AI 2000 Robotics Most Influential Scholars

Professor

University of Freiburg, Department of Computer Science

Germany

Mobile RobotsMobile RobotPath PlanningNavigationSimultaneous Localization And MappingRobotsProbabilityRobot Vision

CEO、Co-Founder

Fyusion, Inc

United States

Point CloudMobile RobotsFeature ExtractionObject RecognitionPose EstimationRobotsMeteorologyNavigation

Professor

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Switzerland

Mobile RobotsMobile RobotPath PlanningNavigationRobotsRobot VisionFeature ExtractionInspection

Professor

Faculty for Mathematics & Informatics, University Bremen

Germany

Mobile RobotsRobotsFeature ExtractionAutonomous RobotRobot ControlHumanoid RobotsKnowledge RepresentationReal Time

4

Professor

UC Berkeley

United States

Reinforcement LearningRobotsMobile RobotsMotion PlanningPath PlanningMotion ControlPlanningApprenticeship Learning

5

Director

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) IIT

Italy

ActuatorsRobotsHumanoid RobotsTorqueHumanoid RobotForceMotion ControlLegged Locomotion

6

Professor

Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich

Germany

Image SegmentationComputer VisionLevel SetOptimizationConvex RelaxationOptimisationImage ReconstructionMotion Estimation

7

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania

United States

Mobile RobotsRobotsRobot KinematicsMotion PlanningPath PlanningMotion ControlMobile RobotControl Systems

8

Senior Software Engineer

Google

United States

Articulated ObjectPose EstimationMobile RobotsKinematic ModelRobot VisionMobile RobotBayesian NetworkMonocular Camera

9

Professor

Department of Computer ScienceNeuroscience Program, University of Southern California

United States

Humanoid RobotReinforcement LearningHumanoid RobotsMotor ControlDegree Of FreedomRobotsOptimal ControlRobot Learning

10

Professor、Fellow

Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT

United States

Mobile RobotsSensor NetworkRobotsMulti-robot SystemsPath PlanningMobile RobotComputer ScienceRobot Kinematics

11

CEO

Willow Garage Inc

United States

Willow Garage RetrospectiveUnited StatesRobot Operating SystemTeleoperation CapabilityGlobal Robotics CommunityRos TopicsImage SegmentationPoint Cloud

12

Professor

School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington

United States

RobotsPath PlanningMobile RobotsHuman Robot InteractionMotion PlanningPlanningManipulation PlanningManipulators

13

Professor

University of Washington

United States

Mobile RobotMobile RobotsObject RecognitionParticle FilterPath PlanningProbabilityRobotsNavigation

14

Robotics

Google

United States

Mobile RobotArtificial IntelligenceReasoningStereo VisionLogicPose EstimationSimultaneous Localization And MappingAutoepistemic Logic

15

Professor

University of Zurich

Switzerland

CamerasMotion EstimationMobile RobotsVisual OdometryRobot VisionPose EstimationPath PlanningFeature Extraction

16

Assistant professor

Dept. of Systems and Computer Science La Sapienza University of Rome

Italy

Simultaneous Localization And MappingMobile RobotMobile RobotsPath PlanningNavigationGraph TheoryComputer ScienceSLAM

17

Professor

Institut für Informatik VI Technische Universität München

Germany

Impedance ControlRobot DesignManipulabilityRobot SafetyHuman OperatorVirtual Assembly VerificationDisparity FunctionOptimisation

18

Senior Researcher

Dept. of Advanced Robotics Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology)

India

Humanoid RobotsActuatorsRobotsTorqueDampingLegged LocomotionMotion ControlStability

19

Professor

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

United States

ActuatorsMobile RobotsRobotsForceSensorsSoft RoboticsMicrorobotsAerodynamics

20

Professor

DLR-German Aerospace Center, Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics

Germany

RobotsHumanoid RobotsMotion ControlForceRobot KinematicsTorqueAsymptotic StabilityRobot Control

21

Researcher

Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Technische Universität München

Germany

Point CloudRobotsFeature ExtractionComputational GeometryImage SegmentationKitchen EnvironmentMeteorologyObject Model

22

Research Assistant

Department of Computer Science at the University of Freiburg

Germany

Simultaneous Localization And MappingMobile RobotsMobile RobotSlam (robots)Path PlanningGraph TheoryRobot VisionRobotics

23

Professor

Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich

Switzerland

Computer VisionImage ReconstructionCalibration3d ReconstructionLayoutStructure From MotionRobustnessPose Estimation

24

Professor

Automatic Control, ETH Zurich

Switzerland

Control SystemsMobile RobotsTrajectoryOptimal ControlVehicle DynamicsLinear Matrix InequalityDistributed ControlRobots

25

研究员

CLMC Lab

United States

TrajectoryDifferential EquationRobotsCost FunctionRobot ArmHumanoid RobotLearning Artificial IntelligencePath Planning

26

Senior Research Scientist

Amazon

United States

Feature ExtractionSupport Vector MachineObject RecognitionKernelSupport Vector MachinesComputer VisionShapeProposed Algorithm

27

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley

United States

Reinforcement LearningDeep Reinforcement LearningImitation LearningReward FunctionInverse Reinforcement LearningReal WorldRoboticsUnsupervised Learning

28

chief scientist

Institute of Data Science and Technologies (iDST), Alibaba

China

Object RecognitionImage SegmentationComputer VisionObject DetectionShapeImage Colour AnalysisConditional Random FieldVisualization

29

Ph.D. Student

Department of Computer Science at the University of Freiburg, Germany

Germany

Mobile RobotMobile RobotsGaussian ProcessesCatadioptric ExtensionOmnidirectional VisionGaussian ProcessCalibration ProcedureTrajectory

30

Professor

THE UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT TURNS

Switzerland

Pose EstimationMobile RobotsPath PlanningCalibratingSimultaneous Localization And MappingHelicopterVisualizationState Estimation

31

Research Scientist

Oculus VR

United Kingdom

Simultaneous Localization And MappingGraph TheoryHumanoid RobotBundle AdjustmentMobile RobotReinforcement LearningComputer VisionNavigation

32

Researcher

Technical University of Munich

Germany

Bayesian ApproachDynamic EnvironmentsNonparametric Bayesian ModelsRgb-d Slam EvaluationUnsupervised Scene Analysis

33

Professor

University of Bonn

Germany

Mobile RobotMobile RobotsPath PlanningSimultaneous Localization And MappingNavigationComputer ScienceRobotsTrajectory

34

Profesor

United States

Mobile RobotsNavigationMobile RobotSimultaneous Localization And MappingSonarReal TimeSLAMPath Planning

35

Professor

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden

Computer And Information ScienceRoboticsComputer ScienceRobotsVisual ServoingRobustnessComputer VisionHumanoid Robots

36

Founder

Kinema Systems Inc

United States

Motion PlanningPath PlanningMobile RobotsPlanningWave EquationRobotsMobile ManipulatorTrajectory

37

Professor

Computer Science Department, Stanford University

United States

Mobile RobotPath PlanningParticle FilterMachine LearningNavigationNeural NetworkProbabilityAlgorithms

38

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Mobile RobotMobile RobotsMotion PlanningPath PlanningNatural LanguageHuman Robot InteractionPlanningReinforcement Learning

39

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

China

Resource AllocationObject RecognitionStatistical MultiplexingInformation ScienceMobile People ArchitecturePersonal ProxyLow LatencyService Level

40

Associate Research Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Mobile RobotsCollision AvoidanceHelicoptersSimultaneous Localization And MappingAutonomous HelicopterObstacle AvoidancePose EstimationAutonomous Aerial Vehicles

41

Senior Roboticist

Google AI

United States

TrajectoryCost FunctionReinforcement LearningLearning Artificial IntelligencePath PlanningRobotsDynamicsLEG

42

Assistant professor

Cornell University

United States

Cloud ComputingBilinear PairingsSupervised LearningCryptographyRobotsLearning Artificial IntelligenceData PrivacyComputer Vision

43

Assistant Professor

Carnegie Mellon University

United States

AdolescentsAdolescenceBorderline Personality DisorderSimultaneous Localization And MappingDepressionHeart Rate VariabilityAnorexia NervosaSLAM

44

Professor

Computer Science Department of the Technische Universitaet Darmstad

Germany

Reinforcement LearningHumanoid RobotRobotsGaussian ProcessRobot LearningMachine LearningLearning Artificial IntelligenceRobot Control

45

Computer Vision Engineer

Oculus VR (Facebook)

United States

OptimizationCodecsReal-time SystemsMobile RobotsDigital Video BroadcastingComputational ModelingEstimationAudio Coding

46

Professor

High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab (H2T), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany

Humanoid RobotsObject RecognitionRobotsRobot KinematicsLearning Artificial IntelligenceMobile RobotsFeature ExtractionHumanoid Robotics

47

Researcher

Google

United States

Optimal ControlHumanoid RobotsDynamic ProgrammingSupersonic FlowTrajectoryPressure GradientBoundary LayerDifferential Dynamic Programming

48

Assitant Professor

University of Michigan

United States

Path PlanningManipulation PlanningPlanningManipulatorsRobotsMobile RobotsHumanoid RobotsMotion Planning

49

Engineer

School of Engineering and Applied Mechanics University of Pennsylvania

United States

Motion ControlPath PlanningTrajectory GenerationMathematical ModelCollision AvoidanceMobile RobotsQuadrotorsVehicle Dynamics

50

Assistant Professor

ETH Zürich

Switzerland

DynamicsOscillationsLegged LocomotionOptimal ControlReinforcement LearningInverse DynamicsDynamic SystemMotion Control

51

Professor

Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute

United States

Mobile RobotImitation LearningRobotsPath PlanningMachine LearningRoboticsCost FunctionOptimal Control

52

Assistant Professor

DFG Junior Research Group, Social Robotics Laboratory

Germany

Mobile RobotsPath PlanningMobile RobotFeature ExtractionRobotsHuman-robot InteractionReal TimeComputer Vision

53

Professor

The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Mobile RobotsRobot KinematicsMobile RobotThree DimensionalConvergenceStabilityRobot ControlMathematical Model

54

Professor

College of Computing at Georgia Tech

United States

Mobile RobotsComputer VisionParticle FilterSimultaneous Localization And MappingMarkov Chain Monte CarloMonte Carlo MethodsNavigationSlam (robots)

55

Researcher

Google DeepMind

United States

Optimal ControlLegged LocomotionHumanoid RobotsLimit CycleOptimisationReinforcement LearningTrajectory ControlContrasting Population

56

Professor

Department of Computer Science, Columbia University

United States

RoboticsComputer ScienceRobotsSolid ModelingComputer VisionRobot KinematicsPath PlanningRobot Vision

57

Researcher

University of Freiburg

Germany

Feature ExtractionMobile RobotsSupport Vector MachinesCollaborative FilteringObject DetectionUrban EnvironmentsDetectorsExtended Kalman Filter

58

Professor

Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Mobile RobotsPath PlanningMobile RobotMotion PlanningRobotsRobot KinematicsComputational GeometryConfiguration Space

59

Professor

IIT Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Italy

RobotsActuatorsKinematicsMotion ControlOptimal ControlControl SystemsMobile RobotsForce

60

Professor

Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California

United States

Mobile RobotsMobile RobotSensor NetworkPath PlanningRobotsSensorsMulti-robot SystemsWireless Sensor Networks

61

Associate Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Wavelet AnalysisLegged LocomotionForceActuatorsTorqueFrictionMit CheetahSharpe Ratio

62

Professor

Center for Computer Science and Engineering, University of Maryland

United States

Motion PlanningCollision DetectionGraphics HardwareSolid ModelingComputational ModelingPath PlanningComputational GeometryVirtual Reality

63

Professor

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley

United States

Motion PlanningRobotsComputational GeometryPath PlanningComputational ComplexityIndustrial ManipulatorsPlanningTelerobotics

64

Professor

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT

United States

TrajectoryMotion PlanningRough TerrainLegged LocomotionPath PlanningRobotsFeedbackOptimization

65

Professor

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Germany

Virtual RealityPsychophysicsVirtual EnvironmentMotion PerceptionObject RecognitionVisual PerceptionThree DimensionalFacial Expression

66

Research Fellow

Deepmind

United States

Robot KinematicsLegged LocomotionSensorsKalman FiltersState EstimationLegged RobotsMobile RobotsObservability

67

Professor

MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

United States

Mobile RobotsMotion PlanningPath PlanningStochastic ProcessesGame TheoryVehicle DynamicsOptimal ControlRouting

68

Engineer

Oculus VR

United States

Human Robot InteractionMobile RobotsRobot SystemEYEAssociated Algebraic Bilinear SystemHuman-motion SaliencyCorresponding Fundamental MatrixCalibration

69

Professor

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Mobile RobotsPath PlanningMobile RobotNavigationRobot VisionSLAMMobile RoboticsComputer Vision

70

Professor

University of California, San Diego

United States

Mobile RobotsRoboticsComputer VisionComputer And Information ScienceRobotsObject RecognitionPath PlanningVisual Servoing

71

Professor

School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Computer VisionMobile RobotsObject RecognitionImage SegmentationLayoutShapeFeature ExtractionThree Dimensional

72

Professor

Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

China

NavigationCamerasSensorsState EstimationAutonomous NavigationAerial RobotMobile RobotsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles

73

Assistant Professor

School of Computing, University of Utah

United States

Mobile RobotsPath PlanningMotion PlanningNavigationCollision AvoidanceMotion ControlTrajectoryPlanning

74

Associate Professor

CNRS

France

Mobile RobotKinematicsControl SystemMotion ControlRobotVisual ServoingForceTrajectory