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France
2025

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Computer Science

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55
Citations
12955
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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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55
Citations
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World Ranking
2155
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award

Overview

Rachid Alami is affiliated with the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems in France. Their research spans multiple fields of study including Computer Science, Engineering, and Psychology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Social Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Ocean Engineering, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation, and Robotics and Automated Systems.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on social robot navigation and human-robot interaction contexts. Notable papers include:

  • "A survey on socially aware robot navigation: Taxonomy and future challenges," 2024, The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • "Human-Aware Navigation Planner for Diverse Human-Robot Interaction Contexts," 2021, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • "Principles and Guidelines for Evaluating Social Robot Navigation Algorithms," 2024, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
  • "Addressing joint action challenges in HRI: Insights from psychology and philosophy," 2021, Acta Psychologica
  • "Principles and Guidelines for Evaluating Social Robot Navigation Algorithms," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors in their work include Phani Teja Singamaneni, Aurélie Clodic, Anthony Favier, Turki Al Masaeid, and Amandine Mayima. Collaboration with these individuals reflects a network of researchers focused on robotics and human-robot interaction domains.

Rachid Alami's contributions have been published across various venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Posthumanism
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Best Publications

  • An Architecture for Autonomy

    Rachid Alami;Raja Chatila;Sara Fleury;Malik Ghallab

  • Human-aware robot navigation: A survey

    Thibault Kruse;Amit Kumar Pandey;Rachid Alami;Alexandra Kirsch

  • A Human Aware Mobile Robot Motion Planner

    E.A. Sisbot;L.F. Marin-Urias;R. Alami;T. Simeon

  • M+: a scheme for multi-robot cooperation through negotiated task allocation and achievement

    S.C. Botelho;R. Alami

  • How may I serve you?: a robot companion approaching a seated person in a helping context

    K. Dautenhahn;M. Walters;S. Woods;K. L. Koay

  • Multi-robot cooperation in the MARTHA project

    R. Alami;S. Fleury;M. Herrb;F. Ingrand

  • Artificial cognition for social humanrobot interaction

    Sverin Lemaignan;Mathieu Warnier;E. Akin Sisbot;Aurlie Clodic

  • A Hybrid Approach to Intricate Motion, Manipulation and Task Planning

    Stéphane Cambon;Rachid Alami;Fabien Gravot

  • Safe and Dependable Physical Human-Robot Interaction in Anthropic Domains: State of the Art and Challenges

    R. Alami;A. Albu-Schaeffer;A. Bicchi;R. Bischoff

  • SPENCER: A Socially Aware Service Robot for Passenger Guidance and Help in Busy Airports

    Rudolph Triebel;Kai Oliver Arras;Rachid Alami;Lucas Beyer

  • PRS: a high level supervision and control language for autonomous mobile robots

    F.F. Ingrand;R. Chatila;R. Alami;F. Robert

  • A distributed tasks allocation scheme in multi-UAV context

    T. Lemaire;R. Alami;S. Lacroix

  • ORO, a knowledge management platform for cognitive architectures in robotics

    Severin Lemaignan;Raquel Ros;Lorenz Mosenlechner;Rachid Alami

  • Two manipulation planning algorithms

    R. Alami;J. P. Laumond;T. Siméon

  • A Human-Aware Manipulation Planner

    E. A. Sisbot;R. Alami

  • A geometrical approach to planning manipulation tasks. The case of discrete placements and grasps

    Rachid Alami;Thierry Simeon;Jean-Paul Laumond

  • Synthesizing Robot Motions Adapted to Human Presence A Planning and Control Framework for Safe and Socially Acceptable Robot Motions

    Emrah Akin Sisbot;Luis Felipe Marin-Urias;Xavier Broquère;Daniel Sidobre

  • Multi-robot cooperation through incremental plan-merging

    R. Alami;F. Robert;F. Ingrand;S. Suzuki

  • Physiological and subjective evaluation of a human–robot object hand-over task

    Frédéric Dehais;Emrah Akin Sisbot;Rachid Alami;Mickaël Causse

  • Planning human-aware motions using a sampling-based costmap planner

    Jim Mainprice;E. Akin Sisbot;Leonard Jaillet;Juan Cortes

  • An Implemented Theory of Mind to Improve Human-Robot Shared Plans Execution

    Sandra Devin;Rachid Alami

Frequent Co-Authors

Raja Chatila
Raja Chatila Sorbonne University
Thierry Siméon
Thierry Siméon Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Simon Lacroix
Simon Lacroix Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Jean-Paul Laumond
Jean-Paul Laumond École Normale Supérieure
Michael Beetz
Michael Beetz University of Bremen
Felix Warneken
Felix Warneken University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruno Siciliano
Bruno Siciliano University of Naples Federico II
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Eiichi Yoshida
Eiichi Yoshida Tokyo University of Science
Kerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo

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