Etienne Dombre

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Etienne Dombre is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Etienne Dombre has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 20 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Etienne Dombre's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (24 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (12 papers) and Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (11 papers). Etienne Dombre is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (24 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (12 papers) and Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (11 papers). Etienne Dombre collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and United States. Etienne Dombre's co-authors include Philippe Poignet, Wisama Khalil, François Pierrot, Sébastien Krut, S. Krut, Jérôme Gariépy, S. Boudet, Jean-Louis Mégnien, A. Liégeois and Patrick Maurine and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Etienne Dombre

63 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Modeling, Identification and Control of Robots 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Modeling, Identification and Control of Robots
    2003 585 citations Etienne Dombre et al. profile →

Peers

Etienne Dombre
M. Shoham Israel
Yili Fu China
Daehie Hong South Korea
Byung-Ju Yi South Korea
Pier Paolo Valentini Italy
Shahram Payandeh Canada
Liao Wu Australia
Philippe Poignet France
Federica Ferraguti Italy
Pierre Renaud France
M. Shoham Israel
Etienne Dombre
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Fields of papers citing papers by Etienne Dombre

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Etienne Dombre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Etienne Dombre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Etienne Dombre based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Etienne Dombre. Etienne Dombre is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gauthier, Michaël, Nicolas Andreff, & Etienne Dombre. (2014). Intracorporeal Robotics: From Milliscale to Nanoscale. 1 indexed citations
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Dombre, Etienne, et al.. (2013). Innovative endoscopic sino-nasal and anterior skull base robotics. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 8(6). 977–987. 27 indexed citations
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Garrel, R., et al.. (2013). Robotic endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery: Review of the literature and future prospects. European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Diseases. 130(4). 201–207. 27 indexed citations
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Cartiaux, Olivier, Paul Laurent, Pierre‐Louis Docquier, et al.. (2010). Computer-Assisted and Robot-Assisted Technologies to Improve Bone-Cutting Accuracy When Integrated with a Freehand Process Using an Oscillating Saw. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 92(11). 2076–2082. 39 indexed citations
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Dehez, Bruno, et al.. (2009). Design and preliminary in vivo validation of a robotic laparoscope holder for minimally invasive surgery. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 5(3). 319–326. 17 indexed citations
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Dehez, Bruno, et al.. (2009). Development and First In Vivo Trial of EvoLap, an Active Laparoscope Positioner. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 16(3). 344–349. 10 indexed citations
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Poignet, Philippe, et al.. (2008). Compensation of physiological motion using linear predictive force control. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1173–1178. 13 indexed citations
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Krut, Sébastien, et al.. (2006). On the Form-Closure Capability of Robotic Underactuated Hands. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 45. 1–8. 15 indexed citations
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Triboulet, Jean, et al.. (2006). Texture Features Selection for Visual Servoing of the Beating Heart. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1. 335–340. 4 indexed citations
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Poignet, Philippe, et al.. (2006). Image Based Visual Servoing through Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1776–1781. 56 indexed citations
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Renaud, Pierre, Philippe Poignet, Jean Triboulet, et al.. (2005). Mitral Valve Leaflet Motion Tracking in Ultrasound Images. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Poignet, Philippe, et al.. (2005). A Hybrid Position/Force Control Approach for Identification of Deformation Models of Skin and Underlying Tissues. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 52(2). 160–170. 34 indexed citations
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Dombre, Etienne, François Pierrot, Philippe Poignet, et al.. (2004). Projet MARGE : Modélisation, Apprentissage et Reproduction du Geste Endochirurchical. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Téot, Luc, et al.. (2003). DERMAROB : A Partial Thickness Skin Harvesting Robot: Technical and Experimental Data. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Guiraud, David, et al.. (2003). Applications des Outils de l'Automatique au Problème de la Restauration du Mouvement de Membres Paralysés sous Stimulation Electrique Fonctionnelle. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Guiraud, David, et al.. (2003). Automatic Control Theory Applied to the Restoration of the Movement of Paralysed Limbs. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Dombre, Etienne, et al.. (2002). Achieving Motion Under a Penetration Point Constraint. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Pierrot, François, et al.. (2002). Robotized reconstructive surgery: ongoing study and first results. 2. 1615–1620. 8 indexed citations
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Pierrot, François, et al.. (1999). Hippocrate: a safe robot arm for medical applications with force feedback. Medical Image Analysis. 3(3). 285–300. 150 indexed citations
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Sela, Meirav, et al.. (1997). A reconfigurable modular fixturing system for thin-walled flexible objects. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 13(9). 611–617. 34 indexed citations

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