Gayan W. Gamage

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Papers

4

Total Citations

56

H-Index

4

About

Gayan W. Gamage is a robotics and control systems researcher whose work centers on autonomous multi-robot coordination, nonholonomic systems, and hybrid control architectures. His research has made significant contributions to the field of formation control for mobile robots, developing innovative strategies that enable groups of robots to navigate complex, obstacle-populated environments while maintaining precise geometric formations. Gamage's most impactful work, "Leader Follower Based Formation Control Strategies for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots" (2010, 24 citations), introduced novel formation maintenance techniques combining nonholonomic trajectory tracking with dynamic feedback linearization, validated through rigorous experimental testing. Complementing this, his discrete event systems-based formation control framework (2009, 18 citations) demonstrated how continuous controllers could be elegantly coordinated through supervisory control architectures — a particularly innovative bottom-up approach to multi-robot coordination. Across his body of work, Gamage consistently tackled the challenging problem of nonholonomic constraints in real-world robotic systems, bridging theoretical control design with practical implementation. His cumulative citation record of over 56 citations reflects meaningful influence within the multi-robot systems community, making his research valuable reading for students exploring autonomous robotics, hybrid control systems, and cooperative robot navigation.

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H-Index
4
Papers
56
Total Citations
14
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Leader follower based formation control strategies for nonholonomic mobile robots: Design, implementation and experimental validation
24 citations · 2010
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2009 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 2
🏛 Institutions: Memorial University of Newfoundland

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