Papers
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Total Citations
885
H-Index
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About
Mark W. Mueller is a pioneering roboticist whose research spans aerial robotics, autonomous systems, and robot learning, with transformative contributions to both foundational platforms and cutting-edge applications. He gained early recognition through his work on the Flying Machine Arena, a landmark research testbed that has enabled countless demonstrations of quadrocopter agility and coordination. His involvement in the iconic Flight Assembled Architecture installation — a 6-meter tower built by four quadrocopters from 1,500 foam modules — showcased the real-world construction potential of aerial robots and has since attracted over 300 citations. Mueller's work extends beyond aerial systems: he played a key role in Team CERBERUS, which won the prestigious DARPA Subterranean Challenge in 2021, advancing autonomous exploration in complex underground environments across legged and aerial platforms. His research portfolio also encompasses propeller fault diagnosis, state estimation for legged robots in slippery terrain, reinforcement learning for quadrupedal locomotion, and adaptive flight controllers capable of generalizing across vastly different quadcopter designs. Most recently, he has pushed the frontier of miniaturization with untethered subcentimeter flying robots weighing just 21 milligrams. With a body of work accumulating hundreds of citations, Mueller stands as a versatile and highly impactful figure in modern robotics research.
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Top Papers
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- 4Real-Time Vibration-Based Propeller Fault Diagnosis for Multicopters77 citations · 2019
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- 6Learning Torque Control for Quadrupedal Locomotion39 citations · 2023
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- 10Untethered subcentimeter flying robots10 citations · 2025