Papers
21
Total Citations
677
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9
About
Alain Micaelli is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans mobile robot control, humanoid robotics, and digital human modeling. His foundational contributions to nonholonomic mobile robot control in the early 1990s established him as a leading figure in the field, with his seminal 1993 paper on trajectory tracking for unicycle-type and two-steering-wheels mobile robots accumulating over 320 citations — a testament to its lasting influence on autonomous vehicle and robot navigation research. His subsequent work on feedback control of robots with multiple steering wheels further advanced the mathematical treatment of singular configuration spaces in nonholonomic systems. Micaelli's research evolved impressively toward humanoid robotics, where he developed innovative frameworks for dynamic balance control under complex, multi-contact conditions, including non-coplanar frictional contacts and environmental grasping — work that bridges theoretical robotics with practical human-like motion. His later contributions extended into ergonomics, applying humanoid robotics techniques to digital human modeling for workplace biomechanical assessment, demonstrating a remarkable translational vision. Additional work on visual servoing path planning and multi-fingered grasping stiffness modeling underscores the impressive breadth of his expertise, making Micaelli a versatile and enduringly impactful contributor to robotics science.
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- 1Trajectory tracking for unicycle-type and two-steering-wheels mobile robots323 citations · 1993
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- 4Trajectory tracking for two-steering-wheels mobile robots46 citations · 1994
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- 10Stiffness modeling for multi-fingered grasping with rolling contacts9 citations · 2010