Pamela Abshire

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Pamela Abshire is a leading researcher in the design of compact, low-power sensing and control systems for miniature robotics. Her work focuses on overcoming the severe size, power, and computational constraints of small robotic platforms. A major contribution is the development of robust distance-only sensors for networked mini-robots, comparing methods like Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA). Her 2011 paper on this topic, with 10 citations, established a foundational approach for inter-robot distance sensing without heading information. She further refined this in a 2012 paper (5 citations), presenting an efficient TDOA-based sensor that leverages wireless communication and signal processing. Abshire also addresses the challenge of controlling miniature robots with nonlinear dynamics and obstacle avoidance, proposing a mixed-signal architecture for randomized receding horizon control (2012, 2 citations). Her work is notable for its practical, hardware-aware approach, directly tackling the strict power and size limitations that define the frontier of miniature robotics.