Emrah Akin Sisbot
Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Roche (France), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland), Toyota Motor Corporation (United States)
Papers
35
Total Citations
2,392
H-Index
22
About
Emrah Akin Sisbot is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI) and autonomous robot planning, whose work has fundamentally shaped how robots perceive, navigate, and collaborate within human environments. Best known for his foundational contributions to human-aware motion planning, Sisbot introduced the concept of a Human Aware Motion Planner (HAMP), which generates robot paths that are not only safe but socially acceptable and legible to nearby humans — a landmark 2007 paper that has garnered over 480 citations. His research extends across robot navigation, manipulation planning, and artificial cognition, addressing the rich complexity of real-world human-robot coexistence. Sisbot's 2016 work on artificial cognition for social HRI (381 citations) demonstrated a comprehensive implementation framework enabling robots to interpret dynamic, semantically rich environments and interact naturally with people. His investigations into object handover tasks — examining both physiological responses and approach strategies — brought critical human-centered perspectives to physical HRI. Collectively, his publications have accumulated well over 1,300 citations, reflecting substantial influence on robotics research. His work bridges cognitive science, motion planning, and social robotics, making him a foundational figure for researchers designing robots that must operate safely and intuitively alongside humans.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A Human Aware Mobile Robot Motion Planner484 citations · 2007
- 2Artificial cognition for social human–robot interaction: An implementation381 citations · 2016
- 3A Human-Aware Manipulation Planner150 citations · 2012
- 4Physiological and subjective evaluation of a human–robot object hand-over task142 citations · 2011
- 5Synthesizing Robot Motions Adapted to Human Presence126 citations · 2010
- 6Planning human-aware motions using a sampling-based costmap planner115 citations · 2011
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- 9Navigation in the presence of humans90 citations · 2006
- 10Task planning for human-robot interaction83 citations · 2005