Meiying Ou
Papers
9
Total Citations
346
H-Index
6
About
Meiying Ou is a control systems researcher whose work centers on multi-agent systems, cooperative robotics, and advanced nonlinear control theory. She has made particularly significant contributions to the field of finite-time and fixed-time control for nonholonomic mobile robots — a notoriously challenging class of systems subject to nonlinear kinematic constraints. Her most influential work, "Finite-Time Formation Control of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots" (2012, 198 citations), established foundational distributed control strategies enabling robot groups to achieve precise formations within guaranteed time bounds, even when only a subset of robots have access to leader information. This decentralized approach reflects her sustained interest in realistic, scalable multi-robot coordination. A companion paper on finite-time tracking control (2012, 102 citations) further cemented her reputation in this domain. Over the following decade, Ou progressively extended these frameworks to address real-world complications including external disturbances, model uncertainties, and uncalibrated visual servoing, demonstrating both theoretical rigor and practical awareness. Her more recent fixed-time control work offers convergence guarantees independent of initial conditions — a meaningful advancement over earlier finite-time methods. With over 340 cumulative citations, Ou's research provides essential tools for engineers designing robust, coordinated autonomous robotic systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Finite‐time formation control of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots198 citations · 2012
- 2Finite-time tracking control of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots102 citations · 2012
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- 7Fixed-time tracking control for nonholonomic mobile robot4 citations · 2021
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