Mike Daily

HRL Laboratories (United States), SRI International

Papers

Total Citations

524

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About

Dr. Mike Daily is a pioneering roboticist whose research has fundamentally shaped autonomous navigation and human-robot interaction. His most influential work, "Pheromone Robotics" (2001, 334 citations), introduced a groundbreaking bio-inspired approach where robots communicate indirectly by modifying their environment, much like ants, enabling decentralized coordination for complex tasks. Dr. Daily also made seminal contributions to field robotics through his work on the Autonomous Land Vehicle (ALV), detailed in "Autonomous cross-country navigation with the ALV" (2003, 131 citations). This paper documented the first successful cross-country autonomous operation of a robotic vehicle in natural terrain, demonstrating a robust software architecture for perception and planning that became a foundation for off-road navigation systems. Further expanding the frontiers of robotics, his work on "World embedded interfaces for human-robot interaction" (2003, 59 citations) addressed the critical challenge of managing large robot teams and distributed sensors, proposing innovative interfaces that embed information directly into the operator's environment to enhance situational awareness. With over 500 combined citations, Dr. Daily’s work continues to inspire advances in swarm robotics, autonomous field vehicles, and intuitive human-robot collaboration.