Nathan Michael

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
113 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Nathan Michael is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Michael has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 50 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 49 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nathan Michael's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (53 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (39 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (34 papers). Nathan Michael is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (53 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (39 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (34 papers). Nathan Michael collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Japan. Nathan Michael's co-authors include Vijay Kumar, Daniel Mellinger, Shaojie Shen, Jonathan Fink, Matthew Turpin, Quentin Lindsey, Micah Corah, Yash Mulgaonkar, Vijay Kumar and Koushil Sreenath and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, The International Journal of Robotics Research and IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Michael

112 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2012 2010 2010 2012 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. Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive maneuvers with quadrotors
    2012 631 citations Daniel Mellinger, Nathan Michael et al. profile →
  2. The GRASP Multiple Micro-UAV Testbed
    2010 574 citations Nathan Michael, Daniel Mellinger et al. profile →
  3. Cooperative manipulation and transportation with aerial robots
    2010 467 citations Nathan Michael et al. Autonomous Robots profile →
  4. Opportunities and challenges with autonomous micro aerial vehicles
    2012 338 citations Vijay Kumar, Nathan Michael profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Michael United States 37 3.5k 3.4k 2.2k 2.0k 773 113 6.3k
Timothy W. McLain United States 35 4.5k 1.3× 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 363 0.5× 152 7.1k
Ben M. Chen Singapore 48 2.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 5.4k 2.7× 1.0k 1.3× 458 9.3k
Camillo J. Taylor United States 31 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 551 0.7× 104 4.6k
Steven L. Waslander Canada 34 3.4k 1.0× 3.2k 0.9× 905 0.4× 2.1k 1.0× 271 0.4× 145 6.6k
Kostas Alexis United States 39 3.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 705 0.3× 1.8k 0.9× 435 0.6× 138 5.1k
Dongbing Gu United Kingdom 36 1.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 369 0.5× 231 4.5k
Sertaç Karaman United States 41 2.3k 0.7× 4.4k 1.3× 887 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 390 0.5× 173 7.0k
H. Jin Kim South Korea 38 2.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 915 0.4× 2.4k 1.2× 596 0.8× 216 5.3k
Gregory Dudek Canada 37 2.4k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 628 0.3× 863 1.1× 269 5.4k
Raffaello D’Andrea Switzerland 53 3.2k 0.9× 3.2k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 5.8k 2.9× 1.5k 2.0× 249 10.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Nathan Michael

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Michael

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Michael

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michael, Nathan, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical Collision Avoidance for Adaptive-Speed Multirotor Teleoperation. 1 indexed citations
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Michael, Nathan, et al.. (2020). Data Driven Online Multi-Robot Formation Planning. 11638–11643. 2 indexed citations
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Corah, Micah, et al.. (2019). Communication-Efficient Planning and Mapping for Multi-Robot Exploration in Large Environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 1715–1721. 66 indexed citations
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Michael, Nathan, et al.. (2018). On-Manifold GMM Registration. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(4). 3805–3812. 22 indexed citations
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Michael, Nathan, et al.. (2018). Variable Resolution Occupancy Mapping Using Gaussian Mixture Models. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 2015–2022. 39 indexed citations
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Desaraju, Vishnu R. & Nathan Michael. (2016). Experience-driven Predictive Control. 29–37. 5 indexed citations
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Shankar, Kumar Shaurya & Nathan Michael. (2016). Robust direct visual odometry using mutual information. 3. 9–14. 4 indexed citations
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Corah, Micah, et al.. (2016). Computationally efficient information-theoretic exploration of pits and caves. 3722–3727. 26 indexed citations
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Shen, Shaojie, Nathan Michael, & Vijay Kumar. (2015). Tightly-coupled monocular visual-inertial fusion for autonomous flight of rotorcraft MAVs. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 5303–5310. 167 indexed citations
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Menegatti, Emanuele, Nathan Michael, Karsten Berns, & Hiroaki Yamaguchi. (2015). Intelligent Autonomous Systems 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference IAS-13. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 30 indexed citations
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Desaraju, Vishnu R., Nathan Michael, Martin Humenberger, et al.. (2015). Vision-based landing site evaluation and informed optimal trajectory generation toward autonomous rooftop landing. Autonomous Robots. 39(3). 445–463. 23 indexed citations
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Indelman, Vadim, Nathan Michael, & Frank Dellaert. (2014). Incremental Distributed Robust Inference from Arbitrary Robot Poses via EM and Model Selection. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Sreenath, Koushil, Nathan Michael, & Vijay Kumar. (2013). Trajectory generation and control of a quadrotor with a cable-suspended load - A differentially-flat hybrid system. 4888–4895. 211 indexed citations
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Shen, Shaojie & Nathan Michael. (2012). State Estimation for Indoor and Outdoor Operation with a Micro-Aerial Vehicle.. 273–288. 10 indexed citations
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Turpin, Matthew, Nathan Michael, & Vijay Kumar. (2012). Decentralized formation control with variable shapes for aerial robots. 23–30. 106 indexed citations
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Schwager, Mac, Nathan Michael, Vijay Kumar, & Daniela Rus. (2011). Time scales and stability in networked multi-robot systems. 3855–3862. 15 indexed citations
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Stump, Ethan, Nathan Michael, Vijay Kumar, & Volkan Isler. (2011). Visibility-based deployment of robot formations for communication maintenance. 4498–4505. 36 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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Michael, Nathan, Michael M. Zavlanos, Vijay Kumar, & George J. Pappas. (2008). Distributed multi-robot task assignment and formation control. 128–133. 163 indexed citations
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Michael, Nathan & Vijay Kumar. (2008). Controlling Shapes of Ensembles of Robots of Finite Size with Nonholonomic Constraints. 21 indexed citations

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