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Micky Rakotondrabe is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, focusing on engineering disciplines, particularly within control and systems engineering. Their research integrates multiple subfields including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, civil and structural engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's main contributions are concentrated in the area of piezoelectric actuators and control, an expertise reflected in numerous publications. Additional focal topics include iterative learning control systems, force microscopy techniques and applications, aeroelasticity and vibration control, topology optimization in engineering, advanced MEMS and NEMS technologies, and innovative energy harvesting technologies.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Rakotondrabe include the following:

  • On hysteresis modeling of a piezoelectric precise positioning system under variable temperature, 2020, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • 2D topology optimization MATLAB codes for piezoelectric actuators and energy harvesters, 2020, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
  • Model Predictive Control Based on the Generalized Bouc-Wen Model for Piezoelectric Actuators in Robotic Hand With Only Position Measurements, 2021, IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Analytical Modelling and Optimization of a Piezoelectric Cantilever Energy Harvester with In-Span Attachment, 2020, Micromachines
  • Robust Nonlinear Control for a Piezoelectric Actuator in a Robotic Hand Using Only Position Measurements, 2021, IEEE Control Systems Letters

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Gerardo Flores, Abdenbi Mohand-Ousaid, Abbas Homayouni-Amlashi, Mourad Benoussaad, and Mohammad Al Janaideh, with multiple joint publications across various topics in engineering and control systems.

Rakotondrabe has published extensively in key venues for control and mechanical engineering, contributing significantly to the body of knowledge in these fields. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Micromachines
  • Mechatronics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist's work supports advancements in precise positioning systems, energy harvesting, nonlinear control methods, and optimization techniques applied to piezoelectric materials and devices, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within engineering research.

Best Publications

  • Bouc–Wen Modeling and Inverse Multiplicative Structure to Compensate Hysteresis Nonlinearity in Piezoelectric Actuators

    M Rakotondrabe

  • Complete Open Loop Control of Hysteretic, Creeped, and Oscillating Piezoelectric Cantilevers

    Micky Rakotondrabe;Cédric Clévy;Philippe Lutz

  • Bouc–Wen Modeling and Feedforward Control of Multivariable Hysteresis in Piezoelectric Systems: Application to a 3-DoF Piezotube Scanner

    Didace Habineza;Micky Rakotondrabe;Yann Le Gorrec

  • Development and Force/Position Control of a New Hybrid Thermo-Piezoelectric MicroGripper Dedicated to Micromanipulation Tasks

    M. Rakotondrabe;I. A. Ivan

  • Simultaneous Displacement/Force Self-Sensing in Piezoelectric Actuators and Applications to Robust Control

    Micky Rakotondrabe;Ioan Alexandru Ivan;Sofiane Khadraoui;Philippe Lutz

  • Quadrilateral Modelling and Robust Control of a Nonlinear Piezoelectric Cantilever

    M. Rakotondrabe;Y. Haddab;P. Lutz

  • Development, Modeling, and Control of a Micro-/Nanopositioning 2-DOF Stick–Slip Device

    M. Rakotondrabe;Y. Haddab;P. Lutz

  • Scanning Micromirror Platform Based on MEMS Technology for Medical Application.

    Eakkachai Pengwang;Kanty Rabenorosoa;Micky Rakotondrabe;Nicolas Andreff

  • Further Results on Hysteresis Compensation of Smart Micropositioning Systems With the Inverse Prandtl–Ishlinskii Compensator

    Mohammad Al Janaideh;Micky Rakotondrabe;Omar Aljanaideh

  • Classical Prandtl-Ishlinskii modeling and inverse multiplicative structure to compensate hysteresis in piezoactuators

    Micky Rakotondrabe

  • Robotic microassembly and micromanipulation at FEMTO-ST

    J. Agnus;N. Chaillet;C. Clévy;S. Dembélé

  • Quasistatic displacement self-sensing method for cantilevered piezoelectric actuators

    Ioan Alexandru Ivan;Micky Rakotondrabe;Philippe Lutz;Nicolas Chaillet

  • Smart Materials-Based Actuators at the Micro/Nano-Scale

    Micky Rakotondrabe

  • Robust Feedforward-Feedback Control of a Nonlinear and Oscillating 2-DOF Piezocantilever

    M. Rakotondrabe;K. Rabenorosoa;J. Agnus;N. Chaillet

  • Multivariable classical Prandtl–Ishlinskii hysteresis modeling and compensation and sensorless control of a nonlinear 2-dof piezoactuator

    Micky Rakotondrabe

  • Interval Modeling and Robust Control of Piezoelectric Microactuators

    S. Khadraoui;M. Rakotondrabe;P. Lutz

  • Comparative material study between PZT ceramic and newer crystalline PMN-PT and PZN-PT mateirals for composite bimorph actuators.

    Ioan Alexandru Ivan;Micky Rakotondrabe;Joël Agnus;Roger Bourquin

  • An Overview of Piezoelectric Self-Sensing Actuation for Nanopositioning Applications: Electrical Circuits, Displacement, and Force Estimation

    Joël Bafumba Liseli;Joël Agnus;Philippe Lutz;Micky Rakotondrabe

  • On hysteresis modeling of a piezoelectric precise positioning system under variable temperature

    Mohammad Al Janaideh;Mohammad Al Saaideh;Micky Rakotondrabe

  • First experiments on MagPieR: A planar wireless magnetic and piezoelectric microrobot

    Ioan Alexandru Ivan;Gilgueng Hwang;Joel Agnus;Micky Rakotondrabe

  • Internal model-based feedback control design for inversion-free feedforward rate-dependent hysteresis compensation of piezoelectric cantilever actuator

    Mohammad Al Janaideh;Micky Rakotondrabe;Isam Al-Darabsah;Omar Aljanaideh;Omar Aljanaideh

  • Current integration force and displacement self-sensing method for cantilevered piezoelectric actuators

    Ioan Alexandru Ivan;Micky Rakotondrabe;Philippe Lutz;Nicolas Chaillet

Frequent Co-Authors

S. O. Reza Moheimani
S. O. Reza Moheimani The University of Texas at Dallas
Deepa Kundur
Deepa Kundur University of Toronto
Qingsong Xu
Qingsong Xu University of Macau
Darwin G. Caldwell
Darwin G. Caldwell Italian Institute of Technology
Xiaobo Tan
Xiaobo Tan Michigan State University

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