Mihail Pivtoraiko

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mihail Pivtoraiko is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mihail Pivtoraiko has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 6 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mihail Pivtoraiko's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (18 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (11 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (3 papers). Mihail Pivtoraiko is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (18 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (11 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (3 papers). Mihail Pivtoraiko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Mihail Pivtoraiko's co-authors include Alonzo Kelly, Ross A. Knepper, Matthew Klingensmith, J. Andrew Bagnell, Christopher M. Dellin, Nathan Ratliff, Matt Zucker, Anca D. Dragan, Siddhartha S Srinivasa and Thomas M. Howard 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

Mihail Pivtoraiko

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

CHOMP: Covariant Hamiltonian optimization for motion plan... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. CHOMP: Covariant Hamiltonian optimization for motion planning
    2013 470 citations Matt Zucker, Nathan Ratliff et al. The International Journal of Robotics Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mihail Pivtoraiko United States 12 1.0k 604 505 241 195 19 1.3k
Matt Zucker United States 11 1.2k 1.2× 878 1.5× 588 1.2× 127 0.5× 267 1.4× 15 1.6k
Gregor Klančar Slovenia 17 759 0.7× 812 1.3× 274 0.5× 159 0.7× 136 0.7× 68 1.2k
W.S. Wijesoma Singapore 16 518 0.5× 382 0.6× 432 0.9× 285 1.2× 269 1.4× 67 1.2k
Robert Bohlin Sweden 14 768 0.7× 525 0.9× 380 0.8× 77 0.3× 123 0.6× 58 1.2k
Sergei Lupashin Switzerland 15 578 0.6× 586 1.0× 636 1.3× 108 0.4× 116 0.6× 19 1.2k
Kwangjin Yang South Korea 12 735 0.7× 594 1.0× 512 1.0× 143 0.6× 58 0.3× 25 1.1k
Mohamed Elbanhawi Australia 10 747 0.7× 537 0.9× 406 0.8× 408 1.7× 81 0.4× 15 1.2k
A. Jagadeesh India 9 733 0.7× 368 0.6× 331 0.7× 83 0.3× 202 1.0× 13 987
Boyu Zhou Hong Kong 16 1.3k 1.3× 377 0.6× 1.2k 2.3× 190 0.8× 155 0.8× 46 1.8k
Hsu‐Chih Huang Taiwan 19 568 0.5× 764 1.3× 168 0.3× 98 0.4× 234 1.2× 55 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mihail Pivtoraiko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Bhattacharya, Subhrajit & Mihail Pivtoraiko. (2014). A Classification of Configuration Spaces of Planar Robot Arms for a Continuous Inverse Kinematics Problem. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae. 139(1). 133–166. 3 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas M., Mihail Pivtoraiko, Ross A. Knepper, & Alonzo Kelly. (2014). Model-Predictive Motion Planning: Several Key Developments for Autonomous Mobile Robots. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 21(1). 64–73. 78 indexed citations
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Keller, James F., Dinesh Thakur, Vladimir Dobrokhodov, et al.. (2013). A Computationally Efficient Approach to Trajectory Management for Coordinated Aerial Surveillance. Unmanned Systems. 1(1). 59–74. 25 indexed citations
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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
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Zucker, Matt, Nathan Ratliff, Anca D. Dragan, et al.. (2013). CHOMP: Covariant Hamiltonian optimization for motion planning. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 32(9-10). 1164–1193. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Das, Aveek, Dinesh Thakur, James F. Keller, et al.. (2013). R-MASTIF: robotic mobile autonomous system for threat interrogation and object fetch. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8662. 86620O–86620O. 2 indexed citations
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Bagnell, J. Andrew, Lei Cui, Martial Hebert, et al.. (2012). An integrated system for autonomous robotics manipulation. Figshare. 2955–2962. 71 indexed citations
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Kelly, Alonzo & Mihail Pivtoraiko. (2012). Differentially constrained motion planning with state lattice motion primitives. 11 indexed citations
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Nesnas, Issa, et al.. (2011). Autonomous rover traverse and precise arm placement on remotely designated targets. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 13. 2190–2197. 3 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail & Alonzo Kelly. (2011). Kinodynamic motion planning with state lattice motion primitives. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2172–2179. 70 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail & Alonzo Kelly. (2011). Kinodynamic motion planning with state lattice motion primitives. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 4 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail, et al.. (2010). Path Set Relaxation for Mobile Robot Navigation. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 5 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail, Ross A. Knepper, & Alonzo Kelly. (2009). Differentially constrained mobile robot motion planning in state lattices. Journal of Field Robotics. 26(3). 308–333. 272 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail, Issa Nesnas, & Alonzo Kelly. (2009). Autonomous robot navigation using advanced motion primitives. 1–7. 11 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail & Alonzo Kelly. (2008). Differentially constrained motion replanning using state lattices with graduated fidelity. 2611–2616. 21 indexed citations
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Kwak, Jun-young, Mihail Pivtoraiko, & Reid Simmons. (2007). Combining Cost and Reliability for Rough Terrain Navigation. 5 indexed citations
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Brat, Guillaume, Ewen Denney, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, et al.. (2006). A Robust Compositional Architecture for Autonomous Systems. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2477. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail & Alonzo Kelly. (2005). Efficient Constrained Path Planning via Search in State Lattices. 603. 33. 71 indexed citations
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Pivtoraiko, Mihail & Alonzo Kelly. (2005). Generating near minimal spanning control sets for constrained motion planning in discrete state spaces. 3231–3237. 80 indexed citations

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