Neil Abcouwer

565 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 431 citations indexed

About

Neil Abcouwer is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Abcouwer has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 431 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Neil Abcouwer's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (5 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (5 papers). Neil Abcouwer is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (5 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (5 papers). Neil Abcouwer collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Australia. Neil Abcouwer's co-authors include Aaron Parness, Christine Fuller, Mark R. Cutkosky, Christopher J. Ploch, Shiquan Wang, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Hao Jiang, Elliot W. Hawkes, Matthew A. Estrada and Amy Kyungwon Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Robotics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and Astrobiology.

In The Last Decade

Neil Abcouwer

10 papers receiving 416 citations

Hit Papers

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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. A robotic device using gecko-inspired adhesives can grasp and manipulate large objects in microgravity
    2017 257 citations Hao Jiang, Elliot W. Hawkes et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers

Neil Abcouwer
Christine Fuller United States
Matthew A. Estrada United States
No-Cheol Park South Korea
Kalind Carpenter United States
Lien-Wen Chen Taiwan
William R. T. Roderick United States
Luther R. Palmer United States
Patrick Rougeot France
Sun-Pill Jung South Korea
Bing Ju China
Christine Fuller United States
Neil Abcouwer
Citations per year, relative to Neil Abcouwer Neil Abcouwer (= 1×) peers Christine Fuller

Countries citing papers authored by Neil Abcouwer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Abcouwer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Neil Abcouwer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Neil Abcouwer. The network helps show where Neil Abcouwer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Abcouwer

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Maimone, Mark, et al.. (2023). These Wheels Are Made for Arc-ing: Two New Mobility Commands to Improve Wheel Wear Outcomes. 1–12. 1 indexed citations
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Daftry, Shreyansh, et al.. (2022). MLNav: Learning to Safely Navigate on Martian Terrains. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(2). 5461–5468. 16 indexed citations
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Litwin, Todd, et al.. (2022). Testing Mars 2020 Flight Software and Hardware in the Surface System Development Environment. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 1–13. 9 indexed citations
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Abcouwer, Neil, et al.. (2021). Machine Learning Based Path Planning for Improved Rover Navigation. 1–9. 13 indexed citations
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Uckert, Kyle, Aaron Parness, N. J. Chanover, et al.. (2020). Investigating Habitability with an Integrated Rock-Climbing Robot and Astrobiology Instrument Suite. Astrobiology. 20(12). 1427–1449. 20 indexed citations
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Uckert, Kyle, Aaron Parness, N. J. Chanover, et al.. (2018). An Investigation of a Terrestrial Lava Tube with an Instrument Payload Integrated with the LEMUR Rock-Climbing Robot. AGUFM. 2018.
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Mukherjee, Rudranarayan, Neil Abcouwer, Johannes Größ, et al.. (2018). Testbeds and technologies for potential Mars orbital sample capture and manipulation. 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Hao, Elliot W. Hawkes, Christine Fuller, et al.. (2017). A robotic device using gecko-inspired adhesives can grasp and manipulate large objects in microgravity. Science Robotics. 2(7). 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mukherjee, Rudranarayan, et al.. (2017). Technologies for mars on-orbit robotic sample capture and transfer concept. 73. 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Parness, Aaron, et al.. (2017). LEMUR 3: A limbed climbing robot for extreme terrain mobility in space. 5467–5473. 112 indexed citations
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Uckert, Kyle, N. J. Chanover, David Voelz, et al.. (2015). Near-IR Reflectance Spectroscopy in a Lava Tube Cave from a Robotic Platform. 1883(1903). 2671. 1 indexed citations

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