Monica Lapoint
Papers
5
Total Citations
102
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About
Monica Lapoint is a pioneering roboticist whose work lies at the intersection of multi-robot coordination, search-and-rescue operations, and STEM outreach. Her research focuses on developing communication and dispersion strategies for small, agile robots operating in unknown environments—critical for applications like disaster response. Lapoint’s most cited work, "Communication Strategies in Multi-robot Search and Retrieval: Experiences with MinDART" (39 citations), explores how teams of robots can collaborate effectively without central control. She also contributed to the design of the TerminatorBot for core-bored inspection in search-and-rescue (20 citations), advancing the "camera-on-a-stick" concept for void inspection. Her work on the Scout robot (15 citations) improved ruggedization and local sensing for surveillance in constrained spaces. Beyond technical achievements, Lapoint is recognized for her impactful outreach: her paper "Using Robots to Raise Interest in Technology Among Underrepresented Groups" (15 citations) describes a program designed to engage women and minorities in IT fields. With over 100 total citations, Lapoint’s contributions demonstrate how robotics can save lives and inspire the next generation of engineers.
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- 2Core-bored search-and-rescue applications for an agile limbed robot20 citations · 2005
- 3Increasing the Scout's effectiveness through local sensing and ruggedization15 citations · 2004
- 4Using Robots to Raise Interest in Technology Among Underrepresented Groups15 citations · 2007
- 5Dispersion and exploration algorithms for robots in unknown environments13 citations · 2006