Stefana M. Cristescu

Papers

Total Citations

110

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About

Stefana M. Cristescu is a control systems engineer whose research focuses on the intersection of robotics, automation, and engineering education. Her most influential work, cited 85 times, introduces a remote laboratory as an innovative educational tool for teaching control engineering concepts, demonstrating practical applications such as formation control of mobile robots and a ball-plate system. This contribution has been pivotal in making complex control theory accessible to students through hands-on, remote experimentation. Cristescu has also made significant strides in multi-robot coordination, particularly through her work on leader-follower string formation using cascade control for mobile robots. Her proposed algorithm enables a platoon of car-like robots to maintain a line formation, where each robot acts as both a follower and a leader, enhancing stability and scalability. Extending this concept, she emulated highway bottleneck scenarios using mobile robots, modeling traffic congestion and stop-and-go waves to improve autonomous vehicle coordination. With over 100 cumulative citations, Cristescu’s work bridges theoretical control algorithms and real-world applications, offering valuable tools for both researchers and educators in robotics and intelligent transportation systems.