R. Clavel

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 802 citations indexed

About

R. Clavel is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Clavel has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 802 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. Clavel's work include Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (6 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (4 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (4 papers). R. Clavel is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (6 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (4 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (4 papers). R. Clavel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Denmark and Germany. R. Clavel's co-authors include D. Glauser, Hannes Bleuler, R. Beira, Giulio Rognini, Murielle Richard, Charles Baur, A. Codourey, Christian Stolle, Sergej Fatikow and Volkmar Eichhorn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Control Engineering Practice and Annals of Plastic Surgery.

In The Last Decade

R. Clavel

18 papers receiving 758 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DELTA. A fast robot with parallel geometry.

1988 488 citations R. Clavel profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Clavel Switzerland	10	610	398	165	84	66	18	802
Toru Omata Japan	17	607 1.0×	668 1.7×	270 1.6×	41 0.5×	71 1.1×	109	931
Guanghua Zong China	15	375 0.6×	362 0.9×	219 1.3×	43 0.5×	22 0.3×	47	639
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand Australia	13	308 0.5×	326 0.8×	225 1.4×	35 0.4×	94 1.4×	29	571
Yoshihiko Koseki Japan	10	320 0.5×	219 0.6×	218 1.3×	17 0.2×	32 0.5×	43	552
Haibo Qu China	15	469 0.8×	307 0.8×	242 1.5×	75 0.9×	14 0.2×	62	673
Xu Pei China	14	448 0.7×	248 0.6×	173 1.0×	33 0.4×	15 0.2×	44	622
Yongzhuo Gao China	14	231 0.4×	243 0.6×	157 1.0×	39 0.5×	27 0.4×	61	604
J.R. Hewit United Kingdom	11	243 0.4×	257 0.6×	135 0.8×	25 0.3×	62 0.9×	41	590
Gianni Borghesan Belgium	16	314 0.5×	556 1.4×	197 1.2×	18 0.2×	105 1.6×	58	762
Abdelkhalick Mohammad United Kingdom	17	477 0.8×	712 1.8×	507 3.1×	84 1.0×	16 0.2×	30	971

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Beira, R., et al.. (2011). Dionis: A novel remote-center-of-motion parallel manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18 indexed citations

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Beira, R., et al.. (2011). Dionis: A Novel Remote-Center-of-Motion Parallel Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. 8(2). 191–208. 24 indexed citations

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Richard, Murielle & R. Clavel. (2011). Concept of modular flexure-based mechanisms for ultra-high precision robot design. Mechanical sciences. 2(1). 99–107. 11 indexed citations

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Beira, R., et al.. (2011). An External Positioning Mechanism for Robotic Surgery. Journal of System Design and Dynamics. 5(5). 1094–1105. 4 indexed citations

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Eichhorn, Volkmar, et al.. (2009). NanoLab: A nanorobotic system for automated pick-and-place handling and characterization of CNTs. 1826–1831. 45 indexed citations

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Clavel, R., et al.. (2005). “Pocket Factory”: Concept of miniaturized modular cleanrooms. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 5 indexed citations

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Clavel, R., et al.. (2004). Study of the sources of inaccuracy of a 3 DOF flexure hinge-based parallel manipulator. 36. 4091–4096 Vol.4. 45 indexed citations

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Clavel, R., et al.. (2004). Microfactory: desktop cleanrooms for the production of microsystems. 18–23. 9 indexed citations

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Clavel, R., et al.. (2004). Simulation analysis of the sources of inaccuracy of a parallel manipulator. 1. 266–271. 9 indexed citations

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Bellouard, Yves, R. Clavel, R. Gotthardt, & J. Van Humbeeck. (2003). Experimental study of the out-of-equilibrium behavior of the two-way shape memory effect. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 112. 765–768. 3 indexed citations

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Glauser, D., et al.. (2002). The PantoScope: a spherical remote-center-of-motion parallel manipulator for force reflection. 1. 718–723. 64 indexed citations

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Clavel, R., et al.. (2002). Haptic interface for virtual reality based minimally invasive surgery simulation. 1. 381–386. 17 indexed citations

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Breguet, J.‐M., et al.. (2002). PZT based manipulators for cell biology. 15 1. 193–196. 4 indexed citations

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Glauser, D., et al.. (1996). Force feedback for virtual reality based minimally invasive surgery simulator.. PubMed. 29. 564–79. 23 indexed citations

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Bétemps, M., et al.. (1995). Random exploration strategy: A new paradigm in robotics. A comparison with determinist approaches. Control Engineering Practice. 3(9). 1301–1306. 1 indexed citations

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Bétemps, M., et al.. (1994). Evaluation of exploration strategies in robotic assembly. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 27(14). 63–68. 6 indexed citations

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Clavel, R., et al.. (1991). Aesthetic Units in Skin Grafting of the Face. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 26(4). 347–352. 26 indexed citations

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Clavel, R.. (1988). DELTA. A fast robot with parallel geometry.. 91–100. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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