Papers
11
Total Citations
259
H-Index
8
About
Alexander Kuss is a leading researcher in intelligent robotic manufacturing, with a focus on flexible automation for small and medium-sized enterprises. His work addresses the critical challenge of adapting industrial robots to dynamic production environments, particularly in welding, deburring, and bin picking. Kuss’s most cited paper, "SMErobotics: Smart Robots for Flexible Manufacturing" (107 citations), establishes a framework for agile robotics in response to rapidly changing market demands. He has made major contributions to automatic programming and control, notably developing methods for detecting workpiece shape deviations to adapt tool paths in robotic deburring (46 citations) and creating ontological representations for manufacturing tasks like fillet welding (27 citations). His research on model-free grasping with multi-suction cup grippers (2023) advances bin-picking capabilities without requiring gripper-specific training data. Kuss also explores human-robot interaction and knowledge modeling for industrial systems, with his work on manufacturing knowledge architecture (11 citations) synthesizing best practices for SMEs. Through these innovations, Kuss is driving the next generation of smart, adaptable robots that can handle complex, contact-intensive operations with minimal human intervention.
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Top Papers
- 1SMErobotics: Smart Robots for Flexible Manufacturing107 citations · 2019
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- 4Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion17 citations · 2014
- 5Automatic Programming and Control for Robotic Deburring15 citations · 2016
- 6Model-Free Grasping with Multi-Suction Cup Grippers for Robotic Bin Picking12 citations · 2023
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- 8Automated Planning of Robotic MAG Welding Based on Adaptive Gap Model8 citations · 2017
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- 10Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion6 citations · 2016