Cornelia Riecke
Papers
8
Total Citations
211
H-Index
6
About
Cornelia Riecke is a leading researcher in space telerobotics, specializing in haptic telemanipulation and human-robot interaction for extreme environments. Her major contributions center on enabling intuitive, force-feedback control of robots from orbital spacecraft—a critical capability for future planetary exploration. Her landmark work on the KONTUR-2 mission (110 citations) demonstrated the first successful force-feedback teleoperation from the International Space Station to Earth, proving that astronauts can effectively control ground robots despite microgravity. She further advanced the field by investigating how spaceflight impairs sensorimotor performance (17 citations) and developing model-augmented haptic systems (20 citations) to overcome long communication delays. Riecke’s research has fundamentally shaped our understanding of how humans can teleoperate robots from orbit, comparing direct avatar-like control versus supervisory co-worker modes. Her work on the KONTUR-2 and METERON SUPVIS Justin missions has laid the technological groundwork for orbital-to-surface robot control on the Moon and Mars, making her a pivotal figure in the future of human-robotic space exploration.
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Top Papers
- 1KONTUR-2: Force-feedback teleoperation from the international space station110 citations · 2016
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- 4Haptic intention augmentation for cooperative teleoperation18 citations · 2017
- 5Sensorimotor impairment and haptic support in microgravity17 citations · 2021
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