Daniel Mellinger

6.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
17 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel Mellinger is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Mellinger has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 9 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Daniel Mellinger's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (9 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (5 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (5 papers). Daniel Mellinger is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (9 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (5 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (5 papers). Daniel Mellinger collaborates with scholars based in United States. Daniel Mellinger's co-authors include Vijay Kumar, Nathan Michael, Quentin Lindsey, Alex Kushleyev, Michael Shomin, Vijay Kumar, A. Kushleyev, Mihail Pivtoraiko, Mark Yim and Qimi Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, Autonomous Robots and IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Mellinger

17 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Minimum snap trajectory generation and control for quadro... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2012 2010 2011 2013 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Mellinger United States 14 2.5k 2.4k 2.0k 1.1k 431 17 4.3k
Kostas Alexis United States 39 2.9k 1.2× 3.4k 1.4× 1.8k 0.9× 705 0.7× 435 1.0× 138 5.1k
Camillo J. Taylor United States 31 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 551 1.3× 104 4.6k
Fei Gao China 31 3.0k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 957 0.5× 587 0.6× 223 0.5× 142 4.1k
Nathan Michael United States 37 3.4k 1.4× 3.5k 1.5× 2.0k 1.0× 2.2k 2.1× 773 1.8× 113 6.3k
Samir Bouabdallah Switzerland 18 1.3k 0.5× 2.2k 1.0× 3.5k 1.7× 901 0.9× 281 0.7× 30 4.5k
Antonio Franchi France 35 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 1.2k 2.8× 142 4.3k
Martin Saska Czechia 32 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 797 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 314 0.7× 171 3.3k
Giuseppe Loianno United States 31 1.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 855 0.4× 687 0.6× 271 0.6× 114 3.1k
David Hyunchul Shim South Korea 34 2.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 803 0.8× 138 0.3× 193 4.0k
Dave Ferguson United States 36 3.8k 1.5× 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 527 0.5× 439 1.0× 59 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Mellinger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Mellinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel Mellinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel Mellinger 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 Daniel Mellinger. Daniel Mellinger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail, Daniel Mellinger, & Vijay Kumar. (2013). Incremental micro-UAV motion replanning for exploring unknown environments. 2452–2458. 44 indexed citations
2.
Kushleyev, Alex, et al.. (2013). Towards a swarm of agile micro quadrotors. Autonomous Robots. 35(4). 287–300. 291 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Mellinger, Daniel. (2012). Trajectory generation and control for quadrotors. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 53 indexed citations
4.
Mellinger, Daniel, Nathan Michael, & Vijay Kumar. (2012). Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive maneuvers with quadrotors. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 31(5). 664–674. 631 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mellinger, Daniel, Alex Kushleyev, & Vijay Kumar. (2012). Mixed-integer quadratic program trajectory generation for heterogeneous quadrotor teams. 477–483. 200 indexed citations
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Lindsey, Quentin, Daniel Mellinger, & Vijay Kumar. (2012). Construction with quadrotor teams. Autonomous Robots. 33(3). 323–336. 166 indexed citations
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Kushleyev, A., Vijay Kumar, & Daniel Mellinger. (2012). Towards A Swarm of Agile Micro Quadrotors. 63 indexed citations
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Mellinger, Daniel, Quentin Lindsey, Michael Shomin, & Vijay Kumar. (2011). Design, modeling, estimation and control for aerial grasping and manipulation. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2668–2673. 306 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lindsey, Quentin, Daniel Mellinger, & Vijay Kumar. (2011). Construction of Cubic Structures with Quadrotor Teams. 198 indexed citations
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Mellinger, Daniel & Vijay Kumar. (2011). Minimum snap trajectory generation and control for quadrotors. 2520–2525. 1592 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mellinger, Daniel, Nathan Michael, Michael Shomin, & Vijay Kumar. (2011). Recent advances in quadrotor capabilities. 2964–2965. 35 indexed citations
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Jiang, Qimi, et al.. (2011). Analysis and Synthesis of Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles. 711–720. 5 indexed citations
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Michael, Nathan, Daniel Mellinger, Quentin Lindsey, & Vijay Kumar. (2010). Experimental Evaluation of Multirobot Aerial Control Algorithms. 8 indexed citations
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Mellinger, Daniel & Vijay Kumar. (2010). Control and planning for vehicles with uncertainty in dynamics. 16. 960–965. 9 indexed citations
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Michael, Nathan, Daniel Mellinger, Quentin Lindsey, & Vijay Kumar. (2010). The GRASP Multiple Micro-UAV Testbed. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 17(3). 56–65. 574 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mellinger, Daniel, Michael Shomin, & Vijay Kumar. (2010). Control of Quadrotors for Robust Perching and Landing. 95 indexed citations
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Mellinger, Daniel, Vijay Kumar, & Mark Yim. (2009). Control of locomotion with shape-changing wheels. 1750–1755. 14 indexed citations

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