Howie Choset
Carnegie Mellon University, National Academy of Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, California Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Robotics Research (United States), Vanderbilt University, University of Florida, Khulna University, McGill University, University of California San Diego, TU Wien
Papers
311
Total Citations
19,845
H-Index
60
About
Howie Choset is a pioneering roboticist at Carnegie Mellon University whose work spans robot motion planning, continuum robotics, coverage algorithms, and multi-agent systems. His landmark textbook, *Principles of Robot Motion* (2005), has become a foundational resource in the field with over 2,000 citations, bridging mathematical theory and practical implementation for generations of robotics students and researchers. Choset's contributions to coverage path planning—including the widely adopted Boustrophedon Cellular Decomposition—established rigorous frameworks for how robots systematically navigate and map unknown environments, work that has accumulated nearly 1,700 citations across multiple papers. His highly cited survey on continuum robots (1,492 citations) helped define a growing subfield, exploring how snake-like, biologically inspired designs can navigate confined spaces for minimally invasive medical procedures. Choset has also advanced simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) through topological approaches and pioneered multi-agent pathfinding techniques applicable to warehouse robotics and aerial swarms. His work in search-and-rescue robotics and, most recently, the deployment of robots during the COVID-19 pandemic (567 citations) underscores his commitment to real-world humanitarian impact. Across disciplines, Choset's research consistently transforms theoretical foundations into technologies that tangibly improve human lives.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Principles of Robot Motion: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations2,062 citations · 2005
- 2Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: A Survey1,492 citations · 2015
- 3Coverage for robotics – A survey of recent results1,189 citations · 2001
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- 6Coverage Path Planning: The Boustrophedon Cellular Decomposition515 citations · 1998
- 7Coverage of Known Spaces: The Boustrophedon Cellular Decomposition482 citations · 2000
- 8PRIMAL: Pathfinding via Reinforcement and Imitation Multi-Agent Learning399 citations · 2019
- 9Subdimensional expansion for multirobot path planning372 citations · 2014
- 10Search and Rescue Robotics347 citations · 2008