Papers
9
Total Citations
95
H-Index
6
About
Tamer Inanc is a researcher whose work spans autonomous robotics, optimal control, and unmanned aerial systems — areas where he has made meaningful contributions to both theoretical development and practical experimentation. He is perhaps best known for designing and validating innovative robotics testbeds, including an Autonomous Mobile Robotics Systems Testbed (2009, 27 citations) and the Multiple Air Robotics Indoor Testbed (MARIT), which have served as platforms for advancing cooperative control and trajectory generation research. His accessible, low-cost mobile robotics experiments, leveraging LEGO Mindstorms and affordable sensors, demonstrate a strong commitment to hands-on engineering education. On the theoretical front, Inanc has explored advanced optimal control methodologies, including Discrete Mechanics and Optimal Control (DMOC) and, more recently, a novel combination of radial basis function interpolation with Galerkin projection for direct trajectory optimization (2021, 15 citations) — work particularly suited to nonsmooth and discontinuous problems. His early contributions to robust controller design for active vision systems further reflect the breadth of his expertise. Collectively, his research bridges rigorous mathematical frameworks with real-world robotic applications, making him a valuable figure for students and researchers working at the intersection of control theory and autonomous systems.
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- 4Low cost mobile robotics experiment with camera and sonar sensors12 citations · 2009
- 5Robust controller design for active vision systems9 citations · 2000
- 6A tutorial for applying DMOC to solve optimization control problems7 citations · 2010
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- 8Multiple Air Robotics Indoor Testbed3 citations · 2012
- 9A multiphase <scp>DMOC</scp>‐based trajectory optimization method2 citations · 2017