Papers
24
Total Citations
714
H-Index
12
About
Markus Eich is a robotics researcher whose work spans mobile robotics, autonomous systems, and robot perception, with particular focus on inspection robotics, search and rescue, and manipulation. He has made significant contributions to the design and deployment of robots in challenging real-world environments, most notably through his pioneering work on magnetic climbing robots for marine vessel inspection — a domain he helped transform from entirely manual processes into viable autonomous operations, accumulating nearly 200 citations across two landmark papers. His stair-climbing and hybrid legged-wheeled robot designs for urban search and rescue demonstrate a sustained interest in locomotion versatility in unstructured environments. Eich has also advanced the field of robotic manipulation through the development of the ACRV Picking Benchmark, which promotes reproducible research in shelf-picking tasks, and the dual-arm mobile robot AILA. His research extends into 3D map segmentation, multi-robot coordination for lunar exploration, UAV-based target tracking in GPS-denied environments, and cloud-based communication for robot teams. With over 600 cumulative citations, Eich's body of work reflects a broad yet cohesive vision of deploying intelligent, autonomous robots across industrial, emergency, and extraterrestrial settings.
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Top Papers
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- 2A Versatile Stair-Climbing Robot for Search and Rescue Applications114 citations · 2008
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- 4A Robot Application for Marine Vessel Inspection72 citations · 2014
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- 7AILA - design of an autonomous mobile dual-arm robot43 citations · 2011
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- 9Reliable, cloud-based communication for multi-robot systems24 citations · 2014
- 10Proprioceptive control of a hybrid legged-wheeled robot21 citations · 2009