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2025

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
64
Citations
24318
World Ranking
1259
National Ranking
520

Computer Science

D-Index
65
Citations
24603
World Ranking
2404
National Ranking
1201

James J. Kuffner publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James J. Kuffner sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 148 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

James J. Kuffner D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James J. Kuffner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

James J. Kuffner is affiliated with Woven Planet Holdings in Japan. They have been recognized as an ACM Senior Member since 2009.

The scientist's work spans several areas, although specific fields of study, subfields, and main topics have not been detailed in the available data. No records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or common publication venues have been provided.

There is no available information on book publications or detailed descriptions of research topics, which limits the scope of insights into their academic contributions. Similarly, no recent papers or their associated details, such as titles and venues, are given.

Despite the limited publication data, the affiliation with Woven Planet Holdings suggests involvement in advanced research likely related to robotics, automation, or technology sectors where the company is active. The ACM Senior Member recognition indicates experience and engagement within the computing and technology community.

Best Publications

  • Randomized kinodynamic planning

    Steven M. LaValle;James J. Kuffner

  • RRT-connect: An efficient approach to single-query path planning

    J.J. Kuffner;S.M. LaValle

  • Automated construction of robotic manipulation programs

    Takeo Kanade;James Kuffner;Rosen Diankov

  • Footstep Planning for the Honda ASIMO Humanoid

    J. Chestnutt;M. Lau;G. Cheung;J. Kuffner

  • OpenRAVE: A Planning Architecture for Autonomous Robotics

    Rosen Diankov;James Kuffner

  • Task Space Regions: A framework for pose-constrained manipulation planning

    Dmitry Berenson;Siddhartha Srinivasa;James Kuffner

  • Planning motions with intentions

    Yoshihito Koga;Koichi Kondo;James Kuffner;Jean-Claude Latombe

  • HERB: a home exploring robotic butler

    Siddhartha S. Srinivasa;Dave Ferguson;Casey J. Helfrich;Dmitry Berenson

  • Dex-Net 1.0: A cloud-based network of 3D objects for robust grasp planning using a Multi-Armed Bandit model with correlated rewards

    Jeffrey Mahler;Florian T. Pokorny;Brian Hou;Melrose Roderick

  • Dynamically-Stable Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots

    James J. Kuffner;Satoshi Kagami;Koichi Nishiwaki;Masayuki Inaba

  • Manipulation planning on constraint manifolds

    Dmitry Berenson;Siddhartha S. Srinivasa;Dave Ferguson;James J. Kuffner

  • Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots

    James Kuffner;James Kuffner;Koichi Nishiwaki;Satoshi Kagami;Masayuki Inaba

  • Multipartite RRTs for Rapid Replanning in Dynamic Environments

    M. Zucker;J. Kuffner;M. Branicky

  • Cloud-based robot grasping with the google object recognition engine

    Ben Kehoe;Akihiro Matsukawa;Sal Candido;James Kuffner

  • Effective sampling and distance metrics for 3D rigid body path planning

    J.J. Kuffner

  • Anytime path planning and replanning in dynamic environments

    J. van den Berg;D. Ferguson;J. Kuffner

  • Synthesizing animations of human manipulation tasks

    Katsu Yamane;James J. Kuffner;Jessica K. Hodgins

  • Manipulation Planning Among Movable Obstacles

    M. Stilman;J.-U. Schamburek;J. Kuffner;T. Asfour

  • Planning Biped Navigation strategies in Complex Environments

    Joel Chestnutt;James Kuffner;Koichi Nishiwaki;Satoshi Kagami

  • Navigation among movable obstacles: real-time reasoning in complex environments

    M. Stilman;J. Kuffner

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoshi Kagami
Satoshi Kagami National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Koichi Nishiwaki
Koichi Nishiwaki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masayuki Inaba
Masayuki Inaba University of Tokyo
Hirochika Inoue
Hirochika Inoue National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Takeo Kanade
Takeo Kanade Carnegie Mellon University
Siddhartha S. Srinivasa
Siddhartha S. Srinivasa University of Washington
Tamim Asfour
Tamim Asfour Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kei Okada
Kei Okada University of Tokyo
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Yasuo Kuniyoshi University of Tokyo
Rüdiger Dillmann
Rüdiger Dillmann Center for Information Technology

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