Stefan Kohlbrecher

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Stefan Kohlbrecher is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Kohlbrecher has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Stefan Kohlbrecher's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (13 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (12 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (11 papers). Stefan Kohlbrecher is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (13 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (12 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (11 papers). Stefan Kohlbrecher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Stefan Kohlbrecher's co-authors include Oskar von Stryk, Johannes Meyer, Uwe Klingauf, David C. Conner, Philipp Schillinger, Bernt Schiele, Stefan Roth, Joachim Meyer, Kai Petersen and Mykhaylo Andriluka and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Field Robotics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI and KI - Künstliche Intelligenz.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Kohlbrecher

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

A flexible and scalable SLAM system with full 3D motion e... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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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.

  1. A flexible and scalable SLAM system with full 3D motion estimation
    2011 743 citations Stefan Kohlbrecher, Oskar von Stryk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Kohlbrecher Germany 10 755 589 268 228 151 30 1.1k
Jeffrey Delmerico United States 16 1.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.7× 215 0.8× 214 0.9× 109 0.7× 25 1.6k
Shenghai Yuan Singapore 21 740 1.0× 645 1.1× 178 0.7× 261 1.1× 84 0.6× 75 1.2k
David Droeschel Germany 20 629 0.8× 587 1.0× 208 0.8× 109 0.5× 127 0.8× 33 1.0k
Huimin Lu China 18 490 0.6× 589 1.0× 184 0.7× 92 0.4× 97 0.6× 117 1.1k
Nakju Lett Doh South Korea 17 535 0.7× 552 0.9× 185 0.7× 110 0.5× 98 0.6× 74 903
J.-S. Gutmann Japan 16 1.0k 1.4× 872 1.5× 174 0.6× 349 1.5× 191 1.3× 17 1.4k
Mathieu Labbé Canada 10 982 1.3× 801 1.4× 164 0.6× 251 1.1× 54 0.4× 15 1.2k
Piotr Skrzypczyński Poland 17 451 0.6× 429 0.7× 174 0.6× 147 0.6× 306 2.0× 100 892
Kartik Mohta United States 15 1.3k 1.7× 1.3k 2.1× 403 1.5× 210 0.9× 79 0.5× 27 1.8k
Sikang Liu United States 12 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 1.9× 323 1.2× 164 0.7× 59 0.4× 18 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Kohlbrecher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Kohlbrecher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Kohlbrecher

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All Works

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Peters, Jan, J. G. Heinlein, Ivana Kruijff‐Korbayová, et al.. (2024). A Holistic Concept on AI Assistance for Robot-Supported Reconnaissance and Mitigation of Acute Radiation Hazard Situations. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 40–45.
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Industrial Manometer Detection and Reading for Autonomous Inspection Robots. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 1. 1–6.
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2019). Large Scale 2D Laser SLAM using Truncated Signed Distance Functions. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 222–228. 9 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan & Oskar von Stryk. (2016). From RoboCup Rescue to Supervised Autonomous Mobile Robots for Remote Inspection of Industrial Plants. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. 30(3-4). 311–314. 5 indexed citations
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Schillinger, Philipp, Stefan Kohlbrecher, & Oskar von Stryk. (2016). Human-robot collaborative high-level control with application to rescue robotics. 2796–2802. 64 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2016). A Comprehensive Software Framework for Complex Locomotion and Manipulation Tasks Applicable to Different Types of Humanoid Robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 3. 8 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2014). Template-based manipulation in unstructured environments for supervised semi-autonomous humanoid robots. 3. 979–986. 14 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, Anant Gupta, Oskar von Stryk, et al.. (2014). Human‐robot Teaming for Rescue Missions: Team ViGIR's Approach to the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. Journal of Field Robotics. 32(3). 352–377. 66 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2013). Overview of team ViGIR's approach to the Virtual Robotics Challenge. 3. 1–2. 7 indexed citations
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Scholl, Philipp, Stefan Kohlbrecher, Vinay Sachidananda, & Kristof Van Laerhoven. (2012). Fast indoor radio-map building for RSSI-based localization systems. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 10 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, Gerald Steinbauer, Johannes Maurer, et al.. (2012). Community-driven development of standard software modules for search and rescue robots. eSpace (Curtin University). 1–2. 5 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2011). RoboCupRescue 2011 - Robot League Team Hector Darmstadt (Germany). TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 2 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, Oskar von Stryk, Johannes Meyer, & Uwe Klingauf. (2011). A flexible and scalable SLAM system with full 3D motion estimation. 155–160. 743 indexed citations breakdown →
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Andriluka, Mykhaylo, Joachim Meyer, Stefan Kohlbrecher, et al.. (2010). Vision based victim detection from unmanned aerial vehicles. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 1740–1747. 80 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan & Oskar von Stryk. (2010). Modeling Observation Uncertainty for Soccer Playing Humanoid Robots. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 1 indexed citations
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Kohlbrecher, Stefan, et al.. (2009). RoboCupRescue 2009 - Robot League Team: Darmstadt Rescue Robot Team (Germany). TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 2 indexed citations

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