Publications (13)
Exploring LSST's capabilities for early detection of outbursts in low-mass X-ray binaries
Susmita Sett, Arash Bahramian, Kristen Dage +2
Following long periods of quiescence, low-mass X-ray binaries can exhibit intense X-ray outbursts triggered by instabilities within the accretion disk. These outbursts can sometime…
Fast X-ray/IR observations of the black hole transient Swift~J1753.5--0127: from an IR lead to a very long jet lag
Alberto Ulgiati, Federico Maria Vincentelli, Piergiorgio Casella +16
We report on two epochs of simultaneous near-infrared (IR) and X-ray observations with a sub-second time resolution of the low mass X-ray binary black hole candidate Swift J1753.5-…
No evidence for black hole spin powering of jets in X-ray binaries
Rob Fender, Elena Gallo, David Russell
In this paper we take the reported measurements of black hole spin for black hole X-ray binaries, and compare them against measurements of jet power and speed across all accretion…
Online state vector reduction during model predictive control with gradient-based trajectory optimisation
David Russell, Rafael Papallas, Mehmet Dogar
Non-prehensile manipulation in high-dimensional systems is challenging for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is the computationally long planning times that come with a…
A Roadmap for Climate-Relevant Robotics Research
Alan Papalia, Charles Dawson, Laurentiu L. Anton +25
Climate change is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, and many in the robotics community are looking for ways to contribute. This paper presents a roadmap for clima…
Pack it in: Packing into Partially Filled Containers Through Contact
David Russell, Zisong Xu, Maximo A. Roa +1
The automation of warehouse operations is crucial for improving productivity and reducing human exposure to hazardous environments. One operation frequently performed in warehouses…
Geophysical Classification of Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Moons
David Russell
A planetary mass scale and a system of composition codes are presented for describing the geophysical characteristics of exoplanets and Solar System planets, dwarf planets, and sph…
Optical and infrared emission from discs, jets and nebulae associated with X-ray binaries
David Russell
X-ray binaries are binary star systems in which a compact object (a neutron star or a black hole) and a relatively normal star orbit a common centre of mass. Since the discovery of…
Zero-Shot Tree Detection and Segmentation from Aerial Forest Imagery
Michelle Chen, David Russell, Amritha Pallavoor +2
Large-scale delineation of individual trees from remote sensing imagery is crucial to the advancement of ecological research, particularly as climate change and other environmental…
Searching for the signatures of jet-ISM interactions in X-ray binaries
James Miller-Jones, Christian Kaiser, Tom Maccarone +8
Jets from X-ray binaries are continuously injecting matter and energy into the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). However, there exist to date relatively few cases where jet-IS…
Jet trails and Mach cones: The interaction of microquasars with the ISM
Doosoo Yoon, Brian Morsony, Sebastian Heinz +4
A sub-set of microquasars exhibit high peculiar velocity with respect to the local standard of rest due to the kicks they receive when being born in supernovae. The interaction bet…
Classifying geospatial objects from multiview aerial imagery using semantic meshes
David Russell, Ben Weinstein, David Wettergreen +1
Aerial imagery is increasingly used in Earth science and natural resource management as a complement to labor-intensive ground-based surveys. Aerial systems can collect overlapping…
Introducing the Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator of political violence
Olivier J. Walther, Steven M. Radil, David Russell +1
Modern armed conflicts have a tendency to cluster together and spread geographically. However, the geography of most conflicts remains under-studied. To fill this gap, this article…