Philippe Hamelin
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Total Citations
163
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About
Philippe Hamelin is a leading robotics engineer at Hydro-Québec’s Research Institute, specializing in the design and control of specialized robots for critical infrastructure inspection and maintenance. His work spans three key areas: powerline inspection robotics, underwater grinding robots, and advanced control systems for flexible-joint manipulators. Hamelin’s most impactful contribution is the LineRanger robot, an innovative platform for efficient assessment of bundled high-voltage powerlines that dramatically simplifies obstacle crossing and operation, accumulating 43 citations. He also developed the LineDrone UAV system, which can autonomously land on and roll along live power lines, with its discrete-time control algorithm earning 34 citations. For underwater applications, Hamelin designed a submersible grinding robot for maintaining Hydro-Québec’s aging dams and dikes, introducing novel direct-drive linear motor control and disturbance rejection techniques. His work on two-stage state feedback controllers for vibration suppression in flexible-joint robots has advanced industrial manipulator performance. With over 150 total citations across his top papers, Hamelin’s research directly addresses real-world utility challenges, combining theoretical control innovation with practical field deployment—making him a key figure in the robotics community focused on infrastructure asset management.
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- 10Sliding-mode control of a direct-drive submersible grinding robot3 citations · 2010