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Matthew Collins is a roboticist whose work spans the frontiers of multi-robot coordination, autonomous aerial navigation, and novel locomotion for extreme environments. His research addresses the fundamental challenge of enabling robots to plan and act intelligently in real-time, whether they are performing on a theatrical stage or navigating a cluttered, unknown landscape. A key contribution is his development of a centralized kinodynamic replanning framework for multi-robot systems, which leverages offline state lattice analysis to decouple complex coordination problems, enabling efficient, real-time replanning from non-stationary states (10 citations). For high-speed flight, Collins pioneered the use of online sparse topological graphs, allowing Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) to react instantly to new obstacles in unknown environments, a critical capability for safe autonomous navigation (9 citations). His earlier work also includes the design of a teleoperated hybrid wheel-limb hexapod for exploring lunar craters. With a portfolio that demonstrates a clear trajectory from terrestrial performance to planetary exploration, Collins is shaping the future of agile, coordinated robotic systems.