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Overview

Stephen M. Rock is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The main subfields that define their work include Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's publications cover several interconnected topics, reflecting their multidisciplinary approach. The primary topics investigated are:

  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies

Stephen M. Rock has published several scientific papers in a range of venues, demonstrating their involvement in ocean-related technologies and methodologies. Notable recent publications include:

  • "A hybrid underwater robot for multidisciplinary investigation of the ocean twilight zone," 2021, Science Robotics
  • "The MBARI Low-Altitude Survey System for 1-cm-Scale Seafloor Surveys in the Deep Ocean," 2025, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • "A Pilot Aid for Real-Time Vision-Based Coverage Estimation for Seabed Surveying Applications," 2020, Global Oceans 2020: Singapore - U.S. Gulf Coast

Frequent publication venues where Stephen M. Rock has contributed include:

  • Science Robotics
  • IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • Global Oceans 2020: Singapore - U.S. Gulf Coast

The scientist collaborates regularly with a cohort of co-authors. Their frequent collaborators are:

  • Brett Hobson
  • M. Risi
  • D. Yoerger
  • Annette F. Govindarajan
  • Jonathan C. Howland

Stephen M. Rock's work engages with advanced technological methods for underwater exploration and monitoring, highlighting expertise in underwater robotics and sensor systems. Their research contributes to understanding and developing tools for detailed seafloor surveys, environmental monitoring, and underwater acoustics.

Best Publications

  • Randomized Kinodynamic Motion Planning with Moving Obstacles

    David Hsu;Robert Kindel;Jean-Claude Latombe;Stephen M. Rock

  • Precise measurements of the proton and deuteron structure functions from a global analysis of the SLAC deep inelastic electron scattering cross sections

    L.W. Whitlow;E.M. Riordan;S. Dasu;Stephen Rock

  • Search for short-lived axions in an electron-beam-dump experiment.

    E. M. Riordan;M. W. Krasny;Karol Lang;P. De Barbaro

  • Effect of model uncertainty on failure detection: the threshold selector

    A. Emami-Naeini;M.M. Akhter;S.M. Rock

  • Measurements of the Q2-Dependence of the Proton and Deuteron Spin Structure Functions g1p and g1d

    P.L Anthony;R.G Arnold;T Averett;H.R Band

  • A precise extraction of R=σL/σT from a global analysis of the SLAC deep inelastic e-p and e-d scattering cross sections

    L.W. Whitlow;S. Rock;A. Bodek;S. Dasu

  • Elastic Electron Scattering from He 3 and He 4 at High Momentum Transfer

    R. G. Arnold;B. T. Chertok;S. Rock;W. P. Schütz

  • Toward an improved understanding of thruster dynamics for underwater vehicles

    A. J. Healey;S. M. Rock;S. Cody;D. Miles

  • INCLUSIVE ELECTRON SCATTERING FROM HE-3

    D. Day;J. S. McCarthy;I. Sick;R. G. Arnold

  • Motion planning for multiple mobile robots using dynamic networks

    C.M. Clark;S.M. Rock;J.-C. Latombe

  • Experiments in the Coordinated Control of an Underwater Arm/Vehicle System

    Timothy W. McLain;Stephen M. Rock;Michael J. Lee

  • Real-time video mosaicking of the ocean floor

    R.L. Marks;S.M. Rock;M.J. Lee

  • Measurement of Elastic Electron-Neutron Cross Sections up to Q 2 =10 (GeV/c) 2

    S. Rock;R. G. Arnold;P. Bosted;B. T. Chertok

  • Kinodynamic motion planning amidst moving obstacles

    R. Kindel;D. Hsu;J.-C. Latombe;S. Rock

  • Relative position sensing by fusing monocular vision and inertial rate sensors

    Stephen M. Rock;Andreas Huster

  • Automatic visual station keeping of an underwater robot

    R.L. Marks;H.H. Wang;M.J. Lee;S.M. Rock

  • Nuclear scaling in inelastic electron scattering from d, 3 He, and 4 He

    P. Bosted;R.G. Arnold;S. Rock;Z. Szalata

  • GPS Pseudolite Transceivers and their Applications

    Jonathan M. Stone;Edward A. LeMaster;J. David Powell;Stephen Rock

  • Free-Climbing with a Multi-Use Robot

    Timothy Bretl;Stephen M. Rock;Jean-Claude Latombe;Brett Kennedy

  • A hybrid underwater robot for multidisciplinary investigation of the ocean twilight zone.

    Dana R. Yoerger;Annette F. Govindarajan;Jonathan C. Howland;Joel K. Llopiz

  • Multi-step motion planning for free-climbing robots

    Timothy Wolfe Bretl;Sanjay Lall;Jean Claude Latombe;Stephen Rock

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Claude Latombe
Jean-Claude Latombe Stanford University
S. E. Kuhn
S. E. Kuhn Old Dominion University
Timothy Bretl
Timothy Bretl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ingo Sick
Ingo Sick University of Basel
J. Napolitano
J. Napolitano Temple University
R. A. Schumacher
R. A. Schumacher Carnegie Mellon University
M. Guidal
M. Guidal University of Paris-Saclay

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