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Christian Ott

Christian Ott

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Austria
2026
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Austria
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
13612
World Ranking
890
National Ranking
2

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
54
Citations
13449
World Ranking
2258
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Austria Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Austria Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Christian Ott is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a primary focus on control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Their research encompasses aerospace engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientist's work spans a wide range of topics including:

  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

Christian Ott has authored papers published in various respected venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "European Society of Hypertension position paper on renal denervation 2021" (2021, Journal of Hypertension)
  • "Diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension 2021" (2021, Kidney International)
  • "Hybrid Force-Impedance Control for Fast End-Effector Motions" (2023, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • "Safety-Aware Hierarchical Passivity-Based Variable Compliance Control for Redundant Manipulators" (2022, IEEE Transactions on Robotics)
  • "Exploring planet geology through force-feedback telemanipulation from orbit" (2022, Science Robotics)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Alin Albu-Schäffer (17 joint publications)
  • Alexander Dietrich (11 joint publications)
  • Marco De Stefano (11 joint publications)
  • Hrishik Mishra (11 joint publications)
  • Roland E. Schmieder (10 joint publications)

Christian Ott's research has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (23 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (12 publications)
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine (9 publications)
  • Journal of Hypertension (6 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics (4 publications)

In addition to journal articles and conference papers, Christian Ott has contributed to the publication of books, including a work published by Springer Nature titled "Bringing Innovative Robotic Technologies from Research Labs to Industrial End-users" in 2020.

Christian Ott received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship in 2012, recognizing achievements in their field.

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

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

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

  • Soft robotics

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

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

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

  • Cartesian Impedance Control of Redundant and Flexible-Joint Robots

    Christian Ott

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

    Johannes Englsberger;Christian Ott;Alin Albu-Schaffer

  • Unified Impedance and Admittance Control

    Christian Ott;Ranjan Mukherjee;Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • 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

  • Cartesian impedance control of redundant robots: recent results with the DLR-light-weight-arms

    A. Albu-Schaffer;C. Ott;U. Frese;G. Hirzinger

  • A Humanoid Two-Arm System for Dexterous Manipulation

    Ch. Ott;O. Eiberger;W. Friedl;B. Bauml

  • Incremental learning of full body motion primitives and their sequencing through human motion observation

    Dana Kulić;Christian Ott;Dongheui Lee;Junichi Ishikawa

  • Posture and balance control for biped robots based on contact force optimization

    Christian Ott;Maximo A. Roa;Gerd Hirzinger

  • Method for controlling a robot arm, and robot for implementing the method

    Alin Albu-Schäffer;Christian Ott;Ulrich Hagn;Tobias Ortmaier

  • An overview of null space projections for redundant, torque-controlled robots

    Alexander Dietrich;Christian Ott;Alin Albu-Schäffer

  • A passivity based Cartesian impedance controller for flexible joint robots - part I: torque feedback and gravity compensation

    C. Ott;A. Albu-Schaffer;A. Kugi;S. Stamigioli

  • Incremental kinesthetic teaching of motion primitives using the motion refinement tube

    Dongheui Lee;Christian Ott

  • A passivity based Cartesian impedance controller for flexible joint robots - part II: full state feedback, impedance design and experiments

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

  • Passivity-based whole-body balancing for torque-controlled humanoid robots in multi-contact scenarios

    Bernd Henze;Máximo A. Roa;Christian Ott

  • Prioritized multi-task compliance control of redundant manipulators

    Christian Ott;Alexander Dietrich;Alin Albu-Schäffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Alin Albu-Schaffer
Alin Albu-Schaffer German Aerospace Center
Gerd Hirzinger
Gerd Hirzinger German Aerospace Center
Dongheui Lee
Dongheui Lee Technical University of Munich
Yoshihiko Nakamura
Yoshihiko Nakamura Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Sami Haddadin
Sami Haddadin Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Markus Grebenstein
Markus Grebenstein German Aerospace Center
Wan Kyun Chung
Wan Kyun Chung Pohang University of Science and Technology
Jerry Pratt
Jerry Pratt Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Stefano Stramigioli
Stefano Stramigioli University of Twente

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