Dylan Drotman

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 803 citations indexed

About

Dylan Drotman is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dylan Drotman has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 803 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Dylan Drotman's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (9 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (4 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (3 papers). Dylan Drotman is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (9 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (4 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (3 papers). Dylan Drotman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Dylan Drotman's co-authors include Michael T. Tolley, Saurabh Jadhav, David Sharp, Mahmood Karimi, Benjamin Shih, Ruffin White, Caleb Christianson, Henrik I. Christensen, Yueqi Wang and Eliah Aronoff‐Spencer and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Science Robotics and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

In The Last Decade

Dylan Drotman

12 papers receiving 792 citations

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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.

Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots

2021 298 citations Dylan Drotman, Saurabh Jadhav et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dylan Drotman United States	8	705	401	245	196	41	12	803
Conor J. Walsh United States	5	832 1.2×	399 1.0×	198 0.8×	247 1.3×	23 0.6×	8	934
Xinquan Liang Singapore	14	721 1.0×	285 0.7×	150 0.6×	218 1.1×	22 0.5×	18	796
Saurabh Jadhav United States	10	819 1.2×	457 1.1×	257 1.0×	234 1.2×	64 1.6×	18	1.0k
Yangqiao Lin China	12	628 0.9×	417 1.0×	211 0.9×	115 0.6×	23 0.6×	19	748
Erik H. Skorina United States	15	643 0.9×	366 0.9×	154 0.6×	213 1.1×	23 0.6×	25	709
Yanqiong Fei China	14	571 0.8×	311 0.8×	128 0.5×	300 1.5×	22 0.5×	49	742
Markus P. Nemitz United States	15	799 1.1×	607 1.5×	347 1.4×	128 0.7×	95 2.3×	29	1.0k
Utku Çulha Switzerland	12	676 1.0×	301 0.8×	132 0.5×	297 1.5×	17 0.4×	18	785
Matheus S. Xavier Australia	11	562 0.8×	339 0.8×	109 0.4×	212 1.1×	23 0.6×	13	682
Sina Sareh United Kingdom	15	626 0.9×	247 0.6×	110 0.4×	189 1.0×	24 0.6×	34	829

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dylan Drotman

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Glick, Paul E., et al.. (2022). Branching Vine Robots for Unmapped Environments. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 9. 838913–838913. 7 indexed citations

2.

Drotman, Dylan, et al.. (2022). Anisotropic Forces for a Worm-Inspired Digging Robot. 261–266. 9 indexed citations

3.

Drotman, Dylan, et al.. (2021). Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots. Science Robotics. 6(51). 298 indexed citations breakdown →

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Glick, Paul E., Dylan Drotman, Donald Ruffatto, & Michael T. Tolley. (2020). High Strength Inflatable Pouch Anchors. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(3). 3761–3767. 4 indexed citations

5.

Drotman, Dylan, et al.. (2019). Design and Parameter Optimization of a 3-PSR Parallel Mechanism for Replicating Wave and Boat Motion. 7955–7961. 5 indexed citations

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Drotman, Dylan, et al.. (2019). Morphing Structure for Changing Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Soft Underwater Walking Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(4). 4163–4169. 50 indexed citations

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Drotman, Dylan, et al.. (2018). Application-Driven Design of Soft, 3-D Printed, Pneumatic Actuators With Bellows. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 24(1). 78–87. 135 indexed citations

8.

Wang, Yueqi, Benjamin Shih, Dylan Drotman, et al.. (2017). Differential pressure control of 3D printed soft fluidic actuators. 6207–6213. 62 indexed citations

9.

Shih, Benjamin, Dylan Drotman, Caleb Christianson, et al.. (2017). Custom soft robotic gripper sensor skins for haptic object visualization. 494–501. 73 indexed citations

10.

Drotman, Dylan, et al.. (2017). 3D printed soft actuators for a legged robot capable of navigating unstructured terrain. 5532–5538. 147 indexed citations

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Drotman, Dylan, Mamadou Diagne, Robert R. Bitmead, & Miroslav Krstić. (2016). Control-Oriented Energy-Based Modeling of a Screw Extruder Used for 3D Printing. 11 indexed citations

12.

Drotman, Dylan. (2015). Design of a Screw Extruder for Additive Manufacturing. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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