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D-Index
42
Citations
8073
World Ranking
1774
National Ranking
762

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For leadership in robotic systems in manufacturing, mathematical methods for robot motion and machine design, and traction battery modeling.
  • 2015 - SIAM Fellow For his pioneering work in kinematics and the numerical solution of polynomial systems.
  • 2010 - IEEE Fellow For developments in robotics for the automotive industry and for contributions in robot kinematics
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Charles W. Wampler is affiliated with General Motors in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly within control and systems engineering, computational mechanics, and mechanical engineering. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their main research topics cover advanced numerical analysis techniques, robotic mechanisms and dynamics, dynamics and control of mechanical systems, advanced vision and imaging, as well as advanced battery materials and technologies. These foci align with their contributions to mathematical methods for robot motion, machine design, and traction battery modeling.

Wampler's recent publications include:

  • A numerical continuation approach using monodromy to solve the forward kinematics of cable-driven parallel robots with sagging cables, 2024, Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • A General Method for Constructing Planar Cognate Mechanisms, 2021, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
  • Trifocal Relative Pose From Lines at Points, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  • Revealing the Mechanism Behind Sudden Capacity Loss in Lithium Metal Batteries, 2023, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Advances in the Theory of Planar Curve Cognates, 2021, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jonathan D. Hauenstein
  • Mark Plecnik
  • Aravind Baskar
  • Samantha N. Sherman
  • Margaret H. Regan

Wampler often publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
  • Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Throughout their career, Wampler has been recognized with several professional honors. In 2020, they were named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for leadership in robotic systems in manufacturing, mathematical methods for robot motion and machine design, and traction battery modeling. In 2015, they became a SIAM Fellow for pioneering work in kinematics and the numerical solution of polynomial systems. The IEEE awarded them a fellowship in 2010 for developments in robotics for the automotive industry and contributions to robot kinematics. Additionally, Wampler was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Manipulator Inverse Kinematic Solutions Based on Vector Formulations and Damped Least-Squares Methods

    Charles W. Wampler

  • The numerical solution of systems of polynomials arising in engineering and science

    Andrew John Sommese;Charles W. Wampler

  • Numerically Solving Polynomial Systems with Bertini

    Daniel J. Bates;Jonathan D. Haunstein;Andrew J. Sommese;Charles W. Wampler

  • The calibration index and taxonomy for robot kinematic calibration methods

    John M. Hollerbach;Charles W. Wampler

  • Numerical continuation methods for solving polynomial systems arising in kinematics

    C. W. Wampler;A. P. Morgan;A. J. Sommese

  • On the inverse kinematics of redundant manipulators

    Daniel R. Baker;Charles W. Wampler

  • FORWARD DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS OF GENERAL SIX-IN-PARALLEL SPS (STEWART) PLATFORM MANIPULATORS USING SOMA COORDINATES

    Charles W. Wampler

  • An implicit loop method for kinematic calibration and its application to closed-chain mechanisms

    C.W. Wampler;J.M. Hollerbach;T. Arai

  • Complete Solution of the Nine-Point Path Synthesis Problem for Four-Bar Linkages

    C. W. Wampler;A. P. Morgan;A. J. Sommese

  • Numerical Decomposition of the Solution Sets of Polynomial Systems into Irreducible Components

    Andrew J. Sommese;Jan Verschelde;Charles W. Wampler

  • Applications of Damped Least-Squares Methods to Resolved-Rate and Resolved-Acceleration Control of Manipulators

    C. W. Wampler;L. J. Leifer

  • Software for numerical algebraic geometry: a paradigm and progress towards its implementation

    Daniel J. Bates;Jonathan D. Hauenstein;Andrew J. Sommese;Charles W. Wampler

  • Adaptive Multiprecision Path Tracking

    Daniel J. Bates;Jonathan D. Hauenstein;Andrew J. Sommese;Charles W. Wampler

  • Solving a Planar Four-Bar Design Problem Using Continuation

    A. P. Morgan;C. W. Wampler

  • Regeneration homotopies for solving systems of polynomials

    Jonathan D. Hauenstein;Andrew J. Sommese;Charles W. Wampler

  • Numerical algebraic geometry and algebraic kinematics

    Charles W. Wampler;Andrew J. Sommese

  • Symmetric Functions Applied to Decomposing Solution Sets of Polynomial Systems

    Andrew J. Sommese;Jan Verschelde;Charles W. Wampler

  • Inverse kinematic functions for redundant manipulators

    C. Wampler

  • SOLVING THE 6R INVERSE POSITION PROBLEM USING A GENERIC-CASE SOLUTION METHODOLOGY

    Charles Wampler;Alexander Morgan

  • Advances in Polynomial Continuation for Solving Problems in Kinematics

    Andrew J. Sommese;Jan Verschelde;Charles W. Wampler

  • Interactions of Classical and Numerical Algebraic Geometry

    Daniel J. Bates;GianMario Besana;Sandra Di Rocco;Charles W. Wampler

  • Basic Algebraic Geometry

    Andrew J Sommese;Charles W Wampler

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Sommese
Andrew J. Sommese University of Notre Dame
Mark W. Verbrugge
Mark W. Verbrugge General Motors (United States)
Robert W. Platt
Robert W. Platt McGill University
John M. Hollerbach
John M. Hollerbach University of Utah
Joël Ouaknine
Joël Ouaknine Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Larry Leifer
Larry Leifer Stanford University
Jianjun Shi
Jianjun Shi Georgia Institute of Technology
Constantinos Mavroidis
Constantinos Mavroidis Northeastern University
Arthur G. Erdman
Arthur G. Erdman University of Minnesota

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