Marie Charbonneau
University of Calgary, University of Genoa, Italian Institute of Technology
Papers
6
Total Citations
64
H-Index
4
About
Marie Charbonneau is a leading roboticist whose work bridges the critical gap between safe physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) and advanced whole-body control for humanoid robots. Her research centers on enabling robots to operate safely and intuitively alongside humans, with a particular focus on contact-based interaction, torque-controlled manipulation, and robust locomotion. Charbonneau’s most influential work, "The path towards contact-based physical human–robot interaction" (2024), has already garnered 25 citations, highlighting its timely importance as robots increasingly share physical space with people. She has made foundational contributions to control architectures for humanoid walking, proposing a layered system with online predictive planning that integrates both position and torque control—a framework that has been cited over 16 times across multiple publications. Her work on learning robust task priorities for quadratic programming-based whole-body controllers (12 citations) addresses the critical challenge of automating parameter tuning, reducing the need for human expert intervention. Charbonneau has also developed innovative methods for joint limit avoidance in torque-controlled robots (9 citations) and, in a notable expansion of her impact, explored the implementation of robotic pets in continuing care settings for older adults (2025), demonstrating her commitment to translating robotics into real-world, human-centered applications.
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Top Papers
- 1The path towards contact-based physical human–robot interaction25 citations · 2024
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- 3Learning Robust Task Priorities of QP-Based Whole-Body Torque-Controllers12 citations · 2018
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