Papers
13
Total Citations
338
H-Index
9
About
Kevin Wolfe is a leading roboticist whose research spans disaster robotics, aerial manipulation, modular self-reconfigurable systems, and state estimation. His most influential work, with 57 citations each, includes pioneering approaches to robotic teleoperation in disaster scenarios—from supervised autonomy to direct control—and the development of the Autonomous Grasping Robotic Aerial System for Perching (AGRASP), a novel integration of perception, vision-based path planning, and biomimetic manipulation on lightweight aerial vehicles. Wolfe has also made foundational contributions to theoretical robotics, including Bayesian fusion on Lie groups (52 citations) and the "Banana Distribution is Gaussian" study (45 citations), which advanced localization for noisy wheeled robots. He introduced the M³Express (43 citations), a low-cost, independently-mobile modular robot with self-mobile wheels that double as connectors, enabling universal construction. His work on nested marsupial robotic systems for search and sampling in constrained environments demonstrates his commitment to real-world deployment. With over 300 total citations across his top papers, Wolfe’s research continues to shape how robots operate in dangerous, unstructured settings, making him a key figure in modern robotics.
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- 2Autonomous Grasping Robotic Aerial System for Perching (AGRASP)57 citations · 2018
- 3Bayesian Fusion on Lie Groups52 citations · 2011
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- 6An architecture for universal construction via modular robotic components27 citations · 2013
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- 10A Motion Planning Approach for Marsupial Robotic Systems7 citations · 2018