Papers
26
Total Citations
643
H-Index
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About
Minh Tu Pham is a leading roboticist whose work spans medical robotics, rehabilitation systems, and industrial automation. His most influential contribution is the development of the COLOBOT—a silicone-rubber bending tip for semi-autonomous colonoscopy, which demonstrated how soft robotics could enable safer, more comfortable gastrointestinal examinations. This work, along with his sensor-based guidance control for continuum robots (99 citations), has helped advance minimally invasive surgical tools. In rehabilitation engineering, Pham designed a gravity-compensated upper extremity exoskeleton for post-stroke therapy, enabling effective training without continuous therapist presence. His expertise in system identification is evident in his widely cited method for estimating robot joint stiffness using bandpass filtering (67 citations), a foundational technique for improving robotic control accuracy. Pham has also made significant contributions to pneumatic servo systems, developing sliding-mode bilateral teleoperation controllers that enhance tracking and switching performance in master-slave configurations. His work on semi-autonomous mobile robots for bridge inspection (78 citations) extends his impact to infrastructure maintenance. With over 500 total citations across these domains, Pham’s research consistently bridges theoretical control methods with practical, human-centered robotic applications—from the operating room to the factory floor.
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Top Papers
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- 2A semi-autonomous mobile robot for bridge inspection78 citations · 2018
- 3Identification of joint stiffness with bandpass filtering67 citations · 2002
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- 7Gravity compensation of an upper extremity exoskeleton41 citations · 2010
- 8Design and Modeling of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton25 citations · 2009
- 9Recent Progress in Robotics: Viable Robotic Service to Human22 citations · 2007
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