Janez Podobnik

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Janez Podobnik is a leading researcher in rehabilitation robotics, sensor technology, and human-robot interaction, with a focus on restoring mobility and improving quality of life for individuals with motor impairments. His most cited work includes the development of a three-axial accelerometer calibration method using Kalman filters (93 citations), which enables precise orientation estimation for low-cost inertial sensors. He has made significant contributions to neurorehabilitation, particularly through the HEnRiE haptic environment for reaching and grasping exercises, and by analyzing psychophysiological responses in stroke patients (86 citations) to optimize robotic rehabilitation tasks. Podobnik also pioneered a flexible opto-electronic sensor technology for distributed measurement of interaction pressure (86 citations), enhancing safety and adaptability in physical human-robot interaction. His innovative all-terrain wheelchair design (37 citations) expands personal mobility for users with disabilities. With over 400 total citations across his publications, Podobnik’s work bridges sensor fusion, haptics, and assistive robotics, offering practical solutions for clinical and real-world applications. His achievements underscore a commitment to accessible, high-impact technologies that empower individuals and advance the field of rehabilitation engineering.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Three-Axial Accelerometer Calibration Using Kalman Filter Covariance Matrix for Online Estimation of Optimal Sensor Orientation

   93 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Psychophysiological Responses to Robotic Rehabilitation Tasks in Stroke

   86 citations · 2010
3. 3
   A Flexible Sensor Technology for the Distributed Measurement of Interaction Pressure

   86 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Haptics for Virtual Reality and Teleoperation

   63 citations · 2012
5. 5
   All-Terrain Wheelchair: Increasing Personal Mobility with a Powered Wheel-Track Hybrid Wheelchair

   37 citations · 2017
6. 6
   HEnRiE - Haptic Environment for Reaching and Grasping Exercise

   20 citations · 2008
7. 7
   Upper limb and grasp rehabilitation and evaluation of stroke patients using HenRiE device

   15 citations · 2009
8. 8
   Pick to place trajectories in human arm training environment

   13 citations · 2009
9. 9
   Sensory Fusion of Magnetoinertial Data Based on Kinematic Model With Jacobian Weighted-Left-Pseudoinverse and Kalman-Adaptive Gains

   11 citations · 2018
10. 10
    Trajectory tracking of an oscillating movement with a low-cost IMU in geodetic surveying applications

    10 citations · 2021

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