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Nicolas Petit

Nicolas Petit

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
37
Citations
5558
World Ranking
8388
National Ranking
191

Overview

Nicolas Petit is affiliated with Mines ParisTech in France and has a research focus predominantly within the field of Engineering, with specific emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics, including:

  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Inertial Sensor and Navigation
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Recent publications by Nicolas Petit demonstrate both the breadth and depth of their research interests. These include:

  • Optimizing the self-consumption of residential photovoltaic energy and quantification of the impact of production forecast uncertainties, 2021, Advances in Applied Energy
  • MOVIE: A Velocity-Aided IMU Attitude Estimator for Observing and Controlling Multiple Deformations on Legged Robots, 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Optimal Control of Systems Subject to Input-Dependent Hydraulic Delays, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Attitude estimation for artillery shells using magnetometers and frequency detection of accelerometers, 2022, Control Engineering Practice
  • Fast replanning of a lower-limb exoskeleton trajectories for rehabilitation, 2022, 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

Nicolas Petit frequently publishes in venues such as IFAC-PapersOnLine, with six papers, and has also contributed to the arXiv repository, Journal of Process Control, Advances in Applied Energy, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

Collaborations form an important part of their work with frequent co-authors including Marine Pétriaux, Florent Di Meglio, Delphine Bresch-Pietri, Maxime Brunet, and Loris Amabile, reflecting ongoing research partnerships within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • The Navigation and Control technology inside the AR.Drone micro UAV

    Pierre-Jean Bristeau;François Callou;David Vissière;Nicolas Petit

  • The role of propeller aerodynamics in the model of a quadrotor UAV

    Pierre-Jean Bristeau;Philippe Martin;Erwan Salaun;Nicolas Petit

  • Adaptive control scheme for uncertain time-delay systems

    Delphine Bresch-Pietri;Jonathan Chauvin;Nicolas Petit

  • Flatness of heavy chain systems

    N. Petit;P. Rouchon

  • Dynamics and solutions to some control problems for water-tank systems

    N. Petit;P. Rouchon

  • Inversion Based Constrained Trajectory Optimization

    Nicolas Petit;Mark B. Milam;Richard M. Murray

  • Handling constraints in optimal control with saturation functions and system extension

    Knut Graichen;Andreas Kugi;Nicolas Petit;Francois Chaplais

  • Online Control Customization via Optimization‐Based Control

    Tariq Samad;Gary Balas

  • Optimal drive of electric vehicles using an inversion-based trajectory generation approach

    Nicolas Petit;Antonio Sciarretta

  • Motion planning and nonlinear simulations for a tank containing a fluid

    Francois Dubois;Nicolas Petit;Pierre Rouchon

  • Motion planning for experimental airpath control of a diesel homogeneous charge-compression ignition engine

    Jonathan Chauvin;Gilles Corde;Nicolas Petit;Pierre Rouchon

  • Iterative calibration method for inertial and magnetic sensors

    Eric Dorveaux;David Vissiere;Alain-Pierre Martin;Nicolas Petit

  • MOTION PLANNING FOR A NONLINEAR STEFAN PROBLEM

    William B. Dunbar;Nicolas Petit;Pierre Rouchon;Philippe Martin

  • CONSTRAINED TRAJECTORY GENERATION FOR MICRO-SATELLITE FORMATION FLYING

    Mark B. Milam;Nicolas Petit;Richard M. Murray

  • Closed-loop control of a SCR system using a NOx sensor cross-sensitive to NH3

    Anthony Bonfils;Anthony Bonfils;Yann Creff;Olivier Lepreux;Nicolas Petit

  • A first principle model for multiphase slugging flow in vertical risers

    Florent Di Meglio;Glenn-Ole Kaasa;Nicolas Petit

  • Constructive Methods for Initialization and Handling Mixed State-Input Constraints in Optimal Control

    Knut Graichen;Nicolas Petit

  • Modelling of a tuned liquid multi-column damper. Application to floating wind turbine for improved robustness against wave incidence

    Christophe Coudurier;Olivier Lepreux;Nicolas Petit

  • Study on the eddy current damping of the spin dynamics of space debris from the Ariane launcher upper stages

    N. Praly;M. Hillion;C. Bonnal;J. Laurent-Varin

  • Prediction-Based Stabilization of Linear Systems Subject to Input-Dependent Input Delay of Integral-Type

    Delphine Bresch-Pietri;Jonathan Chauvin;Nicolas Petit

  • Incorporating a class of constraints into the dynamics of optimal control problems

    K. Graichen;N. Petit

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Rouchon
Pierre Rouchon Mines ParisTech
Antonio Sciarretta
Antonio Sciarretta French Institute of Petroleum
Richard M. Murray
Richard M. Murray California Institute of Technology
Carlos Silvestre
Carlos Silvestre University of Macau
Michel Fliess
Michel Fliess École Polytechnique
Miroslav Krstic
Miroslav Krstic University of California, San Diego
Paulo Oliveira
Paulo Oliveira University of Lisbon
Frédéric Mazenc
Frédéric Mazenc CentraleSupélec
Laurent Praly
Laurent Praly Mines ParisTech

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