Mac Schwager
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Academic Appointments
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Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Administrative Appointments
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Assistant Professor, Boston University (2012 - 2015)
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania (2010 - 2012)
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Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT (2009 - 2011)
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Automation Engineer, Applied Materials, Inc (2000 - 2002)
Honors & Awards
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Best Paper Finalist, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2016)
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King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2016)
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Early Career Research Excellence Award, Boston University College of Engineering (2015)
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CAREER Award, NSF (2014)
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Best Paper Finalist, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2011)
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Best Paper Award, Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB) (2008)
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Best Paper Finalist, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2008)
Professional Education
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PhD, MIT, Mechanical Engineering (2009)
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MS, MIT, Mechanical Engineering (2005)
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BS, Stanford, Mechanical Engineering (2000)
2019-20 Courses
- Multi-robot Control, Communication, and Sensing
AA 277 (Win) - State Estimation and Filtering for Aerospace Systems
AA 273 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Research and Writing in Aero/Astro
AA 190 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Independent Study in Aero/Astro
AA 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Practical Training
AA 291 (Aut, Sum) - Problems in Aero/Astro
AA 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research and Writing in Aero/Astro
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Prior Year Courses
2018-19 Courses
- Advanced Feedback Control Design
AA 212 (Aut) - Multi-robot Control, Communication, and Sensing
AA 277 (Win) - State Estimation and Filtering for Aerospace Systems
AA 273 (Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Advanced Feedback Control Design
AA 212 (Aut) - Multi-robot Control, Communication, and Sensing
AA 277 (Win) - State Estimation and Filtering for Aerospace Systems
AA 273 (Spr)
2016-17 Courses
- Advanced Feedback Control Design
AA 212 (Aut) - Multi-robot Control, Communication, and Sensing
AA 277 (Win) - State Estimation and Filtering for Aerospace Systems
AA 273 (Spr)
- Advanced Feedback Control Design
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Edward Balaban, Ashley Clark, Duncan Eddy, Vince Giralo, Zack Hammond, Kyle Julian, Corinne Lippe, Aditya Mahajan, Nathan Stacey, David Stonestrom, Josh Sullivan, Adam Wiktor -
Orals Chair
Arul Suresh, Stephen Yang -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Negar Zahedi Mehr -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Adam Caccavale, Eric Cristofalo, Preston Culbertson, Ravi Haksar, Trevor Halsted, Jun En Low, Haruki Nishimura, Kunal Shah, Nathan Usevitch, Mingyu Wang, Patrick Washington -
Orals Evaluator
Ashley Clark, Josh Sullivan -
Master's Program Advisor
Caitlin Driscoll, Racheal Erhard, Richard Akira Heru, Bernard Lange, Ben Moore, Aliyah Smith, Karthik Srivatsan, Gadi Sznaier Camps, Joe Vincent, Zan Xu, Fengjun Yang, Remy Zawislak -
Doctoral (Program)
Claire Chen
All Publications
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Agile Coordination and Assistive Collision Avoidance for Quadrotor Swarms Using Virtual Structures
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
2018; 34 (4): 916–23
View details for DOI 10.1109/TRO.2018.2857477
View details for Web of Science ID 000442341000016
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Controlling Noncooperative Herds with Robotic Herders
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
2018; 34 (2): 517–25
View details for DOI 10.1109/TRO.2017.2776308
View details for Web of Science ID 000430595400017
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Adapting to sensing and actuation variations in multi-robot coverage
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH
2017; 36 (3): 337-354
View details for DOI 10.1177/0278364916688103
View details for Web of Science ID 000401023100006
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Localization of a Ground Robot by Aerial Robots for GPS-Deprived Control with Temporal Logic Constraints
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. 2017: 525–37
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50115-4_46
View details for Web of Science ID 000418796400046
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Distributed Multi-Robot Localization from Acoustic Pulses Using Euclidean Distance Geometry
IEEE. 2017
View details for Web of Science ID 000427919700015
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Learning a Dynamical System Model for a Spatiotemporal Field Using a Mobile Sensing Robot
IEEE. 2017: 170–75
View details for Web of Science ID 000427033300027
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Force-Amplifying N-robot Transport System (Force-ANTS) for cooperative planar manipulation without communication
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH
2016; 35 (13): 1564-1586
View details for DOI 10.1177/0278364916667473
View details for Web of Science ID 000385847500002
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Rapidly Exploring Random Cycles: Persistent Estimation of Spatiotemporal Fields With Multiple Sensing Robots
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
2016; 32 (5): 1230-1244
View details for DOI 10.1109/TRO.2016.2596772
View details for Web of Science ID 000385180400013
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Correlated Orienteering Problem and its Application to Persistent Monitoring Tasks
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
2016; 32 (5): 1106-1118
View details for DOI 10.1109/TRO.2016.2593450
View details for Web of Science ID 000385180400005
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Vision-Based Distributed Formation Control Without an External Positioning System
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
2016; 32 (2): 339-351
View details for DOI 10.1109/TRO.2016.2523542
View details for Web of Science ID 000374306700007