Carl Thorstensson

Papers

Total Citations

167

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About

Carl Thorstensson is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, sustainable manufacturing, and hybrid systems optimization. His primary contributions lie in developing novel methods to model and minimize energy consumption in cooperative multi-robot systems—a critical step toward environmentally sustainable industrial automation. His most influential work, “Modeling and Optimization of Energy Consumption in Cooperative Multi-Robot Systems” (2012), has garnered 127 citations and introduces a groundbreaking approach that embeds detailed, per-robot energy evaluations directly into high-level scheduling models. This work builds on his earlier paper “Embedding detailed robot energy optimization into high-level scheduling” (2010, 38 citations), which established the foundational framework. Thorstensson also advanced theoretical tools with his work on Hybrid Cost Automata (2010), extending hybrid automata to incorporate local cost criteria for optimizing continuous-time trajectories in complex systems. By bridging low-level energy dynamics with system-level scheduling, Thorstensson’s research provides a practical pathway for reducing the carbon footprint of robotic manufacturing without sacrificing productivity. His work is essential reading for engineers and researchers aiming to design greener, more efficient automated systems.