Charles A. Erignac

Behavioral Tech Research, Inc., Boeing (Australia)

Papers

Total Citations

169

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About

Charles A. Erignac is a leading researcher in robotics and autonomous systems, with a primary focus on multi-agent coordination, teleoperation, and aerial vehicle control. His most influential work, "Bilateral Teleoperation of Multiple Mobile Agents: Coordinated Motion and Collision Avoidance" (2009), has garnered 159 citations, establishing a foundational framework for enabling a single human operator to intuitively control a fleet of mobile robots. In this seminal paper, Erignac introduced a passifying proportional-derivative (PD) controller that ensures stable, coordinated motion and collision avoidance among slave agents while maintaining haptic feedback to the master, a critical contribution to the field of human-robot interaction. Additionally, his work on "Closed-Loop Motion Capture Feedback Control of Small-Scale Aerial Vehicles" (2007) provided a practical, off-the-shelf solution for early-stage UAV development, offering precise position feedback for autonomous and teleoperated flight in laboratory settings. Erignac’s research bridges theoretical rigor with experimental validation, advancing the practical deployment of multi-robot systems and aerial vehicles. His contributions continue to influence modern approaches to teleoperation, formation control, and unmanned aerial vehicle autonomy.