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Sheraz Yaqub is a robotics researcher whose work spans snake robot locomotion, assistive exoskeletons, and autonomous navigation in dynamic environments. His most cited paper, "A Spiral Curve Gait Design for a Modular Snake Robot Moving on a Pipe" (2019, 24 citations), introduces a novel gait pattern that enables snake robots to traverse curved pipes—a critical contribution to inspection and maintenance robotics in constrained industrial settings. In assistive robotics, Yaqub developed a "Muscle circumference sensor and model reference-based adaptive impedance control for upper limb assist exoskeleton robot" (2016, 15 citations), which uses real-time muscle measurements to adaptively control exoskeleton assistance, improving human-robot interaction for rehabilitation. His work on "Collision Avoidance from Multiple Passive Agents with Partially Predictable Behavior" (2017, 8 citations) addresses the fundamental challenge of navigating robots through crowds by accounting for unpredictable pedestrian movements under kinodynamic constraints. Yaqub’s research demonstrates a consistent focus on bridging theoretical motion planning with practical robotic systems, from serpentine locomotion to human-centered assistive devices, making tangible contributions to both industrial and rehabilitation robotics.