Weiwei Wan
The University of Osaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Osaka University of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, Osaka Health Science University, Peking University, The University of Tokyo, City University of Hong Kong, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Toyo University, Osaka City University, Systems Research Institute, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital
Papers
160
Total Citations
2,333
H-Index
25
About
Weiwei Wan is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans robotic manipulation, perception, and autonomous systems. His research has made substantial contributions to several interconnected fields, including vision-based tactile sensing, robotic grasping, assembly planning, and human-robot collaboration. Wan's most cited work, a 2022 review of vision-based tactile sensor hardware (150 citations), has become an essential reference for researchers developing next-generation robotic perception systems. His 2017 papers collectively established him as a leading voice in robotic caging, affordance theory, and assembly sequence planning, each garnering 50–65 citations and shaping how robots understand and interact with objects in structured tasks. His 2020 work on human-in-the-loop manipulation planning (69 citations) reflects a forward-thinking approach to collaborative robotics, emphasizing the complementary roles of human judgment and machine intelligence. Notably, Wan has also tackled practical industrial challenges, including peg-in-hole assembly under uncertainty using deep learning and multi-view imaging. His 2017 contribution on autonomous indoor navigation (102 citations) further demonstrates his breadth across perception and mobility. Altogether, Wan's research offers both theoretical depth and real-world applicability, making his work indispensable reading for students and practitioners advancing intelligent robotic systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Hardware Technology of Vision-Based Tactile Sensor: A Review150 citations · 2022
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- 3Human-in-the-Loop Robotic Manipulation Planning for Collaborative Assembly69 citations · 2020
- 4A brief review of affordance in robotic manipulation research65 citations · 2017
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- 6A survey of robotic caging and its applications58 citations · 2017
- 7Teaching robots to do object assembly using multi-modal 3D vision57 citations · 2017
- 8Multirobot Object Transport via Robust Caging57 citations · 2017
- 9Assembly sequence planning for motion planning56 citations · 2017
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