Robert C. Richardson
Papers
42
Total Citations
898
H-Index
16
About
Robert C. Richardson is a robotics engineer and researcher whose work spans rehabilitation robotics, novel actuator technologies, pipeline inspection, and advanced manufacturing. He is perhaps best known for his pivotal role in developing the Intelligent Pneumatic Arm Movement (iPAM) system, a dual-robot platform designed to deliver safe, therapeutic upper-limb rehabilitation to stroke patients — a population for whom access to intensive physiotherapy remains critically limited. His control strategies for iPAM, including impedance and admittance control schemes, have collectively accumulated hundreds of citations, with his 2009 cooperative control paper alone garnering 142 citations. Beyond rehabilitation, Richardson made early contributions to the control of ionic polymer metal composite actuators (103 citations), exploring compact and versatile alternatives to traditional robotic actuation. His research extends into pipeline inspection robotics, addressing the challenging class of "unpiggable" pipelines (58 citations), and multi-axis additive manufacturing, where his robotic system enabling dynamic build orientations has attracted growing attention (53 citations). A consistent thread throughout Richardson's career is the translation of engineering innovation into real clinical and industrial impact, exemplified by his emphasis on user involvement in rehabilitation device design.
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- 2Control of ionic polymer metal composites103 citations · 2003
- 3Advances in the Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines58 citations · 2017
- 4Robotic additive manufacturing system for dynamic build orientations53 citations · 2020
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- 10Initial patient testing of iPAM - a robotic system for Stroke rehabilitation30 citations · 2007