Carter Sifferman

I am a Computer Science PhD student at University of Wisconsin - Madison, advised by Michael Gleicher and Mohit Gupta.

My work utilizes low-level techniques from computational imaging to improve robot perception. I am most interested in time-of-flight proximity sensors for up-close and distributed robot sensing.

Representative work is highlighted

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Publications

Using a Distance Sensor to Detect Deviations in a Planar Surface
Carter Sifferman, William Sun, Mohit Gupta, Michael Gleicher
RA-L , 2024 / To Appear: ICRA , 2025
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By utilizing low-level time-of-flight info captured by an off-the-shelf miniature distance sensor, we can detect deviations in a planar surface over a wide field-of-view.

Towards 3D Vision with Low-Cost Single-Photon Cameras
Fangzhou Mu*, Carter Sifferman*, Sacha Jungerman, Yiquan Li, Mark Han, Michael Gleicher, Mohit Gupta, Yin Li
CVPR , 2024
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By modeling the image formation process and using a NeRF-like approach, we reconstruct 3D geometry from measurements of a miniature proximity sensor.

IKLink: End-Effector Trajectory Tracking with Minimal Reconfigurations
Yeping Wang, Carter Sifferman, Michael Gleicher
ICRA , 2024
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A method for tracking end effector trajectories while taking minimal breaks to reconfigure the arm position.

Unlocking the Performance of Proximity Sensors by Utilizing Transient Histograms
Carter Sifferman, Yeping Wang, Mohit Gupta, Michael Gleicher
RA-L In Proc. ICRA , 2024
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Directly utilizing low-level information generated by optical time-of-flight sensors allows recovery of planar geometry and albedo from a single sensor measurement.

Exploiting Task Tolerances in Mimicry-based Telemanipulation
Yeping Wang, Carter Sifferman, Michael Gleicher
IROS , 2023
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Allowing a robot to move freely in non task-relevant degrees of freedom improves the telemanipulation experience.

Geometric Calibration of Single Pixel Distance Sensors
Carter Sifferman, Dev Mehrotra, Mohit Gupta, Michael Gleicher
RA-L in Proc. IROS , 2022
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A depth sensor attached to a robot arm can be extrinsically calibrated relative to that robot arm using only an unknown planar surface.

Depth sensor-based in-home daily activity recognition and assessment system for stroke rehabilitation
Zoƫ Moore Carter Sifferman, Shaniah Tullis, Mengxuan Ma, Rachel Proffitt, Marjorie Skubic
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2019
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A system for automatic assessment of stroke patient recovery (e.g. range of motion), using an in-home depth camera.

Other Work

A Review of Scene Representations for Robot Manipulators
Carter Sifferman
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A literature review of 3D scene representations used by mobile manipulators.

Completed as part of my PhD Qualifying Exam

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