Jordi Artigas

About

Jordi Artigas is a prominent robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of space robotics, teleoperation, and haptic systems. Best known for his contributions to force-feedback telerobotics, Artigas has played a central role in advancing humanity's ability to remotely operate robots in space with human-like precision and sensitivity. His most celebrated work involves the KONTUR-2 mission (110 citations), in which he helped develop a novel robot controller enabling force-feedback teleoperation from the International Space Station — a landmark achievement in space robotics. Complementing this, his research on on-orbit servicing (OOS), spanning both foundational reviews (76 citations) and ground-based simulation facilities (78 citations), has shaped how the field approaches the repair and maintenance of spacecraft in orbit. Artigas has also made significant theoretical contributions, particularly in passivity-based stability for teleoperation under time delays and explicit force control, ensuring safe and reliable human-robot interaction across distances. His development of the DLR bimanual haptic device (66 citations) further demonstrates his expertise in translating complex control theory into functional hardware. With over 500 cumulative citations across his top works, Artigas stands as an influential voice in space robotics, whose research continues to guide both scientific exploration and future planetary missions.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   KONTUR-2: Force-feedback teleoperation from the international space station

   110 citations · 2016
2. 2
   The OOS-SIM: An on-ground simulation facility for on-orbit servicing robotic operations

   78 citations · 2015
3. 3
   On-orbit servicing

   76 citations · 2009
4. 4
   The DLR bimanual haptic device with optimized workspace

   66 citations · 2011
5. 5
   Network representation and passivity of delayed teleoperation systems

   63 citations · 2011
6. 6
   Network representation and passivity of delayed teleoperation systems

   51 citations · 2011
7. 7
   Ground verification of the feasibility of telepresent on‐orbit servicing

   37 citations · 2009
8. 8
   Passivity-based stability in explicit force control of robots

   32 citations · 2017
9. 9
   Bilateral energy transfer in delayed teleoperation on the time domain

   29 citations · 2008
10. 10
    Reachability and Dexterity: Analysis and Applications for Space Robotics

    24 citations · 2015

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