Dmitry Yukhimets

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Dmitry Yukhimets is a robotics and autonomous systems researcher whose work spans mobile robot navigation, underwater robotics, and industrial robot control. Based at a Russian research institution, his contributions have significantly advanced the development of intelligent control architectures for diverse robotic platforms operating in challenging environments. Yukhimets has made notable contributions to autonomous navigation, developing sensor fusion approaches combining onboard sensors and cameras through extended Kalman filtering, and pioneering smooth path planning algorithms using third-order Bézier splines for robots navigating unknown, obstacle-rich environments. His work on Arctic underwater robotic systems—his most cited contribution with 17 citations—proposed a comprehensive distributed digital platform architecture enabling coordinated technological operations in one of the world's most demanding operational settings. He has also advanced industrial robotics through innovative kinematic parameter identification methods that eliminate the need for expensive external measurement equipment, and virtual reality-based human-machine interfaces for robot programming. More recently, Yukhimets has turned toward multi-AUV cooperative path planning and intelligent mission planning under uncertainty, reflecting a broader vision for fully autonomous underwater systems. With cumulative citations approaching 80 across his published work, his research offers valuable insights for students and engineers working at the intersection of autonomous navigation, distributed control systems, and real-world robotic deployment.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Development of a digital platform for the implementation of distributed control and navigation systems for underwater robotic systems performing technological operations in Arctic

   17 citations · 2021
2. 2
   Development and Experimental Studies of an Identification Method of Kinematic Parameters for Industrial Robots without External Measuring Instruments

   12 citations · 2022
3. 3
   The navigation method of wheeled mobile robot based on data fusion obtained from onboard sensors and camera

   9 citations · 2015
4. 4
   The Universal Onboard Information-control System for Mobile Robots

   8 citations · 2015
5. 5
   Planning smooth paths for mobile robots in an unknown environment

   8 citations · 2017
6. 6
   Method of Spatial Path Planning for Mobile Robot in Unknown Environment

   6 citations · 2017
7. 7
   The Method of Intelligent Mission Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

   5 citations · 2025
8. 8
   Human machine interface based on virtual reality for programming industrial robots

   5 citations · 2019
9. 9
   Review of Research on Cooperative Path Planning Algorithms for AUV Clusters

   3 citations · 2025
10. 10
    Local Navigation System for a Robot Based on a Network of BLE Beacons

    3 citations · 2024

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