Dennis Leroy Wigand

About

Dennis Leroy Wigand is a robotics researcher whose work spans two deeply interconnected domains: model-driven software engineering for robotics and advanced multi-robot control systems. His most influential contribution, a 2016 survey on domain-specific modeling and languages in robotics (70 citations), established a foundational reference for applying model-driven engineering to the complex, multi-disciplinary challenge of robotics development. This work set the stage for his subsequent research on domain-specific language modularization, enabling more extensible and maintainable component-based robotic systems. Beyond software engineering, Wigand has made significant contributions to physical human-robot interaction and multi-arm robotics. His 2021 work on impedance-based physical human–multi-robot collaboration (30 citations) broke new ground by extending haptic interaction paradigms beyond single-robot systems to coordinated multi-robot environments. His 2018 research on modeling and controlling multi-arm and multi-leg robots (29 citations) further demonstrated his ability to bridge theoretical control frameworks with practical grasping applications. Wigand has also pursued real-world impact through VR-based physiotherapeutic applications and real-time scheduling tools for reliable robotic systems, reflecting a career dedicated to making robotics software both rigorous and practically deployable.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A Survey on Domain-specific Modeling and Languages in Robotics

   70 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Enabling impedance-based physical human–multi–robot collaboration: Experiments with four torque-controlled manipulators

   30 citations · 2021
3. 3
   Modeling and Control of Multi-Arm and Multi-Leg Robots: Compensating for Object Dynamics During Grasping

   29 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Domain-Specific Language Modularization Scheme Applied to a Multi-Arm Robotics Use-Case

   17 citations · 2017
5. 5
   Model-Based Performance Testing for Robotics Software Components

   10 citations · 2018
6. 6
   An open-source architecture for simulation, execution and analysis of real-time robotics systems

   7 citations · 2018
7. 7
   Real-time Control of Whole-body Robot Motion and Trajectory Generation for Physiotherapeutic Juggling in VR

   5 citations · 2018
8. 8
   Modularization of Domain-Specific Languages for Extensible Component-Based Robotic Systems

   4 citations · 2017
9. 9
   Model-Driven Scheduling of Real-Time Tasks for Robotics Systems

   3 citations · 2019

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