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77
Citations
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World Ranking
601
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269

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 1997 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory and practice of nonlinear control systems design.
  • 1968 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jessy W. Grizzle is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with significant contributions to biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, mechanical engineering, and control and systems engineering.

Their work covers several main topics in robotics, including robotic locomotion and control, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, robotics and sensor-based localization, robotic path planning algorithms, 3D surveying and cultural heritage, biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, as well as modular robots and swarm intelligence.

Grizzle has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Contact-aided invariant extended Kalman filtering for robot state estimation (2020) in The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • Improvements to Target-Based 3D LiDAR to Camera Calibration (2020) in IEEE Access
  • A Roadmap for US Robotics - From Internet to Robotics 2020 Edition (2021) in Foundations and Trends in Robotics
  • Zero Dynamics, Pendulum Models, and Angular Momentum in Feedback Control of Bipedal Locomotion (2022) in Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control
  • Efficient Anytime CLF Reactive Planning System for a Bipedal Robot on Undulating Terrain (2023) in IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Grizzle include Maani Ghaffari, Jiunn-Kai Huang, Yukai Gong, Ryan M. Eustice, and Grant Gibson.

Their research outputs have appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research

Throughout their career, Grizzle has received several distinctions:

  • Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2010
  • IEEE Fellow in 1997 for contributions to the theory and practice of nonlinear control systems design
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1968
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1965

Best Publications

  • Control Barrier Function Based Quadratic Programs for Safety Critical Systems

    Aaron D. Ames;Xiangru Xu;Jessy W. Grizzle;Paulo Tabuada

  • Power management strategy for a parallel hybrid electric truck

    Chan-Chiao Lin;Huei Peng;J.W. Grizzle;Jun-Mo Kang

  • Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion

    Eric R. Westervelt;Jessy W. Grizzle;Christine Chevallereau;Jun Ho Choi

  • Asymptotically stable walking for biped robots: analysis via systems with impulse effects

    J.W. Grizzle;G. Abba;F. Plestan

  • Hybrid zero dynamics of planar biped walkers

    E.R. Westervelt;J.W. Grizzle;D.E. Koditschek

  • Control barrier function based quadratic programs with application to adaptive cruise control

    Aaron D. Ames;Jessy W. Grizzle;Paulo Tabuada

  • RABBIT: a testbed for advanced control theory

    C. Chevallereau;G. Abba;Y. Aoustin;F. Plestan

  • A stochastic control strategy for hybrid electric vehicles

    Chan-Chiao Lin;Huei Peng;J.W. Grizzle

  • Robustness of Control Barrier Functions for Safety Critical Control

    Xiangru Xu;Paulo Tabuada;Jessy W. Grizzle;Aaron D. Ames

  • A Compliant Hybrid Zero Dynamics Controller for Stable, Efficient and Fast Bipedal Walking on MABEL

    Koushil Sreenath;Hae-Won Park;Ioannis Poulakakis;J W Grizzle

  • Rapidly Exponentially Stabilizing Control Lyapunov Functions and Hybrid Zero Dynamics

    Aaron D. Ames;Kevin Galloway;Koushil Sreenath;Jessy W. Grizzle

  • Observer design for nonlinear systems with discrete-time measurements

    P.E. Moraal;J.W. Grizzle

  • The Extended Kalman Filter as a Local Asymptotic Observer for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems

    Yongkyu Song;Jessy W. Grizzle

  • Models, feedback control, and open problems of 3D bipedal robotic walking

    Jessy W. Grizzle;Christine Chevallereau;Ryan W. Sinnet;Aaron D. Ames

  • Stable walking of a 7-DOF biped robot

    F. Plestan;J.W. Grizzle;E.R. Westervelt;G. Abba

  • Asymptotically Stable Walking of a Five-Link Underactuated 3-D Bipedal Robot

    C. Chevallereau;J.W. Grizzle;Ching-Long Shih

  • Energy management strategy for a parallel hybrid electric truck

    Chan-Chiao Lin;Jun-Mo Kang;J.W. Grizzle;Huei Peng

  • The Spring Loaded Inverted Pendulum as the Hybrid Zero Dynamics of an Asymmetric Hopper

    I. Poulakakis;J.W. Grizzle

  • Contact-aided invariant extended Kalman filtering for robot state estimation:

    Ross Hartley;Maani Ghaffari Jadidi;Jessy W. Grizzle;Ryan M. Eustice

  • Nonlinear control of mechanical systems with an unactuated cyclic variable

    J.W. Grizzle;C.H. Moog;C. Chevallereau

  • Asymptotically Stable Walking of a Five-Link Underactuated 3D Bipedal Robot

    Christine Chevallereau;Jessy W. Grizzle;Ching-Long Shih

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron D. Ames
Aaron D. Ames California Institute of Technology
Huei Peng
Huei Peng University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christine Chevallereau
Christine Chevallereau Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes
Paulo Tabuada
Paulo Tabuada University of California, Los Angeles
Jim Freudenberg
Jim Freudenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jing Sun
Jing Sun University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Steven I. Marcus
Steven I. Marcus University of Maryland, College Park
Pramod P. Khargonekar
Pramod P. Khargonekar University of California, Irvine
Daniel E. Koditschek
Daniel E. Koditschek University of Pennsylvania
Ilya Kolmanovsky
Ilya Kolmanovsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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