Papers
9
Total Citations
132
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About
Ahmad Mashayekhi is a leading researcher in the field of haptic rendering and human-robot interaction, with a focus on stability analysis and device design. His work addresses the critical challenge of ensuring stable and realistic force feedback in haptic systems, particularly when interacting with stiff virtual environments. Mashayekhi’s major contributions include deriving closed-form equations for stability and passivity, accounting for factors like damping, time delay, friction, and human operator influence. His 2018 paper on analytical stability criteria, with 44 citations, provides a foundational tool for predicting haptic device behavior. He also designed the VirSense haptic interface (2014, 16 citations), a novel six-DOF system with fixed-base motors and gravity compensation, showcasing his ability to translate theory into practical hardware. More recently, he has explored using artificial intelligence and redundancy resolution to further enhance stability and performance. With over 130 total citations, Mashayekhi’s work is essential for advancing the reliability and safety of haptic technologies in applications from surgical simulation to virtual reality.
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Top Papers
- 1Analytical Stability Criterion in Haptic Rendering: The Role of Damping44 citations · 2018
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- 3Delay-Dependent Stability Analysis in Haptic Rendering19 citations · 2019
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- 8Improving Haptic Device Stability through Redundancy Resolution4 citations · 2022
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