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Selected Works of Patrick N. Currier

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

My research foci include robotics & automation, unmanned systems, and advanced vehicle systems. Highlights among my past projects include:
QinetiQ Raider II
MCWL Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS)
Caterpillar Autonomous Mining
2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
Additionally, I serve as an advisor to the Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle (RAER) and as the lead faculty advisor for the Embry-Riddle EcoEagles in EcoCAR2: Plugging in the Future.

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About Patrick N. Currier

My research foci include robotics & automation, unmanned systems, and advanced vehicle systems. Highlights among my past projects include:
QinetiQ Raider II
MCWL Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS)
Caterpillar Autonomous Mining
2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
Additionally, I serve as an advisor to the Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle (RAER) and as the lead faculty advisor for the Embry-Riddle EcoEagles in EcoCAR2: Plugging in the Future.

Present	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Mechanical Engineering and Electro-Mechanical Systems

Robotics & Automation, Unmanned Systems, and Advanced Vehicle Systems

Best Paper Award - 17th International Conference of the ISTVS, 2011

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Articles (4)

A Novel Method for Prediction of Mobile Robot Maneuvering Spaces

Journal of Terramechanics (2013)

Patrick N. Currier and Alfred L. Wicks

As the operational uses of mobile robots continue to expand, it becomes useful to be able to predict the admissible ...

A Proposed Learner-Centered Mechatronics Engineering Instructional Program

Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Southeastern Annual Conference and Meeting (2010)

Patrick N Currier, Richard Goff and Janis Terpenny

This paper examines the need and requirements for a mechatronics degree program. The results of a survey of the few ...

VictorTango Architecture for Autonomous Navigation in the DARPA Urban Challenge

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication (2008)

Patrick N Currier

To solve the autonomous urban driving problem presented by the 2007 Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Urban Challenge, team VictorTango ...

Odin: Team VictorTango's entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge

Journal of Field Robotics (2008)

Patrick N Currier

The DARPA Urban Challenge required robotic vehicles to travel more than 90 km through an urban environment without human intervention ...

Contribution to Book

The VictorTango Architecture for Autonomous Navigation in the DARPA Urban ...

Experience from the DARPA Urban Challenge (2012)

Patrick N Currier

To solve the autonomous urban driving problem presented by the 2007 DARPA urban challenge, team VictorTango developed a tri-level architecture ...

A Blueprint for a Fixed-wing Autopilot on an Android Smartphone

Southeastcon, 2013 Proceedings of IEEE (2013)

Patrick N Currier and J Tabaracci

The growing set of potential applications for UAVs is driving research and development of more intelligent systems to prove feasibility ...

Kalman Filter for Improved PO2 Management in Closed Circuit Rebreathers

Southeastcon, 2013 Proceedings of IEEE (2013)

R Finta and Patrick N Currier

Modern rebreathers rely on galvanic oxygen sensors to monitor the composition of the breathing gas to enable humans to safely ...

Development of a Rockband Robot Using Vision Based Note Detection

Southeastcon, 2012 Proceedings of IEEE (2012)

C. Randy Breingan and Patrick N Currier

In 2010 a group of students at Embry-Riddle designed and built a robot capable of playing the popular videogame “Rockband.” ...

Issues facing the development of a single-winged rotorcraft's control ...

Southeastcon, 2012 Proceedings of IEEE (2012)

G A Gamble, A Yatsko, C Hockley and Patrick N Currier

Single-winged rotorcrafts have only started to gain acceptance in the world of manned and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Embry-Riddle Aeronautical ...

Development of the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate

AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2011 (2011)

Patrick N Currier

The Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS) was developed by NSWC Dahlgren, Virginia Tech, and TORC Technologies as an autonomous squad ...