Papers

6

Total Citations

68

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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.

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6
Papers
68
Total Citations
11
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
A wheeled mobile robot with obstacle avoidance capability
29 citations · 2004
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2015 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 14
🏛 Institutions: Loughborough University, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, University of Bradford

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