Emilio Frazzoli
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Decision Systems (United States), IIT@MIT, ETH Zurich, National University of Singapore, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Los Angeles, Tunis El Manar University, China Telecom
Papers
85
Total Citations
5,589
H-Index
33
About
Emilio Frazzoli is a pioneering researcher in autonomous systems, motion planning, and multi-robot coordination, whose work has fundamentally shaped how autonomous vehicles and robotic systems navigate complex environments. Best known for his contributions to sampling-based motion planning, Frazzoli helped advance the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT) framework — most notably through "Anytime Motion Planning using the RRT*" (2011, 871 citations) and its asymptotically optimal replanning extension, RRTX (2015, 225 citations) — transforming how robots compute efficient, near-optimal paths in real time. His 2002 work on agile autonomous vehicles (826 citations) established foundational techniques for dynamic, real-world navigation, later applied directly to MIT's DARPA Urban Challenge entry. Beyond classical planning, Frazzoli has pioneered the integration of formal methods and temporal logic into robotics, enabling provably correct robot behavior under complex symbolic specifications. His research extends to multi-agent systems, including robotic network theory and mobility-on-demand transportation (286 citations), where he addressed vehicle rebalancing in shared autonomous fleets — work with striking relevance to modern ride-sharing systems. With thousands of citations spanning autonomous driving, cooperative robotics, and urban mobility, Frazzoli's contributions represent a remarkable bridge between theoretical rigor and real-world autonomy.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Anytime Motion Planning using the RRT*871 citations · 2011
- 2Real-Time Motion Planning for Agile Autonomous Vehicles826 citations · 2002
- 3Symbolic planning and control of robot motion [Grand Challenges of Robotics]392 citations · 2007
- 4Robotic load balancing for mobility-on-demand systems286 citations · 2012
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- 6Dynamic Vehicle Routing for Robotic Systems222 citations · 2011
- 7Motion planning for urban driving using RRT215 citations · 2008
- 8Intention-Aware Motion Planning189 citations · 2013
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- 10On Synchronous Robotic Networks—Part I: Models, Tasks, and Complexity127 citations · 2007