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About
Amy Quartaro is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous assembly systems, in-space robotics, and multi-robot coordination for both terrestrial and orbital applications. Her work addresses one of aerospace engineering's most pressing challenges: enabling robots to autonomously construct large-scale structures in environments where human intervention is costly or impossible. Quartaro's most cited contribution, "Structure assembly by a heterogeneous team of robots" (2017, 8 citations), established foundational principles for deploying specialized robot teams using state estimation and mobile parallel manipulators. This work laid groundwork for her subsequent focus on in-space assembly (ISA), exemplified by the BORG (Built On-orbit Robotically assembled Gigatruss) trade study (2023, 5 citations), which examines practical architectures for constructing gigascale orbital structures robotically. Her research portfolio spans critical enabling technologies including autonomous sequence planning, structural error detection, and robotic software architectures for outfitting operations. A particularly forward-looking contribution models deformable linear objects for lunar surface construction (2024), reflecting her engagement with NASA's Artemis-era priorities. Across her publications, Quartaro has demonstrated consistent focus on bridging theoretical advances with hardware validation, making her work especially valuable to researchers and engineers working toward permanent human infrastructure in space.
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