Papers
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Total Citations
366
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About
Dennis Wildermuth is a robotics researcher whose work spans multi-robot systems, autonomous navigation, and emergency response robotics. He is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to multi-robot formation control, most notably his directed potential field approach for coordinating robot formations, which has accumulated over 83 citations and remains a key reference in the field. His earlier work from 2000 on motion coordination further established him as a pioneer in this domain. Wildermuth has made significant contributions to outdoor robotics benchmarking through his involvement with the European Land Robot Trial (ELROB) and EURATHLON competitions, helping shape standardized evaluation frameworks for real-world robotic systems. His research extends into critical safety applications, including the development of autonomous multi-robot systems capable of detecting chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats, as well as robotic solutions designed to support firefighters and first responders in hazardous scenarios. His work on human-robot interaction, including multimodal control interfaces, and relative localization using Extended Kalman Filters reflects a broad systems-level approach to robotics. With research spanning foundational algorithms to real-world deployment, Wildermuth's career demonstrates a consistent commitment to advancing practical, deployable robotic systems for complex and dangerous environments.
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- 1A potential field based approach to multi robot formation navigation83 citations · 2004
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- 9An autonomous unmanned vehicle for CBRNE reconnaissance12 citations · 2011
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