Fatma Abdelhedi
Papers
16
Total Citations
96
H-Index
7
About
Fatma Abdelhedi is a control systems and robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of advanced control theory and real-world robotic applications. Her research spans nonlinear control design, sliding mode control, fractional-order systems, and cooperative multi-robot coordination, with a growing focus on socially impactful applications in rehabilitation robotics. Abdelhedi's early contributions established robust frameworks for trajectory tracking in robotic manipulators, including nonlinear PID and feedforward strategies (2014, 12 citations) and distributed sliding mode control for networked robotic systems (2013, 9 citations). She has made particularly notable advances in sliding mode control, progressing from first- and second-order formulations—demonstrating meaningful energy savings in SCARA robot applications (2016, 10 citations)—to sophisticated fractional-order and fuzzy-augmented strategies that optimize the trade-off between control energy and transient performance. Her humanitarian dimension is equally compelling: a 2018 project developing rehabilitation robotics for children with cerebral palsy (9 citations) exemplifies her commitment to translating theory into therapeutic tools. Her more recent work on exoskeleton control for mobility-impaired individuals continues this trajectory. With publications spanning over a decade and consistent citation impact across multiple research threads, Abdelhedi represents a thoughtful and technically rigorous voice in modern robotics and intelligent control research.
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Top Papers
- 1Nonlinear PID and feedforward control of robotic manipulators12 citations · 2014
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- 6Distributed sliding mode control of cooperative robotic manipulators9 citations · 2013
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