Papers

10

Total Citations

104

H-Index

5

About

Gorkem Erinc’s research lies at the intersection of mobile robotics, multi-robot systems, and autonomous navigation, with a particular focus on enabling heterogeneous robot teams to operate effectively in unknown environments. His major contributions center on solving the challenges of nonholonomic motion planning, WiFi-based localization, and appearance-based map merging. His most cited work, "A genetic algorithm for nonholonomic motion planning" (2007, 27 citations), introduces an evolutionary approach to generating and optimizing feasible paths for robots with motion constraints. Erinc has also pioneered methods for real-time WiFi localization of heterogeneous robot teams using online random forests (2015, 24 citations), allowing robots to map and localize without prior knowledge of access point locations. His work on anytime merging of appearance-based maps (2013, 15 citations) enables multiple robots to collaboratively build and share spatial representations using visual features like SIFT descriptors. Through these contributions, Erinc has advanced the practical deployment of multi-robot systems in GPS-denied indoor environments, demonstrating how heterogeneous platforms can cooperate to achieve situational awareness and robust navigation.

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H-Index
10
Papers
104
Total Citations
10
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
A genetic algorithm for nonholonomic motion planning
27 citations · 2007
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2012 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 5
🏛 Institutions: Constructor University, AmeriCorps, University of California, Merced

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