Papers
63
Total Citations
1,389
H-Index
22
About
S. Farokh Atashzar is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of surgical robotics, haptics, and neurorehabilitation engineering, whose work has fundamentally advanced how humans and robots interact in clinical and therapeutic settings. His research spans teleoperation systems, human-robot interfacing, and intelligent mechatronics, with a particular focus on making robotic technologies safer, more stable, and more clinically meaningful. Atashzar's most cited work — a 2022 overview of haptic feedback in surgical robotics (181 citations) — has become a landmark reference for the field, mapping the landscape of force-based teleoperation and sensorimotor skill transfer in minimally invasive surgery. His contributions to passivity-based stability control (75 citations) addressed a critical challenge in ensuring safe patient-robot interaction during haptics-enabled rehabilitation. Beyond foundational theory, he has designed adaptive rehabilitation frameworks for stroke and tremor patients, developed EMG-based human-robot interfaces generalizable across users, and championed the role of robotics in remote healthcare delivery during COVID-19 (92 citations). With over ten highly cited publications spanning control theory, clinical robotics, and AI-driven interfaces, Atashzar's body of work represents a compelling bridge between rigorous engineering and transformative patient care.
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- 1Haptic Feedback and Force-Based Teleoperation in Surgical Robotics181 citations · 2022
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- 8A Multi-Functional Lower- and Upper-Limb Stroke Rehabilitation Robot47 citations · 2020
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