Chuck Thorpe

1.1k total citations
22 papers, 670 citations indexed

About

Chuck Thorpe is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuck Thorpe has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Automotive Engineering, 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 7 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chuck Thorpe's work include Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (13 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (9 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (5 papers). Chuck Thorpe is often cited by papers focused on Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (13 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (9 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (5 papers). Chuck Thorpe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Qatar and France. Chuck Thorpe's co-authors include Omead Amidi, Takeo Kanade, Frank Dellaert, Christoph Mertz, Jay Gowdy, William Whittaker, David Wettergreen, Chieh‐Chih Wang, Romuald Aufrère and David Duggins and has published in prestigious journals such as Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Autonomous Robots and Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

In The Last Decade

Chuck Thorpe

19 papers receiving 595 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chuck Thorpe United States 9 398 266 208 193 82 22 670
C. Urmson United States 12 457 1.1× 199 0.7× 349 1.7× 161 0.8× 123 1.5× 15 718
Tsai Hong Hong United States 16 580 1.5× 257 1.0× 307 1.5× 161 0.8× 111 1.4× 79 911
Yeonsik Kang South Korea 13 296 0.7× 246 0.9× 238 1.1× 377 2.0× 46 0.6× 63 739
Benjamin Pitzer United States 11 242 0.6× 199 0.7× 167 0.8× 228 1.2× 102 1.2× 16 575
Vítor Santos Portugal 15 379 1.0× 108 0.4× 209 1.0× 196 1.0× 52 0.6× 81 747
Anna Petrovskaya United States 8 259 0.7× 188 0.7× 222 1.1× 255 1.3× 152 1.9× 10 690
Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay Australia 15 325 0.8× 197 0.7× 248 1.2× 130 0.7× 65 0.8× 41 686
Chris Urmson United States 12 491 1.2× 473 1.8× 172 0.8× 187 1.0× 90 1.1× 21 822
Paolo Grisleri Italy 18 630 1.6× 483 1.8× 194 0.9× 123 0.6× 89 1.1× 27 966
Matthew Antone United States 15 529 1.3× 121 0.5× 362 1.7× 123 0.6× 63 0.8× 25 809

Countries citing papers authored by Chuck Thorpe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chuck Thorpe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuck Thorpe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chuck Thorpe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chuck Thorpe based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chuck Thorpe. Chuck Thorpe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thorpe, Chuck, Olivier Clatz, David Duggins, et al.. (2018). Dependable Perception for Robots. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University).
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Mertz, Christoph, Luis E. Navarro‐Serment, Robert A. MacLachlan, et al.. (2012). Moving object detection with laser scanners. Journal of Field Robotics. 30(1). 17–43. 98 indexed citations
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Jochem, Todd, et al.. (2008). From Automated Highways to Urban Challenges. 6–10. 6 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Chuck, et al.. (2007). Robotics in Early Undergraduate Education.. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 40–43. 5 indexed citations
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Aufrère, Romuald, et al.. (2003). Perception for collision avoidance and autonomous driving. Mechatronics. 13(10). 1149–1161. 87 indexed citations
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Amidi, Omead, et al.. (2002). A three-dimensional color terrain modeling system for small autonomous helicopters. 4 indexed citations
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Misener, James A, et al.. (2001). Sensor-Friendly Vehicle and Roadway Cooperative Safety Systems: Benefits Estimation. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1746(1). 22–29. 6 indexed citations
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Fong, Terry & Chuck Thorpe. (2001). Welcome Letter. Autonomous Robots. 11(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations
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McNeil, Sue, Chuck Thorpe, & Christoph Mertz. (2000). A NEW FOCUS FOR SIDE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT BUSES. 7 indexed citations
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Dellaert, Frank & Chuck Thorpe. (1998). <title>Robust car tracking using Kalman filtering and Bayesian templates</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3207. 72–83. 78 indexed citations
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Unsal, C., Rahul Sukthankar, & Chuck Thorpe. (1998). <title>Functional sensor modeling for automated highway system simulations</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3207. 220–231. 1 indexed citations
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Sukthankar, Rahul, Dean Pomerleau, & Chuck Thorpe. (1998). <title>Distributed tactical reasoning framework for intelligent vehicles</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3207. 283–294. 5 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Chuck. (1993). Intelligent Autonomous Systems — IAS-3. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 11(3-4). 139–139. 6 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Chuck. (1993). <title>Point-counterpoint: big robots vs small robots</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1838. 78–88. 1 indexed citations
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Wettergreen, David, et al.. (1993). Exploring Mount Erebus by walking robot. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 11(3-4). 171–185. 59 indexed citations
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Amidi, Omead & Chuck Thorpe. (1991). <title>Integrated mobile robot control</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1388. 504–523. 174 indexed citations
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Aubert, Didier, Karl C. Kluge, & Chuck Thorpe. (1991). <title>Autonomous navigation of structured city roads</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1388. 141–151. 7 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Chuck & Takeo Kanade. (1987). Vision and Navigation for the CMU Navlab. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 727. 261–261. 34 indexed citations
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Kanade, Takeo, Chuck Thorpe, & William Whittaker. (1986). Autonomous land vehicle project at CMU. 71–80. 67 indexed citations

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