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Total Citations
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About
Norma Lozada‐Castillo is a leading researcher at the intersection of mechatronics, renewable energy, and advanced robotics. Her work is defined by two major thrusts: the development of intelligent solar tracking systems and the control of complex robotic manipulators. In solar energy, she pioneered the mechatronic design of a two-axis sun tracking photovoltaic system driven by a robotic sensor (55 citations) and introduced heuristic approaches to balance tracking accuracy with energy consumption (25 citations). She has also advanced adaptive and active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) schemes for solar trackers with partially known models (14 citations), significantly improving their robustness. In robotics, Lozada‐Castillo has made seminal contributions to the control of flexible-joint arms (30 citations) and snake-like robots actuated by shape memory alloys (23 citations), including a multi-link endoscopic manipulator (21 citations). Her work on proportional retarded control eliminates the need for velocity measurements in robot manipulators (13 citations), while her leader-follower ADRC strategies for omnidirectional and differential-drive mobile robots (9, 8 citations) address critical formation control challenges. With over 200 total citations, her research consistently bridges theoretical control innovation with practical, energy-efficient robotic and solar systems.
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- 4Snake Robot with Motion Based on Shape Memory Alloy Spring-Shaped Actuators23 citations · 2024
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- 8Proportional Retarded Control of Robot Manipulators13 citations · 2019
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