| Contact-implicit trajectory optimization using orthogonal collocation A Patel, SL Shield, S Kazi, AM Johnson, LT Biegler IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 4 (2), 2242-2249, 2019 | 88 | 2019 |
| Tails, flails, and sails: How appendages improve terrestrial maneuverability by improving stability S Shield, R Jericevich, A Patel, A Jusufi Integrative and comparative biology 61 (2), 506-520, 2021 | 30 | 2021 |
| The effect of spine morphology on rapid acceleration in quadruped robots C Fisher, S Shield, A Patel 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
| Minor change, major gains: the effect of orientation formulation on solving time for multi-body trajectory optimization A Knemeyer, S Shield, A Patel IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5 (4), 5331-5338, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Balancing stability and maneuverability during rapid gait termination in fast biped robots S Shield, A Patel 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Contact-implicit direct collocation with a discontinuous velocity state S Shield, AM Johnson, A Patel IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (2), 5779-5786, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| A spider-inspired dragline enables aerial pitch righting in a mobile robot S Shield, C Fisher, A Patel 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| Chasing the cheetah: how field biomechanics has evolved to keep up with the fastest land animal S Shield, N Muramatsu, Z Da Silva, A Patel Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (Suppl_1), jeb245122, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| On the effectiveness of silly walks as initial guesses for optimal legged locomotion problems S Shield, A Patel 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, 1-7, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| Waste not, want not: Lessons in rapid quadrupedal gait termination from thousands of suboptimal solutions S Shield, A Patel 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Getting Air: Modelling and Control of a Hybrid Pneumatic-Electric Legged Robot C Mailer, S Shield, R Govender, A Patel 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 9973-9979, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
| The ollie: A case study in trajectory optimization with varied contacts N Anderson, S Shield, A Patel 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, 1-7, 2020 | 4 | 2020 |
| Minor Change, Major Gains II: Are Maximal Coordinates the Fastest Choice for Trajectory Optimization? S Shield, A Patel 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems …, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| AeroDima: Cheetah-Inspired Aerodynamic Tail Design for Rapid Maneuverability D Bright, S Shield, A Patel 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 1451-1456, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Markerless 3D kinematics and force estimation in cheetahs Z da Silva, S Shield, PE Hudson, AM Wilson, F Nicolls, A Patel Scientific Reports 14 (1), 10579, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Wild Tech: Exploring South Africa’s unique robotics landscape S Shield, R Verrinder, P Amayo, J Mwangama, A Patel Science Robotics 8 (85), eadm7015, 2023 | | 2023 |
| From Dima to Kemba: Ten years of cheetah-inspired research at the African robotics unit S Shield, A Patel Scientific African 20, e01640, 2023 | | 2023 |
| ECR Spotlight–Stacey Shield and Naoya Muramatsu S Shield Journal of Experimental Biology 226, 2023 | | 2023 |
| A contact-implicit direct trajectory optimization scheme for the study of legged maneuverability S Shield | | 2022 |
| Rapid Gait Termination in Humanoids on Surfaces of Varying Friction S Shield, A Patel INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 58, E211-E211, 2018 | | 2018 |
