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D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
51
Citations
12303
World Ranking
1098
National Ranking
30

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
50
Citations
12202
World Ranking
2760
National Ranking
80

Oliver Brock 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 Oliver Brock sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 213 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Oliver Brock 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 Oliver Brock sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Oliver Brock is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research spans several fields including Engineering and Computer Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to robotics and technology. Key areas include:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Oliver Brock has authored multiple papers over recent years, among them:

  • "Protein structure prediction with in-cell photo-crosslinking mass spectrometry and deep learning," 2023, Nature Biotechnology
  • "RBO Hand 3: A Platform for Soft Dexterous Manipulation," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • "From Machine Learning to Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities for Embodied Intelligence," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Passive and active acoustic sensing for soft pneumatic actuators," 2023, The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • "Modelling protein complexes with crosslinking mass spectrometry and deep learning," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Oliver Brock has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Vincent Wall
  • Manuel Baum
  • Steffen Puhlmann
  • Aravind Battaje
  • Martin Rolfs

Best Publications

  • A novel type of compliant and underactuated robotic hand for dexterous grasping

    Raphael Deimel;Oliver Brock

  • High-speed navigation using the global dynamic window approach

    O. Brock;O. Khatib

  • MV routing and capacity building in disruption tolerant networks

    B. Burns;O. Brock;B.N. Levine

  • MORA routing and capacity building in disruption-tolerant networks

    Brendan Burns;Oliver Brock;Brian Neil Levine

  • Analysis and Observations From the First Amazon Picking Challenge

    Nikolaus Correll;Kostas E. Bekris;Dmitry Berenson;Oliver Brock

  • The limits and potentials of deep learning for robotics

    Niko Sünderhauf;Oliver Brock;Walter J. Scheirer;Raia Hadsell

  • Elastic Strips: A Framework for Motion Generation in Human Environments

    Oliver Brock;Oussama Khatib

  • Interactive Perception: Leveraging Action in Perception and Perception in Action

    Jeannette Bohg;Karol Hausman;Bharath Sankaran;Oliver Brock

  • A compliant hand based on a novel pneumatic actuator

    Raphael Deimel;Oliver Brock

  • Robots in Human Environments: Basic Autonomous Capabilities

    Oussama Khatib;Kazu Yokoi;Oliver Brock;Kyong-Sok Chang

  • Lessons from the Amazon Picking Challenge: Four Aspects of Building Robotic Systems.

    Clemens Eppner;Sebastian Höfer;Rico Jonschkowski;Roberto Martín-Martín

  • Exploitation of environmental constraints in human and robotic grasping

    Clemens Eppner;Raphael Deimel;Jos;Álvarez-Ruiz

  • Learning state representations with robotic priors

    Rico Jonschkowski;Oliver Brock

  • Manipulating articulated objects with interactive perception

    D. Katz;O. Brock

  • Decomposition-based motion planning: a framework for real-time motion planning in high-dimensional configuration spaces

    O. Brock;L.E. Kavraki

  • Selective stiffening of soft actuators based on jamming

    Vincent Wall;Raphael Deimel;Oliver Brock

  • Real-time re-planning in high-dimensional configuration spaces using sets of homotopic paths

    O. Brock;O. Khatib

  • Task-consistent obstacle avoidance and motion behavior for mobile manipulation

    O. Brock;O. Khatib;S. Viji

  • Toward Optimal Configuration Space Sampling

    Brendan Burns;Oliver Brock

  • Sampling-Based Motion Planning Using Predictive Models

    B. Burns;O. Brock

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfram Burgard
Wolfram Burgard University of Technology Nuremberg
Cyrill Stachniss
Cyrill Stachniss University of Bonn
Oussama Khatib
Oussama Khatib Stanford University
Juri Rappsilber
Juri Rappsilber Technical University of Berlin
Marc Toussaint
Marc Toussaint Technical University of Berlin
Roderic A. Grupen
Roderic A. Grupen University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lydia E. Kavraki
Lydia E. Kavraki Rice University
Kris Hauser
Kris Hauser Duke University
Kei Okada
Kei Okada University of Tokyo

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