K. Biggers

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

K. Biggers is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Biggers has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. Biggers's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (6 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (4 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (2 papers). K. Biggers is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (6 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (4 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (2 papers). K. Biggers collaborates with scholars based in United States. K. Biggers's co-authors include S.C. Jacobsen, David F. Knutti, John Wood, Edwin Iversen, Richard T. Johnson, Richard P. Phillips, John M. Hollerbach, David M. Siegel, Craig C. Smith and John P. Granieri and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Control Systems Magazine and International Symposium on Robotics.

In The Last Decade

K. Biggers

9 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Design of the Utah/M.I.T. Dextrous Hand 1984 2026 1998 2012 1986 1984 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Design of the Utah/M.I.T. Dextrous Hand
    1986 485 citations S.C. Jacobsen, Edwin Iversen et al. profile →
  2. The UTAH/M.I.T. Dextrous Hand: Work in Progress
    1984 465 citations S.C. Jacobsen, John Wood et al. The International Journal of Robotics Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Biggers United States 7 937 801 281 127 38 10 1.1k
J. Butterfaß Germany 13 914 1.0× 885 1.1× 252 0.9× 129 1.0× 45 1.2× 19 1.1k
David F. Knutti United States 5 902 1.0× 928 1.2× 262 0.9× 194 1.5× 43 1.1× 7 1.2k
K.B. Shimoga United States 9 739 0.8× 659 0.8× 313 1.1× 223 1.8× 114 3.0× 17 991
Hitoshi Maekawa Japan 15 417 0.4× 445 0.6× 162 0.6× 136 1.1× 30 0.8× 55 700
P. Meusel Germany 8 530 0.6× 506 0.6× 153 0.5× 113 0.9× 29 0.8× 9 652
Leif P. Jentoft United States 9 525 0.6× 688 0.9× 204 0.7× 207 1.6× 34 0.9× 11 819
Ryuta Ozawa Japan 17 768 0.8× 695 0.9× 252 0.9× 115 0.9× 28 0.7× 75 993
William T. Townsend United States 10 519 0.6× 452 0.6× 226 0.8× 65 0.5× 32 0.8× 18 691
Joey K. Parker United States 10 791 0.8× 543 0.7× 234 0.8× 95 0.7× 32 0.8× 27 1.0k
Edwin Iversen United States 7 532 0.6× 505 0.6× 193 0.7× 97 0.8× 22 0.6× 13 657

Countries citing papers authored by K. Biggers

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Biggers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Biggers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Biggers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. Biggers based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with K. Biggers. K. Biggers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Jacobsen, S.C., et al.. (2005). High Dexterity, Force Reflective Telerobot For Subsea Applications. 1505–1505.
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Jacobsen, S.C., Ian McCammon, K. Biggers, & Richard P. Phillips. (2005). Tactile sensing system design issues in machine manipulation. 4. 2087–2096. 2 indexed citations
3.
Pratt, David R., Paul T. Barham, John Locke, et al.. (2002). Insertion of an articulated human into a networked virtual environment. 84–90. 14 indexed citations
4.
Biggers, K., et al.. (1989). Linear analysis of a force reflective teleoperator. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Craig C., et al.. (1988). Behavior based design of robot effectors. International Symposium on Robotics. 41–539. 11 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, S.C., et al.. (1988). Design of tactile sensing systems for dextrous manipulators. IEEE Control Systems Magazine. 8(1). 3–13. 34 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, S.C., Edwin Iversen, David F. Knutti, Richard T. Johnson, & K. Biggers. (1986). Design of the Utah/M.I.T. Dextrous Hand. 1520–1532. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Biggers, K., et al.. (1986). Low level control of the Utah/M.I.T. dextrous hand. 61–66. 22 indexed citations
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Siegel, David M., et al.. (1986). Implementation of control methodologies on the computational architecture for the Utah/MIT hand. 1884–1889. 28 indexed citations
10.
Jacobsen, S.C., John Wood, David F. Knutti, & K. Biggers. (1984). The UTAH/M.I.T. Dextrous Hand: Work in Progress. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 3(4). 21–50. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

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