Sam

Journals

Napp, Nils and Burden, Samuel and Klavins, Eric. Setpoint regulation for stochastically interacting robots. Autonomous Robots, 2011. (pdf)

Conferences

Burden, S. and Ohlsson, H. and Sastry, S.S.. Parameter Identification Near Periodic Orbits of Hybrid Dynamical Systems. To appear in the 16th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, 2012. (pdf) (web page)


Burden, S. and Revzen, S. and Koditschek, D. E. and Sastry, S. S.. Robust Limit Cycles in Hybrid Systems with Simultaneous Transitions. Submitted to the 51st {IEEE} Conferencence on Decision and Control, 2012.


Burden, Sam and Gonzalez, Humberto and Vasudevan, Ram and Bajcsy, Ruzena and Sastry, S. Shankar. Numerical Integration of Hybrid Dynamical Systems via Domain Relaxation. The 50th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, 2011. (pdf) (web page)


Burden, S. and Revzen, S. and Sastry, S. S.. Dimension Reduction Near Periodic Orbits of Hybrid Systems. The 50th {IEEE} Conference on Decision and Control, 2011. (pdf) (web page)


Hoover, A. and Burden, S. and Fu, X. and Sastry, S. and Fearing, R.. Bio-inspired design and dynamic maneuverability of a minimally actuated six-legged robot. IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2010. (pdf)


Klavins, N. Napp AND S. Burden AND E.. Setpoint regulation for stochastically interacting robots. Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems, 2009. (pdf)


Burden, Sam and Clark, Jonathan and Weingarten, Joel and Komsuoglu, Haldun and Koditschek, Daniel. Heterogeneous Leg Stiffness and Roll in Dynamic Running. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007. (pdf)


Klavins, Eric and Burden, Sam and Napp, Nils. The Statistical Dynamics of Programmed Robotic Self-Assembly. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2006. (pdf)


Klavins, Eric and Burden, Sam and Napp, Nils. Optimal Rules for Programmed Stochastic Self-Assembly. Robotics: Science and Systems, 2006. (pdf)


Bishop, J. and Burden, S. and Klavins, E. and Kreisberg, R. and Malone, W. and Napp, N. and Nguyen, T.. Self-Organizing Programmable Parts. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2005. (pdf)


Presentations

Reduction and Identification for Hybrid Models of Terrestrial Locomotion

Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, 2011


Dimension Reduction Near Periodic Orbits of Hybrid Systems

Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference (CDC/ECC)

Orlando, FL, USA, 2011


On State Estimation for Hybrid Abstractions of Legged Locomotion

Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC)

Stockholm, Sweden, 2010


A First Course in Robotics

University of Washington Summer Institute for Mathematics (SIMUW)

Seattle, Washington, USA, 2009, 2010, 2011


Robots that run, climb, flap, and swim

University of Washington MathDay

Seattle, Washington, USA, 2009, 2010, 2011


Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

University of Washington Summer Institute for Mathematics (SIMUW)

Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007, 2008


Heterogeneous Leg Stiffness and Roll in Dynamic Running

International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Rome, Italy, 2007


Pull Yourself Together: Creating Robots that Self-Assemble

University of Washington NASA Space Grant Reception

Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007


Applying to Grad School

After an extensive application/visit/decision process, I decided to catalog some of the information I gathered about the graduate school application process. I'm guessing there will be something here for everyone applying to Ph.D. programs in engineering. For those considering other types programs--master's, or degrees in the physical sciences or humanities--your milage may vary.

This .pdf contains my thoughts.

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