Václav Křivánek
Papers
19
Total Citations
216
H-Index
6
About
Václav Křivánek is a leading researcher in mobile robotics, specializing in energy-efficient motion control, autonomous navigation, and monocular vision systems. His most impactful work centers on optimizing controllers for Differential Drive Wheeled Mobile Robots (DDWMRs), where he pioneered energy consumption comparisons as a strict criterion for controller selection—his 2020 paper on this topic has garnered 77 citations. Křivánek further advanced the field by developing a full optimization process for fuzzy logic controllers to prolong battery-powered robot operation, a contribution cited 42 times. In computer vision, he introduced innovative indirect methods using single visual cameras for accurate distance and angle measurement via triangulation, with several papers accumulating over 50 combined citations. His practical engineering achievements include low-cost 3D mapping for indoor navigation using Kinect sensors and designing open-hardware bridges for robot-ROS integration, enabling swarm robotics. Křivánek’s work bridges theoretical control theory and real-world robotics, addressing fundamental challenges in localization, energy efficiency, and sensor fusion. With over 190 total citations, his research continues to influence the development of autonomous, energy-aware mobile systems.
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Top Papers
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- 3Measurement of distance by single visual camera at robot sensor systems16 citations · 2012
- 4Low cost 3D mapping for indoor navigation14 citations · 2015
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- 6Distance and angle measurement using monocular vision9 citations · 2018
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- 8Missile guidance systems for UAS landing application6 citations · 2016
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