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Christian Stetco is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on advancing sensor technologies for safer, more intuitive human-robot interaction and industrial automation. His key research areas include contactless control, capacitive and radar sensing, multimodal sensor integration, and flexible sensor systems for collaborative and mobile robotics. Stetco’s major contributions include developing gesture-based contactless control for mobile manipulators using capacitive sensing, enabling safe operation in sensitive environments like clean rooms and operating rooms (25 citations). He also pioneered the use of radar sensors in collaborative robotics, creating fast simulation tools validated experimentally to enhance robot safety and perception (20 citations). His design of a novel gripper system with 3D- and inkjet-printed multimodal sensors for automated forestry robot grasping demonstrates his commitment to rugged, reliable sensing for dangerous tasks (20 citations). Stetco’s notable achievements include developing a scalable retrofit angular position sensor system and an all-flexible sensing sole for legged robots, pushing the boundaries of sensor adaptability in industrial and legged robotics. His work, with over 76 total citations, is instrumental in driving the sensor innovations needed for Industry 5.0, where robots and humans collaborate seamlessly.