Emmanuel Mazer
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Leibniz Association, eBay (Ireland), Translational Innovation in Medicine and Complexity, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, Centre Inria de l'Université Grenoble Alpes, Département Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées
Papers
39
Total Citations
1,382
H-Index
16
About
Emmanuel Mazer is a pioneering robotics researcher whose career has centered on robot motion planning, manipulation, and probabilistic approaches to autonomous systems. He is perhaps best known for his foundational work on **Handey**, a sophisticated robot system capable of recognizing objects, planning motions, and executing pick-and-place operations in complex, unstructured environments — work that accumulated over 150 citations and culminated in a landmark 1992 monograph. His contributions to path planning are equally significant: the **Ariadne's Clew Algorithm**, introduced in 1998 and extended in 2002, offered an elegant solution for navigating high-dimensional configuration spaces in dynamic environments, earning nearly 240 combined citations across both publications. Mazer further broadened his impact through **Bayesian Robot Programming** (2003, 135 citations), a principled probabilistic framework for robot behavior under uncertainty that has influenced generations of researchers. His work on **regrasping** (2005, 109 citations) addressed the practical challenge of reorienting objects mid-task, while early explorations of genetic algorithms for motion planning demonstrated his range and forward-thinking methodology. With contributions spanning automotive sensor fusion and redundant robot manipulation, Mazer's research consistently bridges theoretical rigor and real-world applicability, making him an essential figure in modern robotics literature.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Task-level planning of pick-and-place robot motions168 citations · 1989
- 2Handey: A robot system that recognizes, plans, and manipulates157 citations · 2005
- 3Bayesian Robot Programming135 citations · 2003
- 4The Ariadne's Clew Algorithm124 citations · 1998
- 5The "Ariadne's clew" algorithm: global planning with local methods116 citations · 2002
- 6Regrasping109 citations · 2005
- 7Using genetic algorithms for robot motion planning73 citations · 1993
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- 9Manipulation Planning for Redundant Robots: A Practical Approach55 citations · 1998
- 10HANDEY: A Robot Task Planner51 citations · 1992