David Saldaña

Lehigh University — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

17h-index1.1kcitations72works2.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence(29), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms(26), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems(22), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization(11), Optimization and Search Problems(9)

Publications72 total

Decentralized Adaptive Aerospace Transportation of Unknown Loads Using A Team of Robots
Springer proceedings in advanced robotics·2025· 5 cited
FlySurf: A Flying Robotic Surface with Shape Morphing Control
2025
The Spinning Blimp: Design and Control of a Novel Minimalist Aerial Vehicle Leveraging Rotational Dynamics and Locomotion
2025· 2 cited
MochiSwarm: A Testbed for Robotic Micro-Blimps in Realistic Environments
2025· 2 cited
MochiSwarm: A testbed for robotic blimps in realistic environments
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
AirBender: Adaptive Transportation of Bendable Objects Using Dual UAVs
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters·2025· 17 cited
Modular Multirotors: From Quadrotors to Fully-Actuated Aerial Vehicles
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering·2025· 1 cited
Reconfigurable Systems
2025
KT-Imitation: Efficient Visual Imitation for Autonomous Navigation Based on Keypoint Timeline
2024
Rotor Fault Detection and Isolation in Aerial Vehicles with Dozens of Rotors
2024
Modular Multi-Rotors: From Quadrotors to Fully-Actuated Aerial Vehicles
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Decentralized Adaptive Aerospace Transportation of Unknown Loads Using A Team of Robots
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Dynamic Crowd Vetting: Collaborative Detection of Malicious Robots in Dynamic Communication Networks
2023· 2 cited
A Novel Low-Cost, Recyclable, Easy-to-Build Robot Blimp For Transporting Supplies in Hard-to-Reach Locations
2023· 7 cited
SBlimp: Design, Model, and Translational Motion Control for a Swing-Blimp
2023· 11 cited
A Novel Low-Cost, Recyclable, Easy-to-Build Robot Blimp For Transporting Supplies in Hard-to-Reach Locations
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
SBlimp: Design, Model, and Translational Motion Control for a Swing-Blimp
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Finding Optimal Modular Robots for Aerial Tasks
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Finding Optimal Modular Robots for Aerial Tasks
2023· 6 cited
Toward Fine Contact Interactions: Learning to Control Normal Contact Force with Limited Information
2023
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Frequent Co-authors

Vijay Kumar(13), Mário F. M. Campos(11), Diego S. D’Antonio(11), Bruno Gabrich(5), Mark Yim(5), Renato Assunção(5), Amanda Prorok(4), Gustavo A. Cardona(4), Jiawei Xu(4), M. Ani Hsieh(4), Jiawei Xu(4), Rafael Fierro(4), Luis Guerrero-Bonilla(3), Longsen Gao(3), Guanrui Li(2), Neeraj Gandhi(2), Linh Thi Xuan Phan(2), Reza Javanmard Alitappeh(2), Luciano C. A. Pimenta(2), Xi Yu(2)