Peter Neuhaus

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Peter Neuhaus is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work spans legged locomotion, robotic exoskeletons, and disaster-response robotics, with a career centered at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). His most influential contribution — the capturability-based framework for legged locomotion control — has accumulated over 260 citations and fundamentally shaped how researchers analyze balance and fall prevention in bipedal and humanoid robots. Neuhaus played a central role in IHMC's celebrated performance in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, where the team placed first or second across all three phases, with related publications drawing over 370 combined citations and offering invaluable lessons to the disaster robotics community. Equally significant is Neuhaus's work in assistive robotics. He led development of the Mina robotic orthosis — a wearable exoskeleton designed to restore mobility to individuals with paraplegia — garnering over 260 citations across multiple publications. His earlier IHMC Mobility Assist Exoskeleton and NASA's X1 device for astronaut health further demonstrate his ability to bridge rehabilitation and space applications. His quadrupedal controller for the LittleDog robot on rough terrain rounds out a remarkably diverse body of work, establishing Neuhaus as a key figure in both humanoid robotics and life-enhancing wearable technologies.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Capturability-based analysis and control of legged locomotion, Part 2: Application to M2V2, a lower-body humanoid

   263 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Team IHMC's Lessons Learned from the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

   242 citations · 2015
3. 3
   Design and evaluation of Mina: A robotic orthosis for paraplegics

   204 citations · 2011
4. 4
   A Controller for the LittleDog Quadruped Walking on Rough Terrain

   162 citations · 2007
5. 5
   Development of the IHMC Mobility Assist Exoskeleton

   131 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Summary of Team IHMC's virtual robotics challenge entry

   86 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Mina: A Sensorimotor Robotic Orthosis for Mobility Assistance

   57 citations · 2011
8. 8
   X1: A Robotic Exoskeleton for In-Space Countermeasures and Dynamometry

   51 citations · 2013
9. 9
   Team IHMC's Lessons Learned from the DARPA Robotics Challenge: Finding Data in the Rubble

   51 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Stability of Mina v2 for Robot-Assisted Balance and Locomotion

    40 citations · 2018

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