Useful Links
Academia
Journals
- Robotics: IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), Journal of Field Robotics, Autonomous Robots,
- CPS, WSN, and CS: ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TIIS),
- Computer Vision and Machine Learning: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR),
- Control and Automation: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS),
- IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Letters, ACM Journals and Magazines, Journal Citation Reports,
Conferences
- CPS, WSN, Mobile: CPSWeek, IPSN, Sensys, MobiSys, MobiCom, MobiHoc, ICDSC; Sensor network conferences.
- Robotics, Control: ICRA 2012, IROS 2012, RSS, CDC 2012,
- Computer Vision, HCI: CVPapers, Computer vision conferences; CHI 2011 (Google research at CHI 2011),
Recent Research and Datasets
- Computer Vision: VisionBib.Com: Computer Vision Information Pages, CVonline,
- Datasets: CAVIAR Test Case Scenarios, Daimler Pedestrian Benchmarks, CVonline database, Visual Tracking (David Ross), Caltech Pedestrian Dataset, ImageNet (for object or scene recognition),
- PETS 2009 Dataset (Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance), Visual Surveillance Datasets, CLEAR 2007,
- ScanNet (Annotated 3D Reconstructions of Indoor Scenes)
- WSN: Data Sensing Lab, Wireless Sensor Networks Bibliography by Bhaskar Krishnamachari (2007),
- KITTI dataset (Autonomous Driving),
Projects and Research Groups
- WSN:
- SENSEI project (EU), WSN Research Group,
- SenseWeb, SensorMap (Microsoft),
- Robotics: Autonomous Robots Blog, Mobile Manipulation (IEEE/RAS Technical Committee),
- BRICS (Best Practices in Robotics), RoboEarth (WWW for robots),
- RoboticsCourseWare (robotics courses),
- Computer vision:
- Gesture Recognition: University of Coimbra Mobile Robotics Lab, GestureTek, CynergyLab (youtube), GestureCube, Open Source Program HandVu,
- Visual servoing software - lagadic ViSP
- Intel Labs Seattle,
Research Related Information
- Writing: The Elements of Style by Strunk and White (older online version)
Technical Writing:
- How to write a great research paper by Simon Peyton Jones (How to give a great research talk)
by Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts
Software
- Scientific Computing
- SciPy (open source scientific computing tool), NumPy, Numerical Recipes, Octave ("open source MATLAB"),
- MATLAB: MATLAB Central - File Exchange,
- Robotics
- Robot Operating System (ROS), Karto (SLAM SDK),
- Player/Stage/Gazebo, Introduction to player/stage/gazebo (slides), wiki - player/stage driver, Drivers list, libplayer c++,
- Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL), Point Cloud Library (3D data processing software),
- USARSim,
Computer Vision
- OpenFace (Python and Torch implementation of face recognition with DNNs)
- OpenCV, VLFeat - Open source CV algorithms implemented in C (supports MATLAB interfaces)
- Computer Vision Software (A comprehensive list of links of CV software),
- Affine covariant features (Software: Harris, Hessian, MSER, IBR, EBR, Salient region detectors and a region descriptor; Datasets),
MATLAB
- MATLAB and Octave Functions for Computer Vision and Image Processing (by Peter Kovesi),
- MATLAB Functions for Multiple View Geometry (by Andrew Zisserman),
- Resources of Salient Patch Features (by Liangliang Cao),
- Category Independent Object Proposals (code and database)
- WSN: TinyOS, Contiki, Network Simulator (ns-2),
- Typesetting: MiKTex, TexPoint, LaTex Beamer, HEVEA,
- Windows: Cygwin,
- Web: Plone contents,
- C/C++ : mix C and C++,
Hardware
- Cameras: nVela, Baslers eXcite, Panasonic D-IMager, PointGrey (Bumblebee stereo camera), Lytro (light field camera),
- Sensors: Velodyne (3D HD Lidar),
- Humanoid Robots: Aldebaran Nao, Kawada HRP2,
- Mobile Robots: KUKA youBot (mobile robot with arms), Anybots (Tele-presence robot), MobileRobots (Pioneers), Lego Mindstorms,
- iRobot Create: Create.exe, Owner Guide, Open Interface manual, Command module manual, Player/stage - create driver, roomba driver, How to make iRobot, Let's play with iRobot Create, Mapping with iRobot Roomba, SunSPOTWorld, SmURV robotics platform using iRobot Create, MATLAB Toolbox for iRobot Create, MATLAB-based iRobot Create Simulator,
- Arduino (open-source electronics prototyping platform), Adafruit Industries (DIY electronics and kits),
News
Industry
WSN: Memsic (previously Crossbow), Meshnetics, Sun Spot World, libelium, Samraksh, Digi, Data Sensing Lab,
- Camera Networks: STATS (athlete tracking system),
- Robotics: Willow Garage, Kiva Systems, AnkiDrive,
- Harvest Automation, Map of Robot Manufacturers (The Robot Report, 2012),
- IoT: UBE (controlling home using a smartphone), Sensor Platforms (FreeMotion), Insteon (smart home devices), AeroScout (Wi-Fi location services),
