Fabrice Le Bars
Centre de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées Bretagne, Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information de la Communication et de la Connaissance
Papers
21
Total Citations
317
H-Index
10
About
Fabrice Le Bars is a leading researcher in robotics, specializing in interval analysis, robust control, and autonomous navigation for marine and underwater systems. His major contributions lie in developing guaranteed, set-membership methods for state estimation and trajectory validation, ensuring robot safety under uncertainty. Notably, his most cited work (60 citations) introduces an interval-based stability approach for sailboat robotics, proving that safe state subsets exist despite perturbations. He has also made significant advances in reliable localization, with papers on "Reliable Robot Localization" (21 citations) and "Interval SLAM for underwater robots" (17 citations), demonstrating real-world experimental validation. His work on "Set-membership state estimation with fleeting data" (31 citations) and "Guaranteed computation of robot trajectories" (43 citations) further underscores his impact, with total citations exceeding 270. Le Bars’ experimental validations, such as the robust controller for the VAIMOS autonomous sailboat (32 citations) and line-following controllers (23 citations), bridge theory and practice. His innovative "Sailboat as a Windmill" concept (12 citations) highlights creative problem-solving. Through interval constraint propagation and robust control, Le Bars has advanced autonomous navigation in challenging environments, making him a key figure in reliable robotics.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Guaranteed computation of robot trajectories43 citations · 2017
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- 4Set-membership state estimation with fleeting data31 citations · 2011
- 5A Simple Controller for Line Following of Sailboats23 citations · 2012
- 6Reliable Robot Localization21 citations · 2019
- 7Reliable non-linear state estimation involving time uncertainties19 citations · 2018
- 8Interval SLAM for underwater robots; a new experiment17 citations · 2010
- 9Sailboat as a Windmill12 citations · 2013
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