D. Caleb Rucker

6.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
71 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

D. Caleb Rucker is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Caleb Rucker has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 34 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Caleb Rucker's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (63 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (32 papers) and Surgical Simulation and Training (10 papers). D. Caleb Rucker is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (63 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (32 papers) and Surgical Simulation and Training (10 papers). D. Caleb Rucker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. D. Caleb Rucker's co-authors include Robert J. Webster, Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, Howie Choset, John Till, Vincent Aloi, Bryan A. Jones, Philip J. Swaney, Hunter B. Gilbert, Paul T. Russell and Kyle D. Weaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Access and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

D. Caleb Rucker

70 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: A Survey

2015 1.1k citations Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, D. Caleb Rucker et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →
Statics and Dynamics of Continuum Robots With General Tendon Routing and External Loading

2011 482 citations D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →
A Geometrically Exact Model for Externally Loaded Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots

2010 363 citations D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →
Real-time dynamics of soft and continuum robots based on Cosserat rod models

2019 275 citations John Till, Vincent Aloi et al. The International Journal of Robotics Research profile →
Continuum Robots for Medical Interventions

2022 164 citations Pierre E. Dupont, Nabil Simaan et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Design of Transmission Tubes for Surgical Concentric Push-Pull Robots 2024 ·PubMed ·Khoa Dang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ron Alterovitz, Robert J. Webster, D. Caleb Rucker	2
2	Unified Shape and External Load State Estimation for Continuum Robots 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·James M. Ferguson, D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster	22
3	Encoding Desired Deformation Profiles in Endoscope-Like Soft Robots 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics ·(unknown), (unknown), Robert P. Naftel, D. Caleb Rucker, Eric J. Barth, Alan Kuntz, Robert J. Webster	2
4	Parallel-Continuum Robots: A Survey 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·Sven Lilge, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), D. Caleb Rucker, Jessica Burgner-Kahrs	15
5	Safer Motion Planning of Steerable Needles via a Shaft-to-Tissue Force Model 2023 ·(unknown), D. Caleb Rucker, Chakravarthy Reddy, Oren Salzman, Alan Kuntz	3
6	Continuum Robots for Medical Interventions breakdown → 2022 ·Proceedings of the IEEE ·Pierre E. Dupont, Nabil Simaan, Howie Choset, D. Caleb Rucker	164
7	Smooth Parameterization of Rigid-Body Inertia 2022 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·D. Caleb Rucker, Patrick M. Wensing	9
8	Transverse Anisotropy Stabilizes Concentric Tube Robots 2022 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·D. Caleb Rucker, (unknown), (unknown), Hunter B. Gilbert	12
9	Leveraging Geometry to Enable High-Strength Continuum Robots 2021 ·Frontiers in Robotics and AI ·(unknown), D. Caleb Rucker	16
10	Stiffness Imaging With a Continuum Appendage: Real-Time Shape and Tip Force Estimation From Base Load Readings 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·S. M. Hadi Sadati, Ali Shiva, (unknown), D. Caleb Rucker, Helmut Häuser, Ian D. Walker, Christos Bergeles, Kaspar Althoefer, Thrishantha Nanayakkara	24
11	TMTDyn: A Matlab package for modeling and control of hybrid rigid–continuum robots based on discretized lumped systems and reduced-order models 2020 ·The International Journal of Robotics Research ·S. M. Hadi Sadati, S. Elnaz Naghibi, Ali Shiva, (unknown), Ludovic Renson, Matthew Howard, D. Caleb Rucker, Kaspar Althoefer, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Steffen Zschaler, Christos Bergeles, Helmut Häuser, Ian D. Walker	65
12	A Dynamic Model for Concentric Tube Robots 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·John Till, Vincent Aloi, (unknown), (unknown), Robert J. Webster, D. Caleb Rucker	45
13	Concentric Precurved Bellows: New Bending Actuators for Soft Robots 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), D. Caleb Rucker	9
14	Continuum Robot Stiffness Under External Loads and Prescribed Tendon Displacements 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·(unknown), John Till, D. Caleb Rucker	131
15	Integrating Rotations Using Nonunit Quaternions 2018 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·D. Caleb Rucker	42
16	Luminal Robots Small Enough to Fit Through Endoscope Ports :Initial Tumor Resection Experiments in the Airways 2018 ·(unknown), (unknown), Maxwell Emerson, (unknown), D. Caleb Rucker, (unknown)	4
17	Sliding Mode Control of Steerable Needles 2013 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·D. Caleb Rucker, Jadav Chandra Das, Hunter B. Gilbert, Philip J. Swaney, Michael I. Miga, Nilanjan Sarkar, Robert J. Webster	81
18	A Telerobotic System for Transnasal Surgery 2013 ·IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics ·Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, D. Caleb Rucker, Hunter B. Gilbert, Philip J. Swaney, Paul T. Russell, Kyle D. Weaver, Robert J. Webster	239
19	Deflection-based force sensing for continuum robots: A probabilistic approach 2011 ·2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ·D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster	72
20	Guidance of a steerable cannula robot in soft tissue using preoperative imaging and conoscopic surface contour sensing 2010 ·Ray A. Lathrop, D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster	21

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