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Herman Bruyninckx

Herman Bruyninckx

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
9903
World Ranking
1275
National Ranking
13

Herman Bruyninckx publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Herman Bruyninckx sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 361 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Herman Bruyninckx D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Herman Bruyninckx sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Herman Bruyninckx is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with particular focus on Control and Systems Engineering as well as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their research spans several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The core topics of their work cover Robot Manipulation and Learning, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics, Fault Detection and Control Systems, and Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials.

Bruyninckx's recent publications demonstrate a broad engagement with robotics, automation, and construction technologies. Notable recent papers include:

  • "RoBétArmé Project: Human-robot collaborative construction system for shotcrete digitization and automation through advanced perception, cognition, mobility and additive manufacturing skills" (2024, Open Research Europe)
  • "Efficient Constrained Dynamics Algorithms Based on an Equivalent LQR Formulation Using Gauss' Principle of Least Constraint" (2023, IEEE Transactions on Robotics)
  • "Fabrication grammars: bridging design and robotics to control emergent material expressions" (2021, Construction Robotics)
  • "Dynamic control of steerable wheeled mobile platforms applied to an eight-wheeled RoboCup Middle Size League soccer robot" (2021, Mechatronics)
  • "Autonomous Ground Navigation in Highly Constrained Spaces: Lessons Learned From the Second BARN Challenge at ICRA 2023 [Competitions]" (2023, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine)

They have collaborated frequently with a number of researchers. Major coauthors include:

  • René van de Molengraft
  • Wilm Decré
  • Elena Torta
  • Robbert van der Kruk
  • Ajay Suresha Sathya

Bruyninckx's work has been published in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Open robot control software: the OROCOS project

    H. Bruyninckx

  • Comment on "A new method for the nonlinear transformation of means and covariances in filters and estimators" [with authors' reply]

    T. Lefebvre;H. Bruyninckx;J. De Schuller

  • European Robotics Symposium 2008

    Herman Bruyninckx;Libor Preucil;Miroslav Kulich

  • Kalman filters for non-linear systems: a comparison of performance

    Tine Lefebvre;Herman Bruyninckx;Joris De Schutter

  • Specification of force-controlled actions in the "task frame formalism"-a synthesis

    H. Bruyninckx;J. De Schutter

  • Constraint-based Task Specification and Estimation for Sensor-Based Robot Systems in the Presence of Geometric Uncertainty

    Joris De Schutter;Tinne De Laet;Johan Rutgeerts;Wilm Decré

  • The real-time motion control core of the Orocos project

    H. Bruyninckx;P. Soetens;B. Koninckx

  • Human-inspired robot assistant for fast point-to-point movements

    B. Corteville;E. Aertbelien;H. Bruyninckx;J. De Schutter

  • The BRICS component model: a model-based development paradigm for complex robotics software systems

    Herman Bruyninckx;Markus Klotzbücher;Nico Hochgeschwender;Gerhard Kraetzschmar

  • A comparison of decision making criteria and optimization methods for active robotic sensing

    Lyudmila Mihaylova;Tine Lefebvre;Herman Bruyninckx;Klaas Gadeyne

  • Force control: A bird's eye view

    Joris De Schutter;Herman Bruyninckx;Wen-Hong Zhu;Mark W. Spong

  • The SHERPA project: Smart collaboration between humans and ground-aerial robots for improving rescuing activities in alpine environments

    L. Marconi;C. Melchiorri;M. Beetz;D. Pangercic

  • A Clinical Measurement to Quantify Spasticity in Children with Cerebral Palsy by Integration of Multidimensional Signals

    Lynn Bar-On;E. Aertbelien;H. Wambacq;D. Severijns

  • Review of quantitative measurements of upper limb movements in hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

    Ellen Jaspers;Kaat Desloovere;Herman Bruyninckx;Guy Molenaers

  • Three-dimensional upper limb movement characteristics in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy and typically developing children.

    Ellen Jaspers;Kaat Desloovere;Herman Bruyninckx;Katrijn Klingels

  • Gauss' principle and the dynamics of redundant and constrained manipulators

    H. Bruyninckx;O. Khatib

  • Peg-on-hole: a model based solution to peg and hole alignment

    H. Bruyninckx;S. Dutre;J. De Schutter

  • Upper limb kinematics: development and reliability of a clinical protocol for children.

    Ellen Jaspers;Hilde Feys;Herman Bruyninckx;Jaap Harlaar

  • Active compliant motion: a survey

    Tine Lefebvre;Jing Xiao;Herman Bruyninckx;Gudrun de Gersem

  • Estimating first-order geometric parameters and monitoring contact transitions during force-controlled compliant motion

    Joris de Schutter;Herman Bruyninckx;Stefan Dutré;Jan de Geeter

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyudmila Mihaylova
Lyudmila Mihaylova University of Sheffield
Stefano Stramigioli
Stefano Stramigioli University of Twente
Bernard Dan
Bernard Dan Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jan Swevers
Jan Swevers KU Leuven
Benedetto Allotta
Benedetto Allotta University of Florence
Bruno Siciliano
Bruno Siciliano University of Naples Federico II

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