C. Canudas

Lund University, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble

Papers

Total Citations

336

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About

C. Canudas is a pioneering researcher whose work has fundamentally shaped the fields of adaptive control, friction compensation, and robotic systems. Best known for groundbreaking contributions to the understanding and mitigation of nonlinear friction effects in electromechanical systems, Canudas developed innovative control schemes that adaptively compensate for friction in DC motor drives — work that has proven remarkably influential, accumulating over 260 citations for the 1987 landmark paper alone. By demonstrating that friction-compensated motor drives can be approximated as constant coefficient linear models, Canudas enabled engineers to apply well-established linear control design methods to inherently nonlinear systems, dramatically simplifying practical implementation. This foundational insight was extended to robot manipulators, broadening its applicability across industrial automation and robotics. Beyond motor control, Canudas has explored dynamic locomotion challenges, including the periodic stabilization of hopping robots on compliant surfaces, reflecting a versatile research vision that bridges theoretical control design with real-world mechanical systems. With a body of work spanning nearly two decades and consistently recognized by the research community, Canudas remains a significant figure in modern control engineering.