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V. B. Larin is a leading figure in the control and motion planning of wheeled robotic systems, with a career dedicated to the rigorous mathematical modeling of robots as systems of rigid bodies. His foundational work, "Control of manipulators and wheeled transport robots as systems of rigid bodies" (2000, 26 citations), established a core framework for the field. Larin’s major contributions lie in developing kinematic approximations and stabilization strategies for complex wheeled vehicles, including those with two steerable wheels, as detailed in his highly cited papers from 2005 and 2007. His research addresses the critical challenge of stabilizing wheeled robotic vehicles under dynamic effects, a problem he tackled in multiple works (e.g., 2006, 13 citations; 2007, 13 citations). Beyond terrestrial robotics, Larin has made notable advances in navigation, exploring gyro-free accelerometer-based strapdown inertial navigation systems (SINS) for unmanned vehicles, a low-cost alternative gaining global traction. His work on high-accuracy algorithms for solving the discrete-time periodic Riccati equation (2007, 7 citations) further demonstrates his versatility in control theory. With a sustained impact spanning over a decade, Larin’s research continues to inform the design and control of autonomous wheeled robots.