E. Steltz

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

E. Steltz is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Steltz has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in E. Steltz's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (8 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (6 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (6 papers). E. Steltz is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (8 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (6 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (6 papers). E. Steltz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. E. Steltz's co-authors include Ronald S. Fearing, Annan Mozeika, Heinrich M. Jaeger, Eric Brown, Robert J. Wood, Hod Lipson, John R. Amend, M. R. Zakin, S. Avadhanula and Ranjana Sahai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sensors and Actuators A Physical and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

In The Last Decade

E. Steltz

19 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granula... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 400 800 1.2k
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. Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material
    2010 1.2k citations Eric Brown, John R. Amend et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
E. Steltz United States 15 1.8k 1.2k 731 580 561 19 2.5k
Je‐Sung Koh South Korea 31 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 464 0.6× 611 1.1× 490 0.9× 91 3.3k
Matthew Spenko United States 27 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 792 1.1× 181 0.3× 611 1.1× 100 4.1k
Michael Karpelson United States 15 1.5k 0.8× 984 0.8× 321 0.4× 745 1.3× 636 1.1× 23 2.3k
Hugo Rodrigue South Korea 29 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 422 0.6× 435 0.8× 250 0.4× 91 3.0k
Jianguo Zhao United States 27 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 702 1.0× 318 0.5× 358 0.6× 110 2.4k
Deepak Trivedi United States 9 2.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 905 1.2× 579 1.0× 128 0.2× 21 2.4k
Robert K. Katzschmann Switzerland 24 2.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 888 1.5× 307 0.5× 78 3.7k
Stefano Mintchev Switzerland 27 869 0.5× 743 0.6× 446 0.6× 239 0.4× 935 1.7× 62 2.3k
Elliot W. Hawkes United States 44 4.0k 2.2× 2.9k 2.4× 1.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 556 1.0× 106 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by E. Steltz

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Fields of papers citing papers by E. Steltz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Steltz

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Steltz, E., et al.. (2010). Jamming as an enabling technology for soft robotics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7642. 764225–764225. 83 indexed citations
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Brown, Eric, John R. Amend, Annan Mozeika, et al.. (2010). Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(44). 18809–18814. 1201 indexed citations breakdown →
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Steltz, E. & Ronald S. Fearing. (2009). Dynamometer Power Output Measurements of Miniature Piezoelectric Actuators. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 14(1). 1–10. 26 indexed citations
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Mozeika, Annan, E. Steltz, & Heinrich M. Jaeger. (2009). The first steps of a robot based on jamming skin enabled locomotion. 408–409. 12 indexed citations
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Steltz, E., et al.. (2009). JSEL: Jamming Skin Enabled Locomotion. 5672–5677. 168 indexed citations
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Steltz, E.. (2008). Redesign of the Micromechanical Flying Insect in a Power Density Context. UC Berkeley. 5 indexed citations
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Hoover, Aaron M., E. Steltz, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2008). RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot. 26–33. 180 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert J., S. Avadhanula, Ranjana Sahai, E. Steltz, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2008). Microrobot Design Using Fiber Reinforced Composites. Journal of Mechanical Design. 130(5). 294 indexed citations
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Steltz, E., S. Avadhanula, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2007). High lift force with 275 Hz wing beat in MFI. 3987–3992. 51 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert J., S. Avadhanula, E. Steltz, et al.. (2007). An Autonomous Palm-Sized Gliding Micro Air Vehicle. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 14(2). 82–91. 30 indexed citations
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Steltz, E. & Ronald S. Fearing. (2007). Dynamometer power output measurements of piezoelectric actuators. 288. 3980–3986. 13 indexed citations
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Steltz, E., Robert J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2006). Characterization of the Micromechanical Flying Insect by Optical Position Sensing. 1252–1257. 14 indexed citations
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Sahai, Ranjana, S. Avadhanula, Richard E. Groff, et al.. (2006). Towards a 3g crawling robot through the integration of microrobot technologies. 296–302. 49 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert J., E. Steltz, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2006). Nonlinear Performance Limits for High Energy Density Piezoelectric Bending Actuators. 3633–3640. 53 indexed citations
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Steltz, E., et al.. (2006). Power Electronics Design Choice for Piezoelectric Microrobots. 1322–1328. 67 indexed citations
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Sahai, Ranjana, E. Steltz, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2006). Carbon Fiber Components with Integrated Wiring for Millirobot Prototyping. 1258–1263. 5 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert J., S. Avadhanula, E. Steltz, et al.. (2005). Design, fabrication and initial results of a 2g autonomous glider. 29 indexed citations
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Avadhanula, S., Robert J. Wood, E. Steltz, J. Yan, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2004). Lift force improvements for the micromechanical flying insect. 2. 1350–1356. 52 indexed citations
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Wood, Robert J., E. Steltz, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2004). Optimal energy density piezoelectric bending actuators. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 119(2). 476–488. 215 indexed citations

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