El Houssein Chouaib Harik
Université Le Havre Normandie, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Papers
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Total Citations
196
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About
El Houssein Chouaib Harik is a leading researcher in multi-robot systems, autonomous navigation, and agricultural robotics. His work centers on enabling seamless cooperation between aerial and ground robots, with a focus on real-world applications in industrial and agricultural settings. Harik’s most influential contribution is his pioneering work on UAV-UGV cooperation for object transportation (95 citations), where he introduced a decentralized scheme for coordinated movement and task execution. He has also made significant advances in autonomous navigation for GPS-denied environments, such as greenhouses, by combining Hector SLAM with artificial potential fields (52 citations). His innovative Heading Weight Function for LiDAR-based local planning (9 citations) addresses obstacle avoidance for nonholonomic robots. More recently, Harik has focused on agricultural robotics, designing autonomous charging stations for electric vehicles (13 citations) and developing tractor-robot cooperation frameworks (7 citations) that augment human farmers rather than replace them. His semi-autonomous multi-vehicle architecture (2 citations) tackles pressing challenges like labor shortages and climate change. With over 190 total citations, Harik’s work is shaping the future of cooperative robotics in agriculture and industry.
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Top Papers
- 1UAV-UGV cooperation for objects transportation in an industrial area95 citations · 2015
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- 6Tractor-Robot Cooperation: A Heterogeneous Leader-Follower Approach7 citations · 2023
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