S. Rougeaux

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S. Rougeaux is a pioneering researcher in robotic vision and multi-robot cooperation, whose work has fundamentally advanced how machines perceive and interact with their environment. His primary research areas include active stereo vision systems, human-robot imitation, and cooperative robotics. Rougeaux's most impactful contribution is the development of the CeDAR (Cable Drive Active vision Robot) system, a high-performance active vision head that achieved over 42 citations for its novel mechanical design. He also introduced the groundbreaking "cooperation by observation" framework (59 citations), which enables robots to learn and collaborate by watching each other—a concept that introduced "attentional structure" and role interchange. His work on deferred imitation (77 citations) demonstrated how robots could learn social behaviors by mimicking human head movements, integrating visual, memory, and motor systems. Rougeaux also developed the ESCHeR system with foveated wide-angle lenses, inspired by human visual properties, and created robust real-time tracking systems for cluttered environments. His research has been instrumental in bridging computer vision, robotics, and social learning, with over 300 total citations across his most-cited papers.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Deferred imitation of human head movements by an active stereo vision head

   77 citations · 2002
2. 2
   Cooperation by observation: the framework and basic task patterns

   59 citations · 2002
3. 3
   Active stereo vision system with foveated wide angle lenses

   56 citations · 1996
4. 4
   A Novel Mechanism for Stereo Active Vision

   42 citations · 2000
5. 5
   Vision-based behaviors for multi-robot cooperation

   36 citations · 2002
6. 6
   Robust real-time tracking on an active vision head

   22 citations · 2002
7. 7
   Tracking with Hybrid-Drive Active vision

   7 citations · 2000
8. 8
   Calibration of a foveated wide-angle lens on an active vision head

   7 citations · 1996
9. 9
   A Humanoid Vision System for Versatile Interaction

   3 citations · 2000

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