Wenjie Dong

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Wenjie Dong is a prominent control systems researcher whose work has significantly advanced the fields of nonholonomic systems, mobile robotics, and multi-agent cooperative control. Over more than two decades, Dong has made foundational contributions to trajectory tracking, adaptive control, and formation control for wheeled mobile robots operating under real-world constraints such as parameter uncertainties, unknown dynamics, and limited communication. His most influential work, "Cooperative Control of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Agents" (2008, 345 citations), established key frameworks for coordinating groups of mobile agents under varied communication scenarios, becoming a landmark reference in multi-robot systems research. Earlier work from 1999–2000 tackled the challenging problem of trajectory tracking for dynamic nonholonomic systems with unknown inertia parameters, laying important theoretical groundwork. His 2005 paper on robust adaptive control using neural networks and backstepping techniques (148 citations) demonstrated practical solutions for handling real-world robot uncertainties. Dong's research consistently bridges rigorous mathematical tools—including Lyapunov analysis and graph theory—with practical robotics applications. His contributions to formation control, consensus protocols, and distributed cooperative control have collectively garnered over 800 citations, cementing his reputation as a leading authority in autonomous multi-robot systems and nonlinear control theory.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Cooperative Control of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Agents

   345 citations · 2008
2. 2
   Robust adaptive control of nonholonomic mobile robot with parameter and nonparameter uncertainties

   148 citations · 2005
3. 3
   Tracking Control of Multiple-Wheeled Mobile Robots With Limited Information of a Desired Trajectory

   89 citations · 2011
4. 4
   Tracking control of uncertain dynamic nonholonomic system and its application to wheeled mobile robots

   81 citations · 2000
5. 5
   Trajectory tracking control of dynamic non-holonomic systems with unknown dynamics

   44 citations · 1999
6. 6
   Robust Formation Control of Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots

   41 citations · 2010
7. 7
   Consensus of multiple nonholonomic systems

   37 citations · 2008
8. 8
   Formation control of nonholonomic mobile robots

   35 citations · 2006
9. 9
   Distributed Cooperative Control of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots

   30 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Adaptive stabilization of uncertain dynamic non-holonomic systems

    27 citations · 1999

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