Stefanie Mueller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vassar College, IIT@MIT, Hasso Plattner Institute
Papers
7
Total Citations
282
H-Index
5
About
Stefanie Mueller is a visionary in human-computer interaction and digital fabrication, pioneering systems that merge augmented reality, robotics, and 3D printing to make manufacturing interactive and autonomous. Her landmark work, RoMA (2018, 166 citations), introduced the Robotic Modeling Assistant—an AR CAD editor where a designer’s creations are simultaneously built by a robotic 3D printing arm, enabling fast, in-situ modeling. Mueller’s LaserFactory (2021, 53 citations) pushes further by augmenting a standard laser cutter to autonomously fabricate functional devices and robots, integrating mechanical structures with conductive circuits. She also advances self-reconfigurable robotics with ElectroVoxel (2022, 36 citations), using electromagnets for scalable, pivoting cube robots. Beyond these, Mueller’s CrossFAB (2016) calls for interdisciplinary collaboration in fabrication research, while FabRobotics (2024) fuses 3D printing with mobile robots for adaptive manufacturing. Her work has garnered over 280 citations, reshaping how we think about personal fabrication—from hands-on design to fully automated assembly. Mueller’s contributions are foundational for students and researchers exploring the future of interactive, robotic fabrication.