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Felix Hundhausen is a robotics researcher specializing in dexterous manipulation, soft robotics, and autonomous disassembly. His most cited work, "The KIT Gripper" (2021, 17 citations), introduces a multi-functional gripper designed specifically for disassembly tasks, featuring a 5-DoF arm and a jaw gripper with rotational and closing joints—a key contribution to sustainable manufacturing and e-waste recycling. Hundhausen also advances fast reactive grasping through "In-Finger Vision and In-Hand FPGA-accelerated CNNs" (10 citations), integrating cameras and real-time image processing directly into a soft humanoid hand for rapid, adaptive object interaction. His research on tactile feedback, detailed in "Detecting Grasp Phases and Adaption of Object-Hand Interaction Forces" (6 citations), enables soft hands to adjust forces based on sensory input, improving grasp stability across diverse objects. Notably, he contributed to the euROBIN First-Year Robotics Hackathon (2024, 5 citations), demonstrating a heterogeneous robot team for door-to-door parcel delivery. With a focus on merging sensing, control, and hardware design, Hundhausen’s work pushes the boundaries of robotic manipulation in logistics, manufacturing, and human-robot interaction.