James Kuffner

18.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

James Kuffner is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Control and Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James Kuffner has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 69 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in James Kuffner's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (63 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (41 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (34 papers). James Kuffner is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (63 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (41 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (34 papers). James Kuffner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. James Kuffner's co-authors include Steven M. LaValle, Rosen Diankov, Dmitry Berenson, Siddhartha S Srinivasa, Mike Stilman, Joel Chestnutt, Takeo Kanade, Dave Ferguson, Satoshi Kagami and Koichi Nishiwaki and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, The International Journal of Robotics Research and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James Kuffner

109 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

RRT-connect: An efficient approach to single-query path planning

2002 2.4k citations James Kuffner, Steven M. LaValle profile →
Randomized Kinodynamic Planning

2001 2.2k citations Steven M. LaValle, James Kuffner The International Journal of Robotics Research profile →
Randomized kinodynamic planning

2003 473 citations Steven M. LaValle, James Kuffner profile →
Automated construction of robotic manipulation programs

2010 293 citations James Kuffner, Rosen Diankov et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Kuffner United States	52	8.9k	6.6k	4.1k	3.4k	1.8k	110	12.2k
Siddhartha S Srinivasa United States	51	4.8k 0.5×	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	215	10.6k
Jean‐Claude Latombe United States	39	8.1k 0.9×	4.3k 0.6×	4.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	98	10.9k
J. Borenstein United States	45	7.2k 0.8×	3.5k 0.5×	5.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	124	11.7k
Seth Hutchinson United States	36	7.6k 0.9×	4.0k 0.6×	4.9k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	730 0.4×	235	12.0k
J.-C. Latombe United States	32	7.3k 0.8×	3.6k 0.5×	3.9k 0.9×	799 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	62	8.4k
Fuchun Sun China	58	3.4k 0.4×	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	691	13.4k
Marco Hutter Switzerland	55	4.2k 0.5×	4.3k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	7.1k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	269	12.7k
Oussama Khatib United States	60	9.3k 1.0×	13.2k 2.0×	4.4k 1.1×	8.2k 2.4×	1.6k 0.9×	227	22.1k
Raffaello D’Andrea Switzerland	53	3.2k 0.4×	5.8k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	941 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	249	10.1k
Giuseppe Oriolo Italy	38	3.6k 0.4×	4.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	483 0.3×	201	7.9k

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Kehoe, Ben, et al.. (2013). Cloud-based robot grasping with the google object recognition engine. 4263–4270. 152 indexed citations

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Noda, Itsuki, et al.. (2012). Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots: Third International Conference, SIMPAR 2012, Tsukuba, Japan, November 5-8, 2012. Springer eBooks. 7628.

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Fraichard, Thierry & James Kuffner. (2012). Guaranteeing motion safety for robots. Autonomous Robots. 32(3). 173–175. 17 indexed citations

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Berenson, Dmitry, Siddhartha S Srinivasa, Dave Ferguson, Alvaro Collet, & James Kuffner. (2009). Manipulation planning with Workspace Goal Regions. Figshare. 618–624. 109 indexed citations

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Berenson, Dmitry, Siddhartha S Srinivasa, Dave Ferguson, & James Kuffner. (2009). Manipulation planning on constraint manifolds. Figshare. 625–632. 204 indexed citations

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Diankov, Rosen, Siddhartha S Srinivasa, Dave Ferguson, & James Kuffner. (2008). Manipulation planning with caging grasps. Figshare. 285–292. 87 indexed citations

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Kuffner, James & Mike Stilman. (2007). Navigation among movable obstacles. 12 indexed citations

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Stilman, Mike, et al.. (2007). Manipulation Planning Among Movable Obstacles. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings. 3327–3332. 149 indexed citations

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Kuffner, James, et al.. (2006). Efficient Collision and Self-Collision Detection for Humanoids Based on Sphere Trees Hierarchies. 560–566. 10 indexed citations

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Lau, Manfred & James Kuffner. (2006). Precomputed search trees: planning for interactive goal-driven animation. 299–308. 52 indexed citations

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Berg, Jur van den, Dave Ferguson, & James Kuffner. (2006). Anytime path planning and replanning in dynamic environments. 2366–2371. 173 indexed citations

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Stilman, Mike, Christopher G. Atkeson, James Kuffner, & Garth Zeglin. (2006). Dynamic Programming in Reduced Dimensional Spaces: Dynamic Planning For Robust Biped Locomotion. Figshare. 2399–2404. 16 indexed citations

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Lau, Manfred & James Kuffner. (2005). Behavior planning for character animation. 271–280. 92 indexed citations

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Chestnutt, Joel, James Kuffner, Koichi Nishiwaki, & Satoshi Kagami. (2003). Planning Biped Navigation strategies in Complex Environments. 136 indexed citations

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Kagami, Satoshi, James Kuffner, Koichi Nishiwaki, et al.. (2003). Humanoid Arm Motion Planning Using Stereo Vision and RRT Search. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics. 15(2). 200–207. 26 indexed citations

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Nishiwaki, Keiji, et al.. (2002). Humanoid Arm Motion Planning based on RRT Search of 3D Depth Map. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2002(0). 123–123. 1 indexed citations

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Kuffner, James, Keiji Nishiwaki, S. Kagami, Makoto Inaba, & H. Inoue. (2002). Motion planning for humanoid robots under obstacle and dynamic balance constraints. 1. 692–698. 84 indexed citations

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Kuffner, James, et al.. (2001). 2P2-H7 Performance Benchmarks for Path Planning in High Dimensions. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2001(0). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

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LaValle, Steven M. & James Kuffner. (2001). Randomized Kinodynamic Planning. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 20(5). 378–400. 2248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Latombe, Jean‐Claude & James Kuffner. (1999). Autonomous agents for real-time animation. 123(1319). 106–7; author reply 107. 51 indexed citations

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