This is still a work in progress! Please see my LinkedIn for further details.
Guest Researcher / Since August 2011
Developing a comprehensive set of standard test methods and associated performance metrics to quantify key capabilities of emergency response robots. These test methods address responder-defined requirements for robot mobility, manipulation, sensors, energy, communications, operator proficiency, logistics and safety for remotely operated ground, aerial, and aquatic systems.
Trustee / Since July 2021 (participant since 2003)
A federation of researchers who organize robotics competitions and other events for students from primary school through to academic researchers in areas that include soccer, rescue robotics, home service robotics, industrial robotics, and robotics for high school and primary school students. The ultimate goal:
By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup.
Working Group Chair / October 2023 - June 2024
Leveraging the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and AI Risk Management Framework to develop profiles, guidance, and other resources to help public safety end users responsibly adopt intelligent UAS.
UAS Research Lead / August 2023 - June 2024
To foster the development, and integration into UAS, of new technologies that will drive capabilities for public safety missions using next generation, intelligent, connected UAS, and with appropriate risk management, particularly with regard to cybersecurity and AI.
Consultant / August 2019 - October 2019
Developed guidance for performance measurement of intelligent robots in the oil and gas industry for adoption worldwide to drive organizational transformation, investment in new processes and capabilities, and lower costs.
Consultant / February 2012 - December 2013
Collaborated with DARPA to develop evaluation strategies to identify and drive “DARPA-hard” advances in robotics and AI.
Chair / Since June 2014
An international competition that brings open research problems in the response robotics field to high school students through the use of rapid manufacturing equipment and open-source principles.