Stanislas Brossette
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Robotics Research (United States)
Papers
7
Total Citations
185
H-Index
5
About
Stanislas Brossette is a leading researcher in humanoid robotics, specializing in multi-contact motion planning and control for complex environments. His work focuses on enabling humanoid robots to navigate challenging terrains, such as vertical ladders, by integrating advanced planning algorithms with real-time control systems. Brossette’s most impactful contribution is the successful demonstration of the HRP-2 humanoid climbing vertical industrial-norm ladders, a feat achieved through his multi-contact planner and multi-objective QP control framework. This work, published in 2016, has garnered 96 citations, underscoring its significance in the field. He further advanced the field by developing methods for computing viable multi-contact postures on non-Euclidean manifolds, using nonlinear optimization to generate static configurations under physical and geometric constraints. His research also includes porting multi-contact planning to real-world environments using point-cloud data from onboard sensors, and integrating non-inclusive contact shapes into posture generation. Brossette’s contributions are foundational for enabling humanoid robots to operate autonomously in unstructured, human-centric spaces, making him a key figure in the evolution of dexterous, multi-contact locomotion.
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Top Papers
- 1Multi-contact vertical ladder climbing with an HRP-2 humanoid96 citations · 2016
- 2Vertical ladder climbing by the HRP-2 humanoid robot39 citations · 2014
- 3Multicontact Postures Computation on Manifolds23 citations · 2018
- 4Point-cloud multi-contact planning for humanoids: Preliminary results14 citations · 2013
- 5Integration of non-inclusive contacts in posture generation6 citations · 2014
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