Daniela Cernega
Papers
17
Total Citations
154
H-Index
7
About
Daniela Cernega is a Romanian researcher whose work spans robotics, advanced manufacturing systems, and intelligent control theory. Her career traces a clear trajectory from foundational control engineering toward the cutting edge of Industry 5.0-oriented automation. Early in her research, Cernega established expertise in sliding mode control (SMC), developing and refining trajectory tracking algorithms for mobile robots and autonomous vehicles, including a notable application to four-wheel steering vehicles and a super twisting SMC approach for nonholonomic mobile robots. She also contributed to optimization-driven controller design, applying Particle Swarm Optimization to tune SMC parameters — a practical bridge between classical and computational intelligence methods. In recent years, Cernega's focus has shifted toward integrated mechatronic manufacturing systems, with her most-cited work (39 citations) introducing a digital twin framework for flexible assembly, disassembly, and repair mechatronics lines enhanced by autonomous robotic systems and mobile visual servoing. These contributions directly address the human-robot collaboration and cyber-physical integration challenges central to Industry 5.0. With cumulative citations spanning foundational control theory to next-generation manufacturing, Cernega represents a researcher whose technical depth in robotics and autonomous systems translates meaningfully into real-world industrial applications and future-ready factory design.
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- 7Particle swarm optimization for the Sliding Mode controller parameters8 citations · 2010
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- 10Online path planner for mobile robots using particle swarm optimization6 citations · 2016