Rogelio Lozano
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Sicherheitstechnik und Ergonomie, Heuristics and Diagnostics for Complex Systems, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Sorbonne Université, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Papers
50
Total Citations
2,399
H-Index
19
About
Rogelio Lozano is a distinguished control systems engineer whose research has profoundly shaped the fields of nonlinear control, underactuated mechanical systems, and autonomous robotics. Based at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne in France, Lozano has built a career bridging rigorous theoretical foundations with practical robotic applications. His most celebrated contributions lie in the control of underactuated mechanical systems. His energy-based approach to controlling the Pendubot — a challenging two-link underactuated robot — has become a landmark reference in the field, accumulating 481 citations. This work, complemented by his co-authored Springer monograph *Non-linear Control for Underactuated Mechanical Systems* (440 citations), established foundational methodologies that researchers worldwide continue to build upon. Earlier in his career, Lozano made significant strides in adaptive control for flexible-joint robot manipulators, producing highly influential work on asymptotic stability and force-position control (265 and 77 citations respectively). More recently, his research expanded into autonomous aerial and underwater vehicles, with notable contributions to quadrotor control, UAV navigation using stereo vision and inertial systems, and underwater vehicle localization using computer vision. His sustained productivity across decades makes him an essential figure for any student studying robotics or advanced control systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Energy based control of the Pendubot481 citations · 2000
- 2<i>Non-linear Control for Underactuated Mechanical Systems</i>440 citations · 2002
- 3Adaptive control of robot manipulators with flexible joints265 citations · 1992
- 4Global tracking controllers for flexible-joint manipulators: a comparative study205 citations · 1995
- 5Quad Rotorcraft Control: Vision-Based Hovering and Navigation143 citations · 2012
- 6Combining Stereo Vision and Inertial Navigation System for a Quad-Rotor UAV112 citations · 2011
- 7Trajectory Control of a Quadrotor Subject to 2D Wind Disturbances111 citations · 2012
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- 9Adaptive hybrid force-position control for redundant manipulators77 citations · 1992
- 10Convergence Analysis of Bilateral Teleoperation with Constant Human Input35 citations · 2007