Papers
72
Total Citations
3,116
H-Index
26
About
Geoffrey A. Hollinger is a roboticist whose research spans autonomous systems, multi-robot coordination, and robotic information gathering — with particular emphasis on enabling robots to make intelligent decisions in complex, dynamic environments. His most influential work, "Search and Pursuit-Evasion in Mobile Robotics" (2011, 534 citations), established foundational frameworks for how robots locate and track moving targets, a problem with broad applications from search-and-rescue to surveillance. Complementing this, his highly cited work on sampling-based robotic information gathering (2014, 332 citations) introduced algorithms that allow mobile robots to plan trajectories maximizing information gain within practical constraints — a cornerstone contribution to autonomous environmental monitoring. Hollinger has also made significant contributions to underwater robotics, developing path-planning strategies for autonomous underwater vehicles collecting sensor network data (2012, 198 citations) and applying model predictive control to handle ocean wave disturbances. His work on multi-robot coordination addresses the challenge of maintaining periodic connectivity in teams with limited communication, a problem tackled across multiple influential publications. Early in his career, he contributed to the celebrated HERB home robot project (2009, 310 citations). Across his body of work, Hollinger has consistently bridged theoretical rigor with real-world deployability, cementing his reputation as a leading voice in autonomous robotic systems research.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Search and pursuit-evasion in mobile robotics534 citations · 2011
- 2Sampling-based robotic information gathering algorithms332 citations · 2014
- 3HERB: a home exploring robotic butler310 citations · 2009
- 4Underwater Data Collection Using Robotic Sensor Networks198 citations · 2012
- 5Efficient Multi-robot Search for a Moving Target158 citations · 2009
- 6Multirobot Coordination With Periodic Connectivity: Theory and Experiments141 citations · 2012
- 7Multi-UAV exploration with limited communication and battery115 citations · 2015
- 8Multi-robot coordination with periodic connectivity88 citations · 2010
- 9Sampling-based Motion Planning for Robotic Information Gathering87 citations · 2013
- 10Model Predictive Control for Underwater Robots in Ocean Waves80 citations · 2016