Scholar
Edward Tunstel
Google Scholar ID: 1u6-T7sAAAAJ
Motiv Space Systems
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,994
H-index
21
i10-index
33
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Authored over 170 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters.
- Edited or co-authored 5 books in his field.
- IEEE Fellow.
- Past President of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
- Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for NASA’s Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy ULI Project.
- Chair of the Scientific and Industry Advisory Board for the TECHLAV Autonomy Center of Excellence.
Research Experience
- Currently Director-R&D of Robotics at Southwest Research Institute.
- Formerly CTO of Motiv Space Systems, Inc.
- 2007–2017: Led space robotics and autonomous control at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL); later Senior Roboticist in the Research & Exploratory Development Department and Intelligent Systems Center, developing autonomous capabilities for space missions and human-robot teams.
- 1989–2007: Senior Robotics Engineer and Group Leader of the Advanced Robotic Controls Group at NASA JPL; served on the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission as Flight Systems Engineer for surface mobility and autonomous navigation; led mobility and robotic arm operations for Spirit and Opportunity rovers during their first four years on Mars.
- Associate Director of Robotics at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), later Raytheon Technologies Research Center, where he incubated a human-collaborative robotics research group.
- Contributed to multiple NASA projects including FIDO rover technology, distributed science instrument mobility, and future large space telescope studies.
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