Papers
10
Total Citations
679
H-Index
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About
Stephanie Schneider is a robotics researcher whose career spans foundational work in cooperative manipulation, real-time software systems, and cutting-edge planetary exploration robotics. Her most influential contributions lie in the domain of cooperative robotic manipulation, where her work on object impedance control — developed as part of Stanford University's Aerospace Robotics Laboratory — has garnered nearly 550 citations across two landmark publications, establishing core theoretical and experimental frameworks that continue to shape multi-robot control research. She has also made significant contributions to real-time distributed systems, co-developing the Network Data Delivery Service (NDDS) and the ControlShell component-based programming system, both of which addressed critical challenges in real-time data sharing and software reuse for complex robotic applications. More recently, Schneider has turned her expertise toward novel planetary exploration concepts, contributing to ReachBot — a small robot with extensible arms designed for mobility and manipulation in challenging extraterrestrial terrain — and the Shapeshifter, a multi-agent morphing platform conceived for exploring Saturn's moon Titan. Her body of work reflects a rare ability to bridge rigorous theoretical foundations with innovative, mission-driven engineering, making her a distinctive voice across multiple generations of robotics research.
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- 4The ControlShell component-based real-time programming system33 citations · 2002
- 5ReachBot: A Small Robot for Large Mobile Manipulation Tasks20 citations · 2022
- 6System design and interfaces for intelligent manufacturing workcell17 citations · 2002
- 7ReachBot: A Small Robot with Exceptional Reach for Rough Terrain14 citations · 2022
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