Papers
5
Total Citations
17
H-Index
3
About
Soraya Bououden is a leading researcher in rehabilitation robotics and nonlinear control systems, whose work is transforming how robotic exoskeletons assist individuals with disabilities and stroke-related motor impairments. Her primary contributions lie in developing advanced control strategies—including adaptive-robust, flatness-based, and fuzzy precompensator approaches—to address the complex, uncertain dynamics inherent in human-robot interaction. Bououden’s most influential papers, such as her 2022 work on a flatness tracking control scheme for a 7-degree-of-freedom rehabilitation exoskeleton, and her 2024 adaptive-robust controller for smart exoskeleton robots, each garnering 5 citations, showcase her ability to design controllers that ensure stable, precise, and disturbance-resilient movement during therapy. She has also made foundational contributions to nonlinear dynamical systems theory, introducing two novel 0-flat normal forms that provide geometric conditions for system controllability. Her 2025 paper on disturbance-resilient flatness-based control further extends her impact, targeting end-effector rehabilitation robotics. With a career spanning over a decade, Bououden’s work bridges theoretical control engineering and practical rehabilitation technology, offering robust solutions that enhance neuroplastic recovery and improve quality of life for patients.
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Top Papers
- 1Adaptive-Robust Controller for Smart Exoskeleton Robot5 citations · 2024
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- 3Control of a Bipedal Walking Robot Using a Fuzzy Precompensator3 citations · 2009
- 4Two flat normal forms for a class of nonlinear dynamical systems3 citations · 2010
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