Marco Hutter

20.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
269 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Marco Hutter is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Hutter has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 100 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 73 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Marco Hutter's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (153 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (76 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (55 papers). Marco Hutter is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (153 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (76 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (55 papers). Marco Hutter collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Marco Hutter's co-authors include Roland Siegwart, Michael Bloesch, C. Dario Bellicoso, Jemin Hwangbo, Joonho Lee, Christian Gehring, Péter Fankhauser, Vladlen Koltun, Lorenz Wellhausen and Sammy Omari and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, ACM Transactions on Graphics and The International Journal of Robotics Research.

In The Last Decade

Marco Hutter

252 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Learning agile and dynamic motor skills for legged robots 2015 2026 2018 2022 2019 2016 2020 2015 2022 250 500 750
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. Learning agile and dynamic motor skills for legged robots
    2019 814 citations Jemin Hwangbo, Joonho Lee et al. Science Robotics profile →
  2. ANYmal - a highly mobile and dynamic quadrupedal robot
    2016 597 citations Marco Hutter, Christian Gehring et al. profile →
  3. Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain
    2020 584 citations Joonho Lee, Jemin Hwangbo et al. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) profile →
  4. Robust visual inertial odometry using a direct EKF-based approach
    2015 574 citations Michael Bloesch, Marco Hutter et al. profile →
  5. Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild
    2022 443 citations Takahiro Miki, Joonho Lee et al. Science Robotics profile →
  6. Iterated extended Kalman filter based visual-inertial odometry using direct photometric feedback
    2017 320 citations Michael Bloesch, Michael Burri et al. profile →
  7. Robust Visual Inertial Odometry Using a Direct EKF-Based Approach
    2015 287 citations Michael Bloesch, Marco Hutter et al. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) profile →
  8. Gait and Trajectory Optimization for Legged Systems Through Phase-Based End-Effector Parameterization
    2018 279 citations C. Dario Bellicoso, Marco Hutter et al. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters profile →
  9. The current state and future outlook of rescue robotics
    2019 228 citations César Cadena, Marco Hutter et al. profile →
  10. CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge
    2022 155 citations Takahiro Miki, Shehryar Khattak et al. Science Robotics profile →
  11. Perceptive Locomotion Through Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
    2023 123 citations Fabian Jenelten, Farbod Farshidian et al. profile →
  12. ANYmal parkour: Learning agile navigation for quadrupedal robots
    2024 98 citations Nikita Rudin, Marco Hutter et al. Science Robotics profile →
  13. Orbit: A Unified Simulation Framework for Interactive Robot Learning Environments
    2023 89 citations Nikita Rudin, Marco Hutter et al. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marco Hutter Switzerland 55 7.1k 4.3k 4.2k 3.8k 2.1k 269 12.7k
Huosheng Hu United Kingdom 49 3.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 3.2k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 847 0.4× 515 11.2k
Zhijun Li China 77 5.5k 0.8× 9.8k 2.3× 3.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 3.1k 1.5× 666 19.0k
Joel W. Burdick United States 62 4.6k 0.6× 5.1k 1.2× 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 341 13.1k
Bruno Siciliano Italy 53 6.5k 0.9× 11.8k 2.7× 3.4k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 4.7k 2.3× 327 16.5k
Lakmal Seneviratne United Kingdom 51 3.7k 0.5× 3.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 395 9.3k
Peter Corke Australia 53 1.7k 0.2× 4.0k 0.9× 7.3k 1.7× 5.6k 1.5× 1.7k 0.8× 355 14.8k
Anı́bal Ollero Spain 53 1.1k 0.2× 4.1k 0.9× 5.3k 1.3× 5.8k 1.5× 1.5k 0.7× 519 11.9k
Fuchun Sun China 58 2.6k 0.4× 5.8k 1.3× 3.4k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 691 13.4k
J. Borenstein United States 45 1.8k 0.3× 3.5k 0.8× 7.2k 1.7× 5.8k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 124 11.7k
Seth Hutchinson United States 36 1.9k 0.3× 4.0k 0.9× 7.6k 1.8× 4.9k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 235 12.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Hutter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kolvenbach, Hendrik, Anna Mittelholz, Simon C. Stähler, et al.. (2025). LunarLeaper—A mission concept to explore the lunar subsurface with a small-scale legged robot. Acta Astronautica. 240. 63–75.
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Shi, Fan, Chong Zhang, Takahiro Miki, et al.. (2024). Rethinking Robustness Assessment: Adversarial Attacks on Learning-based Quadrupedal Locomotion Controllers. 7 indexed citations
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Valsecchi, Giorgio, et al.. (2024). Revealing the potential of a new 3D Hall sensor in advanced inspection robotics. ACTA IMEKO. 13(4). 1–5.
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Atha, Deegan, et al.. (2024). RoadRunner M&M - Learning Multi-Range Multi-Resolution Traversability Maps for Autonomous Off-Road Navigation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(12). 11425–11432. 1 indexed citations
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Nubert, Julian, et al.. (2024). ViPlanner: Visual Semantic Imperative Learning for Local Navigation. 5243–5249. 13 indexed citations
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Hutter, Marco, et al.. (2024). Reinforcement Learning-Based Bucket Filling for Autonomous Excavation. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1. 170–191. 4 indexed citations
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Arm, Philip, Mayank Mittal, Hendrik Kolvenbach, & Marco Hutter. (2024). Pedipulate: Enabling Manipulation Skills using a Quadruped Robot’s Leg. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 5717–5723. 15 indexed citations
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Mittal, Mayank, Nikita Rudin, Victor Klemm, Arthur Allshire, & Marco Hutter. (2024). Symmetry Considerations for Learning Task Symmetric Robot Policies. 7433–7439. 6 indexed citations
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Miki, Takahiro, Joonho Lee, Lorenz Wellhausen, & Marco Hutter. (2024). Learning to walk in confined spaces using 3D representation. 8649–8656. 13 indexed citations
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Lee, Joonho, et al.. (2024). Learning robust autonomous navigation and locomotion for wheeled-legged robots. Science Robotics. 9(89). eadi9641–eadi9641. 27 indexed citations
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Hutter, Marco, et al.. (2024). Fast Perception for Human-Robot Handovers with Legged Manipulators. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 734–742.
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Atha, Deegan, Julian Nubert, David D. Fan, et al.. (2024). RoadRunner—Learning Traversability Estimation for Autonomous Off-Road Driving. 1. 192–212. 18 indexed citations
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Farshidian, Farbod, et al.. (2023). Learning Arm-Assisted Fall Damage Reduction and Recovery for Legged Mobile Manipulators. 12149–12155. 22 indexed citations
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Miki, Takahiro, Joonho Lee, Jemin Hwangbo, et al.. (2022). Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild. Science Robotics. 7(62). eabk2822–eabk2822. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jenelten, Fabian, et al.. (2019). Dynamic Locomotion on Slippery Ground. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(4). 4170–4176. 53 indexed citations
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Wellhausen, Lorenz, Alexey Dosovitskiy, René Ranftl, et al.. (2019). Where Should I Walk? Predicting Terrain Properties From Images Via Self-Supervised Learning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 1509–1516. 144 indexed citations
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Bjelonic, Marko, C. Dario Bellicoso, Mehmet Tiryaki, & Marco Hutter. (2018). Skating with a Force Controlled Quadrupedal Robot. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 7555–7561. 16 indexed citations
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Bellicoso, C. Dario, Fabian Jenelten, Péter Fankhauser, et al.. (2017). Dynamic locomotion and whole-body control for quadrupedal robots. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 3359–3365. 92 indexed citations
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Bloesch, Michael, Michael Burri, Hannes Sommer, Roland Siegwart, & Marco Hutter. (2017). The Two-State Implicit Filter Recursive Estimation for Mobile Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(1). 573–580. 36 indexed citations
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Bellicoso, C. Dario, Christian Gehring, Jemin Hwangbo, Péter Fankhauser, & Marco Hutter. (2016). Perception-less terrain adaptation through whole body control and hierarchical optimization. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 558–564. 110 indexed citations

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