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Citations
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World Ranking
743
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory and practice of robotics and intelligent systems

Overview

Daniel E. Koditschek is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans primarily engineering and computer science, with significant contributions in biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, artificial intelligence, mechanical engineering, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their main topics of research include robotic locomotion and control, robotic path planning algorithms, modular robots and swarm intelligence, robot manipulation and learning, soft robotics and applications, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, and robotics and sensor-based localization.

They have authored several papers in notable publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, and the Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

  • A Programmably Compliant Origami Mechanism for Dynamically Dexterous Robots, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • What Is Robotics? Why Do We Need It and How Can We Get It?, 2021, Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • From Machine Learning to Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities for Embodied Intelligence, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Reactive Semantic Planning in Unexplored Semantic Environments Using Deep Perceptual Feedback, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Tendon-Driven Auxetic Tubular Springs for Resilient Hopping Robots, 2021, Advanced Intelligent Systems

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Daniel E. Koditschek include Vasileios Vasilopoulos, Wei-Hsi Chen, Georgios Pavlakos, Kostas Daniilidis, and Feifei Qian.

Daniel E. Koditschek's publication record indicates a focus on advancing theoretical and practical aspects of robotics and intelligent systems.

In recognition of their contributions, they have received distinctions including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008 and IEEE Fellow in 2004, the latter awarded for contributions to the theory and practice of robotics and intelligent systems.

Best Publications

  • Exact robot navigation using artificial potential functions

    E. Rimon;D.E. Koditschek

  • RHex: A Simple and Highly Mobile Hexapod Robot:

    Uluc Saranli;Martin Buehler;Daniel E. Koditschek

  • Templates and anchors: neuromechanical hypotheses of legged locomotion on land.

    R. J. Full;D. E. Koditschek

  • Hybrid zero dynamics of planar biped walkers

    E.R. Westervelt;J.W. Grizzle;D.E. Koditschek

  • The Dynamics of Legged Locomotion: Models, Analyses, and Challenges

    Philip Holmes;Robert J. Full;Dan Koditschek;John Guckenheimer

  • Robot navigation functions on manifolds with boundary

    Daniel E Koditschek;Elon Rimon

  • Exact robot navigation by means of potential functions: Some topological considerations

    D. Koditschek

  • Sequential composition of dynamically dexterous robot behaviors

    Robert Raven Burridge;Daniel Koditschek

  • A Simply Stabilized Running Model

    R. M. Ghigliazza;R. Altendorfer;P. Holmes;D. Koditschek

  • RHex: A Biologically Inspired Hexapod Runner

    R. Altendorfer;N. Moore;H. Komsuoḡlu;M. Buehler

  • Biologically inspired climbing with a hexapedal robot

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  • Biologically inspired climbing with a hexapedal robot

    M. J. Spenko;G. C. Haynes;J. A. Saunders;M. R. Cutkosky

  • Analysis of a simplified hopping robot

    Daniel E. Koditschek;Martin Bühler

  • The construction of analytic diffeomorphisms for exact robot navigation on star worlds

    Elon Rimon;Daniel E. Koditschek

  • Design Principles for a Family of Direct-Drive Legged Robots

    Gavin D. Kenneally;Avik De;Daniel E. Koditschek

  • Natural motion for robot arms

    Dan Koditschek

  • The Application of Total Energy as a Lyapunov Function for Mechanical Control Systems

    Daniel E Koditschek

  • Comparative experiments with a new adaptive controller for robot arms

    L.L. Whitcomb;A.A. Rizzi;D.E. Koditschek

  • Quantifying dynamic stability and maneuverability in legged locomotion.

    Robert J. Full;Timothy Kubow;John Schmitt;Philip Holmes

  • A brachiating robot controller

    J. Nakanishi;T. Fukuda;D.E. Koditschek

  • Analysis of a simplified hopping robot

    M. Buhler;D.E. Koditschek

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred A. Rizzi
Alfred A. Rizzi Boston Dynamics (United States)
Martin Buehler
Martin Buehler Boston Dynamics (United States)
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University
Pramod P. Khargonekar
Pramod P. Khargonekar University of California, Irvine
Kumpati S. Narendra
Kumpati S. Narendra Yale University
Jessy W. Grizzle
Jessy W. Grizzle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
George J. Pappas
George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania
Alejandro Ribeiro
Alejandro Ribeiro University of Pennsylvania
Shankar Sastry
Shankar Sastry University of California, Berkeley
Shu Yang
Shu Yang University of Pennsylvania

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