Papers
36
Total Citations
6,448
H-Index
19
About
Lorenzo Sciavicco is a pioneering figure in robotics research, whose work has fundamentally shaped the fields of robot modelling, motion planning, and control. Best known as co-author of the landmark textbook *Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators* (2000, 1,036 citations) and its expanded successor *Robotics: Modelling, Planning and Control* (2009, 2,507 citations), Sciavicco — alongside Bruno Siciliano — produced what became essential reading for generations of robotics students and engineers worldwide. These texts unified theoretical foundations with practical applications, covering kinematics, dynamics, trajectory planning, and advanced control. Sciavicco's research contributions span several decades, beginning with early work on adaptive and robust control strategies for robotic manipulators in the 1980s (183 and 159 citations respectively), through to influential studies on force/position control (322 citations) and redundant manipulator kinematics. His later work extended into multi-robot systems, including distributed localization algorithms using Interlaced Extended Kalman Filters (511 citations). With a cumulative citation record exceeding 5,500 across his most impactful works, Sciavicco's legacy lies in making rigorous robotics theory accessible while advancing the discipline's theoretical boundaries significantly.
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Top Papers
- 1Robotics: modelling, planning and control2,507 citations · 2009
- 2Robotics1,177 citations · 2008
- 3Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators1,036 citations · 2000
- 4Distributed Multi-Robot Localization511 citations · 2013
- 5The parallel approach to force/position control of robotic manipulators322 citations · 1993
- 6An Adaptive Model Following Control for Robotic Manipulators183 citations · 1983
- 7Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators159 citations · 1984
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- 10Coordinate Transformation: A Solution Algorithm for One Class of Robots50 citations · 1986