Papers
24
Total Citations
272
H-Index
10
About
Hadi Kalani is a robotics and mechanical engineering researcher whose work spans bio-inspired robotics, rehabilitation engineering, parallel mechanisms, and autonomous mobile systems. His most influential contribution — a 2015 paper on dynamic modeling of the Gough–Stewart platform using the principle of virtual work — has garnered 61 citations, establishing him as a notable voice in parallel robot mechanics. Kalani has made sustained contributions to snake robot locomotion, developing kinematic and dynamic frameworks for traveling wave, concertina, and worm-like gaits across multiple publications spanning 2010 to 2012, collectively demonstrating a deep engagement with biologically motivated movement strategies. A particularly distinctive thread of Kalani's research is the intersection of robotics and medical rehabilitation. His work on sEMG-based masticatory robotics — integrating surface electromyography, central pattern generators, and bio-inspired control architectures — addresses the underexplored challenge of jaw rehabilitation technology, reflected in several publications between 2015 and 2019. He has also contributed to omnidirectional mobile robotics through a self-tuning fuzzy PID framework for Mecanum-wheeled platforms, and to industrial robotics via a high-voltage transmission line inspection robot. With a diverse and practically oriented portfolio, Kalani represents a researcher bridging computational modeling, biomechanics, and real-world robotic application.
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Top Papers
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- 3Towards an SEMG-based tele-operated robot for masticatory rehabilitation22 citations · 2016
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- 5H2M robot: a new prototype robot for insulation of high voltage transmission18 citations · 2018
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- 7Design and Modeling of a Snake Robot Based on Worm-Like Locomotion15 citations · 2012
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- 10Generating Snake Robot Concertina Locomotion Using a New Dynamic Curve10 citations · 2011