Stacey Shield

University of Cape Town — South Africa

Engineering · Physical Sciences

7h-index193citations23works0.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Robotic Locomotion and Control(16), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms(4), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms(4), Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots(4), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics(3)

Publications23 total

Optimal spine morphology for high-speed bounding in quadruped robots
MATEC Web of Conferences·2025Open Access
A leap for physics-based character animation: Automated gait cycle generation for characters of arbitrary morphologies using trajectory optimisation
MATEC Web of Conferences·2025Open Access
Development of force control and proprioception on a closed chain 5-segment leg
MATEC Web of Conferences·2025Open Access
Exploring the biomechanics of digitigrade stilts using techniques from legged robotics
MATEC Web of Conferences·2025Open Access
Investigating the effect of Shore hardness on the adhesion strength of a gecko robot dry adhesive
MATEC Web of Conferences·2025Open Access
AeroDima: Cheetah-Inspired Aerodynamic Tail Design for Rapid Maneuverability
2024· 2 cited
Markerless 3D kinematics and force estimation in cheetahs
Scientific Reports·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Wild Tech: Exploring South Africa’s unique robotics landscape
Science Robotics·2023
Getting Air: Modelling and Control of a Hybrid Pneumatic-Electric Legged Robot
2023· 4 cited
ECR Spotlight – Stacey Shield and Naoya Muramatsu
Journal of Experimental Biology·2023Open Access
Chasing the cheetah: how field biomechanics has evolved to keep up with the fastest land animal
Journal of Experimental Biology·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
From Dima to Kemba: Ten years of cheetah-inspired research at the African robotics unit
Scientific African·2023Open Access
Minor Change, Major Gains II: Are Maximal Coordinates the Fastest Choice for Trajectory Optimization?
2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)·2022· 1 cited
Contact-Implicit Direct Collocation With a Discontinuous Velocity State
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters·2022· 12 cited
Tails, Flails, and Sails: How Appendages Improve Terrestrial Maneuverability by Improving Stability
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2021· 38 citedOpen Access
Waste Not, Want Not: Lessons in Rapid Quadrupedal Gait Termination from Thousands of Suboptimal Solutions
2020· 1 cited
Minor Change, Major Gains: The Effect of Orientation Formulation on Solving Time for Multi-Body Trajectory Optimization
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters·2020· 12 cited
On the Effectiveness of Silly Walks as Initial Guesses for Optimal Legged Locomotion Problems
2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference·2020· 4 cited
The Ollie: A Case Study in Trajectory Optimization with Varied Contacts
2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference·2020· 3 cited
Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization Using Orthogonal Collocation
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters·2019· 71 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Amir Patel(19), Naoya Muramatsu(3), Reuben Govender(3), Aaron M. Johnson(2), Callen Fisher(2), Zico da Silva(2), Saif R. Kazi(1), Lorenz T. Biegler(1), Ricardo Jericevich(1), Ardian Jusufi(1), Alexander Knemeyer(1), Christopher Mailer(1), Penny E. Hudson(1), Alan M. Wilson(1), Fred Nicolls(1), Nicholas P. Anderson(1), Daryn Bright(1), Shalom Abiodun(1), Heather Wimberley(1), Joshua Harford(1)