Georges Bastin
Papers
21
Total Citations
3,738
H-Index
13
About
Georges Bastin is a distinguished Belgian control systems engineer whose research has profoundly shaped the fields of mobile robotics and nonlinear control theory. Best known for his foundational work on wheeled mobile robots, Bastin developed a comprehensive classification framework for kinematic and dynamic models across a broad range of robot configurations — a contribution that has accumulated over 1,200 citations and remains a cornerstone reference in the field. His co-authored *Theory of Robot Control* (1996, 1,003 citations) further cemented his influence, providing rigorous mathematical foundations for robot control that continue to guide researchers and practitioners worldwide. Bastin made significant early contributions to adaptive observation and system identification, with his 1988 work on stable adaptive observers for nonlinear systems earning nearly 500 citations. His research consistently tackled the challenges posed by nonholonomic constraints — the inherent motion restrictions of wheeled systems — advancing state feedback linearization, dynamic feedback, singular perturbation methods, and hybrid stabilization strategies. His vision-based control work extended these ideas into practical autonomous navigation scenarios. With total citations exceeding 3,500 across his most influential papers, Bastin's career represents a sustained and impactful effort to bridge rigorous mathematical control theory with real-world robotic applications.
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Top Papers
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- 2Theory of Robot Control1,003 citations · 1996
- 3Stable adaptive observers for nonlinear time-varying systems477 citations · 1988
- 4Control of Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Robots by State Feedback Linearization337 citations · 1995
- 5Modelling and control of non-holonomic wheeled mobile robots154 citations · 2002
- 6Dynamic feedback linearization of nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots134 citations · 2003
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