Papers
11
Total Citations
412
H-Index
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About
Daniel Drew is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work spans microrobotics, swarm systems, and electrohydrodynamic propulsion. His most influential contribution, "Multi-Agent Systems for Search and Rescue Applications" (2021, 171 citations), established him as a leading voice in cooperative robotics, while his complementary work on user-defined swarm control (2020, 55 citations) addresses the critical challenge of making complex multi-robot systems intuitive for human operators. Drew has made remarkable strides in miniaturized robotics, co-developing one of the world's smallest walking silicon robots — a 5mm device weighing just 18mg — and demonstrating the first takeoff of a flying microrobot with no moving parts, the so-called "ionocraft," which uses electrohydrodynamic thrust to achieve insect-scale flight without biomimetic mechanisms. His work on lightweight high-voltage generators for electroadhesive perching further extends the operational viability of micro air vehicles. More recently, Drew has expanded into surgical robotics, exploring millimeter-scale continuum wrists for microsurgical applications. Collectively, his research portfolio reflects a rare ability to bridge fundamental microfabrication science with real-world autonomous systems, earning him hundreds of citations across multiple subfields of robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Multi-Agent Systems for Search and Rescue Applications171 citations · 2021
- 2User-defined Swarm Robot Control55 citations · 2020
- 3First steps of a millimeter-scale walking silicon robot41 citations · 2017
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- 5First takeoff of a flying microrobot with no moving parts35 citations · 2017
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