Sami A. Mostafa
Papers
2
Total Citations
12
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2
About
Sami A. Mostafa is a researcher specializing in mobile robotics, with a primary focus on path planning and motion planning in dynamic environments. His work addresses the critical challenge of enabling robots to navigate efficiently when faced with sudden or moving obstacles. Mostafa’s major contributions center on optimizing the wave expansion approach, a method used to map environments for robot navigation. In his 2009 paper, "Robot Path Planning Using Wave Expansion Approach Virtual Target," he introduced a technique to avoid the computationally expensive full wave expansion in large-scale settings, significantly reducing processing time. This work has garnered 7 citations, reflecting its relevance in the field. His follow-up paper, "Mobile Robot Path Planning Using Wavefront Approach with WEFO," further refined this method by integrating a wave expansion front optimization (WEFO) strategy, earning 5 citations. Together, these studies offer practical solutions for real-time navigation, making them valuable for researchers developing autonomous systems. Mostafa’s contributions are notable for their focus on efficiency in dynamic scenarios, a key requirement for modern robotics applications like warehouse automation or search-and-rescue operations.
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Top Papers
- 1Robot Path Planning Using Wave Expansion Approach Virtual Target7 citations · 2009
- 2Mobile Robot Path Planning Using Wavefront Approach with WEFO5 citations · 2009