Papers
15
Total Citations
148
H-Index
8
About
A. Clerentin is a robotics researcher whose work has made meaningful contributions to the field of mobile robot localization and perception, with a particular focus on omnidirectional vision systems and multi-sensor fusion. Operating primarily in the early-to-mid 2000s, Clerentin developed innovative approaches to enabling autonomous robots to determine their position within indoor environments using conical mirrors, CCD cameras, and panoramic range finders working in concert. Among Clerentin's most recognized contributions is a stereoscopic omnidirectional localization system built around the SYCLOP sensor, which earned 31 citations and demonstrated how a movable omnidirectional sensor along a rail could achieve robust absolute localization. Complementing this, their work on multi-sensor cooperation — fusing omnidirectional vision with panoramic range finders — established practical frameworks for handling complementary and redundant sensory data to improve localization reliability, collectively attracting over 35 citations across multiple publications. Clerentin also advanced the theoretical underpinnings of the field, contributing research on uncertainty propagation architectures, interval analysis for environmental map construction, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using omnidirectional stereoscopic data. Taken together, this body of work, accumulating over 130 citations, reflects a sustained and technically rigorous effort to push the boundaries of autonomous robot perception and self-localization in real-world environments.
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- 23D Localization with Conical Vision18 citations · 2003
- 3Omnidirectional sensors cooperation for multi-target tracking13 citations · 2002
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- 5Self localization: a new uncertainty propagation architecture11 citations · 2005
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- 7Mobile robot localization based on multi target tracking10 citations · 2003
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