Kira Barton
Professor, Robotics
Studies learning and precision motion control for multi-agent systems, with applications to manufacturing and vision-based control of autonomous robots.
Kira Barton's lab at Michigan works on planning, control & multi-robot systems, robot perception & SLAM and embodied & active vision. 41 papers since 2023, 4 at top venues, mostly ACC and ICRA. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 11/ year
- at T1 venues
- 10%
- PhD students
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- MS students
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- alumni listed
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Papers by yearfrom DBLP, 2023–2026
- 2 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 9 papers2025 · T1 0
- 12 papers2024 · T1 2
- 18 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ACC, ICRA, TAC
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems19 papers
- Robot perception & SLAM3 papers
- Embodied & active vision0 papers
- vision-based0 papers
- motion control0 papers
Paper list
From DBLP.
20262 papers
20259 papers
- ACCCharacterization of Human Driving Behaviors in Shared Vehicle Control Based on Level-k Cognitive Modeling (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.Digital Twin-Based Smart Manufacturing: Dynamic Line Reconfiguration for Disturbance Handling (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.GraspMixer: Hybrid of Contact Surface Sampling and Grasp Feature Mixing for Grasp Synthesis (opens in a new tab)
- CASEHierarchical Sensor-Robot Control for On-Demand Sensing in a Partially Known Environment (opens in a new tab)
- CCTAIterative Learning-Based Arbitration in Shared Vehicle Control: Methodological Formulation and Driver-in-the-Loop Results (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.LatentBKI: Open-Dictionary Continuous Mapping in Visual-Language Latent Spaces With Quantifiable Uncertainty (opens in a new tab)
- CVPR WorkshopMDMP: Multi-modal Diffusion for supervised Motion Predictions with uncertainty (opens in a new tab)
- CASERequirement-Driven Sharing of Manufacturing Digital Twins Along the Value Chain (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.Supply Chain Design Optimization With Heterogeneous Risk-Aware Agents (opens in a new tab)
202412 papers
- IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.A Distributed Approach for Agile Supply Chain Decision-Making Based on Network Attributes (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans. RoboticsConvBKI: Real-Time Probabilistic Semantic Mapping Network With Quantifiable Uncertainty (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.Digital Twin-Based Cyber-Attack Detection Framework for Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Systems (opens in a new tab)
- Int. J. Prod. Res.Dynamic distributed decision-making for resilient resource reallocation in disrupted manufacturing systems (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Heterogeneous Risk Management Using a Multi-Agent Framework for Supply Chain Disruption Response (opens in a new tab)
- Autom.Iterative learning spatial height control for layerwise processes (opens in a new tab)
- ACCPredictive Modeling of Human Fatigue in a Manufacturing-Like Setting (opens in a new tab)
- RoboticsPRF: A Program Reuse Framework for Automated Programming by Learning from Existing Robot Programs (opens in a new tab)
- Conference on Designing Interactive SystemsProposing a Context-informed Layer-based Framework: Incorporating Context into Designing mHealth Technology for Fatigue Management (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Sequential Manipulation of Deformable Linear Object Networks with Endpoint Pose Measurements using Adaptive Model Predictive Control (opens in a new tab)
- TAC (T1)Stable Inversion of Piecewise Affine Systems With Application to Feedforward and Iterative Learning Control (opens in a new tab)
- ACCVoltage Waveform Optimization Through Data-Driven Modeling in Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing (opens in a new tab)
202318 papers
- Comput. Ind.A digital twin framework for prognostics and health management (opens in a new tab)
- CCTAA Low-Order Model of Dolphin Swimming Dynamics: Fluke Flexibility and Energetics (opens in a new tab)
- CASEA Multi-Objective Mixed-Integer Programming Approach for Supply Chain Disruption Response with Lead-Time Awareness (opens in a new tab)
- CASEAn Adaptive, State-Based Framework for Fault Prediction in Rotating Equipment (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Convolutional Bayesian Kernel Inference for 3D Semantic Mapping (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.Cooperative Product Agents to Improve Manufacturing System Flexibility: A Model-Based Decision Framework (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE AccessDigital Twin Framework for Reconfiguration Management: Concept & Evaluation (opens in a new tab)
- CCTADimensionless Analysis of the Transition from Continuous Jet Mode to Natural Pulsation in Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Enhancing the Efficacy of Lower-body Assistive Devices Through the Understanding of Human Movement in the Real World (opens in a new tab)
- CCTAEstimating propulsive efficiency of bottlenose dolphins during steady-state swimming (opens in a new tab)
- CCTAGame Theoretic Wind Farm Control Based on Level-k Cognitive Modeling (opens in a new tab)
- CCTAInput Shaping for Control of a High-Resolution Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing Process (opens in a new tab)
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Apply to MichiganFall 2027
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