Max Suell Dutra
Papers
19
Total Citations
269
H-Index
8
About
Max Suell Dutra is a Brazilian robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans an impressively broad spectrum of intelligent and autonomous systems. His most influential contribution — a 2009 paper on sliding mode control with adaptive fuzzy dead-zone compensation for electro-hydraulic servo-systems, now accumulating 98 citations — demonstrates his expertise in bridging advanced control theory with real-world industrial applications, including robotic manipulators and aerospace systems. Dutra has made significant strides in biologically inspired robotics, particularly through his modeling of bipedal locomotion using coupled Rayleigh oscillators (56 citations) and extending central pattern generator frameworks for hexapod gait control. His research portfolio also encompasses underwater vehicle positioning with thruster dynamics compensation, inverse kinematics solutions for seven-degree-of-freedom manipulators using hybrid genetic algorithms, and chaotic motion strategies for fire-fighting robots — a creative application of nonlinear dynamics to hazardous environment navigation. Additional contributions to flexible manufacturing systems and mobile robot motion planning via differential flatness underscore his versatility. With over 240 cumulative citations across diverse robotics subfields, Dutra represents a researcher whose work consistently connects theoretical rigor with practical engineering challenges.
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Top Papers
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- 2Modeling of a bipedal robot using mutually coupled Rayleigh oscillators56 citations · 2004
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- 6Implementation of Chaotic Behavior on a Fire Fighting Robot9 citations · 2011
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- 8Motion planning on Mobile Robots using Differential Flatness8 citations · 2011
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- 10Comparative study for chaotic behaviour in fire fighting robot6 citations · 2012