Yerang Hur

Papers

Total Citations

218

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Yerang Hur is a leading researcher in multi-robot coordination and multi-agent hybrid systems. Their most influential work, "A Framework and Architecture for Multi-Robot Coordination" (2002), with 159 citations, provides a foundational software architecture for deploying multiple autonomous robots in unstructured, unknown environments. This framework supports critical applications including scouting, reconnaissance, search and rescue, manipulation tasks, and cooperative localization. Hur further advanced the field by developing distributed simulation methods for multi-agent hybrid systems, as detailed in their 2003 paper, which models complex interacting systems like coordinating robots, automobiles, and aircraft using finite state machines with continuous dynamics. Their work bridges theoretical modeling with practical deployment, enabling robust coordination among autonomous agents in dynamic settings. With over 200 total citations, Hur's contributions have significantly influenced the design and implementation of multi-robot systems, providing essential tools for researchers and engineers working on autonomous coordination in challenging real-world environments.