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'''Matthew Bell'''<br/>
''Office:'' 202 Sudikoff<br/>
''Address:'' 6211 Sudikoff Lab, Hanover, NH 03755<br/> 
''Work phone:'' 603-646-1036<br/> 
mbell at cs dot dartmouth dot edu<br/> 

===About Me:===
I am a Ph.D. student in the [[Main Page|Robotics Lab]] in the [http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu Computer Science] department at [http://www.dartmouth.edu Dartmouth College]. My current research is on the manipulation of flexible materials, focusing on the areas of robotic knot tying and cloth folding. Past research has included basic work on a [[#ClimbingRobot|climbing robot]], and development of a reconnaissance vehicle built on a R/C car base for use in SWAT operations.

My non-professional interests include [[:File:Leaf_s.jpg|photography]], hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and geocaching.
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==Publications==

* M. Bell, D. Balkcom.&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0278364909344634v1 "Grasping non-stretchable cloth polygons"]. ''International Journal of Robotics Research''. Electronic publication August 2009; print copy forthcoming.

* M. Bell, D. Balkcom.&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~mbell/pubs/mpb-icra2008.pdf "Knot Tying with Single Piece Fixtures"]. ''IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008)'', May 2008.

===Undergraduate Work:===

* M. Bell, D. Balkcom.&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~mbell/pubs/mpb-icra2006.pdf "A toy climbing robot"]. ''IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006)'', May 2006.
* <span id="ClimbingRobot>M. Bell.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;''[http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/abstracts/TR2005-542/ A toy rock climbing robot]''. Senior Honors Thesis, Dartmouth College; D. Balkcom, advisor. Published as Dartmouth CS TR 2005-542, August 2005.