Bertrand Tondu

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Bertrand Tondu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertrand Tondu has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 27 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bertrand Tondu's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (37 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (24 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (24 papers). Bertrand Tondu is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (37 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (24 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (24 papers). Bertrand Tondu collaborates with scholars based in France, Algeria and United States. Bertrand Tondu's co-authors include P. Lopez, Jérémie Guiochet, Alain Daidié, Philippe Souères, Christian Bergaud, Azzedine Bousseksou, Lionel Salmon, Gábor Molnár, Mario Piedrahita‐Bello and C. Darlot and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Bertrand Tondu

79 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Modeling and control of M... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2012 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Modeling and control of McKibben artificial muscle robot actuators
    2000 726 citations Bertrand Tondu et al. profile →
  2. Modelling of the McKibben artificial muscle: A review
    2012 355 citations Bertrand Tondu profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bertrand Tondu France 18 1.9k 585 430 108 91 83 2.3k
Uikyum Kim South Korea 22 1.5k 0.8× 580 1.0× 501 1.2× 109 1.0× 99 1.1× 63 1.9k
Jiaqi Liu China 21 1.2k 0.6× 239 0.4× 547 1.3× 57 0.5× 93 1.0× 68 1.7k
Yuxin Peng China 19 558 0.3× 464 0.8× 233 0.5× 73 0.7× 157 1.7× 67 1.4k
Juan Yi China 18 738 0.4× 284 0.5× 316 0.7× 46 0.4× 15 0.2× 69 1.1k
Susumu Hara Japan 22 891 0.5× 521 0.9× 394 0.9× 144 1.3× 36 0.4× 199 1.7k
Shijie Guo China 25 1.4k 0.7× 213 0.4× 177 0.4× 112 1.0× 148 1.6× 197 2.1k
Ja Choon Koo South Korea 30 2.2k 1.2× 478 0.8× 1.1k 2.5× 104 1.0× 127 1.4× 227 3.1k
Kenjiro Takemura Japan 25 1.2k 0.7× 416 0.7× 323 0.8× 16 0.1× 24 0.3× 130 1.7k
Ningbin Zhang China 16 1.4k 0.7× 367 0.6× 532 1.2× 52 0.5× 15 0.2× 30 1.8k
S. Lafontaine Canada 14 1.1k 0.6× 109 0.2× 500 1.2× 78 0.7× 32 0.4× 30 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bertrand Tondu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertrand Tondu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tondu, Bertrand. (2023). Anthropomorphisme de Projection et Anthropomorphisme de Réalisation en Robotique. Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra). XI(1).
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Piedrahita‐Bello, Mario, Alejandro Enríquez‐Cabrera, Gábor Molnár, et al.. (2021). Colossal expansion and fast motion in spin-crossover@polymer actuators. Materials Horizons. 8(11). 3055–3062. 37 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand. (2017). Inflatable actuators: an attempt for a common approach based on Treloar’s rubber elasticity theory. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 28(1). 14004–14004. 3 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2016). Spray-coated carbon nanotube carpets for creeping reduction of conducting polymer based artificial muscles. Nanotechnology. 28(2). 25502–25502. 11 indexed citations
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Sangian, Danial, Sina Naficy, Geoffrey M. Spinks, & Bertrand Tondu. (2015). The effect of geometry and material properties on the performance of a small hydraulic McKibben muscle system. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 234. 150–157. 50 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand. (2012). Use of Textile Friction to Mimic Hill's Model in Dynamic Contraction of Braided Artificial Muscles. Advances in science and technology. 84. 39–44. 3 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2011). A NEW INTERPRETATION OF MORI’S UNCANNY VALLEY FOR FUTURE HUMANOID ROBOTS. International Journal of Robotics and Automation. 26(3). 20 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2010). Practical equivalent control in 2-sliding controls applied to an anthropomorphic robot arm. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1245–1251. 1 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2010). An Efficient Low-pH Range Sensitive Artificial Muscle for Future Active Implantable Systems. Advances in science and technology. 76. 264–270. 1 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand. (2009). Kinematic modelling of anthropomorphic robot upper limb with human-like hands. 1–9. 6 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand. (2007). A Theorem on the Manipulability of Redundant Serial Kinematic Chains. Engineering letters. 15(5). 362–369. 6 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2007). Robust control of a McKibben artificial muscle actuator using a sliding mode control with a Smith predictor. 51. 88–94. 1 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand. (2007). Towards a anthropomorphism theory for human-like machines based on systems science. International Conference on System Science and Simulation in Engineering. 399–405. 1 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2005). A Seven-degrees-of-freedom Robot-arm Driven by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles for Humanoid Robots. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 24(4). 257–274. 247 indexed citations
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Forestier, Nicolas, et al.. (2002). A model of the cerebellar pathways applied to the control of a single-joint robot arm actuated by McKibben artificial muscles. Biological Cybernetics. 86(5). 379–394. 29 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (1999). The Three-Cubic Method: An Optimal Online Robot Joint Trajectory Generator under Velocity, Acceleration, and Wandering Constraints. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 18(9). 893–901. 31 indexed citations
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Liscano, Ramiro, et al.. (1985). A Sensor Based Approach For Robot Programming. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 579. 289–289. 1 indexed citations

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