Robert Sutton

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Sutton is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Sutton has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ocean Engineering, 28 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 15 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Robert Sutton's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (15 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (14 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (14 papers). Robert Sutton is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (15 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (14 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (14 papers). Robert Sutton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and China. Robert Sutton's co-authors include Anat Rafaeli, Sanjay Sharma, Yogang Singh, Daniel C. Hatton, Asiya Khan, Jian Wan, Phil Culverhouse, Andrew J. Manning, Riccardo Polvara and SK Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Journal of Chromatography A.

In The Last Decade

Robert Sutton

60 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Sutton United Kingdom	24	777	551	482	389	358	62	2.0k
Steven Henderson United Kingdom	18	75 0.1×	766 1.4×	139 0.3×	91 0.2×	156 0.4×	56	1.7k
Di Lu China	20	469 0.6×	313 0.6×	56 0.1×	272 0.7×	15 0.0×	74	1.3k
Hong Zhao China	15	133 0.2×	82 0.1×	105 0.2×	56 0.1×	18 0.1×	76	1.3k
Jiří Hošek Czechia	19	41 0.1×	100 0.2×	74 0.2×	160 0.4×	94 0.3×	145	1.5k
Yansong Wang China	22	37 0.0×	103 0.2×	34 0.1×	128 0.3×	58 0.2×	158	1.6k
Sunyoung Kim United States	21	66 0.1×	180 0.3×	120 0.2×	85 0.2×	14 0.0×	93	1.4k
R. A. Hess United States	21	26 0.0×	48 0.1×	183 0.4×	941 2.4×	263 0.7×	93	2.1k
Mingjun Li China	17	31 0.0×	84 0.2×	72 0.1×	43 0.1×	198 0.6×	67	1.2k
Alessandro Balestrino Italy	20	62 0.1×	377 0.7×	174 0.4×	127 0.3×	5 0.0×	129	1.8k

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Singh, Yogang, Marco Bibuli, Enrica Zereik, et al.. (2020). A Novel Double Layered Hybrid Multi-Robot Framework for Guidance and Navigation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles in a Practical Maritime Environment. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(9). 624–624. 44 indexed citations

Singh, Yogang, Sanjay Sharma, Daniel C. Hatton, & Robert Sutton. (2018). Optimal Path Planning of Unmanned Surface Vehicles. PEARL (University of Plymouth). 47(7). 1325–1334. 22 indexed citations

Singh, Yogang, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, Daniel C. Hatton, & Asiya Khan. (2018). Feasibility study of a constrained Dijkstra approach for optimal path planning of an unmanned surface vehicle in a dynamic maritime environment. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 117–122. 31 indexed citations

Polvara, Riccardo, Massimiliano Patacchiola, Sanjay Sharma, et al.. (2018). Toward End-to-End Control for UAV Autonomous Landing via Deep Reinforcement Learning. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 115–123. 69 indexed citations

Polvara, Riccardo, SK Sharma, Jian Wan, Andrew J. Manning, & Robert Sutton. (2018). Vision-Based Autonomous Landing of a Quadrotor on the Perturbed Deck of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle. Drones. 2(2). 15–15. 43 indexed citations

Wan, Jian, SK Sharma, & Robert Sutton. (2018). Guaranteed State Estimation for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems via Indirectly Implemented Polytopic Set Computation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 63(12). 4317–4322. 33 indexed citations

Singh, Yogang, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, & Daniel C. Hatton. (2017). Path Planning of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle based on Artificial Potential Fields in a Real Time Marine Environment. PEARL (University of Plymouth). 17 indexed citations

Polvara, Riccardo, Yogang Singh, Sanjay Sharma, et al.. (2016). Advanced feature extraction and dimensionality reduction for unmanned underwater vehicle fault diagnosis. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1–6. 2 indexed citations

Sharma, Sanjay, et al.. (2015). On the application of a hybrid ellipsoidal-rectangular interval arithmetic algorithm to interval Kalman filtering for state estimation of uncertain systems. International Journal of Control. 88(9). 1805–1817. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenwen, et al.. (2015). An interval Kalman filter–based fuzzy multi-sensor fusion approach for fault-tolerant heading estimation of an autonomous surface vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment. 230(3). 491–507. 12 indexed citations

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Annamalai, Andy, Robert Sutton, Chenguang Yang, Phil Culverhouse, & Sanjay Sharma. (2014). Robust Adaptive Control of an Uninhabited Surface Vehicle. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 78(2). 319–338. 64 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sanjay, et al.. (2013). Non-linear control algorithms for an unmanned surface vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment. 228(2). 146–155. 35 indexed citations

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Culverhouse, Phil, et al.. (2013). On quaternion based parameterization of orientation in computer vision and robotics. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review. 6(5). 15–24. 5 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sanjay, et al.. (2011). ENERGY BASED GAIT CONTROL OF AN UNDER-ACTUATED ROBOTIC FISH. PEARL (University of Plymouth). 135–141.

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Xu, Tao, Robert Sutton, & Sanjeev Sharma. (2007). A multi-sensor data fusion navigation system for an unmanned surface vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment. 221(4). 167–182. 11 indexed citations

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Naeem, Wasif, Tao Xu, Robert Sutton, & J. Chudley. (2006). Design of an unmanned surface vehicle for environmental monitoring. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 11 indexed citations

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Sutton, Robert, et al.. (2005). QUASI-RANDOM, MANOEUVRE-BASED MOTION PLANNING ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 38(1). 103–108. 14 indexed citations

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Sutton, Robert, et al.. (2003). Fuzzy model based integral action sliding mode control. Soft Computing. 7(4). 244–251. 2 indexed citations

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Roberts, G.N., et al.. (1997). Robust control methodology applied tothe design of a combinedsteering/stabiliser system for warships. IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications. 144(2). 128–136. 23 indexed citations

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Roberts, G.N., et al.. (1995). Final Experimental Results of Full Scale Fin/Rudder Roll Stabilisation Sea Trials. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 28(2). 247–254. 16 indexed citations

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