Papers
13
Total Citations
512
H-Index
11
About
R. Bunschoten is a robotics and computer vision researcher whose work has made significant contributions to the fields of mobile robot localization, omnidirectional vision, and human-robot interaction. Active primarily in the early 2000s, Bunschoten's most influential research centers on probabilistic and appearance-based approaches to robot navigation, allowing mobile robots to understand and move through their environments without relying on traditional geometric maps. His most-cited work, "A Probabilistic Model for Appearance-Based Robot Localization" (2001, 147 citations), laid important groundwork for using sensory appearance data rather than geometric models to achieve robust localization. Bunschoten also played a key role in the development of Jijo-2, a pioneering office robot capable of speech-based communication and environmental learning, a project that collectively attracted over 175 citations across multiple publications. His subsequent research extended these ideas through omnidirectional vision systems, enabling visual odometry, 3D scene reconstruction, and household robot navigation. Work on supervised feature extraction further demonstrated his interest in making robot perception both efficient and task-relevant. Bunschoten's body of research helped shape modern expectations for intelligent, perceptually aware autonomous robots operating in everyday human environments.
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Top Papers
- 1A probabilistic model for appearance-based robot localization147 citations · 2001
- 2Jijo-2: an office robot that communicates and learns104 citations · 2001
- 3Jijo-2: an office robot that communicates and learns71 citations · 2001
- 4Probabilistic localization by appearance models and active vision46 citations · 2003
- 5Household robots look and learn31 citations · 2004
- 6Visual odometry from an omnidirectional vision system29 citations · 2004
- 73D scene reconstruction from cylindrical panoramic images22 citations · 2002
- 8Omnidirectional Vision for Appearance-Based Robot Localization18 citations · 2002
- 9Learning task-relevant features from robot data13 citations · 2002
- 10Mapping and Localization from a Panoramic Vision Sensor12 citations · 2003