Gabriel Hoffmann

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Gabriel Hoffmann is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Gabriel Hoffmann has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 7 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Gabriel Hoffmann's work include Guidance and Control Systems (8 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (6 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (5 papers). Gabriel Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Guidance and Control Systems (8 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (6 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (5 papers). Gabriel Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Gabriel Hoffmann's co-authors include Claire J. Tomlin, Steven L. Waslander, Haomiao Huang, Jung Soon Jang, Sebastian Thrun, Michael Montemerlo, Dev Rajnarayan, Michael P. Vitus, Jeremy Gillula and David Stavens and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, The International Journal of Robotics Research and Control Engineering Practice.

In The Last Decade

Gabriel Hoffmann

21 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Quadrotor Helicopter Flight Dynamics and Control: Theory and Experiment

2007 828 citations Gabriel Hoffmann, Haomiao Huang et al. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit profile →
Aerodynamics and control of autonomous quadrotor helicopters in aggressive maneuvering

2009 308 citations Haomiao Huang, Gabriel Hoffmann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gabriel Hoffmann United States	15	1.7k	1.4k	980	632	419	21	2.9k
Honglun Wang China	31	1.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	612 1.0×	337 0.8×	127	3.3k
Senchun Chai China	28	1.4k 0.8×	962 0.7×	782 0.8×	821 1.3×	493 1.2×	172	3.3k
Bernard Mettler United States	25	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	256 0.4×	292 0.7×	89	2.9k
David Hyunchul Shim South Korea	34	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	2.1k 2.2×	803 1.3×	411 1.0×	193	4.0k
Holger Voos Luxembourg	27	1.2k 0.7×	819 0.6×	776 0.8×	408 0.6×	301 0.7×	227	2.6k
Arthur Richards United Kingdom	31	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	219 0.5×	123	4.1k
Isaac Kaminer United States	32	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	330 0.8×	171	3.5k
Haomiao Huang United States	16	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	710 0.7×	452 0.7×	274 0.7×	23	2.2k
Runqi Chai China	29	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	924 0.9×	311 0.5×	360 0.9×	66	2.7k
Rita Cunha Portugal	26	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	710 0.7×	554 0.9×	212 0.5×	131	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Gabriel Hoffmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gabriel Hoffmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gabriel Hoffmann

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hoffmann, Gabriel, Haomiao Huang, Steven L. Waslander, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2011). Precision flight control for a multi-vehicle quadrotor helicopter testbed. Control Engineering Practice. 19(9). 1023–1036. 238 indexed citations

Gillula, Jeremy, Gabriel Hoffmann, Haomiao Huang, Michael P. Vitus, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2011). Applications of hybrid reachability analysis to robotic aerial vehicles. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 30(3). 335–354. 94 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2010). Real-time indoor mapping for mobile robots with limited sensing. 636–641. 12 indexed citations

Huang, Haomiao, Gabriel Hoffmann, Steven L. Waslander, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2009). Aerodynamics and control of autonomous quadrotor helicopters in aggressive maneuvering. 3277–3282. 308 indexed citations breakdown →

Hoffmann, Gabriel & Claire J. Tomlin. (2009). Mobile Sensor Network Control Using Mutual Information Methods and Particle Filters. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 55(1). 32–47. 233 indexed citations

Gorinevsky, Dimitry, et al.. (2008). Fault Tolerance of Relative Navigation Sensing in Docking Approach of Spacecraft. Proceedings - IEEE Aerospace Conference. 1348. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Gabriel. (2008). Autonomy for sensor-rich vehicles: Interaction between sensing and control actions. 10 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Gabriel, Steven L. Waslander, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2008). Quadrotor Helicopter Trajectory Tracking Control. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. 247 indexed citations

Vitus, Michael P., et al.. (2008). Tunnel-MILP: Path Planning with Sequential Convex Polytopes. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. 51 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel & Claire J. Tomlin. (2008). Decentralized cooperative collision avoidance for acceleration constrained vehicles. 4357–4363. 53 indexed citations

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Stavens, David, Gabriel Hoffmann, & Sebastian Thrun. (2007). Online speed adaptation using supervised learning for high-speed, off-road autonomous driving. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2218–2224. 19 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel, Haomiao Huang, Steven L. Waslander, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2007). Quadrotor Helicopter Flight Dynamics and Control: Theory and Experiment. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. 828 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoffmann, Gabriel, Claire J. Tomlin, Michael Montemerlo, & Sebastian Thrun. (2007). Autonomous Automobile Trajectory Tracking for Off-Road Driving: Controller Design, Experimental Validation and Racing. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. 2296–2301. 271 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel, Dimitry Gorinevsky, Robert Mah, Claire J. Tomlin, & J. Mitchell. (2007). Fault Tolerant Relative Navigation Using Inertial and Relative Sensors. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. 9 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel, Steven L. Waslander, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2006). Mutual Information Methods with Particle Filters for Mobile Sensor Network Control. 32 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel, Steven L. Waslander, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2006). Distributed Cooperative Search Using Information - Theoretic Costs for Particle Filters, with Quadrotor Applications. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 72 indexed citations

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Waslander, Steven L., Gabriel Hoffmann, Jung Soon Jang, & Claire J. Tomlin. (2005). Multi-agent quadrotor testbed control design: integral sliding mode vs. reinforcement learning. 3712–3717. 205 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel, et al.. (2005). The Stanford testbed of autonomous rotorcraft for multi agent control (STARMAC). 12.E.4–121. 214 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel. (2002). Teach-in of a robot by showing the motion. 1. 529–532. 6 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Gabriel. (1994). Zeitsynchrone sprungfreie Bahngeneratoren. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 74(1). 69–71. 1 indexed citations

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