Remus Boca
Papers
5
Total Citations
83
H-Index
4
About
Remus Boca is a leading researcher in industrial robotics, with a primary focus on automated bin picking, robotic additive manufacturing, and safe human-robot collaboration. His most impactful work tackles the long-standing challenge of bin picking—the automated retrieval of randomly located industrial parts—a problem that has stymied the field due to the complexity of integrating robust image processing, motion planning, and tooling. Boca’s 2015 paper on this topic (32 citations) and its follow-up (15 citations) are considered foundational, moving the technology from simplistic lab setups toward real-world industrial viability. He has also made significant contributions to the emerging field of robotic additive manufacturing, authoring a highly-cited 2014 survey and feasibility study (30 citations) that mapped the potential of open-form 3D printing and large-scale architectural AM. Beyond these core areas, Boca has explored advanced safety frameworks for collaborative robots under the ISO TS 15066 standard and even ventured into heavy machinery automation, designing a novel robotic system for changing tires on massive mining trucks. With a career spanning from fundamental perception challenges to applied industrial solutions, Boca’s work has directly shaped how robots are deployed in complex, unstructured manufacturing environments.
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Top Papers
- 1Automated bin picking system for randomly located industrial parts32 citations · 2015
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- 4Performance Impact Assessment for SSM using Simulated Stations4 citations · 2018
- 5Automatic Tire Changing of Large Mining Vehicles with Industrial Robots2 citations · 2016