gans, “Object Detection and Classification for Small Objects in/on Water,” SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 31, no. 3, 2022
M. Davoodi, A. Iqbal, J. Cloud, W. Beksi, N. Gans, “Safe Robot Trajectory Control using Probabilistic Movement Primitives and Control Barrier Functions,” Frontiers in Robotics, February, 2022
N.R. Gans, J.G. Rogers, “Cooperative Multirobot Systems for Military Applications,” Current Robotics Reports, January, 2021
A. Iqbal and N. R. Gans, “Data Association and Localization of Classified Objects in Visual SLAM,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, no. 100, pp 113-130, October, 2020
K. Fathian, S. Safaoui, T. H. Summers; N. R. Gans, “Robust Distributed Planar Formation Control for Higher Order Holonomic and Nonholonomic Agents”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, August, 2020
B. Hosseini Jafari and N. Gans, "Surface Parameterization and Trajectory Generation on Regular Surfaces with Application in Robot-Guided Deposition Printing," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp 6113 – 6120, 2020
Y. Kartal, K. Subbarao, N. Gans, A. Dogan, F.L. Lewis, "Distributed Backstepping Based Control of Multiple UAV Formation Flight Subject to Time Delays." IET Control Theory & Applications, 2020, vol. 14, no. 12, pp.1628-1638, 2020.
S. Kumar, M. Zwall, E. Bolivar-Nieto, R. D. Gregg and N. Gans, "Extremum Seeking Control for Stiffness Auto-Tuning of a Quasi-Passive Ankle Exoskeleton," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp 4604-4611, 2020
E.A. Lee, N. Gans, M. Grohman and M. Brown, “Guiding Engineering Student Teams’ Ethics Discussions with Peer Advising,” Science and Engineering Ethics, vol 26, pp 1743–1769, 2020.
S. Kumar, A. Mohammadi, D. Quinteri, S. Rezazadeh, N. Gans, and R.D. Gregg, “Extremum Seeking Control for Model-Free Auto-Tuning of Powered Prosthetic Legs,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 2120-2135, 2020
K. Fathian, N. Gans, W. Krawcewicz and D. Rachinskii, "Regular Polygon Formations with Fixed Size and Cyclic Sensing Constraint," in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 64, no. 12, December, 2019
E. A. Lee., N. R., Gans, M. G. Grohman, M. J. Brown, “Ethics as a Rare Bird: A Challenge For Situated Studies of Ethics in the Engineering Lab,” Journal of Responsible Innovation, vol. 6, no. 3, pp 284-304, 2019
M. Jafarzadeh, N. Gans, Y. Tadesse, “Control of TCP Muscles Using Takagi–Sugeno–Kang Fuzzy Inference System”, Mechatronics, Volume 53, August 2018, Pages 124-13
K. Fathian; T. H. Summers; N. R. Gans, “Robust Distributed Formation Control of Agents with Higher-Order Dynamics”, IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 495-500, July 2018
K. Fathian, J. Jin, S.-G. Wee, D.-H. Lee, Y.-G. Kim, N. R. Gans,Camera relative pose estimation for visual servoing using quaternions, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 107, Pages 45-62, June, 2018
Fathian, J. P. Ramirez-Paredes, E. A. Doucette, J. W. Curtis, N. R. Gans. “QuEst: A Quaternion-Based Approach for Camera Motion Estimation from Minimal Feature Points”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 857-864, April, 2018
J. Jin, J.P. Ramires, Y. Kim and S. Wee, D. Lee and N. Gans, “A Switched-System Approach to Formation Control and Heading Consensus for Multi-Robot Systems,” Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 207-224, April, 2018
Li, N.R. Gans, “Predictive RANSAC: Effective Model Fitting and Tracking Approach Under Heavy Noise and Outliers,” Computer Vision and Image Understanding, May, 2017
R. Bennett, N. Gans, and J.R Jafari, “Data-Driven Synchronization for Internet-of-Things Systems,” ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 69, 2017.
J-P Ramirez-Paredes, E. A. Doucette, J. W. Curtis, N. R. Gans, “Distributed information-based guidance of multiple mobile sensors for urban target search,” Autonomous Robots, pp 1-15, 2017
Shen, N. Gans, “Robot-to-human feedback and automatic object grasping using an RGB-D camera–projector system,” Robotica, pp.1-20, August, 2017.
J Jin, N Gans, Collision-Free Formation and Heading Consensus of Nonholonomic Robots as a Pose Regulation Problem, Robotics and Autonomous Systems 95, 25-36
J Jin, YG Kim, SG Wee, DH Lee, N Gans, A Stable Switched-System Approach to Collision-Free Wheeled Mobile Robot Navigation,
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 86, no. (3-4), pp 599-616, 2017
Y Li, NR Gans, Predictive RANSAC: Effective Model Fitting and Tracking Approach Under Heavy Noise and Outliers, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 2017
TR Bennett, N Gans, R Jafari, Data-Driven Synchronization for Internet-of-Things Systems, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) 16 (3), 69, 2017
J-P Ramirez-Paredes, EA Doucette, JW Curtis, NR Gans, Distributed information-based guidance of multiple mobile sensors for urban target search, Autonomous Robots, pp 1-15, 2017
M. Theofanidis, M. Davoodi, H. Hafezi, N. Gans, “Safe Human-Robot Motor Skill Learning through Probabilistic Dynamic Movement Primitives and Control Barrier Functions,” Proc. American Controls Conference, to appear, 2023
N.R. Gans, C.L. Lundberg, J. Forsythe, P. Ensing, T. Bourlai, “Targeting Simulation for Assessment of Lay Error Under Varying Conditions,” NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering And Technology Symposium, 2023. Best Paper in the Modeling Software and Simulation Track, Finalist for Best Paper at the Conference
M.G. Grohman, M.J. Brown, N.R. Gans, J.G. Edwards, “Work in Progress: Student Learning Experiences in the Research Lab: Qualitative Analysis of Two Types of Leadership-Mentorship Style,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2023
B. H. Jafari, M. Davoodi and N. R. Gans, "Simultaneous Parameter Estimation and Tracking Control without Persistence of Excitation with Application in Ink-Jet Deposition," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, August, 2022
H.R. Nambiappan, E. Karim, M.J.R. Saurav, A. Srivastav, N. Gans, F. Makedon, “Smartphone Based IoT-Controller Framework for Assisting the Blind in Human Robot Interaction,” in Proc. International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, July 2022
M. Davoodi, A. Iqbal, J. Cloud, W. Beksi, N. Gans, “Probabilistic Movement Primitive Control Via Control Barrier Functions”, Proc. IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, to appear August, 2021, Finalist for Best Paper at the Conference
M. Davoodi, A. Iqbal, W. Beksi, N. Gans, “Safe Human-Robot Coetaneousness Through Model Predictive Control Barrier Functions and Motion Distributions”, Proc. IFAC Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, to appear October, 2021
Y. Zhang, K. Fathian and N. R. Gans, "VEst: An Efficient Solution to the Camera Velocity Estimation from Minimal Feature Points," Proc. American Control Conference, June, 2020
D. Kumar, N. Gans and M. A. Rotea, “Multi-Objective Logarithmic Extremum Seeking for Wind Turbine Power Capture with Load Reduction”, Proc. American Controls Conference, June, 2021
O. Ogunmolu, X. Liu, N. Gans and R. D. Wiersma, "Mechanism and Model of a Soft Robot for Head Stabilization in Cancer Radiation Therapy," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, June, 2020
B. H. Jafari, N. Walker, R. Smaldone, and N. Gans, “Geometric Trajectory Planning for Robot Motion Over a 3D Surface,” Proc. ASME 019 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2019
S. Kumar, A. Mohammadi, R.D. Gregg, N. Gans, “Limit Cycle Minimization by Time-Invariant Extremum Seeking Control,” Proc. American Controls Conference, July 2019
K. Fathian, D. Rachinskii, M.W. Spong, T.H. Summers, N. Gans, “Distributed Formation Control via Mixed Barycentric Coordinate and Distance-Based Approach,” Proc. American Controls Conference, July 2019
K. Fathian, S. Safaoui , T.H. Summers, N. Gans, "Robust 3D Distributed Formation Control with Collision Avoidance and Application to Multirotor Aerial Vehicles," Proc. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 2019
K. Fathian, T. Summers, and N.R. Gans, “Robust Distributed Formation Control of Agents with Higher-Order Dynamics,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec. 2018
A. Iqbal1 and N. R. Gans, “Localization of Classified Objects in SLAM using Nonparametric Statistics and Clustering,” Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Oct. 2018
O. Ogunmolu, N. Gans, and T. Summers, “Minimax Iterative Dynamic Game: Application to Nonlinear Robot Control Tasks,” Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Oct. 2018
B. H. Jafari, L. Namhyung, R. Thompson, J. Schellhorn, B. Antohe and N. Gans, "A Robot System for Automated Wound Filling with Jetted Materials," Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October, 2018,.
B. Jafari, N. Lee, B. Antohe and N. Gans, “Parameter Estimation and Line Width Control of Robot Guided Inkjet Deposition,” Proc. American Controls Conference,, June, 2018.
Fathian, K., Summers, T. H., & Gans, N. R. “Distributed Formation Control and Navigation of Fixed-wing UAVs at Constant Altitude,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May, 2019
O. Ogunmolu, A. Kulkarni, Tadesse, X. Gu, S. Jiang, N.R. Gans, “Soft-NeuroAdapt: A 3-DOF Neuro-Adaptive Patient Pose Correction System For Frameless and Maskless Cancer Radiotherapy,” Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sept. 2017
S. Kumar, A. Mahammadi, N. Gans, B. Gregg, “Automatic Tuning of Virtual Constraint-Based Control Algorithms for Powered Knee-Ankle Prostheses,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, August 2017 Nominated for Best Student Paper
Li, E. Doucette, J.W. Curtis and N. Gans, “Ground Target Tracking and Trajectory Prediction by UAV Using a Single Camera and 3D Road Geometry Recovery“, Proc. American Controls conference, May 2017
K. Fathian, D. I. Rachinskii, T. H. Summers, M. W. Spong, N. R. Gans, “Distributed Formation Control Under Arbitrarily Changing Topology,” IEEE American Control Conference, May 2017.
Kumar, and N. Gans, “Extremum Seeking Control for Multi-Objective Optimization Problems”, Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, December 2016
Fathian, D. Rachinskii, T. Summers and N. Gans, “Distributed Control of Cyclic Formations with Local Relative Position Measurements”, Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, December 2016
Ogunmolu, X. Gu, S. Jiang, and N. Gans, “Vision-Based Control of a Soft Robot for Maskless Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy,” Proc. IEEE International Conf. Automation Science and Engineering, August 2016
P. Ramirez, E. Doucette, J. W. Curtis, N. Gans, “Optimal Placement for Limited-Support Binary Sensors,” Proc. IEEE International conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 113–116, May, 2016
Li and N. Gans, “Predictive RANSAC: An Effective Model Fitting and Tracking Approach with Application to Curve Fitting in Video”, Proc. American Controls Conference, pp. 3620-3625, July, 2016.
Fathian, D. I. Rachinskii, M. W. Spong, N. R. Gans, “Globally Asymptotically Stable Distributed Control for Distance and Bearing Based Multi-Agent Formations“ Proc. American Controls Conference, pp. 4642 – 464, July, 2016.
J. Brown, E.-A. Lee, M. G. Grohman, N. Gans, and M. Tacca “It’s Up to the Managers”: The Deferral of Responsibility in Engineers’ Discussion of Ethics,” Proc. Consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science, May 2016
-A. Lee, M. G. Grohman, N. Gans, M. Tacca, and M. J. Brown, “A Role of Implicit Understanding of Engineering Ethics in Student Teams’ Discussion ”, Proc. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, April 2016.