Papers
7
Total Citations
428
H-Index
6
About
Anne Wright is a pioneering roboticist whose work has fundamentally shaped how robots see, move, and think. Her research spans computer vision, robotic autonomy, and software architecture, with a particular focus on enabling robots to perform dynamic, real-time tasks. Wright’s early work on high-speed visual tracking—achieving 60 frames per second with minimal latency—was groundbreaking; her 1997 paper "Stiffness isn't everything" (156 citations) and her contributions to the winning robot at the First Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament demonstrated that fast vision, not just mechanical rigidity, is critical for unstable tasks like juggling and helicopter control. She later led the development of CLARAty (Coupled Layered Architecture for Robotic Autonomy), a reusable software framework that simplifies integration across heterogeneous robot platforms. Her two most-cited CLARAty papers (108 and 90 citations) have become foundational references for researchers building interoperable, autonomous systems for planetary exploration and beyond. With over 400 total citations, Wright’s work bridges low-level sensing and high-level autonomy, leaving a lasting impact on how robots perceive and act in the world.
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Top Papers
- 1Stiffness isn't everything156 citations · 1997
- 2CLARAty: an architecture for reusable robotic software108 citations · 2003
- 3CLARAty and challenges of developing interoperable robotic software90 citations · 2004
- 4Dynamic Object Capture Using Fast Vision Tracking44 citations · 1997
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