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)
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) -
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 (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
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)
2015-16 Courses
- 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, Brandon Fetroe, Vince Giralo, Zack Hammond, Kyle Julian, Vincent Laurense, Corinne Lippe, Aditya Mahajan, Jake Sganga, Sumant Sharma, Sumeet Singh, Nathan Stacey, David Stonestrom, Josh Sullivan, Adam Wiktor -
Orals Chair
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 -
Orals Evaluator
Ashley Clark, Sumant Sharma, Sumeet Singh, Josh Sullivan -
Master's Program Advisor
Caitlin Driscoll, Racheal Erhard, Bernard Lange, Ben Moore, Jeff Park, Zan Xu, Fengjun Yang -
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