Papers
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Total Citations
212
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About
Jean-Philippe Saut is a robotics researcher whose work centers on dexterous robotic manipulation, grasp planning, and motion planning for multi-fingered robotic hands. His research has made substantial contributions to solving some of the most challenging problems in robotic manipulation, particularly the coordination of complex finger movements and object trajectories during dexterous tasks. Saut's most influential work, "Dexterous manipulation planning using probabilistic roadmaps in continuous grasp subspaces" (2007, 58 citations), introduced a novel probabilistic roadmap-based approach that simultaneously computes object trajectories, finger movements, and relocation sequences — a significant advance over prior methods. His follow-up contributions on efficient grasp modeling (47 citations) and online grasping force computation (22 citations) further solidified his reputation for developing computationally practical solutions to manipulation problems. Notably, his research extended into human-robot interaction, exploring how robots can autonomously select grasps and placements in collaborative tasks (36 citations). Beyond manipulation, Saut has also contributed to mobile robotics, addressing path planning for tracked robots on uneven terrain. With over 200 cumulative citations across his publications, his work has meaningfully shaped the fields of robotic grasping and manipulation planning, providing researchers and engineers with robust, generalizable frameworks for multi-fingered robotic systems.
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- 2Efficient models for grasp planning with a multi-fingered hand47 citations · 2011
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- 5Online computation of grasping force in multi-fingered hands22 citations · 2005
- 6Finding enveloping grasps by matching continuous surfaces13 citations · 2011
- 7Grasping objects localized from uncertain point cloud data5 citations · 2014
- 8Generic Motion Planner for Robot Multi-fingered Manipulation4 citations · 2010
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