Sabine Demey
Papers
7
Total Citations
158
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5
About
Sabine Demey’s research lies at the intersection of robotics, force control, and precision manufacturing, with a particular focus on model-based compliant motion in uncertain environments. Her most influential work introduces a fully general kinematic modeling approach for compliant robot motion, systematically addressing geometric uncertainties in manipulated objects and their surroundings—a foundational contribution that has garnered over 50 citations. Demey’s impact extends into biomedical engineering, where she demonstrated the use of force-controlled robots for high-accuracy bone surface preparation in total knee arthroplasty, achieving the precision necessary for cementless implant success and proper joint kinematics. Her studies on model-based planar contour following show how geometric models enable faster, more accurate task execution despite pose and model errors, while her later work on Kalman filter-based identification of contact and grasp uncertainties further refines robotic manipulation in the presence of unknowns. Demey also advanced surface geometry identification, enabling robots to learn local second-order shapes through force and position measurements. With a career spanning foundational theory to applied surgical robotics, her work remains essential reading for researchers in force-controlled manipulation and medical robotics.
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