Edson Roberto De Pieri
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Papers
34
Total Citations
587
H-Index
12
About
Edson Roberto De Pieri is a Brazilian robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans mobile robotics, robotic manipulation, and advanced control theory. His research is particularly distinguished by contributions to locomotion control, trajectory tracking, and robust control strategies for complex robotic systems operating under real-world uncertainties. De Pieri's most influential work includes a reactive controller framework for quadrupedal locomotion on challenging terrain (167 citations), which introduced an elegant two-module architecture enabling robots to navigate irregular environments with resilience to estimation errors. Equally impactful is his model-predictive control scheme with friction compensation for omnidirectional mobile robots (137 citations), demonstrating how advanced predictive strategies can be effectively implemented on real hardware systems. Across his body of work, De Pieri has consistently advanced sliding mode and variable structure control techniques, applying them to nonholonomic mobile robots navigating kinematic disturbances and parametric uncertainties. His exploration of neural controllers, super-twisting sliding modes, dual-quaternion kinematics, and even bio-inspired odor-source navigation reflects a remarkably broad research vision. His contributions to friction modeling in flexible-joint robots further underline his commitment to bridging theoretical control design with practical implementation, making him a significant figure in applied robotics research.
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- 5Variable structure position control of an industrial robotic manipulator15 citations · 2002
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- 10An infotaxis based odor navigation approach13 citations · 2011