Papers
11
Total Citations
400
H-Index
7
About
David Schoenwald is a leading researcher in decentralized control theory and its application to multi-robot systems. His seminal 2002 paper, "Decentralized control of cooperative robotic vehicles: theory and application" (256 citations), established foundational frameworks for analyzing the input/output reachability, structural observability, and controllability of cooperative robotic networks. Schoenwald's work demonstrates how large-scale decentralized control theory can ensure stability and coordination among autonomous vehicles without centralized oversight. He has also made significant contributions to flexible manipulator control, developing composite control strategies that combine slewing and vibration damping using singular perturbation techniques. His research extends to practical implementations, including algorithms for forming distributed communication/navigation networks of robotic vehicles using ultrasound ranging for indoor positioning. Schoenwald's career reflects a rare ability to bridge rigorous theoretical analysis—such as stability proofs for decentralized cooperative controls—with real-world applications like ground-based unmanned robots maintaining communication networks in buildings. His work remains essential reading for researchers in multi-agent systems, cooperative robotics, and distributed control.
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Top Papers
- 1Decentralized control of cooperative robotic vehicles: theory and application256 citations · 2002
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- 3Decentralized control of a collective of autonomous robotic vehicles23 citations · 2001
- 4Minimum-time trajectory control of a two-link flexible robotic manipulator17 citations · 2002
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- 7Stability Analysis of Decentralized Cooperative Controls8 citations · 2002
- 8Stability analysis of distributed autonomous vehicles7 citations · 2003
- 9Distributed communication/navigation robot vehicle network6 citations · 2003
- 10Simulation of Robot Manipulators3 citations · 1995