Rolf Pfeifer

13.6k citations
160 papers · 7.9k · 4 hit papers · h-index 39

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Rolf Pfeifer

156 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Rolf Pfeifer's Hit Papers

Self-Organization, Embodiment, and Biologically Inspired Robotics 2007 · 847 citations
8470+9+18Years since publication250500750

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Rolf Pfeifer
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  • Cognitive Neuroscience 2.2k
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.2k
  • Control and Systems Engineering 1.5k
  • Biomedical Engineering 2.8k
  • Condensed Matter Physics 648
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi Japan
Francesco Mondada Switzerland
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Koh Hosoda Japan
Aude Billard Switzerland
Maurizio Porfiri United States
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rolf Pfeifer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Self-Organization, Embodiment, and Biologically Inspired Robotics
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2007847
2
Understanding Intelligence
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1999576
3
How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence
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2006553
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How the Body Shapes the Way We Think
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2006509
5 2000372
6
Connectionism in Perspective
1989370
7 2003354
8 2012304
9 2011226
10 2015212
11 2016163
12 1997149
13 2010141
14 2016123
15 2013117
16 1997110
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How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence (Bradford Books)
200696
18 201894
19 200889
20 200588

About Rolf Pfeifer

Rolf Pfeifer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 160 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (29 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (22 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (21 papers), Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (17 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (16 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (15 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (2.2k citations), Artificial Intelligence (2.2k citations), Control and Systems Engineering (1.5k citations), Biomedical Engineering (2.8k citations) and Condensed Matter Physics (648 citations). Rolf Pfeifer has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Japan and United States. Frequent co-authors include Josh Bongard, Fumiya Iida, Max Lungarella, Christian Scheier, Helmut Häuser, Kohei Nakajima, Rüdiger Wehner, Dimitrios Lambrinos, Thomas Labhart and Zoltan Schreter. Their work appears in journals such as Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Artificial Life, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Biological Cybernetics and Advanced Robotics.

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