Mircea Murar
Papers
9
Total Citations
129
H-Index
6
About
Mircea Murar is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of smart manufacturing, reconfigurable systems, and medical robotics. His most influential contribution, "Design of smart connected manufacturing resources to enable changeability, reconfigurability and total-cost-of-ownership models in the factory-of-the-future" (2017, 46 citations), established a foundational framework for Industry 4.0-ready factories, addressing how future production systems can adapt dynamically to market demands while optimizing ownership costs. This work is complemented by his research on vertical integration of cyber-physical systems and Manufacturing Execution Systems, demonstrating practical implementations with collaborative robots (2018, 26 citations). Murar has consistently advanced the concept of reconfigurable manufacturing, exploring servitization, intelligent robotic work cells, and IoT-enabled monitoring as pathways toward sustainable, flexible production. His earlier work on smart robotic axes and remote robotic arm control laid important groundwork for connected industrial systems. More recently, Murar has expanded into medical robotics, developing home-based cardiac telerehabilitation systems integrating robotic exoskeletons and virtual reality for post-surgical recovery — work that has already garnered notable attention (15 citations). His research reflects a rare breadth, bridging industrial automation with healthcare innovation, making him a distinctive voice in the engineering community.
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- 2Smart CPS: vertical integration overview and user story with a cobot26 citations · 2018
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- 4Home-Based Robotic Upper Limbs Cardiac Telerehabilitation System15 citations · 2022
- 5A Literature Survey on Reconfigurable Industrial Robotic Work Cells8 citations · 2015
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