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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the understanding, analysis, control, and design of robotic systems operating in complex, unstructured, and dynamic environments.
  • 2017 - IEEE Robotics & Automation Award “For contributions to the development of robot control and human-centered and humanoid robotics, and leadership in the robotics community.”
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to planning and control of complex robotic systems.

Overview

Oussama Khatib is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the field of engineering, with a focus on control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
  • Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies

Frequently published venues include:

  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • Proceedings of the... ISARC
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Notable recent papers are:

  • "EB-RRT: Optimal Motion Planning for Mobile Robots" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • "UniGrasp: Learning a Unified Model to Grasp With Multifingered Robotic Hands" (2020), published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Controlling Ocean One: Human-robot collaboration for deep-sea manipulation" (2020), published in Journal of Field Robotics
  • "Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction: Opportunities and Challenges" (2020), published at the 2020 International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications (HORA)
  • "Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC)" (2021), published in Proceedings of the... ISARC

Frequent co-authors in this research include:

  • Agnieszka Wykowska
  • Cynthia Brosque
  • Shuzhi Sam Ge
  • Elena Galbally
  • Mikael Jorda

Khatib has also contributed to book publications with Springer International Publishing, including works such as "Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics" (2020), "Experimental Robotics" (2021), and "Robotics Research" (2023).

The scientist has been recognized with several awards including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2018) for contributions to the understanding, analysis, control, and design of robotic systems operating in complex, unstructured, and dynamic environments
  • IEEE Robotics & Automation Award (2017) for contributions to robot control and human-centered and humanoid robotics, and leadership in the robotics community
  • IEEE Fellow (2003) for contributions to planning and control of complex robotic systems

Best Publications

  • Real-time obstacle avoidance for manipulators and mobile robots

    O. Khatib

  • Springer Handbook of Robotics

    Bruno Siciliano;Oussama Khatib

  • A unified approach for motion and force control of robot manipulators: The operational space formulation

    O. Khatib

  • Elastic bands: connecting path planning and control

    S. Quinlan;O. Khatib

  • The explicit dynamic model and inertial parameters of the PUMA 560 arm

    B. Armstrong;O. Khatib;J. Burdick

  • Dynamic loading criteria in actuator selection for desired dynamic performance

    Alan Bowling;Oussama Khatib

  • A hierarchically patterned, bioinspired e-skin able to detect the direction of applied pressure for robotics.

    Clementine M. Boutry;Marc Negre;Mikael Jorda;Orestis Vardoulis

  • High-speed navigation using the global dynamic window approach

    O. Brock;O. Khatib

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

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

  • A New Actuation Approach for Human Friendly Robot Design

    Michael Zinn;Bernard Roth;Oussama Khatib;J. Kenneth Salisbury

  • Inertial properties in robotic manipulation: an object-level framework

    Oussama Khatib

  • Torque-position transformer for task control of position controlled robots

    O. Khatib;P. Thaulad;T. Yoshikawa;Jaeheung Park

  • A depth space approach to human-robot collision avoidance

    Fabrizio Flacco;Torsten Kroger;Alessandro De Luca;Oussama Khatib

  • SYNTHESIS OF WHOLE-BODY BEHAVIORS THROUGH HIERARCHICAL CONTROL OF BEHAVIORAL PRIMITIVES

    Luis Sentis;Oussama Khatib

  • Playing it safe [human-friendly robots]

    M. Zinn;O. Khatib;B. Roth;J.K. Salisbury

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

    Oliver Brock;Oussama Khatib

  • WHOLE-BODY DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR AND CONTROL OF HUMAN-LIKE ROBOTS

    Oussama Khatib;Luis Sentis;Jaeheung Park;James Warren

  • Motion and force control of robot manipulators

    O. Khatib;J. Burdick

  • Compliant Control of Multicontact and Center-of-Mass Behaviors in Humanoid Robots

    Luis Sentis;Jaeheung Park;Oussama Khatib

  • Mobile manipulation: The robotic assistant

    Oussama Khatib

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Brock
Oliver Brock Technical University of Berlin
Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar University of Pennsylvania
Alois Knoll
Alois Knoll Technical University of Munich
Bruno Siciliano
Bruno Siciliano University of Naples Federico II
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Shuzhi Sam Ge
Shuzhi Sam Ge National University of Singapore
Reid Simmons
Reid Simmons Carnegie Mellon University
Eiichi Yoshida
Eiichi Yoshida Tokyo University of Science
Kwabena Boahen
Kwabena Boahen Stanford University

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