Papers
17
Total Citations
1,080
H-Index
10
About
Fabien Spindler is a leading research engineer whose work has fundamentally shaped the fields of visual servoing, humanoid robotics, and human-robot interaction. He is best known as the principal architect of the **ViSP (Visual Servoing Platform)** , a landmark open-source library that has become the gold standard for developing vision-based robot control applications. This foundational contribution, detailed in his most-cited paper (526 citations), provides a modular framework that has enabled countless researchers to rapidly prototype and deploy visual servoing systems. Spindler’s impact extends across diverse domains, from pioneering the use of **Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) in Augmented Reality** (144 citations) to deploying **humanoid robots in real-world aircraft manufacturing** for Airbus (94 citations). He has also made critical advances in autonomous navigation, developing robust frameworks for avoiding both static and moving obstacles in dynamic environments. His work on whole-body control of humanoids and vision-based manipulation with the Romeo robot demonstrates a rare ability to bridge theoretical optimization with practical, closed-loop control. With over a thousand total citations, Spindler’s contributions are not just academic; they are the tools and techniques that are actively building the future of intelligent, vision-guided robotics.
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Top Papers
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- 3Humanoid Robots in Aircraft Manufacturing: The Airbus Use Cases94 citations · 2019
- 4Autonomous Visual Navigation and Laser-Based Moving Obstacle Avoidance83 citations · 2014
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- 6Eye-in-Hand Visual Servoing of Concentric Tube Robots56 citations · 2018
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- 8Controlling an Uninstrumented Manipulator By Visual Servoing22 citations · 2002
- 9Vision-based manipulation with the humanoid robot Romeo19 citations · 2016
- 10Avoiding moving obstacles during visual navigation13 citations · 2013