Klementyna Szwaykowska
United States Naval Research Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology
Papers
5
Total Citations
109
H-Index
4
About
Klementyna Szwaykowska is a leading researcher in the dynamics of complex, multi-agent systems, with a focus on swarm robotics and autonomous navigation. Her major contributions lie in understanding how heterogeneous swarms—groups of agents with different properties—achieve collective motion, particularly when communication is imperfect. Her most cited work, "Collective Motions of Heterogeneous Swarms" (53 citations), provides a foundational analysis of how time delays and agent diversity shape emergent swarm patterns. She further explored these themes in "Hybrid dynamics in delay-coupled swarms" (22 citations), examining how mothership network topologies influence formation control. In a distinct but equally impactful line of research, Szwaykowska pioneered Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking (CLPT) to address a critical challenge in marine robotics: the error between a robot's real-world position and its simulated trajectory. Her papers on CLPT (totaling over 30 citations) established lower bounds on navigation error for ocean robots guided by circulation models, offering practical tools for reliable autonomous deployment. Her work bridges rigorous theoretical analysis with pressing applications in robotics and environmental monitoring, making her a key voice in the control of networked autonomous systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Collective Motions of Heterogeneous Swarms53 citations · 2015
- 2Hybrid dynamics in delay-coupled swarms with mothership networks22 citations · 2016
- 3Trend and Bounds for Error Growth in Controlled Lagrangian Particle Tracking21 citations · 2013
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