Papers
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Total Citations
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About
Vivian Cremer Kalempa is a researcher specializing in multi-robot systems, smart manufacturing, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on advancing Industry 4.0 technologies through intelligent automation and accessible robotics solutions. Her work has garnered over 130 citations, reflecting meaningful impact within the robotics and intelligent systems communities. Kalempa's most recognized contributions include the development of ARENA, an Augmented Reality framework for smart warehouse experimentation, which has attracted 45 citations and demonstrated how AR can reduce prototyping costs in industrial environments. Complementing this, her WsBot project introduced a low-cost swarm robot platform, making multi-robot experimentation more accessible to researchers. Her investigations into Multi-Robot Task Allocation have been particularly influential, producing novel scheduling algorithms with fault recovery and consensus-based fault-resilient mechanisms designed for real-world smart factory deployment. Beyond system architecture, Kalempa has explored intuitive human-robot interfaces, including gesture-based control using deep learning and teleoperation systems for hazardous environments. Her recurring commitment to affordability and practicality — evident in low-cost educational robots and swarm platforms — reflects a philosophy of democratizing advanced robotics research, making her work especially relevant for students and institutions with limited resources.
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- 1ARENA—Augmented Reality to Enhanced Experimentation in Smart Warehouses45 citations · 2019
- 2WsBot: A Tiny, Low-Cost Swarm Robot for Experimentation on Industry 4.024 citations · 2019
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