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France
2025

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  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
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Overview

Abderrahmane Kheddar is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, focusing on engineering disciplines related to robotics and systems control.

Their research contributions span a variety of topics within engineering, with a strong emphasis on robotics. The main fields and subfields of their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Social Psychology

Kheddar's prominent research topics cover:

  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on robot locomotion, manipulation, sensing, and applications in social and teleoperation contexts. Notable publications include:

  • "Humanoid Loco-Manipulation Planning Based on Graph Search and Reachability Maps," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "A soft skin with self-decoupled three-axis force-sensing taxels," 2024, Nature Machine Intelligence
  • "Analysis and Perspectives on the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition," 2024, International Journal of Social Robotics
  • "On Inverse Inertia Matrix and Contact-Force Model for Robotic Manipulators at Normal Impacts," 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Humanoid Loco-Manipulations Pattern Generation and Stabilization Control," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Kheddar frequently publishes in several prominent venues associated with robotics and automation, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

The scientist has collaborated extensively with colleagues such as Fumio Kanehiro, Arnaud Tanguy, Pierre Gergondet, Yuquan Wang, and Niels Dehio. These collaborations are reflected through multiple joint publications, indicating a collaborative research approach in advancing robotics and related systems.

Best Publications

  • Pseudo-haptic feedback: can isometric input devices simulate force feedback?

    A. Lecuyer;S. Coquillart;A. Kheddar;P. Richard

  • Fast Continuous Collision Detection between Rigid Bodies

    Stéphane Redon;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Sabine Coquillart

  • Realistic haptic rendering of interacting deformable objects in virtual environments

    C. Duriez;F. Dubois;A. Kheddar;C. Andriot

  • A Unified Approach to Integrate Unilateral Constraints in the Stack of Tasks

    N. Mansard;O. Khatib;A. Kheddar

  • Tactile interfaces: a state-of-the-art survey

    Mohamed Benali-Khoudja;Moustapha Hafez;Jean-Marc Alexandre;Abderrahmane Kheddar

  • Motion learning and adaptive impedance for robot control during physical interaction with humans

    Elena Gribovskaya;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Aude Billard

  • A versatile Generalized Inverted Kinematics implementation for collaborative working humanoid robots: The Stack Of Tasks

    Nicolas Mansard;Olivier Stasse;Paul Evrard;Abderrahmane Kheddar

  • Generation of whole-body optimal dynamic multi-contact motions

    Sébastien Lengagne;Joris Vaillant;Eiichi Yoshida;Abderrahmane Kheddar

  • Homotopy switching model for dyad haptic interaction in physical collaborative tasks

    Paul Evrard;Abderrahmane Kheddar

  • Stair Climbing Stabilization of the HRP-4 Humanoid Robot using Whole-body Admittance Control

    Stephane Caron;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Olivier Tempier

  • Teaching physical collaborative tasks: object-lifting case study with a humanoid

    Paul Evrard;Elena Gribovskaya;Sylvain Calinon;Aude Billard

  • Collaborative Human-Humanoid Carrying Using Vision and Haptic Sensing

    Don Joven Agravante;Andrea Cherubini;Antoine Bussy;Pierre Gergondet

  • Faster and Smoother Walking of Humanoid HRP-2 with Passive Toe Joints

    R. Sellaouti;O. Stasse;S. Kajita;K. Yokoi

  • Multi-contact vertical ladder climbing with an HRP-2 humanoid

    Joris Vaillant;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Hervé Audren;François Keith

  • Planning contact points for humanoid robots

    Adrien Escande;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Sylvain Miossec

  • Gauss' least constraints principle and rigid body simulations

    S. Redon;A. Kheddar;S. Coquillart

  • Quadratic Programming for Multirobot and Task-Space Force Control

    Karim Bouyarmane;Kevin Chappellet;Joris Vaillant;Abderrahmane Kheddar

  • Model Preview Control in Multi-Contact Motion- Application to a Humanoid Robot

    Herve Audren;Joris Vaillant;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Adrien Escande

  • Thermal feedback model for virtual reality

    M. Benali-Khoudjal;M. Hafez;J.-M. Alexandre;J. Benachour

  • Design and Control of a Small-Clearance Driving Simulator

    L. Nehaoua;H. Mohellebi;A. Amouri;H. Arioui

  • Real-time (self)-collision avoidance task on a hrp-2 humanoid robot

    O. Stasse;A. Escande;N. Mansard;S. Miossec

  • Learning collaborative manipulation tasks by demonstration using a haptic interface

    Sylvain Calinon;Paul Evrard;Elena Gribovskaya;Aude Billard

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiichi Yoshida
Eiichi Yoshida Tokyo University of Science
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Nicolas Mansard
Nicolas Mansard Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Christian Duriez
Christian Duriez University of Lille
Fumio Kanehiro
Fumio Kanehiro National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Martin Buss
Martin Buss Technical University of Munich
Mitsuharu Morisawa
Mitsuharu Morisawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Aude Billard
Aude Billard École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kensuke Harada
Kensuke Harada Osaka University

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