Papers
35
Total Citations
674
H-Index
13
About
Rafael Cisneros is a robotics researcher whose career has centered on humanoid robot systems, with deep expertise spanning teleoperation, locomotion control, fall safety, and real-world deployment. His most influential contribution, a comprehensive survey on the teleoperation of humanoid robots (2023, 236 citations), has rapidly become a foundational reference in the field, synthesizing how human cognitive capabilities can be seamlessly integrated with the physical versatility of humanoid platforms. His early work on forward and inverse kinematics laid important groundwork for accessible humanoid design, while his contributions to the HRP-2Kai platform (90 citations) directly advanced disaster-response robotics following the Fukushima crisis. Cisneros has also tackled the critical safety challenge of robot falls, proposing airbag-based impact mitigation strategies, and has pushed the boundaries of robust control through QP-solver frameworks with integral gains. His industrialization-focused research on autonomous plasterboard installation reflects a pragmatic vision for bringing humanoid robots into practical use. More recently, his work on cybernetic avatar systems and deep reinforcement learning for bipedal walking underscores a commitment to bridging cutting-edge research with real-world human-robot collaboration.
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Top Papers
- 1Teleoperation of Humanoid Robots: A Survey236 citations · 2023
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- 3Impact acceleration of falling humanoid robot with an airbag32 citations · 2016
- 4Learning Bipedal Walking On Planned Footsteps For Humanoid Robots24 citations · 2022
- 5Forward and Inverse Kinematics for a Small-Sized Humanoid Robot23 citations · 2009
- 6Robust Humanoid Control Using a QP Solver with Integral Gains21 citations · 2018
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- 10Biped Gait Control Based on Spatially Quantized Dynamics16 citations · 2018