Papers
13
Total Citations
94
H-Index
5
About
Shlomi Dolev is a pioneering researcher in distributed computing, swarm robotics, and nano-robotics, whose work bridges the gap between biological inspiration and engineered autonomous systems. His major contributions span the design of self-organizing particle systems, where he has developed algorithms enabling simple computational particles to bond, move, and collectively adapt into desired shapes—drawing inspiration from amebas and caterpillars. Dolev is perhaps best known for his visionary work on in-vivo energy harvesting nano-robots, including a proof-of-concept design for cancer cell detection and targeted drug release, powered by blood-harvested energy. His research on "deaf, dumb, and chatting" asynchronous robots introduced movement-signals as a novel communication method, enabling distributed computation and fault tolerance among robots that lack traditional sensing or speaking capabilities. With over 20 citations on his most-cited paper and a consistent record of influential publications from 2009 to 2019, Dolev has also advanced self-stabilizing swarm algorithms that tolerate Byzantine failures. His work is notable for its interdisciplinary ambition, merging theoretical computer science with practical bio-inspired engineering to create resilient, autonomous systems for medicine and robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1In-vivo energy harvesting nano robots22 citations · 2016
- 2Deaf, Dumb, and Chatting Asynchronous Robots17 citations · 2009
- 3RoboCast: Asynchronous Communication in Robot Networks16 citations · 2010
- 4Ameba-inspired Self-organizing Particle Systems9 citations · 2013
- 5Design of Nano-Robots for Exposing Cancer Cells6 citations · 2018
- 6Towards radio transceiving in-vivo nano-robots5 citations · 2019
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- 8Explicit Communication Among Stigmergic Robots3 citations · 2019
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