Falling in line: Visual route following on extreme terrain for a tethered mobile robot. - Patrick McGarey; Max Polzin; Timothy D. Barfoot (ICRA, 2017)

Heading for the Abyss: Control Strategies for Exploiting Swinging of a Descending Tethered Aerial Robot. - Max Polzin; Frank Centamori; Josie Hughes (ICRA, 2023)

Automation in steep terrain agriculture: an optimal controller to prevent tipping and slipping of tethered robots on slopes. - Max Polzin; Josie Hughes (Adv. Robotics, 2023)

Into the ice: Exploration and data capturing in glacial moulins by a tethered robot. - Max Polzin; Josie Hughes (J. Field Robotics, 2024)

Robotic locomotion through active and passive morphological adaptation in extreme outdoor environments. - Max Polzin; Qinghua Guan; Josie Hughes (Sci. Robotics, 2025)