Fabrizio Flacco

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Fabrizio Flacco is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabrizio Flacco has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Fabrizio Flacco's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (17 papers), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (13 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (7 papers). Fabrizio Flacco is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (17 papers), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (13 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (7 papers). Fabrizio Flacco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Fabrizio Flacco's co-authors include Alessandro De Luca, Oussama Khatib, Torsten Kröger, Emanuele Magrini, Antonio Bicchi, Riccardo Schiavi, Milad Geravand, Claudio Gaz, Irene Sardellitti and Nikos G. Tsagarakis and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

In The Last Decade

Fabrizio Flacco

33 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

A depth space approach to human-robot collision avoidance

2012 323 citations Fabrizio Flacco, Torsten Kröger et al. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabrizio Flacco Italy	21	1.5k	751	467	452	194	33	1.9k
Torsten Kröger Germany	19	1.3k 0.9×	528 0.7×	395 0.8×	575 1.3×	175 0.9×	63	1.7k
Christoph Borst Germany	22	1.0k 0.7×	612 0.8×	372 0.8×	359 0.8×	90 0.5×	51	1.4k
Nicola Pedrocchi Italy	21	1.1k 0.8×	677 0.9×	523 1.1×	294 0.7×	439 2.3×	119	1.8k
Jae-Bok Song South Korea	24	1.0k 0.7×	862 1.1×	452 1.0×	449 1.0×	166 0.9×	166	1.8k
Dominik Henrich Germany	19	721 0.5×	300 0.4×	268 0.6×	514 1.1×	197 1.0×	126	1.3k
Nikolaus Vahrenkamp Germany	22	1.3k 0.9×	792 1.1×	230 0.5×	785 1.7×	67 0.3×	48	1.8k
Josep Tornero Spain	23	713 0.5×	303 0.4×	370 0.8×	691 1.5×	277 1.4×	102	1.6k
Federica Ferraguti Italy	20	791 0.5×	557 0.7×	557 1.2×	230 0.5×	191 1.0×	59	1.4k
Jae‐Bok Song South Korea	23	865 0.6×	529 0.7×	459 1.0×	475 1.1×	96 0.5×	119	1.6k
Bojan Nemec Slovenia	21	1.4k 1.0×	726 1.0×	383 0.8×	297 0.7×	239 1.2×	105	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabrizio Flacco

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20 of 20 papers shown

Flacco, Fabrizio. (2016). The tasks priority matrix: A new tool for hierarchical redundancy resolution. 1–7. 6 indexed citations

Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2016). Real-Time Computation of Distance to Dynamic Obstacles With Multiple Depth Sensors. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(1). 56–63. 65 indexed citations

Magrini, Emanuele, Fabrizio Flacco, & Alessandro De Luca. (2015). Control of generalized contact motion and force in physical human-robot interaction. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 119 indexed citations

Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2015). Discrete-time redundancy resolution at the velocity level with acceleration/torque optimization properties. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 70. 191–201. 46 indexed citations

Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2015). Unilateral constraints in the Reverse Priority redundancy resolution method. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 27. 2564–2571. 11 indexed citations

Flacco, Fabrizio, et al.. (2014). A Depth Space Approach for Evaluating Distance to Objects. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 80(S1). 7–22. 87 indexed citations

Magrini, Emanuele, Fabrizio Flacco, & Alessandro De Luca. (2014). Estimation of contact forces using a virtual force sensor. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2126–2133. 91 indexed citations

Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2014). A reverse priority approach to multi-task control of redundant robots. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2421–2427. 28 indexed citations

Gaz, Claudio, Fabrizio Flacco, & Alessandro De Luca. (2014). Identifying the dynamic model used by the KUKA LWR: A reverse engineering approach. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1386–1392. 68 indexed citations

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Geravand, Milad, Fabrizio Flacco, & Alessandro De Luca. (2013). Human-robot physical interaction and collaboration using an industrial robot with a closed control architecture. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 4000–4007. 114 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2013). Optimal redundancy resolution with task scaling under hard bounds in the robot joint space. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 3969–3975. 18 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2013). Safe physical human-robot collaboration. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 18 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio, et al.. (2013). Robotic visual servoing of moving targets. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 77–82. 9 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio, Torsten Kröger, Alessandro De Luca, & Oussama Khatib. (2012). A depth space approach to human-robot collision avoidance. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 338–345. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luca, Alessandro De & Fabrizio Flacco. (2012). Integrated control for pHRI: Collision avoidance, detection, reaction and collaboration. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 288–295. 182 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio, Alessandro De Luca, Irene Sardellitti, & Nikos G. Tsagarakis. (2012). On-line estimation of variable stiffness in flexible robot joints. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 31(13). 1556–1577. 44 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio, Alessandro De Luca, & Oussama Khatib. (2012). Motion control of redundant robots under joint constraints: Saturation in the Null Space. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 285–292. 88 indexed citations

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Flacco, Fabrizio & Alessandro De Luca. (2011). Residual-based stiffness estimation in robots with flexible transmissions. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 5541–5547. 25 indexed citations

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Luca, Alessandro De & Fabrizio Flacco. (2010). Dynamic Gravity Cancellation and Regulation Control in Robots with Flexible Transmissions: Constant, Nonlinear, and Variable Stiffness. CNR SOLAR (Scientific Open-access Literature Archive and Repository) (University of Southampton). 2(11). 1 indexed citations

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Schiavi, Riccardo, Antonio Bicchi, & Fabrizio Flacco. (2009). Integration of active and passive compliance control for safe human-robot coexistence. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 259–264. 73 indexed citations

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