Stefan Krumpen

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Total Citations

117

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About

Stefan Krumpen is a leading researcher at the intersection of immersive teleoperation and human-aware robotics, with a focus on creating intuitive, safe, and socially acceptable interactions between humans and machines. His most influential work, "A VR System for Immersive Teleoperation and Live Exploration with a Mobile Robot" (111 citations), addresses critical challenges in disaster management and industrial inspection by enabling experts to remotely navigate hazardous environments through a fully immersive virtual reality interface, eliminating the need for physical presence. Krumpen has also made significant contributions to human-robot coexistence, developing novel frameworks for service robots to provide timely, context-aware assistance to users in domestic settings. His research on "Human-Aware Robot Navigation Based on Learned Cost Values from User Studies" (2021) extends traditional proximity-based navigation by incorporating visibility and predictability parameters derived directly from user studies, ensuring robots move in ways that feel natural and non-intrusive. Through his work on human-aware placement and navigation, Krumpen is paving the way for service robots that harmoniously integrate into everyday human environments, balancing operational efficiency with social intelligence.