Benjamin Meyer
Papers
8
Total Citations
54
H-Index
5
About
Benjamin Meyer is a robotics and autonomous systems researcher whose work sits at the intersection of swarm robotics, underwater vehicle design, and environmental monitoring. His research has made significant contributions to the development of fault-tolerant, energy-efficient swarms of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), with his 2013 paper on this topic garnering 13 citations alongside his equally influential work on bio-inspired synchronization mechanisms drawn from firefly flashing behavior. Meyer's flagship platform, the MONSUN AUV, exemplifies his commitment to building small, cost-effective, and swarm-capable robots deployable in real-world aquatic environments. His 2017 studies on submesoscale eddy measurements in the Baltic Sea and cooperative in situ environmental sensing demonstrate a clear progression from theoretical swarm architectures toward practical oceanographic applications. Complementing this hardware focus, his development of a low-power acoustic underwater modem addresses critical communication challenges in underwater robotics. With a body of work spanning decentralized control architectures, hybrid sensor-buoy systems, and reconfigurable robot design, Meyer has established himself as a versatile contributor to the emerging field of aquatic swarm robotics, offering tools and methodologies with meaningful implications for environmental science and ocean monitoring.
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Top Papers
- 1Towards Fault-Tolerant and Energy-Efficient Swarms of Underwater Robots13 citations · 2013
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- 3Using small swarm-capable AUVs for submesoscale eddy measurements in the Baltic Sea8 citations · 2017
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- 5Low-Power Low-Cost Acoustic Underwater Modem5 citations · 2016
- 6Hybrid underwater environmental monitoring3 citations · 2014
- 7DESIGN IDEAS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A RECONFIGURABLE ROBOT OSCAR-X2 citations · 2010
- 8MONSUN: a swarmAUV for environmental monitoring and inspection2 citations · 2020