Juan Cortés

Robotics and Interactions
7, avenue du Colonel Roche
31077 Toulouse
France

Phone: +33-5 61 33 63 45
Fax : +33-5 61 33 64 55
Email: jcortes@laas.fr

Research

My research interest is motion planning for complex mechanical systems, in particular containing closed kinematic chains. The main fields of application are robotics and structural bioinformatics.

Curriculum Vitae

CNRS Researcher since 2004.
Postdoc - Molecular Modeling. Unité Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse et Biorégulation - Université de Nantes.
PhD - Automatic Systems/Robotics. Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT).
Thesis title: Motion Planning Algorithms for General Closed-Chain Mechanisms.
Advisor: Thierry Siméon.
DEA - Automatic Systems. Ecole Doctorale Systèmes (EDSYS).
Engineer (specialization in Robotics and Automatic Control)
by the Centro Politécnico Superior (CPS) - Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).

Publications

A Structure-Controlled Lipase Enantioselectivity Investigated by a Path Planning Approach.
D. Guieysse, J. Cortés, S. Puech-Guenot, S. Barbe, V. Lafaquiere, P. Monsan, T. Siméon, I. André, M. Remaud-Siméon.
ChemBioChem, 2008.
Transition-based RRT for Path Planning in Continuous Cost Spaces.
L. Jaillet, J. Cortés, T. Siméon.
AAAI Workshop on Search Techniques in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, 2008.
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A Sampling-Based Path Planner for Dual-Arm Manipulation.
M. Gharbi, J. Cortés, T. Siméon.
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2008.
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Disassembly Path Planning for Complex Articulated Objects.
J. Cortés, L. Jaillet, T. Siméon.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2008.
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An NMA-Guided Path Planning Approach for Computing Large-Amplitude Conformational Changes in Proteins.
S. Kirillova, J. Cortés, A. Stefaniu and T. Siméon.
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2008.
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A Space Decomposition Method for Path Planning of Loop Linkages.
J.M. Porta, J. Cortés, L. Ros and F. Thomas.
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007.
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Disassembly Path Planning for Objects with Articulated Parts.
J. Cortés and T. Siméon.
IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Assembly and Disassembly, 2007.
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Molecular Disassembly with RRT-like Algorithms.
J. Cortés, L. Jaillet and T. Siméon.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007.
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A Path Planning Approach for Computing Large-Amplitude Motions of Flexible Molecules.
J. Cortés, T. Siméon, V. Ruiz de Angulo, D. Guieysse, M. Remaud-Siméon, V. Tran.
13th Annual International conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB),
Bioinformatics, 2005.
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BioCD : An Efficient Algorithm for Self-Collision and Distance Computation between Highly Articulated Molecular Models.
V. Ruiz de Angulo, J. Cortés, T. Siméon.
Robotics: Science and Systems, 2005.
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Sampling-Based Motion Planning under Kinematic Loop Closure Constraints.
J. Cortés and T. Siméon.
Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2004.
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Geometric Algorithms for the Conformational Analysis of Long Protein Loops.
J. Cortés, T. Siméon, M. Remaud-Siméon and V. Tran.
Journal of Computational Chemistry, num. 25, 2004.
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Manipulation Planning with Probabilistic Roadmaps.
T. Siméon, J.P. Laumond, J. Cortés and A. Sahbani.
International Journal of Robotics Research, num. 23, 2004.
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Probabilistic Motion Planning for Parallel Mechanisms.
J. Cortés and T. Siméon.
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2003.
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A General Manipulation Task Planner.
T. Siméon, J. Cortés, A. Sahbani and J.P. Laumond.
Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2002.
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A Probabilistic Algorithm for Manipulation Planning under Continuous Grasps and Placements.
A. Sahbani, J. Cortés and T. Siméon.
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2002.
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A Manipulation Planner for Pick and Place Operations under Continuous Grasps and Placements.
T. Siméon, J. Cortés, A. Sahbani and J.P. Laumond.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002.
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A Random Loop Generator for Planning the Motions of Closed Kinematic Chains using PRM Methods.
J. Cortés, T. Siméon and J.P. Laumond.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002.
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Computer Aided Motion: Move3D within MOLOG.
T. Siméon, J.P. Laumond, C. van Geem and J. Cortés.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2001.
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Path Planning for Closed Kinematic Chains.
J. Cortés.
Journées Doctorales d'Automatique 2001. Toulouse, September 2001.
Planification de Mouvements pour Chaînes Cinématiques Fermées.
J. Cortés.
14 Jounées des Jeunes Chercheurs en Robotique. Evry, May 2001.

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