Vinitha Ranganeni
Conference Papers
Evaluating Customization of Remote Tele-operation Interfaces for Assistive Robots Vinitha Ranganeni, Noah Ponto, Maya Cakmak International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, 2023. PDF
Exploring Levels of Control for a Navigation Assistant for Blind Travelers Vinitha Ranganeni, Mike Sinclair, Eyal Ofek, Amos Miller, Jon Campbell, Andrey Kolobov, Ed Cutrell Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). ACM, 2023. PDF
Effective Footstep Planning for Humanoids Using Homotopy-Class Guidance
Vinitha Ranganeni, Oren Salzman, Maxim Likhachev
International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS). AAAI, 2018.
Funding: NSF REU (IIS-1659774, IIS-1409549)
Awards: Best Presentation in Mathematics & Computer Science Category, Yale Undergraduate Research Conference, 2017
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Unobservable Monte Carlo Planning for Nonprehensile Rearrangement Tasks
Jennifer E. King, Vinitha Ranganeni, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2017.
Awards: NCWIT Collegiate Award Honorable Mention
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Journal Papers
Physically Assistive Robots: A Systematic Review of Mobile and Manipulator Robots That Physically Assist People with Disabilities Amal Nanavati*, Vinitha Ranganeni*, and Maya Cakmak *Authors contributed equally Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2024. PDF
Effective Footstep Planning Using Homotopy-Class Guidance
Vinitha Ranganeni, Sahit Chintalapudi, Oren Salzman, Maxim Likhachev
Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ), 2020.
Funding: NSF GRFP (DGE-1762114); NSF REU (IIS-1659774, IIS-1409549)
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Companion Proceedings
Robots for Humanity: In-Home Deployment of Stretch RE2
Vinitha Ranganeni, Vy Nguyen, Henry Evans, Jane Evans, Julian Mehu, Samuel Olatunji, Wendy Rogers, Aaron Edsinger, Charlie Kemp and Maya Cakmak
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Videos Track. ACM, 2024.
Awards: Best Video Award, HRI, 2024
Funding: NIA/NIH Phase II SBIR (#2R44AG072982-02); NIBIB (#1R01EB034580-01)
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Accessible Tele-Operation Interfaces for Assistive Robots
Vinitha Ranganeni, and Maya Cakmak
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Demos Track. ACM, 2024.
Funding: NIBIB (#1R01EB034580-01)
Workshop Papers
Multiple Ways of Working with Users to Develop Physically Assistive Robots Amal Nanavati*, Max Pascher*, Vinitha Ranganeni, Ethan K. Gordon, Taylor Kessler Faulkner, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Maya Cakmak, Patrícia Alves-Oliveira, Jens Gerken *Authors contributed equally Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Assistive Applications, Accessibility, and Disability Ethics (A3DE). 2024. PDF
Customizing Tele-Operation Interfaces of Assistive Robots at Home with Occupational Therapists
Vinitha Ranganeni
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Pioneers Workshop. ACM, 2024.
Funding: NIBIB (#1R01EB034580-01)
Collecting Insights into How Novice Programmers Naturally Express Programs for Robots
Rajeswari Hita Kambhamettu, Michael Jae-Yoon Chung, Vinitha Ranganeni, Patrıcia Alves-Oliveira
Workshop on the Intersection of HCI and PL, 2021.
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