E. R. Westervelt

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

E. R. Westervelt is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, E. R. Westervelt has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 6 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in E. R. Westervelt's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (29 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (20 papers) and Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (11 papers). E. R. Westervelt is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (29 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (20 papers) and Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (11 papers). E. R. Westervelt collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. E. R. Westervelt's co-authors include Jessy W. Grizzle, Christine Chevallereau, Daniel E. Koditschek, Benjamin Morris, Jun Ho Choi, Gabriel Abba, Franck Plestan, Carlos Canudas de Wit, Yannick Aoustin and Gabriel Buche and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, The International Journal of Robotics Research and IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.

In The Last Decade

E. R. Westervelt

42 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion

2010 745 citations E. R. Westervelt, Jessy W. Grizzle et al. profile →
Hybrid zero dynamics of planar biped walkers

2003 613 citations E. R. Westervelt, Jessy W. Grizzle et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. R. Westervelt United States	18	2.3k	1.2k	345	303	298	42	2.7k
Patrick M. Wensing United States	23	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	123 0.4×	344 1.1×	487 1.6×	92	3.0k
Pierre-Brice Wieber France	21	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	231 0.7×	184 0.6×	234 0.8×	51	2.3k
Gabriel Abba France	16	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	184 0.5×	231 0.8×	615 2.1×	73	2.3k
Johannes Englsberger Germany	18	1.5k 0.6×	600 0.5×	217 0.6×	123 0.4×	155 0.5×	45	1.6k
Ioannis Poulakakis United States	21	1.5k 0.7×	614 0.5×	133 0.4×	465 1.5×	266 0.9×	68	1.8k
Twan Koolen United States	11	1.3k 0.6×	606 0.5×	168 0.5×	149 0.5×	173 0.6×	14	1.6k
Yannick Aoustin France	16	1.1k 0.5×	902 0.7×	146 0.4×	179 0.6×	195 0.7×	108	1.6k
Hae-Won Park South Korea	23	1.5k 0.7×	670 0.6×	123 0.4×	280 0.9×	309 1.0×	60	1.9k
Tomomichi Sugihara Japan	21	1.6k 0.7×	986 0.8×	125 0.4×	141 0.5×	216 0.7×	97	1.9k
Ching‐Long Shih Taiwan	19	884 0.4×	626 0.5×	99 0.3×	126 0.4×	205 0.7×	57	1.3k

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Ghaemi, Reza, et al.. (2018). Quantifying operating cost reduction from aircraft performance optimization: Integrated communications navigation and surveillance conference 11 April 2018. 1 indexed citations

Westervelt, E. R., et al.. (2008). Painting green: Design and analysis of an environmentally and energetically conscious paint booth HVAC control system. 3325–3330. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Tao, et al.. (2008). Design and control of a planar bipedal robot ERNIE with parallel knee compliance. Autonomous Robots. 25(4). 317–330. 65 indexed citations

Westervelt, E. R., et al.. (2008). Design and Analysis of a Class of Planar Biped Robots Mechanically Coordinated by a Single Degree of Freedom. Journal of Mechanical Design. 130(10). 4 indexed citations

Westervelt, E. R., et al.. (2007). Kinematic Design and Dynamic Analysis of a Planar Biped Robot Mechanically Coordinated by a Single Degree of Freedom. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings. 1875–1880. 4 indexed citations

Chevallereau, Christine, et al.. (2007). Energetic Effects of Adding Springs at the Passive Ankles of a Walking Biped Robot. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings. 3591–3596. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Tao, et al.. (2007). Design and Control of the Planar Bipedal Robot ERNIE. 1217–1223. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Tao, E. R. Westervelt, & James P. Schmiedeler. (2007). Using Parallel Joint Compliance to Reduce the Cost of Walking in a Planar Bipedal Robot. 1225–1231. 5 indexed citations

Köprübasi, Kerem, E. R. Westervelt, Giorgio Rizzoni, Enrico Galvagno, & Mauro Velardocchia. (2007). Experimental Validation of a Model for Control of Drivability in a Hybrid-Electric Vehicle. 105–114. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Tao, E. R. Westervelt, & Andrea Serrani. (2007). A Framework for the Control of Stable Aperiodic Walking in Underactuated Planar Bipeds. 4. 4661–4666. 14 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R., et al.. (2006). Sample-Based HZD Control for Robustness and Slope Invariance of Planar Passive Bipedal Gaits. 2006 14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. 307. 1–6. 9 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R.. (2006). Robot Modeling and Control [Book Review]. IEEE Control Systems. 26(6). 113–115. 39 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R.. (2006). Sample-Based HZD Control for Robustness and Slope Invariance of Planar Passive Bipedal Gaits. 2006 14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R., et al.. (2006). Power Management Decoupling Control for a Hybrid Electric Vehicle. 2012–2017. 13 indexed citations

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Grizzle, Jessy W., E. R. Westervelt, & Carlos Canudas de Wit. (2004). Event-based PI control of an underactuated biped walker. 3. 3091–3096. 19 indexed citations

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Chevallereau, Christine, Gabriel Abba, Yannick Aoustin, et al.. (2003). RABBIT: a testbed for advanced control theory. IEEE Control Systems. 23(5). 57–79. 360 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R. & Jessy W. Grizzle. (2003). Design of asymptotically stable walking for a 5-link planar biped walker via optimization. 3. 3117–3122. 30 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R., Jessy W. Grizzle, & Carlos Canudas de Wit. (2003). Switching and pi control of walking motions of planar biped walkers. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 48(2). 308–312. 58 indexed citations

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Westervelt, E. R., J.W. Grizzle, & Daniel E. Koditschek. (2002). Zero Dynamics of Planar Biped Walkers with One Degree of Under Actuation. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 11 indexed citations

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Grizzle, Jessy W., et al.. (2001). Controlled Periodic Motion in a Nonlinear System with Impulse Effects: Walking of a Biped Robot. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 34(6). 429–434. 2 indexed citations

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