Papers
16
Total Citations
482
H-Index
12
About
Mohamed Taha Chikhaoui is a prominent robotics researcher whose work centers on the modeling, control, and design of continuum robots — flexible, biologically inspired manipulators with transformative potential in minimally invasive medicine. His research spans tendon-actuated systems, concentric tube robots (CTRs), and soft robotic actuation, consistently bridging theoretical rigor with practical medical applications. Chikhaoui has made foundational contributions to continuum robot modeling, most notably through his comparative studies of modeling approaches for tendon-actuated robots (90 citations) and his authoritative treatment of Cosserat rod theory from both Newtonian and Lagrangian perspectives (62 citations) — work that has become essential reading for researchers navigating this mathematically demanding field. His exploration of helical tendon routing (57 citations) revealed significant untapped design potential, while his development of eye-in-hand visual servoing for CTRs (56 citations) advanced autonomous control capabilities for miniaturized surgical robots. His investigations into dual-arm CTR coordination (49 citations) further extended the frontier toward automated surgical assistance. With over 440 cumulative citations across his published work, Chikhaoui has established himself as a key voice in surgical robotics, contributing equally to fundamental theory, novel actuation strategies including electroactive polymers, and the critical challenge of bringing continuum robots into reliable clinical practice.
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- 3On the merits of helical tendon routing in continuum robots57 citations · 2017
- 4Eye-in-Hand Visual Servoing of Concentric Tube Robots56 citations · 2018
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- 7Control of Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: State of the Art39 citations · 2018
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- 10Continuum concentric push–pull robots: A Cosserat rod model12 citations · 2024