Mohammad A. Khosravi
K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Wright State University
Papers
49
Total Citations
1,160
H-Index
15
About
Mohammad A. Khosravi is a prominent robotics and control systems researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the understanding and design of cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs). His research primarily focuses on dynamic modeling, robust control, and adaptive control strategies for fully-constrained cable-driven parallel manipulators — a class of robots with significant applications in industrial automation, rehabilitation, and large-scale manipulation tasks. Khosravi's most influential contributions center on addressing the complex challenges posed by cable elasticity and system uncertainties. His 2014 trio of papers on robust PID control, singular perturbation-based dynamic modeling, and adaptive robust control — collectively amassing over 530 citations — established foundational frameworks for handling elastic cable dynamics and model uncertainties with mathematical rigor. His singular perturbation approach, which treats longitudinal cable vibrations as dominant dynamics, provided an elegant and practical pathway for controller design that the field has widely adopted. Beyond modeling and control, Khosravi has contributed to workspace optimization and tension distribution schemes, ensuring safe and efficient robot operation. His experimental validations on planar cable robots further bridge the gap between theory and practice. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 800, his body of work remains essential reading for researchers entering the growing field of cable-driven robotics.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Robust PID control of fully-constrained cable driven parallel robots232 citations · 2014
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- 3Adaptive robust control of fully-constrained cable driven parallel robots129 citations · 2014
- 4DYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF CABLE DRIVEN ROBOTS WITH ELASTIC CABLES78 citations · 2011
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- 8Experimental Performance of Robust PID Controller on a Planar Cable Robot34 citations · 2012
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