Jeffrey A. Edlund
California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Papers
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Total Citations
412
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About
Jeffrey A. Edlund is a leading roboticist specializing in autonomous navigation, multi-robot coordination, and extreme-terrain exploration. His most impactful work centers on the NeBula autonomy solution, the system that powered TEAM CoSTAR to victory in Phase II of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. This work, detailed in his highly cited 2021 and 2022 papers (over 150 combined citations), addresses the core challenges of deploying robots in GPS-denied, communication-degraded environments like tunnels and urban ruins. Edlund’s contributions extend from high-level algorithmic architecture to practical hardware design. He was instrumental in developing the Axel and DuAxel rovers, a novel two-wheeled platform designed for sustainable exploration of extreme terrains on Earth and other planets. His research on communication-aware exploration, including the CHORD and ACHORD systems, enables teams of robots to share data and coordinate effectively even with intermittent connectivity. Edlund also contributed to the Mars 2020 mission, co-authoring work on the force-torque sensor calibration for Perseverance’s robotic arm. With a career bridging theoretical innovation and real-world deployment, Edlund’s work is essential reading for anyone interested in pushing the boundaries of field robotics.
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- 2Axel and DuAxel rovers for the sustainable exploration of extreme terrains90 citations · 2012
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