Alin Albu-Schäffer
Professor
Researches design, sensor-based programming and control of robots for manipulation and locomotion, including compliant robots for safe interaction with humans.
Alin Albu-Schäffer's lab at TUM works on manipulation & robot learning and legged locomotion & humanoids. 50 papers since 2023, 4 at top venues, mostly ICRA and CDC.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 13/ year
- at T1 venues
- 8%
- PhD students
- 0
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- —
Papers by yearfrom DBLP, 2023–2026
- 10 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 11 papers2025 · T1 3
- 16 papers2024 · T1 1
- 13 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, CDC, IROS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Manipulation & robot learning17 papers
- Legged locomotion & humanoids7 papers
- locomotion5 papers
- robots4 papers
- humans1 paper
Paper list
From DBLP.
202610 papers
- IEEE Trans. RoboticsAn Ergodic Approach to Robotic Surface Finishing With Learned Motion Preferences (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Calibration of Error Distributions in Robot Kinematics for Increased Precision in Manipulation Tasks (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Centroidal Angular Momentum-Aware Planning for Legged Locomotion Integrating 3D-DCM and Swing-Leg Trajectory Optimization (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Discovering Optimal Natural Gaits of Dissipative Systems via Virtual Energy Injection (opens in a new tab)
- Int. J. Robotics Res.Exciting families of passive gaits in an elastic quadruped via natural motion manifold control (opens in a new tab)
- Robotics Auton. Syst.Finger flow: Reactive reach-while-grasp generation for robotic arms with multi-fingered hands (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.IROSA: Interactive Robot Skill Adaptation Using Natural Language (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Locomotion of an Elastic Snake Robot via Natural Dynamics (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.neoDavid: A Humanoid Robot With Variable-Stiffness Actuation and Dexterous Manipulation Skills (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans. RoboticsRobot Tracking Control With Natural Task-Space Decoupling (opens in a new tab)
202511 papers
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.Door-to-Door Parcel Delivery From Supply Point to User's Home With Heterogeneous Robot Team: The euROBIN First-Year Robotics Hackathon (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.Enhancing the Force Transparency of the Energy-Reflection-Based Time-Domain Passivity Approach (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Extraction of Robotic Surface Processing Strategies from Human Demonstrations (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.Human-Robot Interaction: Successes, Hurdles, and Remaining Challenges [Opinion] (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Interactive Incremental Learning of Generalizable Skills With Local Trajectory Modulation (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.Motion Planning for Humanoid Locomotion: Applications to Homelike Environments (opens in a new tab)
- CDCOptimal Orbit Stabilization by Approximating Lagrangian Submanifolds with Neural Networks (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)RACCOON: Grounding Embodied Question-Answering with State Summaries from Existing Robot Modules (opens in a new tab)
- Sci. RoboticsShared control in assistive robotics: A Cybathlon-winning approach (opens in a new tab)
- Sci. RoboticsVirtual elasto-plastic robot compliance to active environments (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)VSB - Variable Stiffness Based on Bowden Cables: A Simple Mechanism for Soft Robotic Hands (opens in a new tab)
202416 papers
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.A Probabilistic Approach to Multi-Modal Adaptive Virtual Fixtures (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.A Tree-Based World Model for Reducing System Complexity in Autonomous Mobile Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers Robotics AIAn experimental study of the sensorized strain wave gear RT1-T and its capabilities for torque control in robotic joints (opens in a new tab)
- RLJAn Open-Loop Baseline for Reinforcement Learning Locomotion Tasks (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.CoFlex TOP: A Teleoperation System for Flexible Ureteroscopy (opens in a new tab)
- ECCComparison of Control Strategies to Excite Intrinsic Oscillations in a SEA-Driven Robotic Joint (opens in a new tab)
- Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf.Corrigendum to "Learning-based adaption of robotic friction models" [Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Volume 89, October 2024] (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Feasibility Checking and Constraint Refinement for Shared Control in Assistive Robotics (opens in a new tab)
- PLoS Comput. Biol.Finding the rhythm: Humans exploit nonlinear intrinsic dynamics of compliant systems in periodic interaction tasks (opens in a new tab)
- Sci. RoboticsIntrinsic sense of touch for intuitive physical human-robot interaction (opens in a new tab)
- Robotics Comput. Integr. Manuf.Learning-based adaption of robotic friction models (opens in a new tab)
- RoboSoftNonlinear Modes as a Tool for Comparing the Mathematical Structure of Dynamic Models of Soft Robots (opens in a new tab)
202313 papers
- IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.A Rigid Body Observer (BObs) Considering Pfaffian Constraints With a Pose Regulation Framework (opens in a new tab)
- Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg.A robotic system for solo surgery in flexible ureteroscopy: development and evaluation with clinical users (opens in a new tab)
- ISMCare3D: An Active 3D Object Detection Dataset of Real Robotic-Care Environments (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.CollisionGP: Gaussian Process-Based Collision Checking for Robot Motion Planning (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Embodying Quasi-Passive Modal Trotting and Pronking in a Sagittal Elastic Quadruped (opens in a new tab)
- MEDEnergy and angular momentum control of robot running (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Hybrid Force-Impedance Control for Fast End-Effector Motions (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.Model Predictive Control Applied to Different Time-Scale Dynamics of Flexible Joint Robots (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.Passive Decoupled Multitask Controller for Redundant Robots (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Trans. RoboticsRedundancy Resolution at Position Level (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers Robotics AIRobotic world models - conceptualization, review, and engineering best practices (opens in a new tab)
- Biol. Cybern.The Bcm rule allows a spinal cord model to learn rhythmic movements (opens in a new tab)
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