2026 Mac Schwager: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	56	871	798	369	315	199	9346
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	56	2119	2033	833	780	202	9423

Overview

Mac Schwager is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, with a research focus spanning core areas in computer science and engineering. Their work includes significant contributions to multiple subfields such as computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, control and systems engineering, computer networks and communications, and aerospace engineering.

In terms of research topics, Schwager's work covers a variety of areas within robotics and autonomous systems. Key topics include:

Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
Advanced Control Systems Optimization
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety

The publication record of Mac Schwager is extensive, featuring contributions to a range of academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Science Robotics

Selected recent papers demonstrating Schwager's research interests are:

An Untethered Isoperimetric Soft Robot, 2020, Science Robotics
Game-Theoretic Planning for Self-Driving Cars in Multivehicle Competitive Scenarios, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Foundation Models in Robotics: Applications, Challenges, and the Future, 2024, The International Journal of Robotics Research
Scalable Cooperative Transport of Cable-Suspended Loads With UAVs Using Distributed Trajectory Optimization, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Multidrone Aerial Surveys of Penguin Colonies in Antarctica, 2020, Science Robotics

Frequent collaborators include:

Ola Shorinwa
Jiankai Sun
Javier Yu
Zachary Manchester
Simon Le Cleac'h

Best Publications

Decentralized, Adaptive Coverage Control for Networked Robots

Mac Schwager;Daniela Rus;Jean-Jacques Slotine

496
Citations
Fast, On-line Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Vehicles Using Buffered Voronoi Cells

Dingjiang Zhou;Zijian Wang;Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay;Mac Schwager

292
Citations
Persistent Robotic Tasks: Monitoring and Sweeping in Changing Environments

S. L. Smith;M. Schwager;D. Rus

289
Citations
Voronoi coverage of non-convex environments with a group of networked robots

Andreas Breitenmoser;Mac Schwager;Jean-Claude Metzger;Roland Siegwart

273
Citations
Persistent ocean monitoring with underwater gliders: Adapting sampling resolution

Ryan N. Smith;Mac Schwager;Stephen L. Smith;Burton H. Jones

255
Citations
Eyes in the Sky: Decentralized Control for the Deployment of Robotic Camera Networks

Mac Schwager;Brian John Julian;Michael Angermann;Daniela L. Rus

252
Citations
Distributed robotic sensor networks: An information-theoretic approach

Brian J Julian;Michael Angermann;Mac Schwager;Daniela Rus

206
Citations
Unifying geometric, probabilistic, and potential field approaches to multi-robot deployment

Mac Schwager;Daniela Rus;Jean-Jacques Slotine

200
Citations
Distributed Coverage Control with Sensory Feedback for Networked Robots

Mac Schwager;James McLurkin;Daniela Rus

199
Citations
Vision-Based Distributed Formation Control Without an External Positioning System

Eduardo Montijano;Eric Cristofalo;Dingjiang Zhou;Mac Schwager

185
Citations
Agile Coordination and Assistive Collision Avoidance for Quadrotor Swarms Using Virtual Structures

Dingjiang Zhou;Zijian Wang;Mac Schwager

183
Citations
Q-Learning for robust satisfaction of signal temporal logic specifications

Derya Aksaray;Austin Jones;Zhaodan Kong;Mac Schwager

172
Citations
Simultaneous Coverage and Tracking (SCAT) of Moving Targets with Robot Networks

Luciano C. A. Pimenta;Luciano C. A. Pimenta;Mac Schwager;Quentin Lindsey;Vijay Kumar

160
Citations
Robust classification of animal tracking data

Mac Schwager;Dean M. Anderson;Zack Butler;Daniela Rus

140
Citations
A Multi-robot Control Policy for Information Gathering in the Presence of Unknown Hazards

Mac Schwager;Mac Schwager;Philip M. Dames;Daniela Rus;Vijay Kumar

138
Citations
Kinematic multi-robot manipulation with no communication using force feedback

Zijian Wang;Mac Schwager

134
Citations
Intercepting Rogue Robots: An Algorithm for Capturing Multiple Evaders With Multiple Pursuers

Alyssa Pierson;Zijian Wang;Mac Schwager

132
Citations
Distributed multi-robot formation control in dynamic environments

Javier Alonso-Mora;Eduardo Montijano;Tobias Nägeli;Otmar Hilliges

132
Citations
An untethered isoperimetric soft robot

Nathan S. Usevitch;Zachary M. Hammond;Mac Schwager;Allison M. Okamura

126
Citations
Game-Theoretic Planning for Self-Driving Cars in Multivehicle Competitive Scenarios

Mingyu Wang;Zijian Wang;John Talbot;J. Christian Gerdes

126
Citations
Planning periodic persistent monitoring trajectories for sensing robots in Gaussian Random Fields

Xiaodong Lan;Mac Schwager

112
Citations
Optimal coverage for multiple hovering robots with downward facing cameras

Mac Schwager;Brian J. Julian;Daniela Rus

112
Citations
Decentralized, Adaptive Control for Coverage with Networked Robots

M. Schwager;J.-J. Slotine;D. Rus

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Rus MIT

Zijian Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

Calin Belta Boston University

Vijay Kumar University of Pennsylvania

Stephen L. Smith University of Guelph

Marco Pavone Stanford University

Jean-Jacques E. Slotine MIT

Davide Scaramuzza University of Zurich

Mykel J. Kochenderfer Stanford University

Adrien Gaidon Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Mac Schwager Google Scholar page

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