Papers
133
Total Citations
3,685
H-Index
32
About
Sandra Hirche is a leading robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, cooperative manipulation, and control systems engineering. Best known for her foundational contributions to physical human-robot collaboration, her 2012 paper "The Role of Roles: Physical Cooperation Between Humans and Robots" (281 citations) established essential frameworks for how humans and machines can safely share physical workspaces and tasks. Her research on control sharing and assistive robotics has shaped how the field approaches collaborative autonomy, with multiple papers exceeding 100 citations exploring topics from rehabilitation devices to social companion robots in therapeutic settings. Hirche has made significant technical advances in multi-robot cooperative manipulation, developing impedance-based control architectures and load distribution strategies that enable robotic teams to coordinate precisely without damaging shared objects. Her introduction of control barrier functions for constrained robot control (139 citations) provides elegant safety guarantees essential for human-adjacent robotics. Her work extends further into distributed networked systems and cloud-based visual servo control, reflecting a remarkably broad technical portfolio. With over a dozen highly cited publications spanning human factors, control theory, and multi-agent systems, Hirche has established herself as a uniquely cross-disciplinary force in modern robotics research.
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Top Papers
- 1The role of roles: Physical cooperation between humans and robots281 citations · 2012
- 2Control sharing in human-robot team interaction149 citations · 2017
- 3Constrained robot control using control barrier functions139 citations · 2016
- 4A Human–Robot Interaction Perspective on Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics132 citations · 2017
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- 7Fully Distributed Cooperation for Networked Uncertain Mobile Manipulators94 citations · 2020
- 8Cloud-Based Networked Visual Servo Control92 citations · 2012
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