Paul Murray

Boeing (United States), Boeing (Australia), University of Strathclyde

Papers

Total Citations

171

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About

Paul Murray is a leading researcher in the fields of robotics, teleoperation, and nondestructive evaluation, with a career spanning foundational work in multi-agent systems to cutting-edge industrial inspection technologies. His most influential contribution is his seminal 2009 paper on bilateral teleoperation of multiple mobile agents, which has garnered 159 citations. In this work, Murray introduced a passifying PD controller that enables a single master robot to coordinate motion and avoid collisions among multiple slave agents—a breakthrough that has shaped modern approaches to formation control and human-robot interaction. He also advanced aerial robotics with his 2007 development of a closed-loop motion capture feedback system for small-scale UAVs, providing a versatile platform for early-stage autonomous flight control. More recently, Murray has applied his expertise to industrial challenges, pioneering a phased array ultrasound localization system for robotic weld inspection (2023), which promises to automate repetitive, high-stakes tasks in large-scale infrastructure. His work uniquely bridges theoretical control design with practical deployment, demonstrating lasting impact across both academic and applied domains.