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About
M. Singaperumal is a prominent robotics and intelligent systems researcher whose work spans shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators, multi-robot coordination, and autonomous robotic systems. He is perhaps best known for his highly influential 2007 critical review of SMA actuators in intelligent robots, which has garnered over 210 citations and remains a foundational reference for researchers exploring smart material-based actuation. That same year, his complementary review on nonlinear control technologies for SMA actuators — addressing challenges such as hysteresis, low bandwidth, and nonlinear behavior — further cemented his authority in the field with 66 citations. Beyond smart materials, Singaperumal has made meaningful contributions to multi-robot systems, developing innovative behavior-based formation control strategies, leader-follower frameworks, and hybrid navigation architectures for non-holonomic mobile robots. His practical focus is evident in socially impactful work, including the design of a reconfigurable autonomous sewage cleaning manipulator aimed at eliminating the dangerous practice of manual scavenging in India. With a research career spanning nearly three decades — from electrohydraulic servo systems in the 1990s to advanced autonomous robotics — Singaperumal exemplifies the breadth and depth of an engineer committed to both theoretical rigor and real-world application.
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- 5Coordination control of wheeled mobile robots â a hybrid approach9 citations · 2011
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