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Wilm Decré is an Associate Professor at KU Leuven, holding a prestigious BOF (Bijzonder OnderzoeksFonds) position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering Science. He is a key member of the MECO Research Team, where he leads research in robotics, control systems, and motion planning. His work bridges theoretical control algorithms with practical robotic applications, particularly in optimal control and motion planning.
His research interests include:
- Model Predictive Control (MPC) and optimal control for robotics
- Time-optimal motion planning and trajectory optimization
- Non-holonomic path planning algorithms
- Constraint-based robot programming
- Human-robot collaboration and safety
- Real-time implementation of control algorithms
Prof. Decré's recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to making advanced control techniques computationally feasible for real-world deployment. His work addresses the gap between theoretical optimality and practical implementation constraints, with applications spanning industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles, and collaborative systems. His research shows a progression from theoretical foundations to increasingly practical applications with real-world impact.
His notable scientific contributions include:
- ASAP-MPC: An asynchronous update scheme for online motion planning
- Efficient techniques for reducing computational complexity in optimal control
- Practical approaches for time-optimal MPC implementation
- Accelerated Reeds-Shepp algorithms for mobile robot path planning
- Integration of MPC with constraint-based robot programming for unstructured environments
Prof. Decré actively supervises PhD students and has developed strong collaborations both within KU Leuven and internationally. His research is supported by the BOF position and appears to involve multiple industry partnerships given the applied nature of many projects. He maintains an active publication record in top robotics and control venues including IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, and major conferences like ICRA and IROS.
His laboratory, part of the MECO Research Team, focuses on experimental validation of control algorithms using various robotic platforms including drone systems, mobile robots, and industrial manipulators. The lab emphasizes both theoretical rigor and practical applicability of control solutions, with recent work showing validation on quadcopters navigating cluttered environments and scale model truck-trailers in structured lab environments.
