Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal and Conference Articles

2026

1. 

   Two-Stage Extrinsic Calibration of a Static Line-Scanning Lidar with a Rotary Platform

   Vikram Shree, Hike Danakian, Long Nguyen, and 2 more authors

   In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{shree2026calibration,
     title = {Two-Stage Extrinsic Calibration of a Static Line-Scanning Lidar with a Rotary Platform},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Danakian, Hike and Nguyen, Long and Gokidi, Rajanish and Nercessian, Patrick},
     booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
     year = {2026},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2. 

   Sensor fusion of touch & vision in soft manipulators for fruit picking

   Anand Kumar Mishra, Aravind Ramaswami^*, Vikram Shree^*, and 4 more authors

   Nature Communications, 2026

   Bib Paper

   @article{mishra2026sensor,
     title = {Sensor fusion of touch \& vision in soft manipulators for fruit picking},
     author = {Mishra, Anand Kumar and Ramaswami, Aravind and Shree, Vikram and Ilman, Mehmet Mert and Ly, Khoi D and Pritts, Marvin P and Shepherd, Robert F},
     journal = {Nature Communications},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London},
   }

2022

1. 

   Learning to assess danger from movies for cooperative escape planning in hazardous environments

   Vikram Shree, Sarah Allen, Beatriz Asfora, and 2 more authors

   In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{shree2022learning,
     title = {Learning to assess danger from movies for cooperative escape planning in hazardous environments},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Allen, Sarah and Asfora, Beatriz and Banfi, Jacopo and Campbell, Mark},
     booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
     pages = {5885--5892},
     year = {2022},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2021

1. 

   Exploiting natural language for efficient risk-aware multi-robot sar planning

   Vikram Shree, Beatriz Asfora, Rachel Zheng, and 3 more authors

   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021

   Bib Paper

   @article{shree2021exploiting,
     title = {Exploiting natural language for efficient risk-aware multi-robot sar planning},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Asfora, Beatriz and Zheng, Rachel and Hong, Samantha and Banfi, Jacopo and Campbell, Mark},
     journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
     volume = {6},
     number = {2},
     pages = {3152--3159},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. 

   Accelerated consensus in multi-agent networks via memory of local averages

   Aditya Bhaskar, Shriya Rangarajan, Vikram Shree, and 2 more authors

   In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2021

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{bhaskar2021accelerated,
     title = {Accelerated consensus in multi-agent networks via memory of local averages},
     author = {Bhaskar, Aditya and Rangarajan, Shriya and Shree, Vikram and Campbell, Mark and Parise, Francesca},
     booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
     pages = {5520--5525},
     year = {2021},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2020

1. 

   Interactive natural language-based person search

   Vikram Shree, Wei-Lun Chao, and Mark Campbell

   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020

   Bib Paper

   @article{shree2020interactive,
     title = {Interactive natural language-based person search},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Chao, Wei-Lun and Campbell, Mark},
     journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
     volume = {5},
     number = {2},
     pages = {1851--1858},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. 

   Planning high-level paths in hostile, dynamic, and uncertain environments

   Jacopo Banfi, Vikram Shree, and Mark Campbell

   Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 2020

   Bib Paper

   @article{banfi2020planning,
     title = {Planning high-level paths in hostile, dynamic, and uncertain environments},
     author = {Banfi, Jacopo and Shree, Vikram and Campbell, Mark},
     journal = {Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research},
     volume = {69},
     pages = {297--342},
     year = {2020},
   }

2019

1. 

   An empirical study of person re-identification with attributes

   Vikram Shree, Wei-Lun Chao, and Mark Campbell

   In IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2019

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{shree2019empirical,
     title = {An empirical study of person re-identification with attributes},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Chao, Wei-Lun and Campbell, Mark},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},
     pages = {1--8},
     year = {2019},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2017

1. 

   RFM-SLAM: Exploiting relative feature measurements to separate orientation and position estimation in SLAM

   Saurav Agarwal, Vikram Shree, and Suman Chakravorty

   In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017

   Bib Paper

   @inproceedings{agarwal2017rfm,
     title = {RFM-SLAM: Exploiting relative feature measurements to separate orientation and position estimation in SLAM},
     author = {Agarwal, Saurav and Shree, Vikram and Chakravorty, Suman},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
     pages = {6307--6314},
     year = {2017},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

Approved Patents

2024

1. 

   Stereo vision system and method for small-object detection and tracking in real time

   Vikram Shree, Leaf Alden Jiang, and Piotr Swierczynski

   Oct 2024

   U.S. Patent No. US12125215B1

   Bib Link

   @misc{vikram2024stereovision,
     title = {Stereo vision system and method for small-object detection and tracking in real time},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Jiang, Leaf Alden and Swierczynski, Piotr},
     assignee = {NODAR INC},
     year = {2024},
     month = oct,
     note = {U.S. Patent No. US12125215B1},
     number = {US12125215B1},
     type = {Patent},
     nationality = {US},
     application = {18678781},
   }

2. 

   Real-time confidence-based image hole-filling for depth maps

   Vikram Shree, Piotr Swierczynski, and Leaf Alden Jiang

   Sep 2024

   U.S. Patent No. US12094144B1

   Bib Link

   @misc{vikram2024realtimeconfidence,
     title = {Real-time confidence-based image hole-filling for depth maps},
     author = {Shree, Vikram and Swierczynski, Piotr and Jiang, Leaf Alden},
     assignee = {NODAR INC},
     year = {2024},
     month = sep,
     note = {U.S. Patent No. US12094144B1},
     nationality = {US},
     number = {US12094144B1},
     type = {Patent},
   }