Marimuthu Palaniswami

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Marimuthu Palaniswami is a distinguished researcher whose work spans robotics control systems, neural network-based adaptive control, and emerging applications in rehabilitation engineering and smart city technologies. His most influential contributions lie in the domain of robust control for robotic manipulators, where his 1994 paper on robust tracking control using variable structure compensators — garnering 88 citations — established foundational methods for managing large system uncertainties in rigid robotic systems. Building on this foundation, his 2002 work introduced an RBF neural network-driven adaptive sliding mode control scheme (56 citations), eliminating the need for prior knowledge of uncertainty bounds and marking a significant practical advance in intelligent robotic control. His earlier 1993 contributions to adaptive Cartesian-space control further demonstrated his commitment to globally stable, computationally tractable solutions. Palaniswami's research later expanded into cloud robotics for smart city crowd management and robot exoskeleton-assisted stroke rehabilitation, reflecting a visionary ability to apply control expertise to pressing societal challenges. Collectively, his body of work, spanning over three decades and drawing more than 250 citations, underscores a career dedicated to bridging theoretical rigor with real-world robotic application.

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1. 1
   Robust tracking control for rigid robotic manipulators

   88 citations · 1994
2. 2
   A robust adaptive sliding mode tracking control using an RBF neural network for robotic manipulators

   56 citations · 2002
3. 3
   Adaptive control of robot manipulators in task space

   31 citations · 1993
4. 4
   Cloud-Enhanced Robotic System for Smart City Crowd Control

   23 citations · 2016
5. 5
   An improved variable structure model‐following control for robotic manipulators

   17 citations · 1993
6. 6
   A robust tracking control scheme for rigid robotic manipulators with uncertain dynamics

   14 citations · 1995
7. 7
   Decentralised Three-segment Nonlinear Sliding Mode Control For Robotic Manipulators

   7 citations · 1992
8. 8
   The Role of Serious Games in Robot Exoskeleton-Assisted Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

   6 citations · 2015
9. 9
   A robust tracking controller for robotic manipulators

   5 citations · 2003
10. 10
    Influence of stroke location on heart rate variability in robot-assistive neurorehabilitation

    3 citations · 2014

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