Michaël Bonani

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Michaël Bonani is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaël Bonani has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 7 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Michaël Bonani's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (20 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (10 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (8 papers). Michaël Bonani is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (20 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (10 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (8 papers). Michaël Bonani collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Belgium and Italy. Michaël Bonani's co-authors include Francesco Mondada, Marco Dorigo, Stéphane Magnenat, Dario Floreano, Philippe Rétornaz, Jean‐Christophe Zufferey, Alcherio Martinoli, Christopher M. Cianci, Adam Klaptocz and Roderich Groß and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics).

In The Last Decade

Michaël Bonani

27 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The e-puck, a Robot Designed for Education in Engineering 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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. The e-puck, a Robot Designed for Education in Engineering
    2009 451 citations Francesco Mondada, Michaël Bonani et al. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michaël Bonani Switzerland 17 933 699 299 292 264 27 1.6k
Manuele Brambilla Belgium 12 900 1.0× 974 1.4× 366 1.2× 170 0.6× 451 1.7× 15 1.8k
Eliseo Ferrante Netherlands 19 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.8× 403 1.3× 188 0.6× 497 1.9× 66 2.5k
Zack Butler United States 20 655 0.7× 770 1.1× 208 0.7× 158 0.5× 152 0.6× 64 1.5k
Vito Trianni Italy 31 1.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.9× 442 1.5× 239 0.8× 703 2.7× 85 2.7k
Carlo Pinciroli Belgium 22 714 0.8× 875 1.3× 317 1.1× 148 0.5× 356 1.3× 58 1.5k
Roderich Groß United Kingdom 20 728 0.8× 640 0.9× 197 0.7× 136 0.5× 267 1.0× 59 1.3k
Justin Werfel United States 20 745 0.8× 341 0.5× 160 0.5× 177 0.6× 192 0.7× 53 1.7k
Erol Şahi̇n Türkiye 22 660 0.7× 736 1.1× 476 1.6× 493 1.7× 611 2.3× 70 2.0k
Spring Berman United States 20 585 0.6× 573 0.8× 226 0.8× 256 0.9× 146 0.6× 76 1.4k
Kasper Støy Denmark 20 1.1k 1.2× 471 0.7× 230 0.8× 323 1.1× 184 0.7× 85 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michaël Bonani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michaël Bonani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michaël Bonani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michaël Bonani 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 Michaël Bonani. Michaël Bonani 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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Mondada, Francesco, et al.. (2017). Bringing Robotics to Formal Education: The Thymio Open-Source Hardware Robot. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 24(1). 77–85. 81 indexed citations
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Soleymani, Touraj, Vito Trianni, Michaël Bonani, Francesco Mondada, & Marco Dorigo. (2015). Bio-inspired construction with mobile robots and compliant pockets. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 74. 340–350. 32 indexed citations
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Rétornaz, Philippe, Fanny Riedo, Stéphane Magnenat, et al.. (2013). Seamless multi-robot programming for the people: ASEBA and the wireless Thymio II robot. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 4944. 337–343. 1 indexed citations
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Riedo, F., Manuel Freire, Michaël Bonani, & Francesco Mondada. (2012). Involving and training public school teachers in using robotics for education. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 19–23. 3 indexed citations
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Hitz, Gregory, et al.. (2012). Autonomous construction of a roofed structure: Synthesizing planning and stigmergy on a mobile robot. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 5436–5437. 14 indexed citations
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Mathews, Nithin, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O’Grady, et al.. (2011). Enhanced directional self-assembly based on active recruitment and guidance. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 4762–4769. 7 indexed citations
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Bonani, Michaël, Valentin Longchamp, Stéphane Magnenat, et al.. (2010). The marXbot, a miniature mobile robot opening new perspectives for the collective-robotic research. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 4187–4193. 120 indexed citations
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Bonani, Michaël. (2010). Robotique collective et auto-assemblage : une étude mécatronique. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1 indexed citations
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Bonani, Michaël, et al.. (2010). DESIGN OF MAGNETIC SWITCHABLE DEVICE (MSD) AND APPLICATIONS IN CLIMBING ROBOT. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 375–382. 21 indexed citations
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Magnenat, Stéphane, Valentin Longchamp, Michaël Bonani, et al.. (2010). Affordable SLAM through the co-design of hardware and methodology. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 5395–5401. 15 indexed citations
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Magnenat, Stéphane, Philippe Rétornaz, Michaël Bonani, Valentin Longchamp, & Francesco Mondada. (2010). ASEBA: A Modular Architecture for Event-Based Control of Complex Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 16(2). 321–329. 67 indexed citations
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Mondada, Francesco, Michaël Bonani, Christopher M. Cianci, et al.. (2009). The e-puck, a Robot Designed for Education in Engineering. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1(1). 59–65. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nouyan, Shervin, Roderich Groß, Michaël Bonani, Francesco Mondada, & Marco Dorigo. (2009). Teamwork in Self-Organized Robot Colonies. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 13(4). 695–711. 93 indexed citations
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Baldassarre, Gianluca, Vito Trianni, Michaël Bonani, et al.. (2007). Self-Organized Coordinated Motion in Groups of Physically Connected Robots. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 37(1). 224–239. 70 indexed citations
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O’Grady, Rehan, Roderich Groß, Anders Lyhne Christensen, et al.. (2007). Performance benefits of self-assembly in a swarm-bot. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 295. 2381–2387. 9 indexed citations
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Nouyan, Shervin, Roderich Groß, Marco Dorigo, Michaël Bonani, & Francesco Mondada. (2006). Group Transport Along a Robot Chain in a Self-Organised Robot Colony. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 433–442. 22 indexed citations
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Bonani, Michaël, et al.. (2006). Autonomous Self-Assembly in Swarm-Bots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 22(6). 1115–1130. 230 indexed citations
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Tuci, Elio, Roderich Groß, Vito Trianni, et al.. (2006). Cooperation through self-assembly in multi-robot systems. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems. 1(2). 115–150. 71 indexed citations
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Mondada, Francesco, et al.. (2006). Bi-pedal Robot for Rescue Operations. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1 indexed citations
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Mondada, Francesco, et al.. (2004). Physical connections and cooperation in swarm robotics. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 53–60. 32 indexed citations

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