Robotic Systems Laboratory

formerly known as the Santa Clara Remote and Extreme Environments Mechanisms (SCREEM) Laboratory


Robots Expeditions & Operations Robotic Control Network Technology
  
Faculty & Staff
 
Dr. Christopher Kitts, Associate Professor, Laboratory Director
Karolyn Ronzano, Research Associate and MS Candidate, PharmaSat Mission Manager
Mike Rasay, Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, PharmaSat Ground Segment Lead

Graduate Students

Ignacio Mas, Doctoral Program, Cluster Space Multi-Robot Control 
Mike Rasay, Doctoral Program, Space System Operations and Anomaly Management 
Matt Walterskirchen, Doctoral Program 
Adel Atta, Doctoral Program
  
Paul Mahacek, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Michael Neumann, Applied Math Masters Program 
Steve Li, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Jocelyn Chang, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Thomas Ademak, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Vincent Howard, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Anthony Young, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Naail, Abeer, Comp. Eng. Masters Program 
Ogi Petrovic, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Matt Ambaun, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Giovanni Minelli, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
John Shepard, Mech. Eng. Masters Program  
Will Anderson, Mech. Eng. Masters Program
Steve Millward, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Anne Mahacek, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Jose Acain, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Rummel Adriano, Mech. Eng. Masters Program
Bob Dougherty, Mech. Eng. Engineer's Program
Cheri Everlove, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Chris Anderson, Mech. Eng. Masters Program
Jim Foley, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Mark Sabugal, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 
Brian Gamp, Mech. Eng. Masters Program 

Undergraduate Students

See the Design Projects listings for a current list of undergraduate students in the lab

Former Faculty & Staff

Jeff Ota, Adjunct Professor, Research Associate, Laboratory Co-Founder, 2/99-2/06
Maureen Breiling, Research Associate, 12/00 - 2/01
Bryan Palmintier, Research Associate
Pascal Stang, Research Associate
Christopher Beasley, Research Associate, 7/07-9/08

Former Graduate Students

Seamus Agnew, Mech Eng Masters Program, Thesis: Cluster Space Control of a 2-Robot Aerial System, June 2009.
Pat. Dal Canto, Mech Eng Masters Program, Thesis: Three Blimp Cluster Space Control: Derivation and Implementation,  June 2009.
Paul Toledo, Eng Man Masters Program, Thesis: Development of an Embedded Parallel Processing System for On-Orbit Spacecraft Model-Based Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis, August 2008.
Michael Neumann, Mech Eng Masters Program, Thesis: Design and Simulation of Single-Pilot control for Two Holonomic Vehicles of Heterogeneous Functionality, August 2008.
Eli Girod, Mech Eng Masters Program, Thesis: Design and Implementation of Four Robot Cluster Space Control, June 2008.
Mike Rasay, Mech Eng Masters Program, Thesis: A Graphical Model-Based Reasoning Analysis Environment for Space System Anomaly Management,  June 2007.
Robert Lee, Mech Eng Masters Program, Thesis: Model-Based Cluster-Space Control of Multiple Robot Systems, June 2007.
Kyle Stanhouse, Elec. Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Cluster Space Obstacle Avoidance for Mobile Multi-Robot Systems, Dec 2006
Ray Chindaphorn, Comp Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Cluster Space Obstacle Avoidance for Two Non-Holonomic Robots, June 2006.
Tran To, Comp Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Automated Cluster Space Trajectory Control of Two Non-Holonomic Robots,  June 2006.
Brian Tully, Comp Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Cluster Space Piloting of a Nonholonomic Multi-Robot System, June 2006.
Pat Connolly, Mech. Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Cluster Space Trajectory Controller for Multiple Holonomic Robots, June 2006
Matt Kalkbrenner, Mech. Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Cluster Space human Interface Controller, including Applications to Multi-Robot Piloting and Multi-Robot Object Manipulation, June 2006
Ryan Ishizu, Elec Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: The Design, Simulation and Implementation of Multi-Robot Collaborative Control from Cluster Perspective, Jan 2006
Daniel Schuet, Elec. Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: A Distributed Satellite Operations Testbed for Anomaly Management Experimentation, June 2004.
Ben Blaine, Mech. Eng. Masters Program, Thesis: Multifunction Structures in Satellite Design: Thermoelectric Elements Embedded into Structural Honeycomb Panels, Dec 2004.