Johannes F. Broenink
Papers
7
Total Citations
39
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About
Johannes F. Broenink is a leading figure in mechatronic and robotic systems engineering, with research spanning model-driven design, real-time embedded control, and dynamic robot locomotion. His work is foundational for developing predictable, high-performance cyber-physical systems. Broenink’s most cited paper, "Modeling of the youBot in a serial link structure using twists and wrenches in a bond graph" (2010, 8 citations), provides a seminal tutorial on object-oriented modeling of complex robotic manipulators, using the KUKA youBot as a case study. He has made significant contributions to real-time systems, notably through a graph-theoretical approach to combining periodic processes to reduce context-switch overhead in single-core embedded controllers (2013-2014, 7 citations each). His earlier work on combined-system simulators (1996, 5 citations) introduced a generic algorithm for handling time and state events efficiently, a key enabler for mechatronic simulation. Broenink also advanced model-driven development for the TERRA robot software suite (2015, 4 citations) and contributed to dynamic walking stability for the TUlip bipedal robot (2010, 3 citations), a RoboCup competitor. With a career spanning decades, his research has shaped how engineers design, model, and verify real-time robotic and mechatronic systems, impacting both academic theory and practical implementation.
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- 4Schedulability analysis of timed CSP models using the PAT model checker5 citations · 2012
- 5A COMBINED-SYSTEM SIMULATOR FOR MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS5 citations · 1996
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