Daniel M. Lofaro Ph.D


Electrical Engineer and Roboticists
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI)
Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR)
4555 Overlook Ave SW
Washington, DC 20375, USA

Professor/Lecturer
University of Maryland (UMD)
Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
4356 Stadium Dr #2105
College Park, MD 20742, USA

Affiliate Professor
George Mason University (GMU)
School of Business and the Volgenau School of Engineering
4400 University Drive, Planetary Hall #4
Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

c: +1-202-378-8964
UMD: lofaro@umd.edu
GMU: dlofaro@gmu.edu
Personal: dan@danlofaro.com

Daniel M. Lofaro

Acronyms

AI Artificial Intelligence
AIO Asynchronous Input Output
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAN Controller Area Network
CBiRRT Constrained Bi-directional Rapidly-exploring Random Tree
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DH Denavit–Hartenberg
DOF Degree of Freedom
DRC DARPA Robotics Challenge
DSP Double Support Phase
EEF End Effector
FIFO First In - First Out
FK Forward Kinematics
HRI Human Robot Interaction
HOL Head of Line
IK Inverse Kinematics
IO Input Output
IPC Inter Process Communication
JMC Joint Motor Controller
KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
MPI Message Passing Interface
MIRR Major Research Infrastructure Recovery and Reinvestment
MLB Major League Baseball
NSF National Science Foundation
ODE Open Dynamics Engine
PID Proportional Integral Derivative
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface
RP Rapid Prototype
RT Real-Time
ROS Robot Operating System
SI Units International System of Units
SSP Single Support Phase
SRM Sparse Reachable Map
T&E Test and Evaluation
V&V Verify and Validate
ZMP Zero Moment Point



 
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