This file contains the list of people involved in the development
of MRPT along its history. If you feel someone is missing, please
fork and pull-request.

 DEVELOPERS
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MRPT development started at MAPIR lab, University of Malaga.
The following list is roughly sorted in reverse cronological order.

* Jose-Luis Blanco-Claraco. Main developer.  http://www.ual.es/~jlblanco/  https://github.com/jlblancoc

* Jesus Briales (University of Malaga, 2014-)  https://github.com/jbriales
  - Fixes in mrpt::hwdrivers::CImageGrabber_dc1394
  - MRPT to Matlab (MEX) wrappers.

* Mariano Jaimez Tarifa, University of Malaga (2012-) https://github.com/MarianoJT88
  - Several improvements and bug fixes in the mrpt-reactivenav library.
  - Development in octomap classes.
  - Some improvements and bug fixes in the mrpt-opengl library.
  - Visual Odometry based on depth images (mrpt::vision::CDifodo) and 2 applications to use it: DifOdometry-Camera and DifOdometry-Datasets
  - Examples to manage an RGB-D camera with openNI2

* Eduardo Fernandez Moral , University of Malaga (2013-2014), INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (2014-). https://github.com/EduFdez
  - OpenNI2 classes: COpenNI2Sensor,
  - The new library: mrpt-pbmap
  - Driver for Rovio mobile robot with webcam.
  - Some other functions.

* Javier G. Monroy, University of Malaga (2013-). https://github.com/JGMonroy
  - Driver for Rovio mobile robot with webcam.
  - New algorithms in gas maps.

* Hunter (2016-) https://github.com/jolting
  - Add-ons to 2D range scan observations.
  - Port towards C++11 for MRPT 2.0
  - Code clean ups.
  - Multiple bug fixes.

* Nikos Koukis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2016) - https://github.com/bergercookie
  - Support for executing graphSLAM in graphslam lib/ + Corresponding
  	graphslam-engine application
  - Initial version of MRPT logging module - COutputLogger

* Chandra Mangipudi, University of Minnesota (2016) - https://github.com/mangi020
  - The PnP module in mrpt::vision

* Nikolaus Demmel, Robert Bosch Start-up GmbH (2016)
  - Additions to python bindings.

* Robert Schattschneider, University of Canterbury (2012)
  - Patches for bug fixes, serialization of templates.

* Jurica Stanojkovic (IMGTEC, 2014)
  - Testing and patches for MIPS* architectures.

* Randolph Voorhies, University of Southern California (2014)
  - Fixes for OS X.

* Yuya Ochiai, (Aichi, Japan) (2014)
  - Fixes for OS X.

* Kenzaburo Miyawaki (Osaka Institute of Technology, 2014)
  - Refactoring of OpenNI2 classes in mrpt::hwdrivers

* Francisco-Angel Moreno-Dueñas (2010-). http://www.isa.uma.es/famoreno
  - Maintainer of vision-related classes (mrpt::vision namespace in libmrpt-core).
  - Visual odometry for stereo images.
  - Work in CLandmarksMap for efficiency of visual SLAM.
  - Many image-related functions.
  - Many functions in mrpt::topography
  - mrpt::hwdrivers::CCANBusReader and related classes
  - mrpt::poses::CPose3DRotVec
  - mrpt::hwdrivers::CDUO3DCamera for DUO3D cameras

* Emilio Sanjurjo Maroño, LIM, University of Coruña (2013)
  - Fixed orientation of ENU axes for Geodetic coordinate conversions in mrpt::topography.

* Antonio J. Ortiz de Galisteo, University of Malaga (2007).
  - Addition of many mathematical functions.
  - More matrix operations.
  - Quaternion support.
  - Mono SLAM classes and the MonoSLAM demo (the first version).
  - Some classes for hardware interfaces (Sonars, robotic head)
  - Additions to the graphics renderer CMRPTCanvas.
  - The first version of the ro-localization application.

* Pablo Moreno Olalla, University of Malaga.
  - Tons of new code and optimizations in mrpt::math
  - Work on laser scanner simulation in 3D scenes.
  - Tons of geometry-related functions and lightweight geometry data types.
  - Many new classes in mrpt::opengl

* José Raul Ruiz Sarmiento, University of Malaga.
  - Maintainer of the library mrpt-detectors.
  - Generic "detector classes" (CDetectableObject, CObjectDetection, ...).
  - Work on PTU unit integration with Hokuyo laser scanner and 3D point clouds.
  - Some classes: mrpt::hwdrivers::CPtuDperception, mrpt::utils::md5, and more.
  - Website documentation.

* Emil Khatib, University of Malaga (2011-2012)
  - A few new classes to handle WiFi-signal strength receivers and build
     maps out of such observations: mrpt::slam::CObservationWirelessPower,
     mrpt::hwdrivers::CWirelessPower and mrpt::slam::CWirelessPowerGridMap2D.
  - Classes for RFID observations and sensors: mrpt::slam::CObservationRFID,
     mrpt::hwdrivers::CImpinjRFID.
  - Interface to PID sensor: mrpt::hwdrivers::CRaePID

* Vicente Arevalo Espejo, University of Malaga.
  - The application camera-calib.
  - Some classes: mrpt::opengl::CSetOfTexturedTriangles, etc..
  - Some minor changes in: 3DSceneViewer and RawlogViewer applications.
  - Some image-related functions.

* Adrien Barral - Robopec (France).
  - Driver for SICK LMS100 via ethernet (mrpt::hwdrivers::CLMS100eth)
  - Driver for Phidget interface boards (see mrpt::hwdrivers::CPhidgetInterfaceKitProximitySensors)
  - Driver for KVH DSP-3000 Laser Gyro (see mrpt::hwdrivers::CGyroKVHDSP3000)

* Paul Newman, Mobile Robotics Group, University of Oxford.
  - The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm implemented in slam::CICP.

* M.A. Amiri Atashgah (MAAA), University of Sharif Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  - Rewrite of a very old version of "mono-slam" to adapt it to MRPT 0.7.0.

* Philipp Robbel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
  - New CRangeObservation for 3D point clouds.
  - Many hacks and optimizations in different parts of MRPT.

* Cipriano Galindo Andrades. University of Malaga.
  - New functionality in HMT maps.
  - Website documentation.

* mrhemali
  - SWIG wrappers (Python) for MRPT.
  - Fixes to build without freeglut, some bug fixes, ...

* Cyril Gerber
  - Support for Videre stereo camera class: mrpt::hwdrivers::CStereoGrabber_SVS

* Zoltan Gaal
  - The RANSAC and genetic model fitter: mrpt::math::ModelSearch
  - Different improvements and bug fixes.

* Jan Girlich, University of Hamburg.
  - Added mrpt::hwdrivers::CIbeoLuxETH

*  Kasra Khosoussi (K.N.Toosi University, Iran)
  - Patches to improve the JCBB data association implementation.


Several bug reports have been provided from MRPT users world-wide. We kindly thank all of
them for this valuable feedback, and they are usually mentioned in changelogs.
