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Peter K. Allen is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Artificial Intelligence. Their research touches on subfields including Biomedical Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction.

The scientist's work spans several specific topics, notably:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

Peter K. Allen has recent publications in a variety of academic venues, including arXiv (Cornell University), Autonomous Robots, and major IEEE/RSJ International Conferences on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) from 2021 and 2022. Specific papers include:

  • "Generative Attention Learning: a 'GenerAL' framework for high-performance multi-fingered grasping in clutter," published in 2020 in Autonomous Robots
  • "Dynamic Grasping with Reachability and Motion Awareness," published in 2021 at the 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • "Mobile Manipulation Leveraging Multiple Views," published in 2022 at the 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • "SQUIRL: Robust and Efficient Learning from Video Demonstration of Long-Horizon Robotic Manipulation Tasks," published in 2020 on arXiv
  • "Mobile Manipulation Leveraging Multiple Views," also published in 2021 on arXiv

Frequent collaborators include Jacob Varley, David Watkins-Valls, Bohan Wu, Iretiayo Akinola, and Abhi Gupta. The scientist has multiple joint publications with these colleagues, particularly with Jacob Varley and David Watkins-Valls.

The main publication venues for their work are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Autonomous Robots
  • 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Best Publications

  • Graspit! A versatile simulator for robotic grasping

    A.T. Miller;P.K. Allen

  • Automatic grasp planning using shape primitives

    A.T. Miller;S. Knoop;H.I. Christensen;P.K. Allen

  • Automated tracking and grasping of a moving object with a robotic hand-eye system

    P.K. Allen;A. Timcenko;B. Yoshimi;P. Michelman

  • A survey of sensor planning in computer vision

    K.A. Tarabanis;P.K. Allen;R.Y. Tsai

  • Hand Posture Subspaces for Dexterous Robotic Grasping

    Matei T. Ciocarlie;Peter K. Allen

  • Acquisition and interpretation of 3-D sensor data from touch

    P.K. Allen;P. Michelman

  • The Columbia grasp database

    Corey Goldfeder;Matei Ciocarlie;Hao Dang;Peter K. Allen

  • Shape completion enabled robotic grasping

    Jacob Varley;Chad DeChant;Adam Richardson;Joaquin Ruales

  • An SVM learning approach to robotic grasping

    R. Pelossof;A. Miller;P. Allen;T. Jebara

  • Real-time visual servoing

    P.K. Allen;B. Yoshimi;A. Timcenko

  • Grasp Planning via Decomposition Trees

    C. Goldfeder;P.K. Allen;C. Lackner;R. Pelossof

  • Dimensionality reduction for hand-independent dexterous robotic grasping

    M. Ciocarlie;C. Goldfeder;P. Allen

  • Examples of 3D grasp quality computations

    A.T. Miller;P.K. Allen

  • Integrating vision and touch for object recognition tasks

    Peter K. Allen

  • Localization methods for a mobile robot in urban environments

    A. Georgiev;P.K. Allen

  • Geometry and texture recovery of scenes of large scale

    Ioannis Stamos;Peter K. Allen

  • Design and Coordination Kinematics of an Insertable Robotic Effectors Platform for Single-Port Access Surgery

    Jienan Ding;Roger E. Goldman;Kai Xu;Peter K. Allen

  • Active, uncalibrated visual servoing

    B.H. Yoshimi;P.K. Allen

  • The MVP sensor planning system for robotic vision tasks

    K.A. Tarabanis;R.Y. Tsai;P.K. Allen

  • Pose error robust grasping from contact wrench space metrics

    Jonathan Weisz;Peter K. Allen

  • System design of an Insertable Robotic Effector Platform for Single Port Access (SPA) Surgery

    Kai Xu;Roger E. Goldman;Jienan Ding;Peter K. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nabil Simaan
Nabil Simaan Vanderbilt University
Konstantinos Tarabanis
Konstantinos Tarabanis University of Macedonia
Eitan Grinspun
Eitan Grinspun Columbia University
Andrew F. Laine
Andrew F. Laine Columbia University
John F. Hunt
John F. Hunt Columbia University
James Liebert
James Liebert University of Arizona
Kelle L. Cruz
Kelle L. Cruz Hunter College
Shih-Fu Chang
Shih-Fu Chang Columbia University
Laird M. Close
Laird M. Close University of Arizona
Kevin R. Covey
Kevin R. Covey Western Washington University

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