Papers
14
Total Citations
239
H-Index
7
About
B. Fernandez is a robotics researcher whose work spans several interconnected domains, including bipedal locomotion, whole-body control, fault-tolerant robotics, impedance control, and immuno-inspired systems. With a career stretching from the early 1990s to the present, Fernandez has made sustained contributions to both theoretical and applied robotics. His most-cited work, "Stabilizing Series-Elastic Point-Foot Bipeds Using Whole-Body Operational Space Control" (2016, 71 citations), demonstrates a sophisticated approach to simultaneous motion and force control in legged robots — a challenging problem central to modern humanoid robotics. His foundational 1991 paper on robust impedance control of robot manipulators (54 citations) established early expertise in adaptive and stable robotic interaction with environments. Fernandez also advanced fault-tolerant robotics, developing control algorithms that allow robotic systems to recover gracefully from hardware failures (32 citations). A particularly distinctive thread in his research is the application of artificial immune system principles to heterogeneous mobile robotic systems, exploring how biological self-organization and adaptation can enhance robot resilience in unstructured environments. Collectively, his work reflects a broad and innovative approach to robust, adaptive robotic control across diverse platforms and conditions.
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- 2Robust Impedance Control of Robot Manipulators54 citations · 1991
- 3Control algorithms for fault-tolerant robots32 citations · 2002
- 4Immuno-inspired robotic applications: A review29 citations · 2015
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- 7Perturbation theory to plan dynamic locomotion in very rough terrains7 citations · 2011
- 8Immuno-inspired heterogeneous mobile robotic systems6 citations · 2010
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- 10Perturbation theory to plan dynamic locomotion in very rough terrains5 citations · 2011