Grzegorz Ficht
Papers
11
Total Citations
119
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6
About
Grzegorz Ficht is a robotics researcher specializing in humanoid robot design, locomotion, and motion control, with a particular focus on making advanced humanoid platforms accessible to the broader research community. He is best known for his foundational contributions to the NimbRo-OP2 and NimbRo-OP2X platforms — adult-sized, open-source, 3D-printed humanoid robots developed to address the critical shortage of affordable and accessible research platforms in the field. These systems, cited over 60 times combined, have become important references for researchers seeking capable yet reproducible humanoid hardware. Ficht has also advanced the algorithmic side of humanoid robotics, contributing analytical whole-body motion generation methods and novel centroidal state estimation and control frameworks tailored for hardware-constrained robots. His work bridges practical engineering challenges with theoretical locomotion research, demonstrating real-world viability through repeated success in RoboCup Humanoid Soccer competitions, where his team claimed victories in the AdultSize category across multiple years including 2017, 2018, and 2023. For students entering humanoid robotics, Ficht's body of work represents an exceptional model of combining open, reproducible hardware development with rigorous motion planning research.
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Top Papers
- 1NimbRo-OP2X: Adult-Sized Open-Source 3D Printed Humanoid Robot40 citations · 2018
- 2NimbRo-OP2: Grown-up 3D printed open humanoid platform for research23 citations · 2017
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- 5The igus Humanoid Open Platform8 citations · 2016
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- 7Online Balanced Motion Generation for Humanoid Robots6 citations · 2018
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- 9Direct Centroidal Control for Balanced Humanoid Locomotion5 citations · 2022
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