Seri Mastura Mustaza

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Dr. Seri Mastura Mustaza is a leading researcher in soft robotics, with a focus on developing safe, flexible, and controllable robotic systems for medical and industrial applications. Her work centers on the design, modeling, and control of soft continuum manipulators—robots that can bend and flex like biological tissues—making them ideal for minimally invasive surgery. Her most cited paper (80 citations) introduces a visco-hyperelastic material-based continuum mechanics model for fiber-reinforced soft manipulators, enabling more accurate dynamic control. She has also pioneered tunable stiffness control for surgical manipulators (20 citations), addressing a critical challenge in real-time surgical applications. Beyond medical robotics, Dr. Mustaza has contributed to agricultural teleoperation and educational robotics, including a study on strengthening programming skills through experiential learning (13 citations). Her innovative work includes the first demonstration of a pneumatic soft continuum robot safely performing teleoperated diathermic tissue-cutting (6 citations). With a growing portfolio of publications spanning modeling, control, and practical deployment, Dr. Mustaza is advancing the frontier of soft robotics, making surgical interventions safer and more precise.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Dynamic Modeling of Fiber-Reinforced Soft Manipulator: A Visco-Hyperelastic Material-Based Continuum Mechanics Approach

   80 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Stiffness Control for Soft Surgical Manipulators

   20 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Strengthening programming skills among engineering students through experiential learning based robotics project

   13 citations · 2020
4. 4
   Kinematic Modeling of A Low Cost 4 DOF Robot Arm System

   10 citations · 2020
5. 5
   A Material-Based Model for the Simulation and Control of Soft Robot Actuator

   6 citations · 2017
6. 6
   Safe Testing of Electrical Diathermy Cutting Using a New Generation Soft Manipulator

   6 citations · 2018
7. 7
   Bilateral Teleoperation with a Shared Design of Master and Slave Devices for Robotic Excavators in Agricultural Applications

   5 citations · 2023
8. 8
   Tuneable Stiffness Design of Soft Continuum Manipulator

   5 citations · 2015
9. 9
   Visual Servo Algorithm of Robot Arm Simulation for Dynamic Tracking and Grasping Application

   3 citations · 2022
10. 10
    Modelling and control of a flexible soft robotic uterine elevator.

    2 citations · 2018

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