Robert C. Bolles
Papers
9
Total Citations
536
H-Index
7
About
Robert C. Bolles is a pioneering computer vision and robotics researcher whose career has centered on enabling autonomous systems to perceive, map, and navigate complex real-world environments. Best known for his foundational contributions to stereo vision-based outdoor navigation, Bolles has played a central role in advancing the field of autonomous mobile robotics over several decades. His most influential work, "Outdoor Mapping and Navigation Using Stereo Vision" (2008, 191 citations), demonstrated how stereo vision could serve as a primary sensor for autonomous ground vehicles operating in unstructured terrain — work closely tied to the DARPA Learning Applied to Ground Robots (LAGR) project, where his team built complete autonomous systems capable of off-road traversal and real-time environmental learning. Complementary papers on localization, mapping, and off-road navigation further cemented his reputation as a leader in vision-driven autonomy. Bolles also shaped the broader robotics research community through his editorial contributions to the landmark *Fourth International Symposium on Robotics Research* (1988, 135 citations), bringing together leading voices from Japan, Europe, and the United States. His earlier work on 3-D vision and multiple object representations for mobile robots helped lay theoretical groundwork that continues to inform modern robotic perception systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Outdoor Mapping and Navigation Using Stereo Vision191 citations · 2008
- 2Proceedings of the 4th international symposium on Robotics Research135 citations · 1988
- 3Mapping, navigation, and learning for off‐road traversal71 citations · 2008
- 4
- 5The representation space paradigm of concurrent evolving object descriptions42 citations · 1992
- 6Robotics research : the fourth international symposium28 citations · 1988
- 73-D Vision for Robot Applications8 citations · 1987
- 8Intelligent Robots — Sensing, Modeling and Planning7 citations · 1997
- 9Multiple Representations for Mobile Robot Vision2 citations · 1987