Sarjoun Skaff
Papers
7
Total Citations
149
H-Index
5
About
Sarjoun Skaff is a robotics researcher whose work spans space infrastructure, legged locomotion, and human-robot interaction. His most influential contribution, "Skyworker: a robot for assembly, inspection and maintenance of large scale orbital facilities" (2002, 80 citations), envisions autonomous robots constructing massive space structures—a prescient concept now central to modern orbital servicing and space station assembly plans. Skaff also advanced legged robotics through inertial navigation and visual line-following for the RHex hexapod (2004, 32 citations), demonstrating how simple motion models enable autonomous sensor-guided behaviors in dynamic terrain. His work on context-based state estimation (2006–2010, ~30 combined citations) introduced efficient multiple-model techniques for hybrid systems with intermittent dynamics, improving mobile robot robustness by identifying behavioral modes from onboard sensors. Later, Skaff explored remote haptic feedback from running robots (2009) and execution memory for grounding human-robot coordination (2013). His research uniquely bridges theoretical estimation methods with practical applications—from orbital construction to agile terrestrial robots—offering foundational insights for students interested in autonomous systems that operate reliably across extreme environments.
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Top Papers
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- 2Inertial navigation and visual line following for a dynamical hexapod robot32 citations · 2004
- 3A Context-Based State Estimation Technique for Hybrid Systems16 citations · 2006
- 4Remote haptic feedback from a dynamic running machine7 citations · 2009
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- 6Context identification for efficient multiple-model state estimation4 citations · 2007
- 7Execution memory for grounding and coordination3 citations · 2013