Oussama Khatib
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Oussama Khatib is a prominent roboticist known for his pioneering work in robot motion planning, control, and human-robot interaction.
All labels observed (1)
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| Oussama Khatib canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T368155 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oussama Khatib Context triple: [IEEE Robotics and Automation Award, notableRecipient, Oussama Khatib]
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Hassan Aref
Hassan Aref was a prominent physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics, particularly in vortex dynamics and chaotic advection.
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B.
Nazlet El-Semman
Nazlet El-Semman is a village on the outskirts of Giza in Egypt, best known as the primary gateway settlement to the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx plateau.
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C.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Mostafa Madbouly
Mostafa Madbouly is an Egyptian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Egypt, overseeing the country's executive government.
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E.
Rawhi Fattouh
Rawhi Fattouh is a Palestinian politician who has served in senior leadership roles within the Palestinian Authority, including a brief tenure as interim president following Yasser Arafat’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oussama Khatib Target entity description: Oussama Khatib is a prominent roboticist known for his pioneering work in robot motion planning, control, and human-robot interaction.
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A.
Hassan Aref
Hassan Aref was a prominent physicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics, particularly in vortex dynamics and chaotic advection.
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B.
Nazlet El-Semman
Nazlet El-Semman is a village on the outskirts of Giza in Egypt, best known as the primary gateway settlement to the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx plateau.
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C.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Mostafa Madbouly
Mostafa Madbouly is an Egyptian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Egypt, overseeing the country's executive government.
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E.
Rawhi Fattouh
Rawhi Fattouh is a Palestinian politician who has served in senior leadership roles within the Palestinian Authority, including a brief tenure as interim president following Yasser Arafat’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
engineer
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person ⓘ roboticist ⓘ |
| affiliation | IEEE ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
IEEE RAS Pioneer Award
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Award ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (Supaéro) ⓘ |
| employer | Stanford University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
autonomous robots
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force control ⓘ haptic interaction ⓘ human-robot interaction ⓘ redundant manipulators ⓘ robot control ⓘ robot motion planning ⓘ robotics ⓘ whole-body control ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
computer science
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electrical engineering ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
humanoid robots
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multi-contact locomotion ⓘ robot safety in human environments ⓘ task-space control ⓘ teleoperation ⓘ underwater robotics ⓘ |
| influenced |
research in compliant robot control
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research in humanoid robotics ⓘ research in safe physical human-robot interaction ⓘ |
| knownFor |
operational space formulation in robotics
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pioneering work in human-robot interaction ⓘ pioneering work in robot control ⓘ pioneering work in robot motion planning ⓘ potential field approach to obstacle avoidance ⓘ |
| memberOf | IEEE Robotics and Automation Society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
control of floating-base robots
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haptic teleoperation of underwater robots ⓘ human-centered robotics ⓘ operational space control ⓘ potential field methods for robot motion planning ⓘ real-time obstacle avoidance for manipulators ⓘ task-consistent redundancy resolution ⓘ whole-body dynamic behavior in humanoid robots ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Stanford Robotics Lab
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professor of computer science ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Stanford University Department of Computer Science
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linked to:
Stanford Computer Science Department
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oussama Khatib Description of subject: Oussama Khatib is a prominent roboticist known for his pioneering work in robot motion planning, control, and human-robot interaction.
Referenced by (3)
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