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Overview

Nicolas Mansard is affiliated with the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems in France. Their research focuses on engineering and computer science, with particular expertise in biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, and computer vision and pattern recognition. Their work spans a range of applied topics including robotic locomotion and control, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, robotic path planning algorithms, and robotic mechanisms and dynamics.

They have contributed to research on advanced control and optimization systems, real-time simulation and control, and algorithmic advancements in robotics. The scientist's recent papers illustrate these areas of interest and include:

  • Optimization-Based Control for Dynamic Legged Robots, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Whole-Body Model Predictive Control for Biped Locomotion on a Torque-Controlled Humanoid Robot, 2022, 2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)
  • A feasibility-driven approach to control-limited DDP, 2022, Autonomous Robots
  • SL1M: Sparse L1-norm Minimization for contact planning on uneven terrain, 2020, Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh)
  • Constrained Differential Dynamic Programming: A primal-dual augmented Lagrangian approach, 2022, 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

The scientist frequently publishes their work in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, and prominent IEEE conferences including the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems and the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots.

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)

Collaborations form a notable part of their research profile, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Justin Carpentier
  • Thomas Flayols
  • Andrea Del Prete
  • Pierre Fernbach
  • Steve Tonneau

The scope of their work bridges theoretical developments in dynamic robot control and practical implementations in complex robotic locomotion and manipulation, contributing to the broader field of engineering.

Best Publications

  • Hierarchical quadratic programming

    Adrien Escande;Nicolas Mansard;Pierre-Brice Wieber

  • Control-limited differential dynamic programming

    Yuval Tassa;Nicolas Mansard;Emo Todorov

  • The Pinocchio C++ library : A fast and flexible implementation of rigid body dynamics algorithms and their analytical derivatives

    Justin Carpentier;Guilhem Saurel;Gabriele Buondonno;Joseph Mirabel

  • Task Sequencing for High-Level Sensor-Based Control

    N. Mansard;F. Chaumette

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

    N. Mansard;O. Khatib;A. Kheddar

  • Crocoddyl: An Efficient and Versatile Framework for Multi-Contact Optimal Control

    Carlos Mastalli;Rohan Budhiraja;Wolfgang Merkt;Guilhem Saurel

  • Whole-body model-predictive control applied to the HRP-2 humanoid

    J. Koenemann;A. Del Prete;Y. Tassa;E. Todorov

  • Dynamic Whole-Body Motion Generation Under Rigid Contacts and Other Unilateral Constraints

    Layale Saab;Oscar E. Ramos;Francois Keith;Nicolas Mansard

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

    Nicolas Mansard;Olivier Stasse;Paul Evrard;Abderrahmane Kheddar

  • Optimization-Based Control for Dynamic Legged Robots

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  • TALOS: A new humanoid research platform targeted for industrial applications

    O. Stasse;T. Flayols;R. Budhiraja;K. Giraud-Esclasse

  • An Efficient Acyclic Contact Planner for Multiped Robots

    Steve Tonneau;Andrea Del Prete;Julien Pettre;Chonhyon Park

  • A versatile and efficient pattern generator for generalized legged locomotion

    Justin Carpentier;Steve Tonneau;Maximilien Naveau;Olivier Stasse

  • Analytical Derivatives of Rigid Body Dynamics Algorithms

    Justin Carpentier;Nicolas Mansard

  • Multicontact Locomotion of Legged Robots

    Justin Carpentier;Nicolas Mansard

  • Fast resolution of hierarchized inverse kinematics with inequality constraints

    Adrien Escande;Nicolas Mansard;Pierre-Brice Wieber

  • Continuity of Varying-Feature-Set Control Laws

    N. Mansard;A. Remazeilles;F. Chaumette

  • Estimating 3D Motion and Forces of Person-Object Interactions From Monocular Video

    Zongmian Li;Jiri Sedlar;Justin Carpentier;Ivan Laptev

  • Visually-Guided Grasping while Walking on a Humanoid Robot

    N. Mansard;O. Stasse;F. Chaumette;K. Yokoi

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

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

  • Intermediate Desired Value Approach for Task Transition of Robots in Kinematic Control

    Jaemin Lee;N. Mansard;Jaeheung Park

  • Implementing Torque Control with High-Ratio Gear Boxes and Without Joint-Torque Sensors

    Andrea Del Prete;Nicolas Mansard;Oscar E. Ramos;Oscar E. Ramos;Olivier Stasse

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Paul Laumond
Jean-Paul Laumond École Normale Supérieure
Abderrahmane Kheddar
Abderrahmane Kheddar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
François Chaumette
François Chaumette University of Rennes
Ivan Laptev
Ivan Laptev Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Francesco Nori
Francesco Nori DeepMind (United Kingdom)
Julien Pettré
Julien Pettré French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Ludovic Righetti
Ludovic Righetti New York University
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Josef Sivic
Josef Sivic Czech Technical University in Prague
Oussama Khatib
Oussama Khatib Stanford University

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