Papers
24
Total Citations
665
H-Index
11
About
Lonnie Love is a researcher whose work spans two transformative domains: advanced robotic control systems and large-scale metal additive manufacturing. Early in his career, Love made significant contributions to teleoperation and impedance control, developing adaptive strategies that elegantly balance contact stability with operator efficiency in force-reflecting systems — work that has garnered over 130 citations and remains influential in human-robot interaction research. His environment estimation techniques for impedance control further cemented his reputation in intelligent robotic systems, earning over 100 citations. Love's research trajectory evolved toward large-scale metal additive manufacturing, where he has become a leading voice in scaling industrial processes. His design rules for Metal Big Area Additive Manufacturing (117 citations) and work fabricating composite molds have helped bridge the gap between laboratory innovation and industrial application. Landmark projects like the Additive Manufacturing Excavator — a fully 3D-printed machine demonstrated at CONEXPO 2017 — showcase his ability to translate research into dramatic real-world demonstrations. More recently, his exploration of multi-axis directed energy deposition and multi-robot wire arc systems points toward the future of scalable, high-complexity metal fabrication. Across both domains, Love's research reflects a consistent ambition: pushing the boundaries of what machines can build and how they are controlled.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Force Reflecting Teleoperation With Adaptive Impedance Control138 citations · 2004
- 2Introduction to the design rules for Metal Big Area Additive Manufacturing117 citations · 2019
- 3Environment estimation for enhanced impedance control103 citations · 2002
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- 6On the modeling of robots operating on ships30 citations · 2004
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- 10Telerobotic planning and control for DOE D&D operations15 citations · 2003