Ben Grocholsky

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ben Grocholsky is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Aerospace Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Grocholsky has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ben Grocholsky's work include Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (10 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (8 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (6 papers). Ben Grocholsky is often cited by papers focused on Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (10 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (8 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (6 papers). Ben Grocholsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Ben Grocholsky's co-authors include Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, Vijay Kumar, James F. Keller, Alexei Makarenko, George J. Pappas, Stefan B. Williams, Frédéric Bourgault, Peter W. Gibbens, Luiz Chaimowicz and Camillo J. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine and Journal of Field Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Ben Grocholsky

21 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cooperative air and ground surveillance 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300
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.

  1. Cooperative air and ground surveillance
    2006 368 citations Ben Grocholsky, James F. Keller et al. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Grocholsky United States 14 814 626 589 438 167 21 1.4k
Frédéric Bourgault Australia 15 834 1.0× 490 0.8× 662 1.1× 350 0.8× 118 0.7× 25 1.2k
Timothy H. Chung United States 18 625 0.8× 902 1.4× 483 0.8× 459 1.0× 341 2.0× 39 1.5k
Mark Moors Germany 8 813 1.0× 953 1.5× 1.0k 1.8× 281 0.6× 191 1.1× 13 1.7k
Derek Kingston United States 18 1.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.9× 725 1.2× 367 0.8× 524 3.1× 42 2.2k
Islam I. Hussein United States 20 541 0.7× 654 1.0× 300 0.5× 287 0.7× 382 2.3× 94 1.4k
Lihua Dou China 22 561 0.7× 513 0.8× 392 0.7× 226 0.5× 604 3.6× 130 1.6k
John Spletzer United States 18 755 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 855 1.5× 197 0.4× 626 3.7× 37 2.0k
S. Thayer United States 9 472 0.6× 260 0.4× 433 0.7× 147 0.3× 83 0.5× 13 829
Philip Dames United States 14 470 0.6× 468 0.7× 438 0.7× 235 0.5× 155 0.9× 31 962
Seungkeun Kim South Korea 22 1.0k 1.3× 643 1.0× 549 0.9× 222 0.5× 618 3.7× 139 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Grocholsky

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Grocholsky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Grocholsky

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Grocholsky. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Grocholsky based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Grocholsky. Ben Grocholsky is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grocholsky, Ben, et al.. (2014). Guaranteed road network search with small unmanned aircraft. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 4789–4796. 2 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben & Nathan Michael. (2013). Exploiting mobility heterogeneity in micro-aerial vehicle deployments for environment exploration. 55. 1421–1425. 3 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben, et al.. (2011). A Camera and Laser System for Automatic Vine Balance Assessment. 2011 Louisville, Kentucky, August 7 - August 10, 2011. 21 indexed citations
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Nuske, Stephen, et al.. (2010). Representing Substantial Heading Uncertainty for Accurate Geolocation by Small UAVs. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 8 indexed citations
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Stump, Ethan, et al.. (2009). Control for Localization of Targets using Range-only Sensors. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 28(6). 743–757. 32 indexed citations
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Hsieh, M. Ani, Anthony Cowley, James F. Keller, et al.. (2007). Adaptive teams of autonomous aerial and ground robots for situational awareness. Journal of Field Robotics. 24(11-12). 991–1014. 106 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben, James F. Keller, Vijay Kumar, & George J. Pappas. (2006). Cooperative air and ground surveillance. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 13(3). 16–25. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grocholsky, Ben, Ram Swaminathan, James F. Keller, Vijay Kumar, & George J. Pappas. (2006). Information Driven Coordinated Air-Ground Proactive Sensing. 2211–2216. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fan, Ben Grocholsky, & Vijay Kumar. (2004). Formations for localization of robot networks. 3369–3374 Vol.4. 19 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben, et al.. (2004). UAV and UGV Collaboration for Active Ground Feature Search and Localization. 23 indexed citations
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Chaimowicz, Luiz, Ben Grocholsky, James F. Keller, Vijay Kumar, & Camillo J. Taylor. (2004). Experiments in multirobot air-ground coordination. 4053–4058 Vol.4. 41 indexed citations
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Makarenko, Alexei, Tobias Kaupp, Ben Grocholsky, & Hugh Durrant‐Whyte. (2004). Human-robot interactions in active sensor networks. 1. 247–252. 7 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben, Alexei Makarenko, & Hugh Durrant‐Whyte. (2004). Information-theoretic coordinated control of multiple sensor platforms. 1. 1521–1526. 128 indexed citations
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Makarenko, Alexei, Alex Brooks, Stefan B. Williams, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, & Ben Grocholsky. (2004). A decentralized architecture for Active Sensor Networks. 1097–1102 Vol.2. 31 indexed citations
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Bourgault, Frédéric, Alexei Makarenko, Stefan B. Williams, Ben Grocholsky, & Hugh Durrant‐Whyte. (2003). Information based adaptive robotic exploration. 1. 540–545. 309 indexed citations
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Durrant‐Whyte, Hugh & Ben Grocholsky. (2003). Management and control in decentralised networks. 23. 560–566. 8 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben. (2002). Information-Theoretic Control of Multiple Sensor Platforms. The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney). 161 indexed citations
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Grocholsky, Ben, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, & Peter W. Gibbens. (2000). <title>Information-theoretic approach to decentralized control of multiple autonomous flight vehicles</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4196. 348–359. 24 indexed citations
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Sukkarieh, Salah, et al.. (2000). A Low-Cost, Redundant Inertial Measurement Unit for Unmanned Air Vehicles. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 19(11). 1089–1103. 69 indexed citations

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