Mr. John G. Blitch Profile

John G. Blitch

Col. at Colorado State Univ

SPIE Involvement:

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 2011 Paper

An empirical method for dynamic camouflage assessment

John Blitch

Proceedings Volume 8046, 80460K (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888934

KEYWORDS: Camouflage, Target detection, Weapons, Dynamical systems, Detection theory, Pollution control, Radar, Missiles, Signal processing, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 2 September 2004 Paper

Future technology vision for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs)

Morley Stone, John Blitch, Alan Rudolph

Proceedings Volume 5422, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.547945

KEYWORDS: Robotics, Unmanned ground vehicles, Sensors, Materials science, Biology, Organisms, Biomimetics, Prototyping, Environmental sensing, Algorithm development

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 2003 Paper

Adaptive mobility for rescue robots

John Blitch

Proceedings Volume 5071, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.503975

KEYWORDS: Robots, Mobile robots, Sensors, Robotics, Space robots, Control systems, Environmental sensing, Cameras, Vegetation, Mechanical engineering

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2003 Paper

Robot-assisted marsupial deployment of urban unattended ground sensors

John Blitch

Proceedings Volume 5090, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504286

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Unattended ground sensors, Mobile robots, Situational awareness sensors, Robotics, Environmental sensing, Space operations, Unattended sensors, Floods, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2000 Paper

Tactical mobile robots for urban search and rescue

John Blitch, Nahid Sidki, Tim Durkin

Proceedings Volume 4024, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391630

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mobile robots, Robotics, Space robots, Space operations, Earthquakes, Robotic systems, Interfaces, Unmanned ground vehicles, Control systems

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Few disasters can inspire more compassion for victims and families than those involving structural collapse. Video clips of children's bodies pulled from earthquake stricken cities and bombing sties tend to invoke tremendous grief and sorrow because of the totally unpredictable nature of the crisis and lack of even the slightest degree of negligence (such as with those who choose to ignore storm warnings). Heartbreaking stories of people buried alive for days provide a visceral and horrific perspective of some of greatest fears ever to be imagined by human beings. Current trends toward urban sprawl and increasing human discord dictates that structural collapse disasters will continue to present themselves at an alarming rate. The proliferation of domestic terrorism, HAZMAT and biological contaminants further complicates the matter further and presents a daunting problem set for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) organizations around the world. This paper amplifies the case for robot assisted search and rescue that was first presented during the KNOBSAR project initiated at the Colorado School of Mines in 1995. It anticipates increasing technical development in mobile robot technologies and promotes their use for a wide variety of humanitarian assistance missions. Focus is placed on development of advanced robotic systems that are employed in a complementary tool-like fashion as opposed to traditional robotic approaches that portend to replace humans in hazardous tasks. Operational challenges for USAR are presented first, followed by a brief history of mobiles robot development. The paper then presents conformal robotics as a new design paradigm with emphasis on variable geometry and volumes. A section on robot perception follows with an initial attempt to characterize sensing in a volumetric manner. Collaborative rescue is then briefly discussed with an emphasis on marsupial operations and linked mobility. The paper concludes with an emphasis on Human Robot Interface (HRI) and a call for additional research in this exciting and all too important field.

Proceedings Article | 15 November 1999 Paper

Tactical mobile robots for complex urban environments

John Blitch

Proceedings Volume 3838, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.369247

KEYWORDS: Robotics, Mobile robots, Prototyping, Unmanned systems, Robotic systems, Defense and security, Weapons, Artificial intelligence, Surgery, Reconnaissance

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 1999 Paper

Vision-guided heterogeneous mobile robot docking

John Spofford, John Blitch, William Klarquist, Robin Murphy

Proceedings Volume 3839, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360331

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Video, Mobile robots, Image processing, Robotics, Video processing, Process control, Visualization, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 27 December 1995 Paper

Colorado School of Mines behavioral approach to the 1995 UGR competition

Robin Murphy, William Hoff, John Blitch, Val Gough, Dale Hawkins, James Hoffman, Ramon Krosley, Torsten Lyons, Amol Mali, James MacMillan, Steven Warshawsky

Proceedings Volume 2591, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228978

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Roads, Robotics, Machine vision, Computer vision technology, Sensors, Mining, Cameras, Visual process modeling, Computer architecture

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SPIE Conference Volume | 12 May 2006

Enabling Technologies and Design of Nonlethal Weapons

Conference Committee Involvement (29)

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XIII

5 May 2014 | Baltimore, MD, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XII

29 April 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications XIV

25 April 2012 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XI

23 April 2012 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications XIII

28 April 2011 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense X

25 April 2011 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications XII

5 April 2010 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IX

5 April 2010 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VIII

15 April 2009 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unmanned Systems Technology X

17 March 2008 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VII

17 March 2008 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications X

17 March 2008 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unmanned Systems Technology IX

9 April 2007 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VI

9 April 2007 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications IX

9 April 2007 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Enabling Technologies and Design of Nonlethal Weapons

18 April 2006 | Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications VIII

17 April 2006 | Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V

17 April 2006 | Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Unmanned Systems Technology VIII

17 April 2006 | Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII

29 March 2005 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IV

28 March 2005 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications VII

28 March 2005 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensor Networks

25 October 2004 | London, United Kingdom

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VI

13 April 2004 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense III

12 April 2004 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unattended/Unmanned Ground, Ocean, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications VI

12 April 2004 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology V

22 April 2003 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications V

21 April 2003 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Defense and Law Enforcement II

21 April 2003 | Orlando, Florida, United States

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