Sergio Salazar

About

Sergio Salazar is a prolific robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans autonomous aerial vehicles, multi-robot coordination, and assistive robotic technologies. He has made significant contributions to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control, particularly in developing robust trajectory tracking algorithms capable of handling real-world disturbances — most notably demonstrated in his highly cited 2012 paper on quadrotor control under wind disturbances, which has garnered over 111 citations. His early work on flight formation control using leader/follower architectures for mini rotorcraft systems advanced the understanding of coordinated multi-robot behavior, accumulating tens of citations across multiple publications. Salazar has also pioneered heterogeneous unmanned vehicle testbeds, bridging aerial and ground-based platforms for practical applications. More recently, he has expanded his research into biomedical robotics, applying recurrent neural networks and robust control strategies to lower-limb exoskeletons for rehabilitation and assistive purposes — work that has already attracted 30 citations since 2022. With contributions ranging from visual servoing and discrete optimal control to underwater vehicle design, Salazar's interdisciplinary portfolio reflects a career dedicated to advancing intelligent autonomous systems across diverse real-world environments.

Research Focus

Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Trajectory Control of a Quadrotor Subject to 2D Wind Disturbances

   111 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Mini Rotorcraft Flight Formation Control Using Bounded Inputs

   38 citations · 2011
3. 3
   Flight formation of multiple mini rotorcraft via coordination control

   32 citations · 2010
4. 4
   Assistive robotic exoskeleton using recurrent neural networks for decision taking for the robust trajectory tracking

   30 citations · 2022
5. 5
   Test bed for applications of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles

   26 citations · 2017
6. 6
   Real-time stereo visual servoing control of an UAV having eight-rotors

   14 citations · 2009
7. 7
   Attitude control of a quad-rotor using speed sensing in brushless DC motors

   10 citations · 2011
8. 8
   Design and Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV-UMI)

   10 citations · 2017
9. 9
   Discrete optimal control for a quadrotor UAV: Experimental approach

   9 citations · 2014
10. 10
    Design of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton: Robust Control, Simulation and Experimental Results

    6 citations · 2023

Key Collaborators

Contact & Links