Tamim Asfour
Karlsruhe University of Education, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Anthropological Research, University of Missouri, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, FZI Research Center for Information Technology, CE Technologies (United Kingdom), Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Carnegie Mellon University, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, University of California, Merced, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Papers
288
Total Citations
10,677
H-Index
52
About
Tamim Asfour is a pioneering researcher in humanoid robotics, with seminal contributions spanning robot learning, grasp synthesis, motion planning, and sensory-motor control. Based at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, his work has fundamentally shaped how robots learn from and interact with humans. His research on learning motor skills from demonstration — accumulating over 710 citations — established foundational frameworks for imitation learning, enabling robots to acquire and generalize complex movements through dynamic movement primitives. Complementing this, his highly influential survey on data-driven grasp synthesis (554 citations) and a more recent deep learning-focused review (215 citations) have become essential references for researchers tackling robotic manipulation. Asfour's development of the ARMAR-III humanoid platform (387 citations) exemplifies his commitment to building integrated systems capable of operating in real human environments. His contributions to manipulation planning, inverse kinematics, and the KIT whole-body human motion database further demonstrate the remarkable breadth of his impact. With thousands of citations across a decade-spanning body of work, Asfour represents a central figure in advancing robots that can perceive, reason, and act with human-like dexterity and adaptability.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Learning and generalization of motor skills by learning from demonstration710 citations · 2009
- 21Data-Driven Grasp Synthesis- A Survey554 citations · 2016
- 3ARMAR-III: An Integrated Humanoid Platform for Sensory-Motor Control387 citations · 2006
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- 5Manipulation Planning Among Movable Obstacles252 citations · 2007
- 6Design of the TUAT/Karlsruhe humanoid hand230 citations · 2002
- 7Deep Learning Approaches to Grasp Synthesis: A Review215 citations · 2023
- 8The KIT whole-body human motion database209 citations · 2015
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- 10Humanoid motion planning for dual-arm manipulation and re-grasping tasks167 citations · 2009