Papers
15
Total Citations
326
H-Index
8
About
Jan Fischer’s research lies at the intersection of service robotics, computer vision, and 3D perception, with a focus on enabling robots to understand and interact with human environments. His most influential work, the Care-O-bot® 3 (113 citations), established a product vision for service robots by seamlessly integrating design with advanced manipulation, navigation, and vision capabilities. Fischer made key contributions to 3D object recognition and scene understanding, including a seminal study on evaluating 2D vs. 3D cues for object classification (71 citations) and a systematic assessment of 3D feature descriptors for surface geometry (39 citations). He also advanced practical applications such as autonomous dirt detection for cleaning robots (27 citations) and sensor fusion combining Time-of-Flight depth with stereo imaging (21 citations). His work on person recognition for service robotics (12 citations) addresses the critical challenge of user adaptation and acceptance. With over 300 total citations, Fischer’s research has helped bridge the gap between robotic perception and real-world deployment, particularly in domestic and office environments. His contributions to object training and 6-DoF pose estimation further underscore his impact on making service robots more capable and intuitive.
Research Focus
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Top Papers
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- 4Autonomous dirt detection for cleaning in office environments27 citations · 2013
- 5Combination of Time-of-Flight depth and stereo using semiglobal optimization21 citations · 2011
- 6Person recognition for service robotics applications12 citations · 2013
- 7A framework for object training and 6 DoF pose estimation8 citations · 2012
- 8A Visual Dirt Detection System for Mobile Service Robots8 citations · 2012
- 9Towards Geometric Mapping for Semi-autonomous Mobile Robots7 citations · 2012
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