Paul Oh

About

Paul Oh is a pioneering roboticist whose research has fundamentally shaped the fields of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), aerial manipulation, and humanoid robotics. His foundational 2008 overview of unmanned aircraft systems (190 citations) established key conceptual frameworks still referenced today, while his innovative work on bio-inspired flight—drawing from insect vision and behavior for autonomous aerial navigation (144 citations)—helped define early approaches to robot autonomy in complex near-earth environments. Perhaps most distinctively, Oh has championed the concept of dexterous aerial robots: unmanned vehicles equipped with multi-degree-of-freedom manipulators capable of physically interacting with their surroundings, a contribution recognized through 144 and 72 citations across multiple studies. His earlier research on visual servoing (109 citations) and tactile-visual robotic hands further demonstrates a career-long commitment to bridging sensing, perception, and manipulation. Beyond aerial systems, Oh led Team DRC-Hubo@UNLV at the prestigious 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, showcasing his breadth in disaster-response humanoid robotics. With over 870 combined citations across his most influential works, Oh's legacy reflects a relentless drive to push robots into environments too dangerous or inaccessible for humans.

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Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Unmanned Aircraft Systems

   190 citations · 2008
2. 2
   Flying insect inspired vision for autonomous aerial robot maneuvers in near-earth environments

   144 citations · 2004
3. 3
   Dexterous Aerial Robots—Mobile Manipulation Using Unmanned Aerial Systems

   144 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Visual servoing by partitioning degrees of freedom

   109 citations · 2001
5. 5
   Dynamic stability of a mobile manipulating unmanned aerial vehicle

   72 citations · 2013
6. 6
   Autonomous Landing for Indoor Flying Robots Using Optic Flow

   53 citations · 2003
7. 7
   Technical Overview of Team DRC‐Hubo@UNLV's Approach to the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

   49 citations · 2017
8. 8
   Using tactile and visual sensing with a robotic hand

   44 citations · 2002
9. 9
   Designing a system for mobile manipulation from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

   35 citations · 2011
10. 10
    The Ach Library: A New Framework for Real-Time Communication

    35 citations · 2015

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