2026
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2025
- K. Lee and K. Lee, “Terrain-aware path planning via semantic segmentation and uncertainty rejection filter with adversarial noise for mobile robots,” Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 287–301, 2025
- P. Pal, J. Landivar-Bowles, J. Landivar-Scott, N. Duffield, K. Nowka, J. Jung, et al., “Unmanned aerial system and machine learning driven Digital-Twin framework for in-season cotton growth forecasting,” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 228, art. no. 109589, 2025
- Y. Wei, J. Johnson, M. Bagavathiannan, and K. Lee, “An Integrated System for Multirobot-Based Autonomous Scouting of Agricultural Crop Fields,” Available at SSRN (SSRN 5183985), 2025
- A. F. Alharbi and K. Lee, “Multi-Robot Shepherding: A CLF-CBF Approach,” in Proc. 2025 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), pp. 1–7, 2025
- N. Vemula, D. Um, M. Bhandari, and K. Lee, “Hardware Prototype and System Apparatus of an Autonomous Robotic Harvesting Cell,” in Proc. 2025 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), pp. 413–418, 2025
- S. Gad, M. Bagavathiannan, M. Bhandari, J. Cason, R. Hardin, J. Landivar, et al., “Low-Cost, Compact Mobile Robot for Autonomous Soil Monitoring in Crop Fields,” in Proc. 2025 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), pp. 438–443, 2025
- D. G. Stewart, E. D. M. Mendes, K. Lee, M. E. Blum, L. O. Tedeschi, and S. L. Webb, “Comparison of GPS Collars and Solar-Powered GPS Ear Tags for Animal Movement Studies,” Smart Agricultural Technology, vol. 11, art. no. 101021, 2025
2024
- K. Lee and K. Lee, “Adaptive Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation With Agent Dropout and Reinsertion for Multi-Agent Non-Convex Area Coverage,” in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 5503-5516, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3351052.
- (2024) Small and rural towns’ perception of autonomous vehicles: insights from a survey in Texas, Transportation Planning and Technology, 47:2, 200-225
- A. Jarecki and K. Lee, “Mixed reality-based teleoperation of mobile robotic arm: system apparatus and experimental case study,” in Proc. 2024 21st International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), 2024
- Y. Wei, K. Lee, and K. Lee, “Autonomous field navigation of mobile robots for data collection and monitoring in agricultural crop fields,” in Proc. 2024 21st International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), pp. 707–712, 2024
- Y. Wei and K. Lee, “CLAW: Cycloidal Legs-Augmented Wheels for Stair and Obstacle Climbing in Mobile Robots,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024
- P. Nethala, D. Um, N. Vemula, O. F. Montero, K. Lee, and M. Bhandari, “Techniques for Canopy to Organ Level Plant Feature Extraction via Remote and Proximal Sensing: A Survey and Experiments,” Remote Sensing, vol. 16, no. 23, art. no. 4370, 2024
2023
- C. Zheng, A. Jarecki, and K. Lee “Integrated System Architecture with Mixed-Reality User Interface for Virtual-Physical Hybrid Swarm Simulations,” Scientific Reports, 13: 14761 (2023)
- M. Hammond and K. Lee, “ARMoR: Amphibious Robot for Mobility in Real-World Applications,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, June 2023, Seattle, WA, USA
- X. Cheng, G. Gilmore, A. Lerner, and K. Lee, “Computerized Block Games for Automated Cognitive Assessment: Development and Evaluation Study,” JMIR Serious Games, May 2023
- C. Zheng and K. Lee, “Consensus decision-making in artificial swarms via entropy-based local negotiation and preference updating,” Swarm Intelligence, May 2023
- C. Zhao, C. Zheng, L. Roldan, T. Shkurti, A. Nahari, W. Newman, D. Tyler, K. Lee, and M. Fu, “Adaptable Mixed-Reality Sensorimotor Interface for Human-Swarm Teaming: Person with Limb Loss Case Study and Field Experiments,” Field Robotics, 3:243-265, February 2023.
2022
- C. Zheng, S. Sane, K-N Lee, V. Kalyanram, and K. Lee, α-WaLTR: Adaptive Wheel-and-Leg Transformable Robot for Versatile Multiterrain Locomotion. IEEE Transaction on Robotics, December 2022
- K-N Lee, V. Kalyanram, C. Zheng, S. Sane, and K. Lee, Vision-based Ascending Staircase Detection with Interpretable Classification Model for Stair Climbing Robots. IEEE ICRA, May 2022, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
2021
- X. Liu, X. Cheng, and K. Lee, GA-SVM based Facial Emotion Recognition using Facial Geometric Features. IEEE Sensors, 2021
2020
- D. Hayosh, X. Liu, and K. Lee, Woody: Low-Cost, Open-Source Humanoid Torso Robot. International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots, June 22-26, 2020
- K. Lee, Y. Wang, and C. Zheng, TWISTER Hand: Underactuated Robotic Gripper inspired by Origami Twisted Tower. IEEE Transaction on Robotics, January 2020
- Y. Liu and K. Lee, Probabilistic consensus decision making algorithm for artificial swarm of primitive robots. SN Applied Sciences, January 2020
2019
- C. Zheng and K. Lee, Passive Geared Wheel-Leg Transformable Mechanism and Robot Embodiment. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019
2018
- X. Liu and K. Lee. Optimized Facial Emotion Recognition Technique for Assessing User Experience. IEEE International Conference on Games, Entertainment, and Media)
- D. Miranda and K. Lee. Music Blocks: Audio-augmented block games for play-based cognitive assessment. IEEE International Conference on Games, Entertainment, and Media
- K. Lee, D. Jeong, R. C. Schindler, L. E. Hlavaty, S. L. Gross, and E. J. Short, Interactive Block Games for Assessing Children’s Cognitive Skills: Design and Preliminary Evaluation. Frontiers in Pediatrics
- X. Cheng, G. Jiang, Y. N. Laker, and K. Lee. IntuBot: Design and Prototyping of a Robotic Intubation Device, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2018), May 2018, Brisbane, Australia
2017
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, Design and Analysis of an Origami-Based Three-Finger Manipulator. Robotica, 36(2), 261-274.
- Y. Wang and K. Lee, 3D-printed semi-soft mechanisms inspired by origami twisted tower. NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 24-27, 2017
- T. Liu, Y. Wang, and K. Lee, Three-Dimensional Printable Origami Twisted Tower: Design, Fabrication, and Robot Embodiment (2018) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(1): 116-123, (Presented at IROS 2017)
2016
- K. Lee, D. Jeong, R. C. Shinder, and E. J. Short, SIG-Blocks: Tangible Game Technology for Automated Cognitive Assessment. Computers in Human Behavior, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.08.023
2015
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, iSIG-Blocks: Interactive Creation Blocks for Tangible Geometric Games. IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 61, Issue 4, pp. 420-428, November 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2015.7389795.
- B. Floyd and K. Lee, Implementation of Vision-based Object Tracking Algorithms for Motor Skill Assessments. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications. Vol. 6, Issue 6. DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060639.
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, OrigamiBot-II: an Amphibious Robot with Reconfigurable Origami Wheels for Locomotion in Dynamic Environment. International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX, November13-19, 2015.
2014
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, Distributed Communication and Localization Algorithms for Homogeneous Swarm Robots. International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, November 2014, Daegeon, Korea.
- K. Lee and D. Jeong, Memorix: A Tangible Memory Game using iSIG-Blocks. IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media Conference, October 2014, Toronto, Canada.
- E. VenderHoff, D. Jeong, and K. Lee, OrigamiBot-I: A Thread-Actuated Origami Robot for Manipulation and Locomotion. in the Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), Chicago, IL, USA, September 2014.
- C. Puehn, T. Liu, Y. Feng, K. Hornfeck and K. Lee, Design of a Low-Cost Social Robot: Towards Personalized Human-Robot Interaction. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Crete, Greece, June, 2014. Also published in Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Aging and Assistive Environments, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 8515, 2014, pp 704-713
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, Dispersion and Line Formation in Artificial Swarm Intelligence. Collective Intelligence 2014, MIT, June, 2014.
2013
- G. Kaloutsakis, A. Reimer, D. Jeong, and K. Lee, Design and Evaluation of a Multi-Sensor Unit for Measuring Physiological Stressors of Medical Transport. 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 2013, San Diego, US.
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, InchBot: A Novel Microrobotic Platform. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), November 2013, Tokyo, Japan.
- F. Bellotti, B. Kapralos, K. Lee, P. Moreno-Ger, and R. Berta, Assessment in and of Serious Games: An Overview. (Review Article) Advances in Human-Computer Interaction (2013), Article ID 136864.
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, Directional RSS-Based Localization of Multi-Robot Applications. 12th WSEAS International Conference on Signal Processing, Robotics, and Automation, Cambridge, UK, February 2013.
2012
- Y. Zhang, K. Hornfeck and K. Lee, “Adaptive Face Recognition for Low-Cost, Embedded Human-Robot Interaction,” The 12th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, June 26-29, 2012, Jeju Island, Korea. Also available at Intelligence Autonomous Systems 12, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (2013), 193: 863-872.
- K. Hornfeck, Y. Zhang and K. Lee, “Philos: A Sociable Robot for Human Robot Interactions and Wireless health Monitoring,” The 27th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2012), Riva del Garda, Italy, Mar. 26-30, 2012 (Extended Abstract)
- D. Jeong, B. Floyd, and K. Lee, “ SmartBall: Toward Interactive Play for Infants,” TEI’12: Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Feb 19-22 2012, Kingston, ON, Canada.
- B. Floyd, D. Jeong, and K. Lee, “ Geometric Games for Assessing Cognitive, Working Memory, and Motor Control Skills,” TEI’12: Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Feb 19-22 2012, Kingston, ON, Canada.
2011
- K. Lee, D. Jeong, B. Floyd, R. Cooper and E. Short, “Games for Automated Assessments of Cognitive and Fine-Motor Skills: Design and Preliminary Evaluation,” presented at the 5th Annual International Conference on Psychology, 30-31 May & 1-2 June, 2011 (Abstract only).
- D. Jeong and K. Lee, “Quantitative Analysis of Muscle Activations and Real-time Simulations for Two Pitching Motions, Overhand Pitching and Sidearm Pitching,” 2011 Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES 2011), Hartford, Connecticut, Oct. 2011.
2010
- D. Jeong, E. Kerci and K. Lee, “TaG-Games: Tangible Geometric Games for Assessing Cognitive Problem-Solving Skills and Fine Motor Proficiency,” IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 5-7, 2010, pp. 32-37.
- K. Lee and G. S. Chirikjian, “An Autonomous Robot that Duplicates Itself from Low-Complexity Components,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010), Anchorage, Alaska, May 3-8, 2010.
- D. Jeong, E. Kerci and K. Lee, “Sensor-Integrated Geometric Blocks: Towards Interactive Play-Based Assessment of Young Children,” International Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (CHI-WISH 2010), Atlanta, GA, April 10-11, 2010.
2009
- K. Lee, G. Kaloutsakis and J. Couch, “Towards Social-Therapeutic Robots: How to Strategically Implement a Robot for Social Group Therapy?,” IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2009), Daejeon, Korea, Dec. 2009.
2008
- K. Lee, M. Moses and G. S. Chirikjian, “Robotic Self-Replication in Partially Structured Environments: Physical Demonstrations and Complexity Measures,” International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 27, Issue 3-4, pp. 387-401, March 2008
2007
- K. Lee and G. S. Chirikjian, “Robotic Self-Replication from Low-Complexity Parts,” IEEE Robotic and Automation Magazine, Vol. 14, Issue 4, pp. 34-43, December 2007.
- K. Lee and G. S. Chirikjian, “Measures of Efficiency and Complexity for Self-Replicating Robotic Systems,” International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Jeju, Korea, Aug. 21-24, 2007.
- S. Eno, L. Mace, J. Liu, B. Benson, K. Raman, K. Lee, M. Moses, G.S. Chirikjian, “Robotic Self-Replication in a Structured Environment without Computer Control,” IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, Jacksonville, FL, Jun. 20-23, 2007.
- A. Liu, M. Sterling, D. Kim, A. Pierpont, A. Schlothauer, M. Moses, K. Lee, G. S. Chirikjian, “A Memoryless Robot that Assembles Seven Subsystems to Copy Itself,” IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jul. 22-25, 2007.
- K. Lee, Y. Wang and G. S. Chirikjian, “O(n) Mass Matrix Inversion for Serial Manipulators and Polypeptide Chains using Lie derivatives,” Robotica, Vol. 25, Issue 6, pp.739-750, November 2007.
2006
- K. Lee, M. Moses and M. Kutzer, “Self-Replicating Robots for Space Exploration,” AIAA 2nd Space Exploration Conference, Houston, TX, 4-6, Dec. 2006 (poster exhibition).
- K. Lee and G. S. Chirikjian, “An Autonomous Self-Replicating Robot in a Partially Structured Environment,” AIAA Region I YPSE-06, JHU, APL, Laurel, MD, 10-11, Nov. 2006 (abstract).
- K. Lee, M. Moses, G. S. Chirikjian, “Robotic Self-Replication in Structured and Adaptable Environments,” Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems Workshop on Self-reconfigurable Modular Robots (Extended Abstract), Philadelphia, Aug. 2006.
2005
- A New Perspective on O(N) Mass-Matrix Inversion for Serial Revolute Manipulators,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2005.
- K. Lee and G. S. Chirikjian, “O(n) Inversion of Mass-Matrix for Hyper-Redundant Manipulators and Polymer Chains,” MUSME 2005, Uberlandia, Brazil, Mar. 2005.
2004
- W. Park, D. Albright, C. Addleston, W.K. Won, K. Lee, G.S. Chirikjian, “Robotic Self-Repair in a Semi-Structured Environment,” Robosphere 2004, NASA Ames, CA, Nov. 2004.