H.J.C. Huijberts

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H.J.C. Huijberts has made significant contributions to the field of multi-robot systems, with a primary focus on formation control for nonholonomic mobile robots. His most impactful work, a 2011 paper on virtual structure formation control for unicycle robots, has garnered 111 citations and introduces a novel distributed control strategy enhanced by mutual coupling between agents. This coupling provides additional robustness, a key insight that distinguishes his approach. Huijberts has further advanced the field by developing distributed algorithms that enable groups of unicycle robots to achieve time-varying formation shapes while following a prescribed path, as well as extending these principles to the more complex car-like robots using backstepping techniques. Beyond formation control, his research also addresses the challenges of robotic manipulation, as seen in his work on modelling and control of the Barrett Hand for grasping. With a total of over 170 citations across his most-cited works, Huijberts’ research provides foundational theory and practical algorithms for coordinating teams of autonomous robots, making him a respected figure in the robotics community.

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1. 1
   A virtual structure approach to formation control of unicycle mobile robots using mutual coupling

   111 citations · 2011
2. 2
   Distributed formation control of unicycle robots

   29 citations · 2012
3. 3
   Modelling and Control of the Barrett Hand for Grasping

   15 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Formation control of unicycle robots using the virtual structure approach

   11 citations · 2011
5. 5
   Formation control design for car-like nonholonomic robots using the backstepping approach

   11 citations · 2013

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