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Total Citations
88
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About
Joel G. Morillon is a pioneering roboticist whose career has focused on advancing autonomous and teleoperated systems for challenging real-world environments, particularly in defense and nuclear applications. His research spans climbing robotics, military convoy automation, and human-robot interaction. Morillon’s most influential work is the design of Pobot V2, a robot that climbs cylindro-conic poles using a novel rolling self-locking mechanism (42 citations), demonstrating a clever mechanical solution for vertical mobility. He made significant contributions to the French Military Robotic Study Program, developing leader-follower functions for autonomous convoys and robust perception algorithms for road and track following (11 and 6 citations, respectively). Morillon also led the development of CENTAURE, a remote-controlled tracked vehicle for nuclear intervention, and contributed to SYRANO, a ground robotic system for target acquisition and neutralization (5 citations). His work on computer-aided teleoperation (14 citations) and real-time vision tracking systems (2 citations) has simplified human-robot interaction for remote control. With nearly 90 total citations, Morillon’s research has directly impacted military robotics and hazardous environment operations, establishing him as a key figure in French robotic systems engineering.
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- 2Computer aided teleoperation: from arm to vehicle control14 citations · 2003
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- 6Development of high-level robotic functions for mobile combat systems4 citations · 2003
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- 8Stability control for high speed tracked unmanned vehicles2 citations · 2005
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