Dr. Herman has over fifteen years of expertise in developing robotic vehicles, sensors, and electronics for defense and commercial applications.  His interest in land mine detection led to the development of robotic platforms for military and humanitarian demining applications and a computer vision-based training system for hand-held land mine detectors. Dr. Herman was the co-principal investigator for the Enhanced Teleoperation (SACR) program, leading its sensor, electronics, communications and test bed design. He also led sensing and retrofit projects for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots.  Other project work includes the Learning Robots (LAGR) program for DARPA and various sensor development projects.

Dr. Herman holds a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in computer science from the University of Illinois.

Projects
3D Visualization for EOD Robots; Assisted Mining; Enhanced Teleoperation (Mini-SACR); Enhanced Teleoperation (SACR); EOD Robot Operator Assist; Manipulator Coordination (ACMM); Vehicle Safeguarding; Black Knight; Learning Robots (LAGR); Peat Moss Harvesting; Safety for UGVs; Sweep Monitoring

Interests
3D Range Sensing; Image Processing; Manipulation; Operator Interfaces; Electromechanical Design; System Integration & Testing

For a more detailed description of research interests and papers see:
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/person.html?type=publications&person_id=114