Akansel Cosgun

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 672 citations indexed

About

Akansel Cosgun is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Akansel Cosgun has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 672 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 19 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Akansel Cosgun's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (18 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (10 papers) and Social Robot Interaction and HRI (9 papers). Akansel Cosgun is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (18 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (10 papers) and Social Robot Interaction and HRI (9 papers). Akansel Cosgun collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Akansel Cosgun's co-authors include Henrik I. Christensen, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Dinei Florêncio, Kikuo Fujimura, Tucker Hermans, Alireza Nakhaei, Mike Stilman, R. Newbury, Dana Kulić and Mustafa Mukadam and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Access and Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies.

In The Last Decade

Akansel Cosgun

37 papers receiving 648 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Deep Learning Approaches to Grasp Synthesis: A Review

2023 114 citations R. Newbury, Jürgen Leitner et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akansel Cosgun Australia	13	289	252	133	117	109	43	672
Hangxin Liu China	16	283 1.0×	220 0.9×	199 1.5×	105 0.9×	90 0.8×	59	725
Eren Erdal Aksoy Germany	19	456 1.6×	468 1.9×	263 2.0×	87 0.7×	132 1.2×	53	984
Norman Hendrich Germany	15	308 1.1×	182 0.7×	92 0.7×	82 0.7×	52 0.5×	52	668
Jeremy Ma United States	15	300 1.0×	350 1.4×	162 1.2×	43 0.4×	221 2.0×	21	757
Pablo Jiménez Spain	9	552 1.9×	335 1.3×	138 1.0×	66 0.6×	117 1.1×	12	967
Masamichi Shimosaka Japan	15	191 0.7×	267 1.1×	154 1.2×	121 1.0×	55 0.5×	103	804
Gustavo Arechavaleta Mexico	13	446 1.5×	285 1.1×	51 0.4×	59 0.5×	108 1.0×	44	847
Soshi Iba United States	12	234 0.8×	165 0.7×	80 0.6×	83 0.7×	50 0.5×	24	424
Jim Mainprice United States	9	330 1.1×	173 0.7×	97 0.7×	58 0.5×	32 0.3×	15	495
Valdir Grassi Brazil	14	224 0.8×	371 1.5×	48 0.4×	138 1.2×	130 1.2×	57	690

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akansel Cosgun

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Beck, Ben, et al.. (2025). A benchmark for cycling close pass detection from video streams. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 174. 105112–105112.

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Cosgun, Akansel, et al.. (2025). Benchmarking the Responsiveness of Open-Source Text-to-Speech Systems. Computers. 14(10). 406–406.

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Newbury, R., et al.. (2024). A Review of Differentiable Simulators. IEEE Access. 12. 97581–97604. 5 indexed citations

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Cosgun, Akansel, et al.. (2024). Audio-Visual Traffic Light State Detection for Urban Robots. 12509–12514.

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Tian, Leimin, et al.. (2023). Crafting with a Robot Assistant. 252–260. 5 indexed citations

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Chan, Wesley P., et al.. (2023). Robot Gaze During Autonomous Navigation and Its Effect on Social Presence. International Journal of Social Robotics. 16(5). 879–897. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Tianyuan, et al.. (2023). Rotating Objects via in-Hand Pivoting Using Vision, Force and Touch. 8792–8799. 1 indexed citations

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Newbury, R., et al.. (2022). Visibility Maximization Controller for Robotic Manipulation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(3). 8479–8486. 16 indexed citations

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Chan, Wesley P., et al.. (2022). ARviz: An Augmented Reality-Enabled Visualization Platform for ROS Applications. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 29(1). 58–67. 10 indexed citations

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Cosgun, Akansel, et al.. (2022). Strawberry Water Content Estimation and Ripeness Classification Using Hyperspectral Sensing. Agronomy. 12(2). 425–425. 27 indexed citations

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Hudson, Nicolas, et al.. (2022). Learning Setup Policies: Reliable Transition Between Locomotion Behaviours. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(4). 11958–11965. 2 indexed citations

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Newbury, R., et al.. (2022). Visualizing Robot Intent for Object Handovers with Augmented Reality. 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 1264–1270. 20 indexed citations

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Cosgun, Akansel, et al.. (2021). Passing Through Narrow Gaps with Deep Reinforcement Learning. 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 3492–3498. 1 indexed citations

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Newbury, R., et al.. (2020). Learning to Place Objects onto Flat Surfaces in Human-Preferred Orientations.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Garg, Sourav, Niko Sünderhauf, Feras Dayoub, et al.. (2020). Semantics for Robotic Mapping, Perception and Interaction: A Survey. arXiv (Cornell University). 8(1–2). 1–224. 64 indexed citations

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Cosgun, Akansel & Henrik I. Christensen. (2018). Context-aware robot navigation using interactively built semantic maps. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations

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Mukadam, Mustafa, Akansel Cosgun, Alireza Nakhaei, & Kikuo Fujimura. (2017). Tactical Decision Making for Lane Changing with Deep Reinforcement Learning. 59 indexed citations

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Cosgun, Akansel, Emrah Akin Sisbot, & Henrik I. Christensen. (2014). Guidance for human navigation using a vibro-tactile belt interface and robot-like motion planning. 6350–6355. 33 indexed citations

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Cosgun, Akansel, Dinei Florêncio, & Henrik I. Christensen. (2013). Autonomous person following for telepresence robots. 4335–4342. 67 indexed citations

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Trevor, Alexander J. B., John G. Rogers, Akansel Cosgun, & Henrik I. Christensen. (2013). Interactive object modeling & labeling for service robots. Human-Robot Interaction. 421–422. 3 indexed citations

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