Sawyer B. Fuller

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sawyer B. Fuller is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sawyer B. Fuller has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sawyer B. Fuller's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (31 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (13 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers). Sawyer B. Fuller is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (31 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (13 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers). Sawyer B. Fuller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Hong Kong. Sawyer B. Fuller's co-authors include Robert J. Wood, Pakpong Chirarattananon, Y. Kevin, Joseph M. Jacobson, Eric Wilhelm, Neville E. Sanjana, Vikram Iyer, Richard M. Murray, Shyamnath Gollakota and Matthew Spenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sawyer B. Fuller

46 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

2013 843 citations Pakpong Chirarattananon, Sawyer B. Fuller et al. profile →
Ink-jet printed nanoparticle microelectromechanical systems

2002 476 citations Sawyer B. Fuller, Eric Wilhelm et al. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems profile →
Perching and takeoff of a robotic insect on overhangs using switchable electrostatic adhesion

2016 279 citations Pakpong Chirarattananon, Sawyer B. Fuller et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sawyer B. Fuller

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sawyer B. Fuller

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A review on flapping-wing robots: Recent progress and challenges 2025 ·The International Journal of Robotics Research ·Saeed Rafee Nekoo, Ramy Rashad, Christophe De Wagter, Sawyer B. Fuller, Guido de Croon, Stefano Stramigioli, (unknown)	2
2	Modeling and LQR control of insect sized flapping wing robot 2025 ·(unknown), Kadierdan Kaheman, Sawyer B. Fuller	2
3	Editorial journal inauguration-npj Robotics 2023 ·Guido de Croon, Chiara Bartolozzi, Sawyer B. Fuller, Jens Kober, Yong‐Lae Park, Nitin J. Sanket	1
4	Solar-powered shape-changing origami microfliers 2023 ·Science Robotics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alberto Aliseda, Sawyer B. Fuller, Vikram Iyer, Shyamnath Gollakota	33
5	Toward Sub-Gram Helicopters: Designing a Miniaturized Flybar for Passive Stability 2023 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Adriana Schulz, Sawyer B. Fuller, Vikram Iyer	2
6	Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots 2022 ·Science Robotics ·Guido de Croon, Julien Dupeyroux, Sawyer B. Fuller, James A. R. Marshall	76
7	A gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control and wind sensing system for 10-mg robots 2022 ·Science Robotics ·Sawyer B. Fuller, (unknown), (unknown)	22
8	Yaw Control of a Hovering Flapping-Wing Aerial Vehicle With a Passive Wing Hinge 2021 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), Sawyer B. Fuller	21
9	The Python Control Systems Library (python-control) 2021 ·2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) ·Sawyer B. Fuller, (unknown), Jason K. Moore, Richard M. Murray, M. M. van Paassen, (unknown)	20
10	Toward battery-free flight: Duty cycled recharging of small drones 2021 ·2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) ·(unknown), (unknown), Vikram Iyer, Sawyer B. Fuller	18
11	A laser-microfabricated electrohydrodynamic thruster for centimeter-scale aerial robots 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Igor Novosselov, Sawyer B. Fuller	14
12	Wireless steerable vision for live insects and insect-scale robots 2020 ·Science Robotics ·Vikram Iyer, Ali Najafi, (unknown), Sawyer B. Fuller, Shyamnath Gollakota	76
13	A Device for Rapid, Automated Trimming of Insect-Sized Flying Robots 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Sawyer B. Fuller	22
14	A bio-hybrid odor-guided autonomous palm-sized air vehicle 2020 ·Bioinspiration & Biomimetics ·(unknown), (unknown), Timothy K. Horiuchi, Sawyer B. Fuller, Thomas L. Daniel	45
15	Rapid Inertial Reorientation of an Aerial Insect-sized Robot Using a Piezo-actuated Tail 2019 ·Avinash Kumar Singh, Thomas Libby, Sawyer B. Fuller	9
16	An Insect-Sized Robot That Uses a Custom-Built Onboard Camera and a Neural Network to Classify and Respond to Visual Input 2018 ·Sivakumar Balasubramanian, (unknown), (unknown), Geoffrey L. Barrows, Sawyer B. Fuller	14
17	Rotating the heading angle of underactuated flapping-wing flyers by wriggle-steering 2015 ·Sawyer B. Fuller, John P. Whitney, Robert J. Wood	5
18	A hovering flapping-wing microrobot with altitude control and passive upright stability 2012 ·(unknown), Sawyer B. Fuller, Pakpong Chirarattananon, (unknown), (unknown), Robert J. Wood	76
19	A fast flexible ink-jet printing method for patterning dissociated neurons in culture 2004 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Neville E. Sanjana, Sawyer B. Fuller	174
20	Ink-jet printed nanoparticle microelectromechanical systems breakdown → 2002 ·Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems ·Sawyer B. Fuller, Eric Wilhelm, Joseph M. Jacobson	476

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