Papers
6
Total Citations
70
H-Index
4
About
Ali Maddahi is a robotics researcher whose work spans mobile robot calibration, mechanical design, reliability engineering, and roboethics. He is perhaps best known for his influential contributions to the calibration of wheeled mobile robots, addressing the persistent challenge of odometry errors caused by mechanical imperfections such as unequal wheel diameters, joint misalignment, and encoder slippage. His 2012 paper on differential drive robot calibration has garnered 28 citations, while his subsequent 2013 extension to omnidirectional platforms earned 24 citations, together establishing him as a leading voice in systematic approaches to mobile robot positioning accuracy. Beyond calibration, Maddahi has applied Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) to improve the reliability and design quality of wheeled mobile robots, demonstrating a practical engineering mindset that bridges theory and experimentation. His earlier work explored pick-and-place robotic systems and Cartesian robot performance evaluation. More recently, he has expanded into the ethical dimensions of robotics, publishing on roboethics in remote human interactions and rehabilitative therapeutics — a timely contribution prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic's acceleration of human-robot interaction in healthcare settings. His career reflects a thoughtful progression from mechanical precision to socially responsible robotics.
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Top Papers
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- 2Calibration of omnidirectional wheeled mobile robots: method and experiments24 citations · 2013
- 3Design Improvement of Wheeled Mobile Robots: Theory and Experiment8 citations · 2012
- 4Roboethics in Remote Human Interactions and Rehabilitative Therapeutics5 citations · 2022
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- 6Reliability and quality improvement of robotic manipulation systems2 citations · 2011