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Total Citations
119
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About
Samir Otmane is a leading researcher at the intersection of virtual and augmented reality, human-robot interaction, and teleoperation systems. His pioneering work has fundamentally advanced how humans remotely control robots through immersive interfaces. Otmane’s most influential contribution is the concept of "active virtual guides" for augmented reality-based telemanipulation, a framework that enhances operator precision and safety during complex remote tasks. His research has consistently pushed the boundaries of mixed reality, developing distributed architectures that enable collaborative teleoperation over the internet and exploring multimodal interaction in large-scale virtual environments. With a portfolio of highly cited papers spanning from 2002 to 2013, his work on underwater robot teleoperation interfaces and camera pose estimation for teaching industrial robots demonstrates a sustained commitment to solving real-world robotic challenges. Otmane’s impact is evident in his foundational papers, including his seminal 2002 work on active virtual guides (31 citations) and his influential 2012 study on mixed reality for underwater robotics (17 citations). His research has been instrumental in shaping modern approaches to telepresence, making him a key figure in the evolution of human-robot collaboration.
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- 6AUGMENTED REALITY INTERFACE FOR FREE TELEOPERATION8 citations · 2005
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- 8Towards a Unifying Framework for Pattern Transformation in Swarm Systems7 citations · 2009
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- 10Fusion of inertial and visual: a geometrical observer-based approach5 citations · 2009