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Alin Albu-Schaffer

Alin Albu-Schaffer

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
79
Citations
25132
World Ranking
222
National Ranking
7

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
79
Citations
25075
World Ranking
556
National Ranking
13

Alin Albu-Schaffer publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alin Albu-Schaffer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 370 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Alin Albu-Schaffer D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alin Albu-Schaffer sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Alin Albu-Schaffer is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. Their published work spans various subfields, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement particularly in robotics and control systems.

Their research topics include:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies

Notable recent publications by Albu-Schaffer include:

  • A review on nonlinear modes in conservative mechanical systems (2020), Annual Reviews in Control
  • The ARCHES Space-Analogue Demonstration Mission: Towards Heterogeneous Teams of Autonomous Robots for Collaborative Scientific Sampling in Planetary Exploration (2020), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Hybrid Force-Impedance Control for Fast End-Effector Motions (2023), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • An Introduction to Robotically Assisted Surgical Systems: Current Developments and Focus Areas of Research (2021), Current Robotics Reports
  • SRT3D: A Sparse Region-Based 3D Object Tracking Approach for the Real World (2022), International Journal of Computer Vision

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Albu-Schaffer include:

  • Christian Ott
  • Freek Stulp
  • Maged Iskandar
  • Cosimo Della Santina
  • Alexander Dietrich

Albu-Schaffer's work has appeared repeatedly in key venues such as:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Science Robotics
  • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
  • Frontiers in Robotics and AI

In addition to journal articles, Albu-Schaffer has contributed to book publications including one with Springer International Publishing titled "Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV" published in 2021.

Their research contributions span engineering with a notable concentration on biomedical engineering (72 publications), control and systems engineering (68 publications), and mechanical engineering (28 publications), highlighting a diverse expertise within these overlapping domains.

Best Publications

  • A Unified Passivity-based Control Framework for Position, Torque and Impedance Control of Flexible Joint Robots

    Alin Albu-Schäffer;Christian Ott;Gerd Hirzinger

  • Collision Detection and Safe Reaction with the DLR-III Lightweight Manipulator Arm

    A. De Luca;A. Albu-Schaffer;S. Haddadin;G. Hirzinger

  • The DLR lightweight robot : design and control concepts for robots in human environments

    Alin Albu-Schäffer;Sami Haddadin;Christian Ott;Andreas Stemmer

  • Progress and prospects of the human---robot collaboration

    Arash Ajoudani;Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Serena Ivaldi;Alin Albu-Schäffer

  • Robot Collisions: A Survey on Detection, Isolation, and Identification

    Sami Haddadin;Alessandro De Luca;Alin Albu-Schaffer

  • Collision detection and reaction: A contribution to safe physical Human-Robot Interaction

    S. Haddadin;A. Albu-Schaffer;A. De Luca;G. Hirzinger

  • Soft robotics

    A. Albu-Schaffer;O. Eiberger;M. Grebenstein;S. Haddadin

  • Requirements for Safe Robots: Measurements, Analysis and New Insights

    Sami Haddadin;Alin Albu-Schäffer;Gerd Hirzinger

  • The DLR hand arm system

    Markus Grebenstein;Alin Albu-Schaffer;Thomas Bahls;Maxime Chalon

  • The KUKA-DLR Lightweight Robot arm - a new reference platform for robotics research and manufacturing

    Rainer Bischoff;Johannes Kurth;Guenter Schreiber;Ralf Koeppe

  • Variable Stiffness Actuators: Review on Design and Components

    Sebastian Wolf;Giorgio Grioli;Oliver Eiberger;Werner Friedl

  • On the Passivity-Based Impedance Control of Flexible Joint Robots

    C. Ott;A. Albu-Schaffer;A. Kugi;G. Hirzinger

  • Human-Like Adaptation of Force and Impedance in Stable and Unstable Interactions

    Chenguang Yang;G. Ganesh;S. Haddadin;S. Parusel

  • On a new generation of torque controlled light-weight robots

    G. Hirzinger;A. Albu-Schaffer;M. Hahnle;I. Schaefer

  • DLR's torque-controlled light weight robot III-are we reaching the technological limits now?

    G. Hirzinger;N. Sporer;A. Albu-Schaffer;M. Hahnle

  • Three-Dimensional Bipedal Walking Control Based on Divergent Component of Motion

    Johannes Englsberger;Christian Ott;Alin Albu-Schaffer

  • DLR MiroSurge: a versatile system for research in endoscopic telesurgery.

    Ulrich Hagn;Rainer Konietschke;Andreas Tobergte;Mathias Nickl

  • Bipedal walking control based on Capture Point dynamics

    Johannes Englsberger;Christian Ott;Maximo A. Roa;Alin Albu-Schaffer

  • Overview of the torque-controlled humanoid robot TORO

    Johannes Englsberger;Alexander Werner;Christian Ott;Bernd Henze

  • Safety Evaluation of Physical Human-Robot Interaction via Crash-Testing

    Sami Haddadin;Alin Albu-Schäffer;Gerd Hirzinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd Hirzinger
Gerd Hirzinger German Aerospace Center
Sami Haddadin
Sami Haddadin Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Alexander Dietrich
Alexander Dietrich German Aerospace Center
Markus Grebenstein
Markus Grebenstein German Aerospace Center
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology
Stefano Stramigioli
Stefano Stramigioli University of Twente
Michael Beetz
Michael Beetz University of Bremen
Etienne Burdet
Etienne Burdet Imperial College London

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