Papers
7
Total Citations
138
H-Index
3
About
Muhammad Mujtaba is a robotics researcher whose work spans foundational robot control theory to practical field robotics. He is best known for his seminal contributions to hybrid position/force control, where he resolved a long-standing misconception about "kinematic instability" in robot manipulators. His 1992 paper, with 98 citations, conclusively demonstrated that instability was not inherent to the scheme but resulted from an incomplete formulation—specifically identifying the inverse Jacobian matrix as the root cause. He further established a sufficient stability condition using only kinematic information to predict system behavior. Beyond theoretical contributions, Mujtaba has advanced practical robotics for search and rescue, designing a semi-autonomous stair-climbing UGV and an in-parallel actuated 3-DOF manipulator for rough terrains. He also developed an image-based visual servoing system for object tracking from ground vehicles. His early work at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories integrated motor control chips for coordinated robot motions. With a career spanning from foundational control theory to modern field applications, Mujtaba’s research has shaped how robots interact with and navigate complex environments.
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Top Papers
- 1Hybrid Position/Force Control: A Correct Formulation98 citations · 1992
- 2Sufficient stability condition for hybrid position/force control25 citations · 1992
- 3Minimum ratio-locked profile times for robot trajectories6 citations · 1988
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- 7Using the HCTL-1000 Motor Control Chip for Coordinated Robot Motions2 citations · 1988