Papers
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Total Citations
529
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About
Isma Akli is a robotics researcher whose work spans human-robot interaction, mobile manipulation, and autonomous systems in industrial environments. Over more than a decade of scholarship, Akli has made sustained contributions to understanding how robotic systems can be designed, controlled, and deployed alongside human workers in real-world settings. Akli's most influential contribution is a comprehensive literature review of human-robot interaction in industrial collaborative robotics covering the period 2008–2017, which has accumulated an impressive 432 citations and stands as a key reference for researchers entering the field. This work reflects a broader commitment to synthesizing knowledge at the frontier of cobotic technology, where humans and robots increasingly share workspaces. Beyond survey work, Akli has developed practical expertise in mobile manipulators — robotic systems that combine locomotive platforms with articulated arms. Their research addresses trajectory planning, manipulability analysis, teleoperation interfaces, and multi-agent control architectures, contributing both theoretical frameworks and applied case studies. Notable works explore how human operators interact with remotely controlled mobile manipulators, and how mission allocation can be optimized across human-robot teams in industrial settings. Akli's body of work offers valuable insights for students and engineers working at the intersection of autonomous robotics, human factors, and smart manufacturing.
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- 2Motion analysis of a mobile manipulator executing pick-up tasks19 citations · 2015
- 3Mobile Manipulation: A Case Study17 citations · 2010
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