Zubair Iqbal
Papers
18
Total Citations
464
H-Index
13
About
Zubair Iqbal is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of rehabilitation engineering, soft robotics, and human-robot interaction. His research spans three closely intertwined domains: wearable exoskeletons for rehabilitation, underactuated soft robotic grippers, and supernumerary robotic fingers for hand augmentation — areas with profound implications for patients with neurological conditions and upper limb impairments. Among his most influential contributions is his work on hand and wrist exoskeletons for rehabilitation and training, which has garnered 84 citations, reflecting the growing clinical demand for autonomous physiotherapy tools. His modeling frameworks for soft robotic fingers — grounded in screw theory and the discrete Cosserat approach — have provided the field with rigorous mathematical foundations for designing compliant, modular grippers, earning 54 and 50 citations respectively. His innovative Co-Gripper and bilateral haptic cooperation paradigm have advanced safe, intuitive human-robot collaboration in shared workspaces. Iqbal has also pioneered wearable supernumerary robotic fingers inspired by the Fin Ray effect, offering novel compensatory solutions for sensorimotor-impaired patients. With over 380 cumulative citations across his top works, his research consistently bridges theoretical elegance with practical, socially impactful prototyping, making him a notable voice in assistive and collaborative robotics.
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- 7Soft Hands with Embodied Constraints: The Soft ScoopGripper24 citations · 2019
- 8Bilateral Haptic Collaboration for Human-Robot Cooperative Tasks24 citations · 2020
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