Papers
6
Total Citations
58
H-Index
4
About
Noura Achour’s research lies at the intersection of multi-robot systems, energy-efficient exploration, and rehabilitation robotics. Her most influential work tackles the fundamental challenge of coordinating teams of mobile robots to explore unknown environments while respecting critical energy constraints. In her 2019 paper on “Multi-robot Coordination for Energy-Efficient Exploration” (20 citations), she introduced strategies that minimize exploration time by intelligently assigning frontier targets—the boundaries between known and unknown space—to each robot based on their remaining power. This work, along with her earlier studies on coordinated exploration (2017, 9 citations) and energy-aware task allocation (2016, 5 citations), has shaped how researchers approach sustainable multi-robot missions. Beyond field robotics, Achour has made notable contributions to medical robotics, developing robust sliding mode controllers for a 5-DOF exoskeleton used in upper-limb physiotherapy (2021, 3 citations), and designing adaptive control systems for pneumatic artificial muscles (2017, 2 citations). Her work demonstrates a rare ability to bridge fundamental coordination theory with practical, energy-conscious applications—from planetary rovers to rehabilitation devices—making her a versatile voice in modern robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Multi-robot Coordination for Energy-Efficient Exploration20 citations · 2019
- 2Motion analysis of a mobile manipulator executing pick-up tasks19 citations · 2015
- 3A novel approach for coordinated multi-robot exploration9 citations · 2017
- 4Robot's energy consumption based multi-robot exploration strategy5 citations · 2016
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