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Mac Schwager

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology · US
Area of research
Computer Networks and Communications · Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Research interest
Research interests include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics.
h-index
49
citations
7,862
works
306
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Splat-Nav: Safe Real-Time Robot Navigation in Gaussian Splatting Maps
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2025cited by 22position: lastdoi
Distributed multi-robot formation control in dynamic environments
Autonomous Robots 2018cited by 141position: middledoi
OuijaBots: Omnidirectional Robots for Cooperative Object Transport with Rotation Control Using No Communication
Springer proceedings in advanced robotics 2018cited by 34position: lastdoi
Fast, On-line Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Vehicles Using Buffered Voronoi Cells
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2017cited by 278position: lastdoi
Controlling Noncooperative Herds with Robotic Herders
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2017cited by 97position: lastdoi
Adapting to sensing and actuation variations in multi-robot coverage
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2017cited by 75position: lastdoi
Vision-Based Distributed Formation Control Without an External Positioning System
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2016cited by 172position: middledoi
Q-Learning for robust satisfaction of signal temporal logic specifications
2016cited by 160position: middledoi
Intercepting Rogue Robots: An Algorithm for Capturing Multiple Evaders With Multiple Pursuers
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2016cited by 137position: lastdoi
Kinematic multi-robot manipulation with no communication using force feedback
2016cited by 115position: lastdoi
Correlated Orienteering Problem and its Application to Persistent Monitoring Tasks
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2016cited by 88position: middledoi
Force-Amplifying N-robot Transport System (Force-ANTS) for cooperative planar manipulation without communication
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2016cited by 86position: lastdoi
Rapidly Exploring Random Cycles: Persistent Estimation of Spatiotemporal Fields With Multiple Sensing Robots
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2016cited by 67position: lastdoi
Multi-robot Manipulation Without Communication
Springer tracts in advanced robotics 2016cited by 57position: lastdoi
Control in belief space with Temporal Logic specifications
2016cited by 32position: middledoi
Assistive collision avoidance for quadrotor swarm teleoperation
2016cited by 18position: lastdoi
Robust Adaptive Coverage Control for Robotic Sensor Networks
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 2015cited by 89position: firstdoi
Persistent surveillance for unmanned aerial vehicles subject to charging and temporal logic constraints
Autonomous Robots 2015cited by 64position: middledoi
Bio-inspired non-cooperative multi-robot herding
2015cited by 59position: lastdoi
Virtual Rigid Bodies for coordinated agile maneuvering of teams of micro aerial vehicles
2015cited by 37position: lastdoi
Provably Correct Persistent Surveillance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Subject to Charging Constraints
Springer tracts in advanced robotics 2015cited by 36position: middledoi
Multi-robot manipulation with no communication using only local measurements
2015cited by 33position: lastdoi
Vector field following for quadrotors using differential flatness
2014cited by 78position: lastdoi
Correlated Orienteering Problem and its application to informative path planning for persistent monitoring tasks
2014cited by 65position: middledoi
Distributed formation control without a global reference frame
2014cited by 51position: middledoi
Planning periodic persistent monitoring trajectories for sensing robots in Gaussian Random Fields
2013cited by 94position: lastdoi
Decentralized path planning for coverage tasks using gradient descent adaptive control
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2013cited by 65position: middledoi
Distributed robotic sensor networks: An information-theoretic approach
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2012cited by 164position: middledoi
A decentralized control policy for adaptive information gathering in hazardous environments
2012cited by 47position: middledoi
Generating informative paths for persistent sensing in unknown environments
2012cited by 39position: middledoi

Grants

NRI: FND: COLLAB: Distributed Semantically-Aware Tracking and Planning for Fleets of Robots
NSF1830402$467,9892018–2022PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Compressive Robotic Sensing Systems: Gaining Efficiency through Sparsity in Dynamic Sensing Environments
NSF1562335$375,0002016–2019PIRePORTER
CAREER: Controlling Ecologically Destructive Processes with a Network of Intelligent Robotic Agents
NSF1646921$317,2892016–2019PIRePORTER
CAREER: Controlling Ecologically Destructive Processes with a Network of Intelligent Robotic Agents
NSF1350904$286,1412014–2016PIRePORTER
CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Physical Manipulation (CPM): Locating, Manipulating, and Retrieving Large Objects with Large Populations of Robots
NSF1330036$236,9172013–2016PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Dingjiang Zhou · Boston University8 papers (2014–2017)Daniela Rus · Dominica State College8 papers (2012–2018)Zijian Wang · University of Macau7 papers (2015–2018)Călin Belta · University of Maryland, College Park4 papers (2015–2016)Alyssa Pierson · Boston University4 papers (2015–2017)Cristian-Ioan Vasile · Lehigh University3 papers (2015–2016)Kevin Leahy · Worcester Polytechnic Institute3 papers (2015–2016) · 3 papers (2014–2018)Xiaodong Lan · Boston University2 papers (2013–2016)Austin Jones · Furman University2 papers (2016–2016)Daniel E. Soltero · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2013) · 2 papers (2014–2016)Philip Dames · California University of Pennsylvania2 papers (2012–2025)Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos · University of Thessaly2 papers (2015–2015)Jingjin Yu · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey2 papers (2014–2016)Eric Cristofalo · MIT Lincoln Laboratory2 papers (2016–2016)Vijay Kumar · Columbia University1 papers (2012–2012)Samantha L. Powers · Pennsylvania State University1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2018–2018)Javier Alonso–Mora · Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 papers (2018–2018)