Andreea Tulbure
ETH Zurich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Robotics Research (United States)
Papers
6
Total Citations
52
H-Index
4
About
Andreea Tulbure is a robotics researcher whose work bridges perception, control, and physical interaction to enable robots to operate safely and intelligently in unstructured, human-centered environments. Her core contributions lie in real-time collision avoidance, tactile sensing, and human-robot handovers. In her highly cited work “Closing the Loop: Real-Time Perception and Control for Robust Collision Avoidance with Occluded Obstacles” (17 citations), she integrated perception and control to handle unpredictable environments. She also developed a collision detection and identification pipeline for legged manipulators (16 citations), enhancing safety in dynamic settings. Notably, her research on tactile material classification demonstrated that a robot equipped with a flexible pressure-sensitive skin can exceed human performance in identifying materials by touch alone (9 citations). More recently, she has explored task-oriented handovers using large language models and fast perception for legged manipulators. Her work has direct implications for assistive robotics, manufacturing, and autonomous exploration, and she continues to push the boundaries of how robots perceive and physically interact with the world.
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Top Papers
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- 2Collision detection and identification for a legged manipulator16 citations · 2022
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- 5LLM-Handover: Exploiting LLMs for Task-Oriented Robot-Human Handovers3 citations · 2025
- 6Fast Perception for Human-Robot Handovers with Legged Manipulators2 citations · 2024