Papers
13
Total Citations
195
H-Index
9
About
Akira Inoue is a leading researcher in nonlinear control systems and mobile robotics, with a focus on underactuated mechanisms and autonomous navigation. His most influential work tackles the challenging swing-up control of the Acrobot—a two-link underactuated robot modeled after a horizontal bar gymnast—where he introduced a novel partial linearization controller based on the Lyapunov theorem (35 citations). This breakthrough addresses the robot’s large range of motion and limited joint angles, advancing the field of nonlinear underactuated systems. In mobile robotics, Inoue has pioneered motion control for two-wheeled robots in dynamic and noisy environments, including a support vector machine-based scheme that handles uncertainty and local minima (17 citations). His early work on on-line motion planning to avoid multiple moving obstacles (16 citations) remains foundational for autonomous navigation in crowded spaces. With over 200 total citations across his top papers, Inoue’s contributions extend to parking control and Lyapunov function-based obstacle avoidance, demonstrating practical solutions for real-world robotics. His research is essential reading for students and engineers working on nonlinear control, mobile robot autonomy, and human-robot interaction.
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Top Papers
- 1Two-wheeled mobile robot motion control in dynamic environments56 citations · 2009
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- 6Parking Control of a Two Wheeled Mobile Robot12 citations · 2007
- 7Mobile Robot Path Planning by Svm and Lyapunov Function Compensation11 citations · 2009
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- 10A Swingup Control of an Inverted Pendulum with Cart Position Control8 citations · 2001