Papers
33
Total Citations
861
H-Index
18
About
Martin J. Schuster is a leading researcher in autonomous robotics, specializing in multi-robot systems for planetary exploration and extreme environments. His work centers on developing stereo-vision based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for heterogeneous robot teams operating in GPS-denied, communication-delayed settings—critical for future space missions. Schuster’s most impactful contribution is the ARCHES Space-Analogue Demonstration Mission (98 citations), which demonstrated how collaborative robot teams can autonomously perform scientific sampling on extraterrestrial surfaces. He also pioneered distributed 6D SLAM systems for multi-robot teams (52 citations) and created the MADMAX dataset (54 citations) for visual-inertial rover navigation on Mars, providing a benchmark for the field. His early work on obstacle mapping for indoor/outdoor SLAM (57 citations) laid groundwork for search and rescue applications. With over 500 total citations, Schuster’s research bridges the gap between terrestrial robotics and space exploration, enabling autonomous operations where human control is impractical. His achievements include leading the development of the DLR’s autonomous planetary rover systems and contributing to the European Space Agency’s exploration roadmap.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Towards Autonomous Planetary Exploration88 citations · 2017
- 3Stereo-vision based obstacle mapping for indoor/outdoor SLAM57 citations · 2014
- 4The MADMAX data set for visual‐inertial rover navigation on Mars54 citations · 2021
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- 6Perceiving clutter and surfaces for object placement in indoor environments46 citations · 2010
- 7Multi-robot 6D graph SLAM connecting decoupled local reference filters42 citations · 2015
- 8Submap matching for stereo-vision based indoor/outdoor SLAM39 citations · 2015
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- 10Stable stacking for the distributor's pallet packing problem29 citations · 2010