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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
77
Citations
19011
World Ranking
258
National Ranking
126

Joel W. Burdick publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel W. Burdick sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 336 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Joel W. Burdick D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel W. Burdick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joel W. Burdick is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and computer science, focusing primarily on control and systems engineering as well as artificial intelligence.

Their scholarly output includes publications across major venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Field Robotics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics

Their main fields of study are:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

With respect to subfields, their work emphasizes:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Aerospace Engineering

The core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Anushri Dixit
  • Skylar X. Wei
  • Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi
  • Aaron D. Ames
  • Kyohei Otsu

Notable publications by Joel W. Burdick include:

  • NeBula: Quest for Robotic Autonomy in Challenging Environments; TEAM CoSTAR at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • NeBula: TEAM CoSTAR's Robotic Autonomy Solution that Won Phase II of DARPA Subterranean Challenge, 2022, Field Robotics
  • PLGRIM: Hierarchical Value Learning for Large-scale Exploration in Unknown Environments, 2021, Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling
  • EELS: Autonomous snake-like robot with task and motion planning capabilities for ice world exploration, 2024, Science Robotics
  • Data-Driven Safety-Critical Control: Synthesizing Control Barrier Functions With Koopman Operators, 2020, IEEE Control Systems Letters

Best Publications

  • A modal approach to hyper-redundant manipulator kinematics

    G.S. Chirikjian;J.W. Burdick

  • End-to-End Safe Reinforcement Learning through Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Continuous Control Tasks

    Richard Cheng;Gábor Orosz;Richard M. Murray;Joel W. Burdick

  • The kinematics of hyper-redundant robot locomotion

    G.S. Chirikjian;J.W. Burdick

  • Implications of Assist-As-Needed Robotic Step Training after a Complete Spinal Cord Injury on Intrinsic Strategies of Motor Learning

    Lance L. Cai;Andy J. Fong;Chad K. Otoshi;Yongqiang Liang

  • Sensor-Based Exploration: The Hierarchical Generalized Voronoi Graph

    Howie Choset;Joel W. Burdick

  • The Geometric Mechanics of Undulatory Robotic Locomotion

    Jim Ostrowski;Joel W. Burdick

  • Robot Motion Planning in Dynamic, Uncertain Environments

    Noel E. Du Toit;J. W. Burdick

  • Kinematically optimal hyper-redundant manipulator configurations

    G.S. Chirikjian;J.W. Burdick

  • On the inverse kinematics of redundant manipulators: characterization of the self-motion manifolds

    J.W. Burdick

  • Weighted line fitting algorithms for mobile robot map building and efficient data representation

    S.T. Pfister;S.I. Roumeliotis;J.W. Burdick

  • Artificial potential functions for highway driving with collision avoidance

    M.T. Wolf;J.W. Burdick

  • Mobility of bodies in contact. I. A new 2/sup nd/ order mobility index for multiple-finger grasps

    E. Rimon;J.W. Burdick

  • Nonholonomic mechanics and locomotion: the snakeboard example

    J. Ostrowski;A. Lewis;R. Murray;J. Burdick

  • An obstacle avoidance algorithm for hyper-redundant manipulators

    G.S. Chirikjian;J.W. Burdick

  • The Development of a Robotic Endoscope

    A. Brett Slatkin;Joel W. Burdick;Warren Grundfest

  • Minimalist Jumping Robots for Celestial Exploration

    Joel Burdick;Paolo Fiorini

  • Sensor-Based Exploration: Incremental Construction of the Hierarchical Generalized Voronoi Graph:

    Howie Choset;Sean Walker;Kunnayut Eiamsa-Ard;Joel W. Burdick

  • Finding antipodal point grasps on irregularly shaped objects

    I-Ming Chen;J.W. Burdick

  • Nonlinear control methods for planar carangiform robot fish locomotion

    K.A. Morgansen;V. Duidam;R.J. Mason;J.W. Burdick

  • Stochastic cloning: a generalized framework for processing relative state measurements

    S.I. Roumeliotis;J.W. Burdick

  • A 'sidewinding' locomotion gait for hyper-redundant robots

    Joel W. Burdick;Jim Radford;Gregory S. Chirikjian

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Murray
Richard M. Murray California Institute of Technology
Richard A. Andersen
Richard A. Andersen California Institute of Technology
Gregory S. Chirikjian
Gregory S. Chirikjian University of Delaware
Yu-Chong Tai
Yu-Chong Tai California Institute of Technology
Yisong Yue
Yisong Yue California Institute of Technology
Howie Choset
Howie Choset Carnegie Mellon University
Roland R. Roy
Roland R. Roy University of California, Los Angeles
James Ostrowski
James Ostrowski Blue River Technology
Qiao Lin
Qiao Lin Columbia University
Andreas Krause
Andreas Krause ETH Zurich

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