Scholar
Kaspar Althoefer
Google Scholar ID: fu99uVUAAAAJ
Professor of Robotics, Queen Mary University of London; Former Alan Turing Fellow; Director of ARQ
Citations & Impact
Citations
9,438
H-index
49
i10-index
207
Publications
20
Co-authors
88
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Awarded more than £10 Million in competitive research funding; coordinator of two EU projects; authored/co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed papers in top journals such as IEEE and ASME; named inventor on seven patent applications; Google Scholar h-index of 71 with over 18,000 citations; principal supervisor of more than 30 successful PhD students.
Research Experience
- Joined the King's Robotics Group in 1996 as a Lecturer, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006, Reader in 2009, and Professor in 2011. In April 2016, he joined Queen Mary as a full Professor of Robotics Engineering. Currently, he is the Head of the Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ).
Education
- Dipl.-Ing. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology Aachen, Germany; PhD in Robot Motion Planning from King's College London
Background
- Research focuses on soft robotics, tactile sensing and perception, modelling of tool-environment interaction dynamics, embedded intelligence and haptics with applications in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, rehabilitation, assistive technologies, remote inspection for the nuclear and construction sectors, and human-robot interactions in the manufacturing environment.
Miscellany
- Senior Member of the IEEE.
