Papers
9
Total Citations
80
H-Index
6
About
A. Sorbara is a robotics researcher whose work spans space robotics, modular robotic systems, and marine autonomous vehicles — areas where reliable autonomy and intelligent control are paramount. Early in their career, Sorbara made notable contributions to self-reconfigurable manipulators, developing distributed control architectures and dynamic programming-based kinematic inversion techniques that addressed the computational challenges of modular robotic systems. This foundational work evolved into significant contributions to space exploration robotics, where Sorbara investigated force/vision-guided grasping and coordination strategies for autonomous dual-arm mobile manipulators intended as crew assistants — research that garnered upwards of 13–15 citations per study and demonstrated real promise for human-robot collaboration in demanding environments. Sorbara later extended their expertise to marine robotics, producing a cluster of influential 2015 publications addressing obstacle detection, path following with obstacle avoidance, and performance assessment frameworks for unmanned surface vehicles. These contributions reflect a consistent drive to bridge laboratory research and real-world civilian applications. With work spanning underwater floating manipulators to optronic sensor design, Sorbara's career represents a compelling trajectory from theoretical kinematic control toward practical, deployable autonomous systems across some of robotics' most challenging frontiers.
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Top Papers
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- 2Distributed Control Architecture for Self-reconfigurable Manipulators14 citations · 2008
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- 4Low cost optronic obstacle detection sensor for unmanned surface vehicles12 citations · 2015
- 5Design of an obstacle detection system for marine autonomous vehicles7 citations · 2015
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- 9Belief Space Planning for an Underwater Floating Manipulator3 citations · 2015