George Ciubucciu

About

George Ciubucciu is a robotics researcher specializing in the control and navigation of autonomous wheeled mobile robots (WMRs), with a particular focus on trajectory tracking, obstacle avoidance, and sliding-mode control. His most cited work (2016, 8 citations) introduces an algorithm that combines offline global path planning with real-time local obstacle avoidance using ultrasonic and laser sensors, enabling robust navigation for WMRs. He extended this approach to assistive robotics, developing a second-order sliding-mode controller for a nonholonomic wheelchair (2018, 4 citations), modeled as a WMR, to improve mobility for elderly and disabled users. Ciubucciu also contributed to industrial automation, proposing a visual servoing and obstacle avoidance method for coordinating two mobile robots and robotic manipulators on a mechatronics manufacturing line (2017, 4 citations). His work on sliding-mode control and sonar-based bubble rebound obstacle avoidance (2015, 2 citations) further demonstrates his commitment to reliable, real-time robotic systems. With a total of 18 citations across his key papers, Ciubucciu’s research bridges theoretical control methods and practical applications in autonomous navigation, assistive technology, and smart manufacturing.

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1. 1
   Control and obstacle avoidance of a WMR, based on sliding-mode, ultrasounds and laser

   8 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Visual servoing and obstacle avoidance method based control autonomous robotic systems servicing a mechatronics manufacturing line

   4 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Trajectory-Tracking Sliding-Mode Control of the Autonomous Wheelchair Modeled as a Nonholonomic WMR

   4 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Sliding-mode control and sonnar based bubble rebound obstacle avoidance for a WMR

   2 citations · 2015

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