Papers
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Total Citations
134
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About
Mohamed G. Alkalla is a pioneering roboticist whose work bridges climbing robotics, high-speed manipulator design, and space exploration technologies. His primary research focuses on developing novel propeller-type climbing robots, exemplified by the EJBot series, which overcome traditional adhesion limitations by using propeller thrust to climb non-ferromagnetic surfaces and navigate significant obstacles—a breakthrough for inspecting petrochemical vessels and industrial tanks. His most cited work, "Tele-operated propeller-type climbing robot for inspection of petrochemical vessels" (50 citations), demonstrates this innovation's practical impact. Alkalla's contributions extend to optimizing high-speed flexible robot arms through integrated structure/control design using topology optimization (19 citations), reducing power consumption while boosting production rates. More recently, he has ventured into planetary exploration with the DROD bio-robotic drill/sampler (5 citations), addressing the extreme constraints of space missions. His data-driven NL-WCS algorithm (2025) further advances robotics by extracting serial robot dynamics with non-linear friction modeling. With over 130 total citations and a trajectory from industrial inspection to extraterrestrial sampling, Alkalla exemplifies how fundamental robotics research can solve real-world challenges across diverse domains.
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- 4A novel propeller-type climbing robot for vessels inspection15 citations · 2015
- 5Versatile climbing robot for vessels inspection10 citations · 2015
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