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Total Citations
210
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About
Manuel A. Ruiz Garcia is a leading researcher in collaborative robotics and human-robot interaction (HRI), with a focus on enabling safe, efficient, and psychologically comfortable cooperation between humans and machines in industrial settings. His major contributions include developing a variational approach to minimum-jerk trajectories that prioritize psychological safety in collaborative assembly stations (49 citations), and creating a global optimization strategy for coordinated multi-robot exploration (67 citations). Ruiz Garcia has pioneered methods to combine safety with speed in collaborative systems, addressing the critical challenge of enabling robots to work alongside humans without compromising productivity. His work on automatic planning of psychologically less-stressful trajectories provides an integrated toolbox for unskilled users, democratizing access to advanced robotics. Additionally, he contributed to autonomous drone systems for the MBZIRC 2020 competition, demonstrating his versatility in aerial robotics. With over 200 total citations across his publications, Ruiz Garcia's research has significantly advanced the flexibilization of manufacturing through AI-based human-robot cooperation, making him a key figure in Industry 4.0 and human-centric automation.
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- 5Autonomous drone with ability to track and capture an aerial target17 citations · 2020
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- 10Virtual reality head-tracking observation system for mobile robot3 citations · 2014