Ronny Stricker

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Ronny Stricker is a pioneering researcher in mobile service robotics, with a focus on non-contact physiological sensing and human-robot interaction. His most impactful work, "Non-contact video-based pulse rate measurement on a mobile service robot" (420 citations), revolutionized the field by demonstrating how robots can remotely estimate human pulse rates from facial video using image photoplethysmography—a technique that has since become foundational in health-monitoring robotics. Stricker also developed MIRA, a novel middleware for robotic applications (62 citations), which introduced advanced communication techniques for real-world deployment and academic use. His practical contributions include the design and deployment of interactive guide robots, Konrad and Suse, which autonomously navigated a university building to provide information and escort visitors—a landmark study in social robotics (22 and 17 citations). Additionally, Stricker has advanced real-time attention and emotion estimation (8 citations), robust computer vision models (7 citations), and dynamic video projection for situational awareness (4 and 3 citations). His later work on accelerating deep neural networks on embedded platforms (3 citations) addresses the critical need for efficient AI in power-constrained robots. With over 500 total citations, Stricker’s research bridges theoretical innovation and tangible robotic systems, making him a key figure in creating more perceptive, interactive, and autonomous service robots.

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1. 1
   Non-contact video-based pulse rate measurement on a mobile service robot

   420 citations · 2014
2. 2
   MIRA - middleware for robotic applications

   62 citations · 2012
3. 3
   Interactive mobile robots guiding visitors in a university building

   22 citations · 2012
4. 4
   Konrad and Suse, Two Robots Guiding Visitors in a University Building

   17 citations · 2012
5. 5
   Realtime user attention and emotion estimation on a mobile robot

   8 citations · 2010
6. 6
   Increasing the Robustness of 2D Active Appearance Models for Real-World Applications

   7 citations · 2009
7. 7
   Universal Usage of a Video Projector on a Mobile Guide Robot

   4 citations · 2015
8. 8
   R2D2 reloaded: Dynamic video projection on a mobile service robot

   3 citations · 2015
9. 9
   Speeding up Deep Neural Networks on the Jetson TX1

   3 citations · 2018

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