Pascal Weiner
Papers
10
Total Citations
302
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About
Pascal Weiner is a robotics researcher whose work spans humanoid robotics, advanced sensing systems, and prosthetic hand technology. He is perhaps best known for his central contributions to the ARMAR-6 project, a high-performance collaborative humanoid robot designed for complex manipulation and maintenance tasks in industrial environments. These landmark papers have accumulated over 150 citations combined, establishing ARMAR-6 as a significant milestone in practical human-robot collaboration. Weiner's research extends beyond humanoid platforms into the intricate challenges of robotic and prosthetic hand design. His development of embedded, multimodal sensor systems for anthropomorphic fingers addresses one of the field's most persistent engineering hurdles — integrating rich tactile feedback within compact, scalable hardware. His work on semi-autonomous prosthetic hand control, which has garnered 50 citations, demonstrates a meaningful bridge between industrial robotics techniques and life-changing assistive technologies. Earlier contributions, including novel surface orientation sensors and highly integrated sensor-actuator-controller units, reveal a researcher driven by elegant, modular hardware design philosophy. More recently, Weiner has engaged with multi-robot logistics challenges through the euROBIN initiative. Across his career, he consistently pushes the boundaries of how robots sense, interact with, and adapt to the physical world.
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- 2ARMAR-6: A Collaborative Humanoid Robot for Industrial Environments61 citations · 2018
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- 5Highly integrated sensor-actuator-controller units for modular robot design24 citations · 2017
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