Philippe Poignet
Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Vision Action Cognition, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Papers
115
Total Citations
3,118
H-Index
30
About
Philippe Poignet is a prominent French robotics researcher whose work spans medical robotics, parallel manipulators, advanced control systems, and human motion analysis. Based at the University of Montpellier, his research has made lasting contributions across both industrial and clinical domains, earning well over 1,000 citations collectively. Poignet's most influential work includes the optimal design of a high-speed 4-DOF parallel manipulator that successfully bridged academic innovation and industrial application, accumulating 321 citations. His early contributions to robot dynamic identification using Extended Kalman filtering (202 citations) and nonlinear model predictive control of manipulators laid critical groundwork for intelligent robot control architectures. He further advanced visual servoing by integrating nonlinear model predictive control with image-based feedback, a significant methodological leap for autonomous robotic systems. In medical robotics, Poignet has tackled some of surgery's most demanding challenges, including 3D motion tracking for beating heart surgery, robot-assisted steerable needle insertion with closed-loop imaging, and unsupervised surgical gesture recognition for trainee assessment. His rehabilitation-focused research combining inertial sensors with Kinect-based motion capture reflects a commitment to patient-centered technology. Across these diverse threads, Poignet's work consistently exemplifies the translation of rigorous theoretical frameworks into real-world robotic systems with meaningful human impact.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Optimal Design of a 4-DOF Parallel Manipulator: From Academia to Industry321 citations · 2009
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- 5Predictive functional control of a parallel robot98 citations · 2004
- 6Nonlinear model predictive control of a robot manipulator97 citations · 2000
- 7Image Based Visual Servoing through Nonlinear Model Predictive Control90 citations · 2006
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- 10Artificial locomotion control: from human to robots73 citations · 2004