Jawhar Ghommam
University of Sfax, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Sultan Qaboos University, National Engineering School of Tunis, National Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Gabès, École de Technologie Supérieure, Université du Québec à Montréal
Papers
48
Total Citations
866
H-Index
16
About
Jawhar Ghommam is a prominent robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans multi-robot coordination, intelligent control, and rehabilitation robotics. He is best known for his foundational contributions to formation control of mobile robots, most notably his 2009 paper on path following control of unicycle-type mobile robots, which has garnered over 160 citations and remains a landmark reference in the field. His early research established rigorous frameworks for coordinating groups of nonholonomic robots using virtual structures, cascade design methods, and fuzzy logic-based cooperative algorithms, with multiple works from 2010–2013 each accumulating tens of citations. Ghommam's research evolved to address more complex robotic systems, including a highly cited study applying sliding mode control to a 7-DOF exoskeleton arm for upper-limb rehabilitation, experimentally validated and cited over 50 times. His work on distributed synchronization for robot manipulators and task-space region-reaching control for medical robots further demonstrates his reach into surgical and assistive robotics. A 2022 comprehensive review of vision-based robotic applications reflects his broader engagement with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence in robotics. Collectively, his body of work — spanning theoretical rigor and real-world validation — has made him an influential figure in autonomous and cooperative robotic systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Formation path following control of unicycle-type mobile robots164 citations · 2009
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- 6Robust formation control without velocity measurement of the leader robot43 citations · 2013
- 7Task-space region-reaching control for medical robot manipulator31 citations · 2017
- 8Cascade design for formation control of nonholonomic systems in chained form28 citations · 2011
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