Papers
27
Total Citations
698
H-Index
16
About
Ashley Stroupe is a pioneering roboticist whose work has fundamentally advanced multi-robot coordination, autonomous construction, and planetary exploration. Her research centers on distributed sensor fusion, behavior-based collaboration, and value-driven action selection for robot teams. Stroupe's most influential contribution is her seminal 2002 paper on distributed sensor fusion for multi-robot object position estimation (151 citations), which introduced a novel re-parameterization of Gaussian distributions for noisy, uncertain observations—a foundational method still referenced today. She further demonstrated practical impact through the Robot Construction Crew (RCC), a heterogeneous multi-robot system for autonomous assembly (49 citations), and TRESSA, a team of robots designed for steep-terrain science and exploration (39 citations). Her work on value-based action selection (MVERT) enabled robot teams to dynamically balance competing tasks, optimizing mission progress. Stroupe also advanced lunar exploration with computer-vision-based wheel sinkage estimation (25 citations), directly supporting NASA's vision for sustainable outpost construction. With over 500 total citations across her career, Stroupe's contributions remain essential reading for researchers in multi-robot systems, autonomous construction, and field robotics.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Distributed sensor fusion for object position estimation by multi-robot systems151 citations · 2002
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- 3Behavior-based multi-robot collaboration for autonomous construction tasks49 citations · 2005
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- 5TRESSA: Teamed robots for exploration and science on steep areas39 citations · 2007
- 6Linear 2D localization and mapping for single and multiple robot scenarios38 citations · 2003
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- 8Constraint-Based Landmark Localization29 citations · 2003
- 9Precision Manipulation with Cooperative Robots25 citations · 2005
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