Kaspar Althoefer

13.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
394 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Kaspar Althoefer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaspar Althoefer has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 127 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 121 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kaspar Althoefer's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (167 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (91 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (54 papers). Kaspar Althoefer is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (167 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (91 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (54 papers). Kaspar Althoefer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and United Arab Emirates. Kaspar Althoefer's co-authors include Lakmal Seneviratne, Hongbin Liu, Prokar Dasgupta, Helge Würdemann, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Mehdi Boukallel, Hanna Yousef, Pinyo Puangmali, Yohan Noh and Agostino Stilli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kaspar Althoefer

384 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Tactile sensing for dexterous in-hand manipulation in robotics—A review

2011 601 citations Kaspar Althoefer et al. profile →
State-of-the-Art in Force and Tactile Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery

2008 453 citations Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal Seneviratne et al. profile →
Soft Robotics Technologies to Address Shortcomings in Today's Minimally Invasive Surgery: The STIFF-FLOP Approach

2014 418 citations Matteo Cianchetti, Thrishantha Nanayakkara et al. profile →
Control Design for Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems Under Imperfect Premise Matching

2013 309 citations Emanuele Lindo Secco, Helge Würdemann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaspar Althoefer United Kingdom	50	6.8k	3.1k	2.4k	1.8k	1.0k	394	10.2k
Lakmal Seneviratne United Kingdom	51	3.7k 0.5×	3.2k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	849 0.5×	947 0.9×	395	9.3k
Pierre E. Dupont United States	42	5.0k 0.7×	4.0k 1.3×	3.6k 1.5×	333 0.2×	383 0.4×	174	9.4k
Robert D. Howe United States	54	6.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	383 0.4×	277	9.6k
Shuxiang Guo China	51	7.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	3.2k 1.3×	628 0.4×	637 0.6×	916	12.0k
Rajni V. Patel Canada	53	5.0k 0.7×	4.5k 1.5×	2.8k 1.1×	613 0.3×	738 0.7×	544	11.0k
Qiang Huang China	38	4.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	424 0.2×	562 0.5×	673	7.3k
Bijan Shirinzadeh Australia	50	3.8k 0.6×	7.3k 2.4×	2.3k 1.0×	793 0.4×	2.9k 2.8×	323	11.9k
Sarthak Misra Netherlands	46	5.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	500 0.3×	601 0.6×	253	7.4k
Blake Hannaford United States	59	7.8k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	5.4k 2.2×	2.3k 1.3×	309 0.3×	318	13.9k
Haoyong Yu Singapore	49	4.0k 0.6×	4.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	437 0.2×	807 0.8×	323	8.5k

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Li, Wanlin, Tengyu Liu, Hangxin Liu, et al.. (2025). Embedding high-resolution touch across robotic hands enables adaptive human-like grasping. Nature Machine Intelligence. 7(6). 889–900. 5 indexed citations

Yao, Tianliang, Bo Lu, Markus Kowarschik, et al.. (2025). Advancing Embodied Intelligence in Robotic-Assisted Endovascular Procedures: A Systematic Review of AI Solutions. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 19. 248–266.

Laschi, Cecilia, Li Wen, Fumiya Iida, et al.. (2025). Soft robotics: what’s next in bioinspired design and applications of soft robots?. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 21(1). 11501–11501.

Clément, Benoı̂t, et al.. (2024). Hydraulic Volumetric Soft Everting Vine Robot Steering Mechanism for Underwater Exploration. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(20). 59–64.

Farkhatdinov, Ildar, et al.. (2024). Let Me Give You a Hand: Enhancing Human Grasp Force With a Soft Robotic Assistive Glove. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(9). 7811–7818. 3 indexed citations

Kwok, Ka‐Wai, Helge Würdemann, Alberto Arezzo, Arianna Menciassi, & Kaspar Althoefer. (2022). Soft Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery and Interventions: Advances and Outlook. Proceedings of the IEEE. 110(7). 871–892. 44 indexed citations

Förster, Frank & Kaspar Althoefer. (2021). Attribution of autonomy and its role in robotic language acquisition. AI & Society. 37(2). 605–617. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Kui, Justin Ho, Zhiyu Liu, et al.. (2021). Large‐Scale Surface Shape Sensing with Learning‐Based Computational Mechanics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(11). 9 indexed citations

Sadati, S. M. Hadi, Ali Shiva, D. Caleb Rucker, et al.. (2020). Stiffness Imaging With a Continuum Appendage: Real-Time Shape and Tip Force Estimation From Base Load Readings. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(2). 2824–2831. 24 indexed citations

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Sadati, S. M. Hadi, S. Elnaz Naghibi, Ali Shiva, et al.. (2020). TMTDyn: A Matlab package for modeling and control of hybrid rigid–continuum robots based on discretized lumped systems and reduced-order models. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 40(1). 296–347. 65 indexed citations

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Matsuno, Takahiro, Zhongkui Wang, Kaspar Althoefer, & Shinichi Hirai. (2019). Adaptive Update of Reference Capacitances in Conductive Fabric Based Robotic Skin. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 2212–2219. 15 indexed citations

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Faragasso, Angela, João Bimbo, Agostino Stilli, et al.. (2018). Real-Time Vision-Based Stiffness Mapping †. Sensors. 18(5). 1347–1347. 8 indexed citations

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Konstantinova, Jelizaveta, Agostino Stilli, & Kaspar Althoefer. (2017). Fingertip Fiber Optical Tactile Array with Two-Level Spring Structure. Sensors. 17(10). 2337–2337. 21 indexed citations

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Sareh, Sina, et al.. (2016). A Non-linear Model for Predicting Tip Position of a Pliable Robot Arm Segment Using Bending Sensor Data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Konstantinova, Jelizaveta, Agostino Stilli, Angela Faragasso, & Kaspar Althoefer. (2016). Fingertip proximity sensor with realtime visual-based calibration. 170–175. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, J. A. S., et al.. (2014). Magnetic Resonance Detection of Explosives and Illicit Materials. Research Portal (King's College London). 1 indexed citations

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Song, Xiaojing, Hongbin Liu, João Bimbo, Kaspar Althoefer, & Lakmal Seneviratne. (2012). Object surface classificaiton based on friction properties for intelligent robotic hands. World Automation Congress. 1–5. 6 indexed citations

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Zweiri, Yahya, Lakmal Seneviratne, & Kaspar Althoefer. (2004). Identification methods for excavator arm parameters. Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan. 2. 1061–1066. 1 indexed citations

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Zweiri, Yahya, et al.. (2004). Identification of soil parameters for unmanned ground vehicles track-terrain interaction dynamics. Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan. 3. 2255–2260. 14 indexed citations

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Duran, Olga, Kaspar Althoefer, & Lakmal Seneviratne. (2002). Automated laser-based profiler for sewer inspection. Research Repository (Kingston University London). 15(12). 748–52. 1 indexed citations

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