Papers
14
Total Citations
208
H-Index
8
About
Amir Molaei is a robotics researcher whose work spans surgical robotics, rehabilitation engineering, and advanced control systems for parallel robotic mechanisms. He has made significant contributions to the field of cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs), developing innovative tension distribution and control strategies that address one of the domain's most persistent challenges: ensuring cables maintain strictly positive tension forces in real-time applications. His series of papers on control-based tension distribution, nonlinear observer methods, and noniterative constrained control — collectively garnering over 90 citations — has meaningfully advanced the practical deployment of CDPRs beyond computationally expensive optimization techniques. Molaei's broader impact extends into medical and assistive robotics. His early work on robotic-assisted vitreoretinal surgery (38 citations) highlighted the transformative potential of precision robotics in ophthalmological procedures, while his portable, low-cost 3D-printed wrist rehabilitation robot (31 citations) demonstrated a commitment to accessible clinical solutions. His dynamic formulation of spherical parallel manipulators using the Gibbs-Appell method (27 citations) further reflects his theoretical depth. Together, his research paints the portrait of a versatile engineer bridging fundamental robot mechanics with real-world medical and rehabilitation applications.
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Top Papers
- 1Toward the Art of Robotic-assisted Vitreoretinal Surgery.38 citations · 2017
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- 5Active fault-tolerant control of cable-driven parallel robots23 citations · 2022
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