Farid Dailami

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Farid Dailami is a robotics and automation researcher whose work spans collaborative robotics, human-robot interaction, advanced manufacturing, and robotic fabrication. Based at the University of the West of England and affiliated with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Dailami has built a career tackling some of manufacturing's most persistent challenges, particularly the automation of complex, skilled manual tasks. His most influential contributions address robotic polishing of moulds and dies — a notoriously difficult domain reliant on diminishing skilled labor — through both practical methodologies integrated with CAD/CAM systems and broader reviews of finishing operations in collaborative robotics (garnering over 20 citations). His early work on pneumatic control systems demonstrated technical versatility, while his architectural design research, contributing to the celebrated Wood Chip Barn project at the Architectural Association's Hooke Park, showcased robotics applied innovatively to non-standard timber fabrication (17 citations). Dailami has also advanced autonomous assembly through the CARA system architecture and explored human-robot cooperation planning and multimodal interaction design, reflecting a sustained commitment to bridging human and robotic capabilities. With research spanning nearly three decades — from twin-arm manipulator systems in 1998 to contemporary reviews in 2025 — his body of work represents a rich, evolving contribution to intelligent manufacturing automation.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Towards collaborative robotic polishing of mould and die sets

   21 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Robotic Fabrication of Non-Standard Material

   17 citations · 2016
3. 3
   CARA system Architecture - A Click and Assemble Robotic Assembly System

   13 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Accurate Control Of A Pneumatic System Using An Innovative Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling Pattern

   10 citations · 2007
5. 5
   Towards multimodal interactions

   7 citations · 2017
6. 6
   A Contemporary Review of Collaborative Robotics Employed in Manufacturing Finishing Operations: Recent Progress and Future Directions

   3 citations · 2025
7. 7
   A Methodology to Support Robotic Polishing of Molds Integrated with CAD/CAM

   3 citations · 2023
8. 8
   Twin‐arm manipulator system for the assembly of large products

   3 citations · 1998
9. 9
   Human robot cooperation planner using plans embedded in objects**This work was undertaken during the EPSRC (via the Centre in Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation) funded feasibility study named ‘HRI Team Work Study’ (HRITWS) at Bristol Robotics Laboratory

   3 citations · 2016
10. 10
    A New Methodological Approach to Analyze Human Roles in Human-Robot Interaction Scenarios

    2 citations · 2022

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