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Total Citations
230
H-Index
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About
Francisco Ramos is a robotics researcher whose work spans flexible robot control, trajectory planning, modular robotics, mobile robot systems, and—more recently—soft robotics and smart materials. His early contributions established him as an authority on lightweight flexible robotic arms, where he developed robust control strategies capable of handling large payload variations, a notoriously challenging problem in compliant manipulator systems. His 2005 paper on strain gauge-based control garnered 53 citations, reflecting its lasting influence, while subsequent work on tip trajectory tracking and feedforward control through physically constrained trajectory design further cemented his expertise in vibration suppression and precision manipulation. Ramos has also made meaningful contributions to trajectory generation, presenting closed-form, time-optimal solutions adaptable to real-time robotic events, and to modular robotics through ontology-driven design frameworks that automate robot configuration from high-level ability specifications. His more recent research reflects a bold pivot toward soft robotics, exploring self-healing hydrogel actuators that simultaneously serve as structural and sensing elements—an elegant approach to embodied intelligence. His investigations into hysteresis modeling in soft pneumatic actuators address fundamental challenges critical to their practical deployment. Across over two decades of research, Ramos demonstrates a consistent drive to bridge theoretical rigor with real-world robotic applicability.
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- 3Ontology based design, control and programming of modular robots22 citations · 2018
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- 5Time-Optimal Online Trajectory Generator for Robotic Manipulators15 citations · 2013
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- 9Hysteresis Modeling of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: An Experimental Review8 citations · 2025
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