Jean-Baptiste Mouret

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jean-Baptiste Mouret is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean-Baptiste Mouret has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 15 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jean-Baptiste Mouret's work include Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (28 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (18 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (10 papers). Jean-Baptiste Mouret is often cited by papers focused on Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (28 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (18 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (10 papers). Jean-Baptiste Mouret collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Jean-Baptiste Mouret's co-authors include Stéphane Doncieux, Jeff Clune, Antoine Cully, Danesh Tarapore, Konstantinos Chatzilygeroudis, Vassilis Vassiliades, Sylvain Koos, Nicolas Bredèche, John Rieffel and A. E. Eiben and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Vision Research.

In The Last Decade

Jean-Baptiste Mouret

76 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Robots that can adapt like animals 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 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. Robots that can adapt like animals
    2015 566 citations Antoine Cully, Jeff Clune et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jean-Baptiste Mouret France 21 1.1k 492 397 374 251 78 2.2k
Phil Husbands United Kingdom 22 999 0.9× 327 0.7× 190 0.5× 155 0.4× 525 2.1× 128 2.1k
Majid Nili Ahmadabadi Iran 26 482 0.4× 436 0.9× 848 2.1× 646 1.7× 305 1.2× 202 2.4k
Owen Holland United Kingdom 20 417 0.4× 286 0.6× 491 1.2× 335 0.9× 239 1.0× 77 2.0k
John Agapiou United States 12 890 0.8× 269 0.5× 155 0.4× 272 0.7× 142 0.6× 22 1.7k
Karl Sims Sweden 10 821 0.7× 452 0.9× 243 0.6× 387 1.0× 228 0.9× 10 2.2k
Gregory S. Hornby United States 20 922 0.8× 449 0.9× 251 0.6× 158 0.4× 46 0.2× 55 1.5k
Max Lungarella Switzerland 19 565 0.5× 607 1.2× 1.0k 2.5× 668 1.8× 945 3.8× 49 2.8k
David Vernon France 22 645 0.6× 144 0.3× 362 0.9× 582 1.6× 566 2.3× 96 2.3k
Tony Pipe United Kingdom 25 489 0.4× 364 0.7× 717 1.8× 673 1.8× 608 2.4× 159 2.4k
John Hallam Denmark 24 880 0.8× 163 0.3× 173 0.4× 182 0.5× 317 1.3× 130 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jean-Baptiste Mouret

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jean-Baptiste Mouret

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean-Baptiste Mouret

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jean-Baptiste Mouret. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jean-Baptiste Mouret 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 Jean-Baptiste Mouret. Jean-Baptiste Mouret 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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Ivaldi, Serena, et al.. (2024). Multi-Contact Whole-Body Force Control for Position-Controlled Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(6). 5639–5646. 3 indexed citations
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Chatzilygeroudis, Konstantinos, et al.. (2024). RobotDART: a versatile robot simulator for robotics andmachine learning researchers. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(102). 6771–6771. 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Paul F., et al.. (2024). Bayesian Optimization for Quality Diversity Search With Coupled Descriptor Functions. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 29(2). 302–316. 6 indexed citations
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Mouret, Jean-Baptiste. (2023). Fast generation of centroids for MAP-Elites. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 155–158. 1 indexed citations
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Penco, Luigi, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, & Serena Ivaldi. (2023). Prescient teleoperation of humanoid robots - Supplementary material. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Mouret, Jean-Baptiste, et al.. (2023). Workstation Suitability Maps: Generating Ergonomic Behaviors on a Population of Virtual Humans With Multi-Task Optimization. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(11). 7384–7391. 2 indexed citations
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Ivaldi, Serena, et al.. (2022). First Do Not Fall: Learning to Exploit a Wall With a Damaged Humanoid Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(4). 9028–9035. 3 indexed citations
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Mouret, Jean-Baptiste, et al.. (2021). Human Posture Prediction During Physical Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(3). 6046–6053. 24 indexed citations
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Maurice, Pauline, et al.. (2021). Multi-Objective Trajectory Optimization to Improve Ergonomics in Human Motion. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(1). 342–349. 13 indexed citations
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Mouret, Jean-Baptiste. (2020). Evolving the Behavior of Machines: From Micro to Macroevolution. iScience. 23(11). 101731–101731. 6 indexed citations
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Penco, Luigi, et al.. (2020). Learning Robust Task Priorities and Gains for Control of Redundant Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(2). 2626–2633. 9 indexed citations
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Mouret, Jean-Baptiste, et al.. (2020). Learning a Behavioral Repertoire from Demonstrations. arXiv (Cornell University). 383–390. 1 indexed citations
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Cully, Antoine, et al.. (2018). Limbo: A Flexible High-performance Library for Gaussian Processes modeling and Data-Efficient Optimization. The Journal of Open Source Software. 3(26). 545–545. 14 indexed citations
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Asteroth, Alexander, et al.. (2017). Feature Space Modeling Through Surrogate Illumination. Publication Server of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences). 3 indexed citations
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Huizinga, Joost, et al.. (2016). The Evolutionary Origins of Hierarchy. PLoS Computational Biology. 12(6). e1004829–e1004829. 76 indexed citations
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Vassiliades, Vassilis, Konstantinos Chatzilygeroudis, & Jean-Baptiste Mouret. (2016). Scaling Up MAP-Elites Using Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations.. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Chatzilygeroudis, Konstantinos, Vassilis Vassiliades, & Jean-Baptiste Mouret. (2016). Reset-free Trial-and-Error Learning for Data-Efficient Robot Damage Recovery.. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Ellefsen, Kai Olav, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, & Jeff Clune. (2015). Neural Modularity Helps Organisms Evolve to Learn New Skills without Forgetting Old Skills. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(4). e1004128–e1004128. 85 indexed citations
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Cully, Antoine, Jeff Clune, Danesh Tarapore, & Jean-Baptiste Mouret. (2015). Robots that can adapt like animals. Nature. 521(7553). 503–507. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Doncieux, Stéphane, Nicolas Bredèche, & Jean-Baptiste Mouret. (2009). Exploring new horizons in evolutionary design of robots. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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