Aaron Parness

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Aaron Parness is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Parness has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Aaron Parness's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (23 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (14 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (14 papers). Aaron Parness is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (23 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (14 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (14 papers). Aaron Parness collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Aaron Parness's co-authors include Mark R. Cutkosky, Donald Ruffatto, Matthew Spenko, Paul E. Glick, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Michael T. Tolley, Noé Esparza, Daniel Soto, Christine Fuller and Neil Abcouwer and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Scientific Reports and Smart Materials and Structures.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Parness

55 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Soft Robotic Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive

2018 294 citations Paul E. Glick, Srinivasan A. Suresh et al. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters profile →
A robotic device using gecko-inspired adhesives can grasp and manipulate large objects in microgravity

2017 257 citations Hao Jiang, Elliot W. Hawkes et al. Science Robotics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Aaron Parness	1.1k	1.1k	731	422	398	58	2.2k
Nick Gravish	937 0.8×	813 0.7×	672 0.9×	421 1.0×	178 0.4×	80	2.7k
Aihong Ji	659 0.6×	546 0.5×	340 0.5×	257 0.6×	245 0.6×	127	1.6k
Shmuel M. Rubinstein	821 0.7×	883 0.8×	746 1.0×	359 0.9×	166 0.4×	62	3.1k
Gijs Krijnen	1.6k 1.4×	262 0.2×	383 0.5×	841 2.0×	149 0.4×	260	3.3k
Srinivasan A. Suresh	609 0.5×	350 0.3×	304 0.4×	108 0.3×	213 0.5×	27	977
David L. Christensen	772 0.7×	394 0.4×	452 0.6×	231 0.5×	280 0.7×	44	1.4k
W. Zesch	846 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	565 0.8×	801 1.9×	152 0.4×	14	2.5k
Mokhtar Adda-Bedia	589 0.5×	710 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	135 0.3×	103 0.3×	86	2.3k
Benoît Roman	1.3k 1.1×	985 0.9×	1.6k 2.2×	227 0.5×	139 0.3×	69	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Parness

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20 of 20 papers shown

Parness, Aaron, et al.. (2020). Design and testing of the JPL‐Nautilus Gripper for deep‐ocean geological sampling. Journal of Field Robotics. 37(6). 972–986. 30 indexed citations

Uckert, Kyle, Aaron Parness, N. J. Chanover, et al.. (2020). Investigating Habitability with an Integrated Rock-Climbing Robot and Astrobiology Instrument Suite. Astrobiology. 20(12). 1427–1449. 20 indexed citations

Glick, Paul E., et al.. (2020). A low-power, jamming, magnetorheological valve using electropermanent magnets suitable for distributed control in soft robots. Smart Materials and Structures. 29(10). 105025–105025. 32 indexed citations

Uckert, Kyle, Aaron Parness, N. J. Chanover, et al.. (2018). An Investigation of a Terrestrial Lava Tube with an Instrument Payload Integrated with the LEMUR Rock-Climbing Robot. AGUFM. 2018.

Curtis, Aaron, et al.. (2018). IceWorm: Ice Climbing Robots for Glaciology and Beyond. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 2 indexed citations

Ruffatto, Donald, Paul E. Glick, Michael T. Tolley, & Aaron Parness. (2018). Long-Duration Surface Anchoring With a Hybrid Electrostatic and Gecko-Inspired Adhesive. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(4). 4201–4208. 22 indexed citations

Jiang, Hao, Elliot W. Hawkes, Christine Fuller, et al.. (2017). A robotic device using gecko-inspired adhesives can grasp and manipulate large objects in microgravity. Science Robotics. 2(7). 257 indexed citations breakdown →

Parness, Aaron, et al.. (2017). A microspine tool: Grabbing and anchoring to boulders on the Asteroid Redirect Mission. 1–10. 19 indexed citations

Sauder, Jonathan, et al.. (2017). An automaton rover enabling long duration in-situ science in extreme environments. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

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Parness, Aaron. (2017). Science objectives and rover design for a limbed comet rover mission concept. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Kelly, Hannah, et al.. (2016). Diagnostic Characteristics of Macroscopic Biopatterns Detected with Novel Robotic Platform. LPI. 2955. 1 indexed citations

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Kelly, Hannah, et al.. (2016). Distinctive Biopatterns for Detection and Characterization from a Robotic Platform. LPICo. 1912. 2069. 1 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Douglas C., Scott Roberts, R. Peter Dillon, et al.. (2016). Castable Bulk Metallic Glass Strain Wave Gears: Towards Decreasing the Cost of High-Performance Robotics. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37773–37773. 58 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hao, Elliot W. Hawkes, V. S. Arutyunov, et al.. (2015). Scaling controllable adhesives to grapple floating objects in space. 2828–2835. 44 indexed citations

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Su, Hai‐Jun, et al.. (2014). Inchworm style gecko adhesive climbing robot. 2319–2324. 50 indexed citations

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Ruffatto, Donald, et al.. (2014). Experimental results of a controllable electrostatic/gecko-like adhesive on space materials. 1–7. 15 indexed citations

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Parness, Aaron, Nitish Thatte, Jonathan P. King, et al.. (2013). Gravity‐independent Rock‐climbing Robot and a Sample Acquisition Tool with Microspine Grippers. Journal of Field Robotics. 30(6). 897–915. 99 indexed citations

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Parness, Aaron, et al.. (2012). Rock Climbing Robot for Exploration and Sample Acquisition at Lava Tubes, Steep Slopes, and Cliff Walls. 1679. 4128. 3 indexed citations

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Daniels, Kay & Aaron Parness. (2008). Development and Use of Mechanical Devices for Simulation of Seizure and Hemorrhage in Obstetrical Team Training. Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 3(1). 42–46. 14 indexed citations

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Parness, Aaron, et al.. (1954). MOLLUSCA AND FORAMINIFERA FROM THE LOWER ALBIAN OF THE NEGEV (SOUTHERN ISRAEL). Journal of Paleontology. 28(6). 835–839. 6 indexed citations

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