Margaret McGuinness

Research Background

Prof. Coad explores the design, modeling, and control of innovative robotic systems to improve human health, safety, and productivity. Related to energy, she is particularly interested in using robots to efficiently inspect energy infrastructure such as power plants, and to collect other information useful to the energy sector. She is also interested in the design of energy efficient robots.

Research Interests

Robot Design and Modeling, Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Robotics, Field Robotics, Human-in-the-loop Control, Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Relevant Energy Publications

1. N. G. Badillo Perez and M. M. Coad, "Self-Propelled Soft Everting Toroidal Robot for Navigation and Climbing in Confined Spaces," in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022, pp. 5409-5415.
2. A. M. Gruebele, A. C. Zerbe, M. M. Coad, A. M. Okamura, and M. R. Cutkosky, "Distributed Sensor Networks Deployed Using Soft Growing Robots," in IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2021, pp. 66-73.
3. M. M. Coad, L. H. Blumenschein, S. Cutler, J. A. Reyna Zepeda, N. D. Naclerio, H. El-Hussieny, U. Mehmood, J. Ryu, E. W. Hawkes, and A. M. Okamura, "Vine Robots: Design, Teleoperation, and Deployment for Navigation and Exploration," IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 120-132, 2020.