Sarmad Shams

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Sarmad Shams is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, sensor design, and wearable technology. His primary contributions center on developing compact, lightweight optical torque sensors that address a critical challenge in robotics: the bulk and weight of traditional joint-mounted sensors. His most influential paper, "Compact and lightweight optical torque sensor for robots with increased range" (2011, 44 citations), demonstrates a novel optical technique that significantly reduces sensor footprint while maintaining high measurement accuracy. This innovation is particularly impactful for wearable robotic arms and quadruped robots, where every gram matters. Shams further extended this work with a 3-DOF optical force sensor (2011, 10 citations) and detailed fabrication methods for wearable and quadruped applications (2011, 9 citations each). More recently, he has ventured into biomedical engineering with a conceptual hybrid model for wearable cardiac monitoring (2022), showing his versatility. With over 70 total citations, Shams’ optical sensing approach has influenced subsequent work in lightweight, high-performance robotic systems.

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1. 1
   Compact and lightweight optical torque sensor for robots with increased range

   44 citations · 2011
2. 2
   A novel 3-DOF optical force sensor for wearable robotic arm

   10 citations · 2011
3. 3
   Compact design of a torque sensor using optical technique and its fabrication for wearable and quadruped robots

   9 citations · 2011
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   Compact design of a torque sensor using optical technique and its fabrication for wearable and quadruped robots

   9 citations · 2011
5. 5
   Conceptual Hybrid Model for Wearable Cardiac Monitoring System

   2 citations · 2022

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