Chad C. Kessens

University of Maryland, College Park, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Northeastern University

Papers

15

Total Citations

140

H-Index

7

About

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Research Focus

Computer science15 · 140 citations
Artificial intelligence13 · 127 citations
Robot11 · 122 citations
Engineering11 · 104 citations
Computer vision7 · 63 citations
Simulation7 · 61 citations
Mechanical engineering6 · 54 citations
Mathematics6 · 52 citations
Physics3 · 38 citations
Motion planning2 · 37 citations
Orientation (vector space)2 · 36 citations
Geometry2 · 33 citations

Key Achievements

7
H-Index
15
Papers
140
Total Citations
9
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
A framework for autonomous self-righting of a generic robot on sloped planar surfaces
31 citations · 2012
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2024 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 65
🏛 Institutions: University of Maryland, College Park, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Northeastern University

Top Papers

  1. 1
    A framework for autonomous self-righting of a generic robot on sloped planar surfaces
    31 citations · 2012
  2. 2
    Cockroach-inspired winged robot reveals principles of ground-based dynamic self-righting
    22 citations · 2016
  3. 3
    Utilizing compliance to manipulate doors with unmodeled constraints
    15 citations · 2010
  4. 4
    Versatile Passive Grasping for Manipulation
    14 citations · 2016
  5. 5
    Toward Lateral Aerial Grasping & Manipulation Using Scalable Suction
    11 citations · 2019
  6. 6
    FORGE: Force-Guided Exploration for Robust Contact-Rich Manipulation Under Uncertainty
    10 citations · 2025
  7. 7
    A metric for self-rightability and understanding its relationship to simple morphologies
    9 citations · 2014
  8. 8
    Toward fieldable human-scale mobile manipulation using RoMan
    6 citations · 2020
  9. 9
    Proprioceptive sensing for autonomous self-righting on unknown sloped planar surfaces
    5 citations · 2013
  10. 10
    Ground-based self-righting using inertial appendage methods
    4 citations · 2017

Key Collaborators

JPJaydev P. Desai2 shared papersSJStephen J. Biggs2 shared papersPRPhilip R. Osteen2 shared papersJIJeffrey I. Lipton2 shared papersJCJason Collins2 shared papersJMJames M. Dotterweich2 shared papersRJRobert J. Full1 shared papersBBByron Boots1 shared papersPOPatrick O’Brien1 shared papersMGMark Gonzalez1 shared papersHEHarris Edge1 shared papersCLCraig Lennon1 shared papersJTJeffrey T. Auletta1 shared papersYOYash Oza1 shared papersDPDilip Patel1 shared papersJGJohn G. Rogers1 shared papersKSKarl Schmeckpeper1 shared papersDCDaniel C. Smith1 shared papersJWJoel W. Burdick1 shared papersMYMark Yim1 shared papers
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