Steffen Knoop

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Steffen Knoop is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Knoop has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 14 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Steffen Knoop's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (12 papers), AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (8 papers) and Human Pose and Action Recognition (7 papers). Steffen Knoop is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (12 papers), AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (8 papers) and Human Pose and Action Recognition (7 papers). Steffen Knoop collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Steffen Knoop's co-authors include Henrik I. Christensen, Andrew Miller, Peter K. Allen, Rüdiger Dillmann, Stefan Vacek, Michael Pardowitz, Ruediger Dillmann, J. Marius Zöllner, Dennis Nienhüser and Antonio Morales and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics), Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Knoop

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Automatic grasp planning using shape primitives 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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. Automatic grasp planning using shape primitives
    2004 530 citations Andrew Miller, Steffen Knoop et al. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen Knoop Germany 12 836 443 366 223 154 27 1.1k
Pablo Jiménez Spain 9 552 0.7× 335 0.8× 238 0.7× 138 0.6× 66 0.4× 12 967
Johannes A. Stork Sweden 16 462 0.6× 432 1.0× 259 0.7× 272 1.2× 61 0.4× 44 930
KangKang Yin Canada 21 1.3k 1.6× 1.4k 3.2× 373 1.0× 220 1.0× 103 0.7× 38 1.9k
Ian Lenz United States 6 1.0k 1.2× 421 1.0× 520 1.4× 354 1.6× 233 1.5× 6 1.3k
Eren Erdal Aksoy Germany 19 456 0.5× 468 1.1× 125 0.3× 263 1.2× 87 0.6× 53 984
Martin Hägele Germany 15 410 0.5× 399 0.9× 189 0.5× 128 0.6× 55 0.4× 35 902
Torsten Kröger Germany 19 1.3k 1.5× 575 1.3× 528 1.4× 168 0.8× 102 0.7× 63 1.7k
Di Guo China 22 654 0.8× 400 0.9× 529 1.4× 349 1.6× 250 1.6× 73 1.4k
Lerrel Pinto United States 13 772 0.9× 405 0.9× 344 0.9× 477 2.1× 123 0.8× 35 1.2k
Jan Rosell Spain 16 663 0.8× 490 1.1× 194 0.5× 209 0.9× 49 0.3× 93 982

Countries citing papers authored by Steffen Knoop

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steffen Knoop

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Knoop

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steffen Knoop. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steffen Knoop 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 Steffen Knoop. Steffen Knoop is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nienhüser, Dennis, et al.. (2017). High density valet parking using k-deques in driveways. 1413–1420. 14 indexed citations
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Knoop, Steffen, et al.. (2011). Active Pedestrian Protection by Surround Sensor Technologies.
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Lösch, Martin, et al.. (2009). A human body model initialization approach made real-time capable through heuristic constraints. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Knoop, Steffen, Stefan Vacek, & Rüdiger Dillmann. (2008). Fusion of 2d and 3d sensor data for articulated body tracking. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 57(3). 321–329. 26 indexed citations
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Pardowitz, Michael, et al.. (2007). Incremental Learning of Tasks From User Demonstrations, Past Experiences, and Vocal Comments. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 37(2). 322–332. 104 indexed citations
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Marín-Urías, Luis F., et al.. (2007). IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN PERCEPTION ALGORITHMS ON A MOBILE ROBOT. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 40(15). 361–366. 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Antonio, P. Azad, Tamim Asfour, et al.. (2007). An anthropomorphic grasping approach for an assistant humanoid robot. 10 indexed citations
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Knoop, Steffen, Michael Pardowitz, & Rüdiger Dillmann. (2007). Automatic robot programming from learned abstract task knowledge. 2. 1651–1657. 8 indexed citations
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Knoop, Steffen, et al.. (2006). A Flexible Task Knowledge Representation for Service Robots.. 856–864. 10 indexed citations
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Knoop, Steffen, Stefan Vacek, & Rüdiger Dillmann. (2006). Modeling joint constraints for an articulated 3D human body model with artificial correspondences in ICP. 74–79. 24 indexed citations
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Pardowitz, Michael, R. Zöllner, Steffen Knoop, & Ruediger Dillmann. (2006). Using Physical Demonstrations, Background Knowledge and Vocal Comments for Task Learning. 322–327. 2 indexed citations
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Otero, Nuno, Steffen Knoop, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, et al.. (2006). Distribution and Recognition of Gestures in Human-Robot Interaction. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 1. 103–110. 9 indexed citations
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Morales, Antonio, Tamim Asfour, Pedram Azad, Steffen Knoop, & Rüdiger Dillmann. (2006). Integrated Grasp Planning and Visual Object Localization For a Humanoid Robot with Five-Fingered Hands. 5663–5668. 66 indexed citations
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Knoop, Steffen, et al.. (2006). Sensor fusion for model based 3D tracking. 524–529. 10 indexed citations
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Vacek, Stefan, Steffen Knoop, R. Zöllner, & Ruediger Dillmann. (2005). A framework for goal-directed, capability-based visual perception. 503–508. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Andrew, Steffen Knoop, Henrik I. Christensen, & Peter K. Allen. (2004). Automatic grasp planning using shape primitives. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 1824–1829. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zöllner, R., et al.. (2002). Sensor fusion approaches for observation of user actions in programming by demonstration. 227–232. 11 indexed citations

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