F. Gagnon
Papers
8
Total Citations
304
H-Index
6
About
F. Gagnon is a pioneering roboticist whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of multi-modal locomotion, creating machines that seamlessly blend legs, tracks, and wheels to conquer complex terrains. His most significant contribution is the development of the AZIMUT robotic platform, a symmetrical robot with four independent leg-track-wheel articulations. This innovative design, detailed in his seminal 2005 paper (152 citations), allows the robot to move in three dimensions, navigating obstacles by raising, lowering, or straightening its articulations, and even moving sideways. Gagnon further refined this concept with the AZIMUT-2, a four-steered wheeled mobile robot featuring a novel "AZIMUT wheel" that enables omnidirectional, non-holonomic motion. His 2006 paper on this design (47 citations) provides the foundational kinematical analysis for this groundbreaking wheel concept. Beyond hardware, Gagnon has explored elastic locomotion and socially interactive robots, showcasing a broad vision for robotics. With over 300 total citations, his work remains a cornerstone for researchers designing versatile, all-terrain mobile robots.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Multi-Modal Locomotion Robotic Platform Using Leg-Track-Wheel Articulations152 citations · 2005
- 2AZIMUT, a leg-track-wheel robot51 citations · 2004
- 3Design and Control of a Four Steered Wheeled Mobile Robot47 citations · 2006
- 4Spartacus attending the 2005 AAAI conference34 citations · 2006
- 5Kinematical Analysis of a Four Steered Wheeled Mobile Robot8 citations · 2006
- 6Elastic locomotion of a four steered mobile robot6 citations · 2008
- 7Azimut: a multimodal locomotion robotic platform4 citations · 2003
- 8A brochette of socially interactive robots2 citations · 2005