Frank Steinicke
Universität Hamburg, University of Würzburg, TU Dortmund University
Papers
12
Total Citations
259
H-Index
7
About
Frank Steinicke is a leading researcher in the fields of mixed reality (MR), human-robot interaction (HRI), and telepresence systems. His work fundamentally explores how humans can intuitively control and collaborate with robots through immersive interfaces. A major contribution is his pioneering research on multimodal interaction, including heading and pointing gestures for co-located MR-HRI, and the development of "Intelligent Blended Agents"—artificially intelligent embodied virtual humans that bridge the reality-virtuality continuum. Steinicke has also made significant strides in teleoperation, notably with "Reality Fusion," a system that achieves robust, real-time mobile robot teleoperation by fusing volumetric depth data with photorealistic 3D Gaussian splats. His impact is evidenced by highly cited works, such as his study on detection thresholds for rotation and translation gains in 360° video-based telepresence (45 citations) and his foundational work on immersive point cloud virtual environments (57 citations). Beyond these, Steinicke contributed to the AVIGLE project, a system-of-systems concept for avionic digital services using micro UAVs. His research consistently pushes the boundaries of how we perceive, interact with, and control remote and virtual environments, making him a pivotal figure in modern HRI and MR.
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- 2Poster: Immersive point cloud virtual environments57 citations · 2014
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- 6Immersive remote grasping12 citations · 2016
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