Yi-Fu Chiu
Papers
2
Total Citations
5
H-Index
2
About
Yi-Fu Chiu is a robotics researcher whose work centers on mobile manipulation, visual servoing, and human-robot interaction. His key contributions include developing a configurable mobile manipulator that integrates Kinect-based visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) with image-based grasping, enabling autonomous object manipulation in dynamic environments. This work, published in 2013, laid groundwork for vision-guided mobile robotics. Chiu also advanced shared-control teleoperation for dual-arm omnidirectional mobile robots, as detailed in his 2014 paper on a "human-touch robot." This design allows the robot to autonomously adapt to its surroundings while responding to remote user commands, blending autonomy with human oversight for safer, more intuitive operation. Though his most-cited papers have accumulated modest citation counts (3 and 2 respectively), they represent foundational steps in integrating perception, control, and user input for mobile manipulators. Chiu's research is particularly relevant for students and engineers interested in practical robotic systems that combine mobility, manipulation, and human-in-the-loop control—a growing area in service robotics and assistive technology.
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- 2Design and experiment of a human-touch robot2 citations · 2014