Basma Hasanen
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4
Total Citations
27
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About
Basma Hasanen is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of assistive robotics and agricultural AI, whose work is redefining human augmentation and sensory intelligence. Her primary research areas include supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs) for post-stroke rehabilitation, variable stiffness actuators, and visual-tactile sensing for fruit ripeness assessment. Hasanen’s major contributions lie in designing novel wearable robotic systems that restore lost degrees of freedom in hemiplegic patients, as evidenced by her 2022 paper on SRLs with variable stiffness actuators (11 citations). She further advanced the field with a twisted string actuated flexure joint for bimanual tasks (6 citations), addressing critical limitations in wearability and portability. In a striking interdisciplinary leap, Hasanen introduced SwishFormer (2025, 7 citations), a deep learning architecture that fuses visual and tactile imagery for robust fruit ripeness recognition—a breakthrough for non-invasive agricultural quality control. Her focus group study on extra-robotic finger redesign (3 citations) underscores her commitment to user-centered design, ensuring functional enhancement without motor interference. With a growing citation footprint and a vision spanning rehabilitation robotics to precision agriculture, Hasanen is shaping a future where machines seamlessly extend human capability.
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