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Enrique Amezua is a leading researcher in the field of robotics, with a primary focus on parallel manipulators and their practical applications in industrial inspection. His work centers on the kinematic analysis, workspace computation, and singularity mapping of parallel robots, providing foundational tools for understanding their motion capabilities and limitations. Amezua’s most cited paper, “Obtaining configuration space and singularity maps for parallel manipulators” (2009, 36 citations), is a key contribution that enables researchers to systematically analyze robot performance. He also developed a software tool to compute and visualize workspaces of parallel kinematics robots, enhancing accessibility for the robotics community. In applied robotics, Amezua designed a robot for non-destructive testing of weld inspections in offshore mooring chains (2018, 11 citations), addressing critical safety needs in maritime infrastructure by automating ultrasonic flaw detection. His recent work on the Parallel Continuum Delta robot (2024) explores flexible quasi-translational designs, pushing the boundaries of traditional rigid parallel manipulators for pick-and-place tasks. With a career spanning foundational theory to impactful industrial solutions, Amezua’s research demonstrates a commitment to both advancing robotic science and solving real-world engineering challenges.