Brandon Reagen
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About
Brandon Reagen is a leading researcher in energy-efficient computing and autonomous micro-robotic systems. His work focuses on the intersection of computer architecture, integrated circuit design, and ultra-low-power systems, with a particular emphasis on enabling autonomous flight for insect-scale robots. Reagen’s major contributions include pioneering the development of fully integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for pico-aerial vehicles, most notably demonstrating a 40-nm CMOS SoC that meets the extreme weight, power, and real-time constraints of bee-sized flapping-wing robots. His multi-chip system designs have achieved significant energy efficiency improvements, enabling open-loop wing flapping with battery power—a critical step toward practical autonomous micro-drones. With highly cited works such as his 2017 SoC paper (24 citations) and 2015 multi-chip system study (16 citations), Reagen has established foundational techniques for closed-loop control and power electronics in sub-gram aerial platforms. His achievements are notable for pushing the boundaries of what is physically possible in ultra-miniaturized robotics, directly impacting fields from environmental monitoring to search-and-rescue.
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- 2A multi-chip system optimized for insect-scale flapping-wing robots16 citations · 2015