Papers
19
Total Citations
710
H-Index
8
About
Xavier Savatier is a leading researcher in robotics and computer vision, with a focus on autonomous navigation, motion capture, and human-robot collaboration. His most cited work, "A Study of Vicon System Positioning Performance" (416 citations), has become a foundational reference for motion capture applications across biomechanics, clinical gait analysis, and robotics. Savatier has made major contributions to industrial and agricultural robotics, developing vision-based systems for robot localization in large environments and LiDAR-based structure tracking for autonomous vineyard navigation. He led the VIKINGS autonomous inspection robot, which won competitions in the ARGOS Challenge for oil and gas site inspection. His innovative work on omnidirectional and plenoptic cameras has advanced real-time 3D reconstruction and navigation, while his InHARD dataset (63 citations) addresses human action recognition for collaborative robotics. Savatier’s research bridges the gap between perception and autonomy, with applications ranging from autonomous cars to industrial safety. His work on sensor fusion—combining omnidirectional, PTZ, and stereoscopic systems—has been instrumental in enabling robots to operate in complex, unstructured environments, making him a key figure in the evolution of autonomous systems.
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Top Papers
- 1A Study of Vicon System Positioning Performance416 citations · 2017
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- 3Plenoptic cameras in real-time robotics63 citations · 2013
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- 6The VIKINGS Autonomous Inspection Robot: Competing in the ARGOS Challenge18 citations · 2018
- 7Fusion of Omnidirectional and PTZ Cameras for Face Detection and Tracking17 citations · 2010
- 8An omnidirectional stereoscopic system for mobile robot navigation10 citations · 2008
- 9From autonomous robotics toward autonomous cars8 citations · 2013
- 10A 3D Omnidirectional Sensor For Mobile Robot Applications8 citations · 2010