Papers
6
Total Citations
68
H-Index
3
About
Robert Parkin is a robotics researcher whose work spans mobile robotics, climbing robots, and nonprehensile manipulation. His most influential contribution is a wheeled mobile robot with obstacle avoidance capability (29 citations), which addresses fundamental challenges in autonomous navigation. Parkin also developed a concept selection method for designing climbing robots (27 citations), inspired by the VDI model and Pugh's weighted matrix, providing a systematic framework for conceptual design based on an extensive literature review. His innovative work on ball positioning in robotic billiards (5 citations) explores nonprehensile manipulation, demonstrating how robots can interact with objects without grasping. Additionally, Parkin contributed to agricultural automation through tracking linear trajectories with the Spider® synchro-drive grass mower mobile robot (3 citations), supporting the UK Food Supply Chain Automation Group's efforts. His research on obstacle avoidance methods, including path planning and artificial potential fields, further solidifies his expertise in mobile robot navigation. Parkin’s work, though modest in citation counts, offers practical methodologies and novel applications that inspire further exploration in robotics, particularly in climbing robot design and nonprehensile manipulation.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A wheeled mobile robot with obstacle avoidance capability29 citations · 2004
- 2A Concept Selection Method for Designing Climbing Robots27 citations · 2015
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- 5Evadiendo obstáculos con robots móviles2 citations · 2005
- 6Iterative learning‐based laser beam tracker2 citations · 2007