Gorka Sorrosal

About

Gorka Sorrosal is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-robot collaboration, with a particular focus on advancing automation in industrial and medical settings. His most influential work, a comprehensive review on human-robot interaction in modern industrial environments (127 citations), has become a foundational resource for understanding the challenges and solutions driving the adoption of collaborative robots. Sorrosal has made significant contributions to enhancing the accuracy of mobile manipulators and developing reinforcement learning-based control systems for complex tasks, including the disassembly of flexible elements and robotic brain retraction in neurosurgery. His innovative approach to force control in neurosurgical practice and his novel kinematic decoupled model for singularity parametrization in non-spherical wrist robots demonstrate his ability to solve intricate engineering problems with real-world impact. With a growing body of work that bridges industrial automation and medical robotics, Sorrosal’s research is shaping the future of safe, intelligent, and adaptable robotic systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Human-Robot Interaction Review: Challenges and Solutions for Modern Industrial Environments

   127 citations · 2021
2. 2
   Enhancing accuracy in Mobile Manipulators: Challenges, current solutions and future needs

   5 citations · 2025
3. 3
   Reinforcement Learning-Based Control for Robotic Flexible Element Disassembly

   4 citations · 2025
4. 4
   Robotic-Arm-Based Force Control in Neurosurgical Practice

   3 citations · 2023
5. 5
   Singularity Parametrization With a Novel Kinematic Decoupled Model for Non-Spherical Wrist Robots

   3 citations · 2023
6. 6
   Reinforcement Learning-Based Control for Collaborative Robotic Brain Retraction

   2 citations · 2024

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