Michael Lunderville

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Michael Lunderville’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, haptic feedback, and telepresence robotics, with a focus on making remote robot control more intuitive and effective. His most influential work, the 2014 paper “Iterative design of a semi-autonomous social telepresence robot research platform: a chronology” (25 citations), documents the multi-year development of a shared-control robot that balances user input with autonomous behaviors—a foundational contribution to the field of social telepresence. Lunderville also advanced haptic interfaces for robot control, notably in his 2013 study converting a 6-DOF haptic device into a 2D joystick (5 citations), where he introduced a simplified API for rapid prototyping of haptic feedback. His 2015 paper (2 citations) critically addresses the under-explored human factors of haptic feedback design for ground-based mobile robots, proposing evaluation methods that bridge technical implementation and user experience. Though his citation counts are modest, Lunderville’s work is valued for its practical, iterative design methodology and its emphasis on usability—a crucial perspective in the growing field of teleoperation. His contributions are particularly relevant for researchers developing accessible, user-centered robotic interfaces.