Mark Yim

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
180 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Mark Yim is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Yim has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 66 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 57 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark Yim's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (118 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (43 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (39 papers). Mark Yim is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (118 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (43 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (39 papers). Mark Yim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Hong Kong. Mark Yim's co-authors include D.G. Duff, Kimon Roufas, Hod Lipson, Eric Klavins, Behnam Salemi, Gregory S. Chirikjian, Mark Moll, Wei‐Min Shen, Daniela Rus and Craig Eldershaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Journal of Affective Disorders and Vision Research.

In The Last Decade

Mark Yim

174 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems [Grand Challeng... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2007 2002 200 400 600
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. Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems [Grand Challenges of Robotics]
    2007 712 citations Mark Yim, Wei‐Min Shen et al. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine profile →
  2. PolyBot: a modular reconfigurable robot
    2002 473 citations Mark Yim et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Yim United States 35 4.4k 2.1k 1.8k 1.5k 1.2k 180 5.6k
Eiichi Yoshida Japan 32 1.9k 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 671 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 575 0.5× 244 4.2k
Vijay Kumar United States 28 795 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 363 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 555 0.5× 73 3.7k
Shugen Ma Japan 31 2.0k 0.5× 3.0k 1.4× 294 0.2× 2.3k 1.5× 183 0.2× 411 4.5k
Fumitoshi Matsuno Japan 40 1.8k 0.4× 2.0k 0.9× 149 0.1× 3.4k 2.3× 768 0.7× 437 6.0k
Chien Chern Cheah Singapore 35 1.1k 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 182 0.1× 2.6k 1.8× 762 0.7× 182 4.2k
Kohji Tomita Japan 21 1.9k 0.4× 807 0.4× 909 0.5× 428 0.3× 539 0.5× 100 2.2k
Oliver Brock Germany 38 1.2k 0.3× 2.4k 1.2× 180 0.1× 3.2k 2.2× 564 0.5× 139 6.0k
Han Ding China 51 6.2k 1.4× 4.4k 2.1× 313 0.2× 3.7k 2.5× 241 0.2× 394 10.4k
Shigeo Hirose Japan 33 2.0k 0.5× 3.7k 1.8× 253 0.1× 2.4k 1.6× 142 0.1× 303 5.0k
P.K. Khosla United States 33 1.2k 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 172 0.1× 1.7k 1.1× 297 0.3× 107 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Yim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Yim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Yim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Yim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Yim 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 Mark Yim. Mark Yim 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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Yim, Mark, et al.. (2025). Design of nondeterministic architected structures via bioinspired distributed agents. Science Advances. 11(20). eadu8260–eadu8260.
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Lee, Jungho, Li Xu, L. Hanson, et al.. (2025). Microscopic robots that sense, think, act, and compute. Science Robotics. 10(109). eadu8009–eadu8009.
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Seo, TaeWon, et al.. (2024). Compliant Spherical Joint Design for Reconfiguration of Variable Topology Truss. 500–505. 1 indexed citations
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Steager, Edward B., et al.. (2023). Autonomous 3D Position Control for a Safe Single Motor Micro Aerial Vehicle. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(6). 3566–3573. 2 indexed citations
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Yim, Mark, et al.. (2022). A Linking Invariant for Truss Robot Motion Planning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(2). 1424–1430. 6 indexed citations
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Sung, Cynthia, Robert MacCurdy, Stelian Coros, & Mark Yim. (2021). Computational Robot Design and Customization. Robotica. 41(1). 1–2. 4 indexed citations
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Campbell, Matthew F., et al.. (2021). Carbon fiber–aluminum sandwich for micro-aerial vehicles and miniature robots. MRS Advances. 6(19). 477–481.
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Yim, Mark, et al.. (2021). Dynamic Grasping for Object Picking Using Passive Zero-DOF End-Effectors. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(2). 3089–3096. 8 indexed citations
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Campbell, Matthew F., et al.. (2020). Microfabricated Foldable Wings for Centimeter-Scale Microflyers. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 29(5). 1127–1129. 4 indexed citations
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Park, Soomin, et al.. (2019). Optimization-Based Nonimpact Rolling Locomotion of a Variable Geometry Truss. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 747–752. 20 indexed citations
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Tosun, Tarik, et al.. (2019). Optimal Structure Synthesis for Environment Augmenting Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 1069–1076. 2 indexed citations
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Yim, Mark, et al.. (2018). Robotic Edge-Rolling Manipulation: A Grasp Planning Approach. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(4). 3137–3144. 14 indexed citations
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Jing, Gangyuan, et al.. (2018). An integrated system for perception-driven autonomy with modular robots. Science Robotics. 3(23). 80 indexed citations
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Arney, David, et al.. (2010). Model-Based Programming of Modular Robots. 66–74. 2 indexed citations
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Park, Michael & Mark Yim. (2009). Distributed control and communication fault tolerance for the CKBot. 682–688. 20 indexed citations
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White, Paul & Mark Yim. (2007). Scalable modular self-reconfigurable robots using external actuation. 2773–2778. 32 indexed citations
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Yim, Mark, Wei‐Min Shen, Behnam Salemi, et al.. (2007). Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 14(1). 43–52. 155 indexed citations
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Yim, Mark. (2006). Astronauts Must Program Robots.. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 59–63. 6 indexed citations
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Yim, Mark, et al.. (2004). An xml-based scripting language for chain-type modular robotic systems. 6 indexed citations
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Yim, Mark, et al.. (2000). Eat, sleep, robotics. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks. 245–292. 1 indexed citations

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