Wolfgang Merkt

814 total citations
29 papers, 252 citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Merkt is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Merkt has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 252 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Merkt's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (18 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (13 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (11 papers). Wolfgang Merkt is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (18 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (13 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (11 papers). Wolfgang Merkt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Wolfgang Merkt's co-authors include Sethu Vijayakumar, Vladimir Ivan, Ioannis Havoutis, Yiming Yang, Joan Solà, Nicolas Mansard, Carlos Mastalli, Zhibin Li, Wouter Wolfslag and Theodoros Stouraitis and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, IEEE Access and IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Merkt

27 papers receiving 248 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Merkt United Kingdom 10 147 133 122 70 45 29 252
Vladimir Ivan United Kingdom 13 196 1.3× 209 1.6× 132 1.1× 113 1.6× 47 1.0× 30 336
Gabriele Buondonno Italy 8 239 1.6× 83 0.6× 194 1.6× 46 0.7× 83 1.8× 13 374
Jiunn-Kai Huang United States 6 71 0.5× 97 0.7× 165 1.4× 106 1.5× 26 0.6× 10 290
Wanchao Chi China 9 82 0.6× 169 1.3× 93 0.8× 124 1.8× 29 0.6× 20 315
Oliver Birbach Germany 9 142 1.0× 122 0.9× 90 0.7× 88 1.3× 29 0.6× 14 257
Luca Rosario Buonocore Switzerland 10 154 1.0× 104 0.8× 153 1.3× 78 1.1× 74 1.6× 25 311
Aaron Burmeister United States 7 168 1.1× 108 0.8× 113 0.9× 43 0.6× 54 1.2× 13 270
Jonas Koenemann Germany 7 188 1.3× 81 0.6× 160 1.3× 107 1.5× 39 0.9× 7 379
Jeffrey Hawke United States 4 117 0.8× 122 0.9× 107 0.9× 52 0.7× 45 1.0× 5 281
Kai Krieger Germany 7 233 1.6× 201 1.5× 95 0.8× 170 2.4× 60 1.3× 11 376

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Merkt

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

All Works

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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2025). Adaptive Manipulation using Behavior Trees. 19031–19038.
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Jones, Ōiwi Parker, Alex Mitchell, Jun Yamada, et al.. (2024). Oscillating latent dynamics in robot systems during walking and reaching. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11434–11434.
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Ivan, Vladimir, et al.. (2023). RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms. Autonomous Robots. 47(8). 1463–1481. 30 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2023). VAE-Loco: Versatile Quadruped Locomotion by Learning a Disentangled Gait Representation. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 39(5). 3805–3820. 2 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2023). Motion planning in dynamic environments using context-aware human trajectory prediction. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 166. 104450–104450. 10 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2023). Safe and compliant control of redundant robots using superimposition of passive task-space controllers. Nonlinear Dynamics. 112(2). 1023–1038. 6 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2021). Predicted Composite Signed-Distance Fields for Real-Time Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments. Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. 31. 616–624. 8 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2021). Where Should I Look? Optimized Gaze Control for Whole-Body Collision Avoidance in Dynamic Environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(2). 1095–1102. 7 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2021). HapFIC: An Adaptive Force/Position Controller for Safe Environment Interaction in Articulated Systems. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 29. 1432–1440. 5 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2020). Predicted Composite Signed-Distance Fields for Real-Time Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments. arXiv (Cornell University). 31. 616–624. 3 indexed citations
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Ivan, Vladimir, Arnau Garriga-Casanovas, Wolfgang Merkt, Frederic Cegla, & Sethu Vijayakumar. (2020). Autonomous Non-Destructive Remote Robotic Inspection of Offshore Assets. Offshore Technology Conference. 4 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2019). Comparing Metrics for Robustness Against External Perturbations in Dynamic Trajectory Optimization.. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, Vladimir Ivan, Yiming Yang, & Sethu Vijayakumar. (2019). Towards Shared Autonomy Applications using Whole-body Control Formulations of Locomanipulation. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 1206–1211. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Yiming, Wolfgang Merkt, Vladimir Ivan, & Sethu Vijayakumar. (2018). Planning in Time-Configuration Space for Efficient Pick-and-Place in Non-Static Environments with Temporal Constraints. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 1–9. 12 indexed citations
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Merkt, Wolfgang, et al.. (2018). Whole-Body End-Pose Planning for Legged Robots on Inclined Support Surfaces in Complex Environments. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 944–951. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Yiming, et al.. (2017). HDRM: A Resolution Complete Dynamic Roadmap for Real-Time Motion Planning in Complex Scenes. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(1). 551–558. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Yiming, et al.. (2017). Efficient Humanoid Motion Planning on Uneven Terrain Using Paired Forward-Inverse Dynamic Reachability Maps. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(4). 2279–2286. 23 indexed citations
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Yang, Yiming, Vladimir Ivan, Wolfgang Merkt, & Sethu Vijayakumar. (2016). Scaling sampling-based motion planning to humanoid robots. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 1448–1454. 22 indexed citations

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