Michael Beetz

19.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
366 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Beetz is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Beetz has authored 366 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 167 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 128 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Beetz's work include AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (98 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (84 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (78 papers). Michael Beetz is often cited by papers focused on AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (98 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (84 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (78 papers). Michael Beetz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Michael Beetz's co-authors include Radu Bogdan Rusu, Nico Blodow, Zoltán-Csaba Márton, Moritz Tenorth, Dejan Pangercic, Mihai Dolha, Lorenz Mösenlechner, Ulrich Klank, Jan Bandouch and Lars Kunze and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemistry of Materials, Proceedings of the IEEE and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Michael Beetz

348 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fast Point Feature Histograms (FPFH) for 3D registration

2009 2.5k citations Radu Bogdan Rusu, Nico Blodow et al. profile →
Towards 3D Point cloud based object maps for household environments

2008 785 citations Radu Bogdan Rusu, Zoltán-Csaba Márton et al. Robotics and Autonomous Systems profile →
Aligning point cloud views using persistent feature histograms

2008 667 citations Radu Bogdan Rusu, Nico Blodow et al. profile →
RoboEarth

2011 301 citations Michael Beetz, Alexander Perzylo et al. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine profile →
Real-time compression of point cloud streams

2012 262 citations Nico Blodow, Radu Bogdan Rusu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Beetz	5.6k	4.4k	3.4k	2.9k	2.6k	366	11.9k
Dieter Fox	11.0k 2.0×	8.3k 1.9×	4.0k 1.2×	5.4k 1.9×	1.4k 0.5×	209	19.8k
Silvio Savarese	9.6k 1.7×	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	3.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.0×	196	14.8k
Christoph Stiller	8.5k 1.5×	4.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	258	14.6k
Frank Dellaert	8.6k 1.5×	10.0k 2.3×	1.5k 0.4×	3.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	209	15.3k
Andrew J. Davison	11.6k 2.1×	11.3k 2.6×	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	108	15.9k
Jamie Shotton	12.5k 2.2×	4.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	79	15.9k
Kurt Konolige	10.7k 1.9×	9.6k 2.2×	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	106	15.3k
Ming Liu	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	969 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	703 0.3×	452	9.0k
Raquel Urtasun	15.9k 2.9×	5.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.3×	4.5k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	191	21.2k
Katsushi Ikeuchi	8.3k 1.5×	2.1k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	761 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	498	11.9k

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Billard, Aude, Alin Albu‐Schäffer, Michael Beetz, et al.. (2025). A roadmap for AI in robotics. Nature Machine Intelligence. 7(6). 818–824. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Hoang Giang, et al.. (2024). MARLIN: A cloud integrated robotic solution to support intralogistics in retail. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 175. 104654–104654. 2 indexed citations

Braun, C., et al.. (2024). RoboGrind: Intuitive and Interactive Surface Treatment with Industrial Robots. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 2140–2146. 4 indexed citations

Beßler, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Translating Universal Scene Descriptions into Knowledge Graphs for Robotic Environment. 9389–9395. 1 indexed citations

Sciutti, Alessandra, Michael Beetz, Tetsunari Inamura, et al.. (2023). The Present and the Future of Cognitive Robotics [TC Spotlight]. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 30(3). 160–163. 1 indexed citations

Beetz, Michael, et al.. (2022). Improving Object Pose Estimation by Fusion With a Multimodal Prior – Utilizing Uncertainty-Based CNN Pipelines for Robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(2). 2282–2288. 3 indexed citations

Beetz, Michael, et al.. (2019). Self-Specialization of General Robot Plans Based on Experience. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(4). 3766–3773. 8 indexed citations

Beßler, Daniel, Mihai Pomarlan, & Michael Beetz. (2018). OWL-enabled Assembly Planning for Robotic Agents. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1684–1692. 18 indexed citations

Bozcuoğlu, Asil Kaan, et al.. (2018). The Exchange of Knowledge Using Cloud Robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(2). 1072–1079. 30 indexed citations

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Bálint-Benczédi, Ferenc, et al.. (2016). Knowledge-Enabled Robotic Agents for Shelf Replenishment in Cluttered Retail Environments: (Extended Abstract). Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1421–1422.

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Kunze, Lars, Mihai Dolha, Emitzá Guzmán, & Michael Beetz. (2011). Simulation-based temporal projection of everyday robot object manipulation. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 107–114. 33 indexed citations

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Márton, Zoltán-Csaba, et al.. (2010). General 3D modelling of novel objects from a single view. 3700–3705. 89 indexed citations

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Rusu, Radu Bogdan, Nico Blodow, & Michael Beetz. (2009). Fast Point Feature Histograms (FPFH) for 3D registration. 3212–3217. 2488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rusu, Radu Bogdan, Zoltán-Csaba Márton, Nico Blodow, Andreas Holzbach, & Michael Beetz. (2009). Model-based and learned semantic object labeling in 3D point cloud maps of kitchen environments. 3601–3608. 84 indexed citations

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Rusu, Radu Bogdan, Wim Meeussen, Sachin Chitta, & Michael Beetz. (2009). Laser-based perception for door and handle identification. 1–8. 52 indexed citations

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Beetz, Michael, Nico Blodow, Ulrich Klank, et al.. (2009). CoP-Man -- Perception for Mobile Pick-and-Place in Human Living Environments. 2 indexed citations

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Beetz, Michael, et al.. (2007). Visually tracking football games based on TV broadcasts. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 2066–2071. 29 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Thorsten, Michael Beetz, Robert Hanek, & Sebastian Buck. (2002). Watch their moves: applying probabilistic multiple object tracking to autonomous robot soccer. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 599–604. 18 indexed citations

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Beetz, Michael, et al.. (2001). Learning Structured Reactive Navigation Plans from Executing MDP policies. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1 indexed citations

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Beetz, Michael & Drew McDermott. (1996). Local planning of ongoing activities. 19–26. 6 indexed citations

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