About

O. Motlagh is a leading researcher in autonomous mobile robotics, with a career focused on enabling robots to navigate complex, unknown, and dynamic environments without human intervention. His work centers on the integration of intelligent control architectures, reactive navigation, and collision avoidance systems. Motlagh’s most influential contribution is the development of a novel minimum avoidance system for behavior-based mobile robots, which has garnered 89 citations and remains a foundational reference in the field. He has also authored a highly cited review on control architectures for autonomous navigation (85 citations), providing a critical taxonomy of how sensing, planning, and reaction are unified in robotic systems. His innovative use of expert fuzzy cognitive maps for reactive navigation (81 citations) and sampling-based tabu search for online path planning (26 citations) demonstrates his commitment to practical, real-time solutions. With over 380 total citations, Motlagh’s research has shaped how robots perceive and act in uncertain environments, making him a key figure in the advancement of intelligent, autonomous systems for both academic and industrial applications.

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Key Achievements

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H-Index
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Papers
395
Total Citations
30
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Development of a new minimum avoidance system for a behavior-based mobile robot
89 citations · 2008
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2011 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 16
🏛 Institutions: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Technical University of Malaysia Malacca, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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    A review of control architectures for autonomous navigation of mobile robots
    85 citations · 2011
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