Felix Wilhelm

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Felix Wilhelm is a leading researcher in safe human-robot interaction, with a focus on proximity servoing and multimodal sensing for collaborative robotics. His most-cited work, "With Proximity Servoing towards Safe Human-Robot-Interaction" (2019, 30 citations), introduces a serial kinematic manipulator equipped with distributed capacitive and time-of-flight (ToF) proximity sensors. By fusing these modalities, Wilhelm enables robots to detect and react to nearby humans before contact occurs, fundamentally advancing reactive safety strategies. This approach moves beyond traditional collision detection toward pre-contact avoidance, allowing for closer, more fluid human-robot collaboration without compromising safety. His contributions are pivotal in bridging the gap between industrial automation and truly safe, intuitive human-robot teams. Wilhelm’s research has been recognized for its practical impact on next-generation manufacturing and assistive robotics, establishing him as a key voice in proximity-based control and sensor integration for interactive systems.