Christine Chevallereau
Vivant (United States), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Thermique et Energie de Nantes, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST), École Centrale de Nantes, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nantes, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans
Papers
124
Total Citations
5,150
H-Index
31
About
Christine Chevallereau is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the science of dynamic bipedal locomotion and underactuated robotic systems. Based at France's CNRS, her research sits at the intersection of nonlinear control theory, hybrid dynamical systems, and humanoid robotics — fields she has shaped through decades of rigorous and influential scholarship. Her landmark 2010 textbook, *Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion* (over 1,090 citations), remains the definitive reference for researchers tackling the hybrid, nonlinear nature of walking robots — a problem she helped bring to the forefront of control engineering. Her pivotal role in developing RABBIT, an experimental bipedal platform that became a celebrated testbed for advanced control theory, generated over 530 citations and gave the global research community a concrete platform to validate theoretical breakthroughs. Chevallereau's contributions span optimal gait generation, asymptotically stable walking and running controllers, zero moment point regulation, and the extension of bipedal control frameworks from planar to full 3D robots. With multiple papers exceeding 100–270 citations, her body of work represents a cornerstone of modern legged robotics, inspiring generations of researchers worldwide.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion1,093 citations · 2010
- 2RABBIT: a testbed for advanced control theory538 citations · 2003
- 3Models, feedback control, and open problems of 3D bipedal robotic walking324 citations · 2014
- 4Optimal reference trajectories for walking and running of a biped robot272 citations · 2001
- 5Asymptotically Stable Walking of a Five-Link Underactuated 3-D Bipedal Robot268 citations · 2009
- 6Nonlinear control of mechanical systems with an unactuated cyclic variable194 citations · 2005
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- 83D Bipedal Robotic Walking: Models, Feedback Control, and Open Problems128 citations · 2010
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- 10Bipedal Robots : Modeling, Design and Walking Synthesis91 citations · 2009