Michel Abou-Samah
McGill University, Metric Systems Corporation (United States)
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About
Michel Abou-Samah is a robotics researcher whose work centers on cooperative multi-robot systems, mobile manipulation, and motion planning for autonomous collectives. His research has made significant contributions to the theoretical and computational foundations governing how groups of mobile manipulators can collaborate to transport large payloads — tasks too demanding or complex for any single robotic agent to accomplish alone. Among his most influential contributions is the development of screw-theoretic analysis frameworks for cooperative payload transport, a mathematically rigorous approach that models the coordinated motion of robot collectives with precision. His 2006 paper on this topic has garnered 43 citations and remains a key reference in the field. Complementing this, his work on kinematically compatible frameworks for nonholonomic mobile manipulators — robots subject to rolling-without-slipping constraints — has earned 31 citations, reflecting its broad relevance to real-world robotic platforms. Earlier work from 2002 tackled optimal configuration selection and decentralized kinematic control, laying groundwork for scalable, modular robot teams. Across his publications, Abou-Samah has helped bridge abstract mathematical tools like screw theory with practical multi-robot coordination challenges, making his research valuable to students and engineers designing the next generation of collaborative autonomous systems.
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