Usman Ayub Sheikh

National University of Science and Technology, National University of Sciences and Technology

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Usman Ayub Sheikh is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on autonomous navigation and low-cost robotic systems. His most cited paper, "A comparison of various robotic control architectures for autonomous navigation of mobile robots" (2014, 13 citations), provides a foundational analysis of the four critical pillars of mobile robot autonomy: perception, localization, cognition, and motion control. This comparative study helps researchers and engineers select appropriate control architectures for navigation tasks. Sheikh also demonstrates practical engineering ingenuity in "Design and manufacturing of a low-cost 2-DOF autonomous sentry gun" (2016), where he addresses the challenge of making security robotics affordable. By developing a self-sufficient sentry system with two degrees of freedom, he challenges the assumption that high-performance robotic security solutions must be prohibitively expensive. While his citation counts are modest, his work bridges the gap between theoretical control architectures and real-world, cost-effective implementations. Sheikh's contributions are particularly valuable for researchers and students interested in accessible robotics solutions that maintain functionality while reducing financial barriers to entry in autonomous systems development.