Alice Huang

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Total Citations

341

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About

Alice Huang is a researcher whose work spans robotics systems infrastructure and human-robot interaction, with particular emphasis on making autonomous systems more accessible and practical. She is perhaps best known as a co-developer of the Lightweight Communications and Marshalling (LCM) library, a foundational software tool designed to streamline message passing and data marshalling in real-time robotics applications. Published in 2010, this work has garnered over 300 citations, reflecting its widespread adoption across the robotics research community as a go-to solution for building low-latency communication systems. Beyond systems-level contributions, Huang has also explored the frontier of natural language interfaces for autonomous vehicles, investigating how robots can interpret and act upon spoken or written human commands — a challenge requiring sophisticated grounding of linguistic meaning in physical environments. Her 2010 paper on natural language command of micro-air vehicles, with 40 citations, demonstrates her interest in bridging intuitive human communication with robotic autonomy. Together, these contributions highlight a researcher committed to reducing barriers between humans and intelligent machines, both at the software infrastructure level and at the level of natural interaction.