Olivier Simonin
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, Citigroup, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy, Centre Inria de l'Université de Lorraine
Papers
32
Total Citations
400
H-Index
12
About
Olivier Simonin is a leading researcher in multi-robot systems and ambient intelligence, whose work bridges the gap between cooperative robotics and intelligent environments. His major contributions include the development of the MinPos frontier allocation algorithm for multi-robot exploration (75 citations), which has become a foundational approach in the field. Simonin pioneered satisfaction and altruism-based architectures for multi-robot cooperation, demonstrating how reactive agents can achieve robust collective behaviors through local interactions (40+ citations). His research extends to human-robot interaction, notably through load-sensing floor technology for non-intrusive localization and tracking of humans and robots (42 citations). Simonin has also advanced 3D exploration and coverage optimization, and recently explored multi-object navigation using neural implicit representations. With over 250 total citations across his most-cited works, his impact spans from theoretical frameworks to practical implementations in assistance and service robotics. His work on middleware readiness for multi-robot systems and task-allocation algorithms has further shaped the field, making him a key figure in developing scalable, cooperative robotic systems for real-world environments.
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Top Papers
- 1MinPos : A Novel Frontier Allocation Algorithm for Multi-robot Exploration75 citations · 2012
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- 5A cooperative multi-robot architecture for moving a paralyzed robot18 citations · 2008
- 6Assistance and Service Robotics in a Human Environment18 citations · 2015
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- 8Are Middlewares Ready for Multi-robots Systems?16 citations · 2014
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