Fields of research: MIMO systems, nonlinear control, adaptive and robust control, delay systems.

He has more than 130 articles (58 articles in English), 2 book and 8 manuals.
Last publications 2005-2010:

Journal papers
1. A. A. Bobtsov and N. A. Nikolaev. Fradkov
   theorem-based design of the control of nonlinear systems with functional and parametric uncertainties
   Automation and Remote Control. Vol. 66, No. 1, 2005. P. 108-118.
2. A. A. Bobtsov.
   A Robust Control Algorithm for Tracking the Command Signal with Compensation for the Parasitic Effect of External Unbounded Disturbances
   Automation and Remote Control. Vol. 66, No. 8, 2005. P. 1287-1295.
3. A. A. Bobtsov.
   A note to output feedback adaptive control for uncertain system with static nonlinearity
   Automatica. - 2005. - №12. - P. 1277-1280.
4. I. V. Amoskin, A. A. Botsov, N. A. Nikolaev and K. A. Sergeev.
   An adaptation algorithm for stabilization of nonlinear system in the absence of sector constraints
   Automation and Remote Control. Vol. 67, No. 4, 2006. P. 606-614.
5. A. A. Bobtsov and A. G. Nagovitsina.
   Adaptive control of linear nonstationary objects output
   Automation and Remote Control. Vol. 67, No. 12, 2006. P. 2010-2020.
6. A. A. Bobtsov and N. A. Nikolaev.
   Output control of some nonlinear system with unknown parameters and nonlinearity
   Automation and Remote Control. Vol. 68, No. 6, 2007. P. 1069-1074.
7. S. V. Aranovskii, A. A. Bobtsov, A. S. Kremlev.
   Compensation of a finite-dimensional quasi-harmonic disturbance for a nonlinear object
   Journal of Computer and System Sciences International. Vol. 45, No. 4, 2006. P. 518-525.
8. S. V. Aranovskii, A. A. Bobtsov, A. S. Kremlev and G. V. Luk'yanova.
   A robust algorithm for identification of the frequency of a sinusoidal signal
   Journal of Computer and System Sciences International. Vol. 46, No. 3, 2007. P. 371-376.
9. Alexey Bobtsov, Nikolay Nikolaev and Olga Slita.
   Control of chaotic oscillations of a satellite
   Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. - 2007. - №7. - C. 893-900.
10. Bobtsov A.A., Nikolaev N.A., Slita O.V.
    Adaptive control of libration angle of a satellite
    Mechatronics. - 2007. - № 4-5. - P. 271-276.
11. A. A. Bobtsov, A. A. Pyrkin.
    The compensation of a harmonic perturbation under conditions of a delay in control
    Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences International, 2008, Vol. 47, No. 4.
12. S. V. Aranovskii, A. A. Bobtsov, A. S. Kremlev, G. V. Luk'yanova, N. A. Nikolaev
    Identification of frequency of a shifted sinusoidal signal
    Automation and Remote Control, 2008, Vol. 69, No 9.
13. Bobtsov A.
    New approach to the problem of globally convergent frequency estimator
    Int. Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. - 2008. - №3. - P. 306-317.
14. A. A. Bobtsov.
    Output control algorithm with the compensation of biased harmonic disturbances
    Automation and Remote Control, 2008, Vol. 69, No 8.
15. Bobtsov A.A., Pyrkin A.A., Nikolaev N.A., Slita O.V.
    Adaptive observer design for chaotic Duffing system
    Int. Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. - 2009. - № 7. - Ñ. 829-841.
16. A. A. Bobtsov, A. A. Pyrkin.
    Compensation of unknown sinusoidal disturbances in linear plants of arbitrary relative degree
    Automation and Remote Control, 2009, Vol. 70, No 3.
17. A. A. Bobtsov, N. A. Nikolaev.
    Output control of linear systems with unmodeled dynamics
    Automation and Remote Control, 2009, Vol. 70, No 6.
18. S. V. Aranovskii, A. A. Bobtsov, A. A. Pyrkin.
    Adaptive observer of an unknown sinusoidal output disturbance for linear plants
    Automation and Remote Control, 2009, Vol. 70, No 11.
19. Stanislav Aranovskiy, Alexey Bobtsov, Artem Kremlev, Nikolay Nikolaev, Olga Slita.
    Identification of frequency of biased harmonic signal
    European Journal of Control. - 2010. - №2. - P. 129-139.

Conference papers
1. Bobtsov A.A., Efimov D.V.
   On -invariance of nonlinear systems with functional and signal uncertainties
   16 th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. - Prague, 2005.
2. Bobtsov A.A., Kremlev A.S.
   Adaptive compensation of biased sinusoidal disturbances with unknown frequency
   16 th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. - Prague, 2005.
3. Bobtsov A.A., Nikolaev N.A., Slita O.V.
   Adaptive control of libration angle of a satellite
   1st IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems. - Reims, 2006. - P. 103-108.
4. Bobtsov A.A., Nikolaev N.A.
   Output stabilization of nonlinear Lurie system
   5th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design (ROCOND'06). - Toulouse, 2006.
5. Bobtsov A.A., Nikolaev N.A., Slita O.V.
   Adaptive Output Feedback Control For Uncertain System With Static Nonlinearity
   15th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED07 - Athens, 2007.
6. Aranovskiy S., Bobtsov A., Kremlev A., Nikolaev N., Slita O.
   Identification of frequency of biased harmonic signal
   IFAC Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing (ALCOSP 07). - Saint-Petersburg, 2007.
7. Bobtsov A., Pyrkin A.
   A new approach to MRAC problem with disturbance rejection
   IFAC Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing (ALCOSP 07). - Saint-Petersburg, 2007.
8. Bobtsov A., Nagovitsina A.
   Adaptive output control of linear time-varying systems
   IFAC Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing (ALCOSP 07). - Saint-Petersburg, 2007.
9. Bobtsov A., Romasheva D.
   Frequency Estimator of a Biased Sinusoid
   46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. - New Orleans, 2007.
10. Bobtsov A., Nikolaev N., Slita O.
    Frequency Identification of Biased Harmonic Disturbance
    17 th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. - Seoul, 2008.
11. Bobtsov A., Pyrkin A., Nikolaev N., Slita O.
    Adaptive Observer Design for Chaotic Duffing System
    17 th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. - Seoul, 2008.
12. Bobtsov A., Pyrkin A., Nikolaev N., Slita O.
    Stabilization of a Chaotic System Described by Van Der Pole Equation
    17 th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. - Seoul, 2008.
13. Aranovskiy S., Bobtsov A., Nikolaev N., Pyrkin A., Slita O.
    Observer for chaotic Duffing system
    6th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference - Saint-Petersburg, 2008.
14. Bobtsov A., Pyrkin A.
    Experimental research of consecutive compensator approach on basis of mechatronic systems
    6th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference - Saint-Petersburg, 2008.
15. Bobtsov A., Pyrkin A.
    Experimental research of consecutive compensator approach on basis of mechatronic systems
    6th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference - Saint-Petersburg, 2008.
16. Aranovskiy S., Bobtsov A.
    Frequency Identification of Biased Harmonic Output Disturbance
    15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, SYSID 2009 - Saint-Malo, France, 2009.
17. Bobtsov A., Kolyubin S., Pyrkin A.
    Adaptive stabilization of reaction wheel pendulum on moving LEGO platform
    2009 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control - Saint-Petersburg, 2009.
18. Bobtsov A., Efimov D., Pyrkin A.
    Hybrid adaptive observers for locally Lipschitz systems with application to mechanical oscillators
    2009 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control - Saint-Petersburg, 2009.
19. Bobtsov A., Efimov D.
    Hybrid robust observers for locally Lipschitz systems
    European Control Conference 2009, ECC'09 - 23-26 August 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
20. Alexey Bobtsov, Anton Pyrkin.
    Adaptive Output Stabilization of Time-Delay Nonlinear System
    9th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems, TDS 2010.
21. Alexey Bobtsov, Artem Kremlev, Anton Pyrkin.
    Rejection of Unknown Biased Harmonic Disturbance for Nonlinear System with Input Delay
    9th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems, TDS 2010.
22. Anton Pyrkin, Alexey Bobtsov, Sergey Chepinskiy, Yuriy Kapitanyuk.
    Compensation of Unknown Multiharmonic Disturbance for Nonlinear Plant with Delay in Control
    8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS 2010). Bologna, Italy, September 1-3, 2010.
23. Anton Pyrkin, Alexey Bobtsov.
    An Adaptive Observer with Reduced Order for Chaotic Duffing. System Transmitting a Vector of Parameters
    8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS 2010). Bologna, Italy, September 1-3, 2010.

Grants, Awards:
- The winner of scientific conference for young scientists "Navigation and Control of Motion" in section "Theory and Control Systems", Main Scientific Research Institute "Electropribor", Saint-Petersburg in 2000 and 2001;
- The winner of scientific session in the Baltic Olympiad of Automation Control (BOAC), Saint-Petersburg, 1996;
- Won personal grants from Saint-Petersburg government, The Ministry of Common and Professional Education, Russian Academy of Science within the federal program of the young scientists support in 1997-2000 and 2002-2003;
- Grants from Russian Foundation of Basic Research in 2001-2007.