Papers
55
Total Citations
913
H-Index
16
About
Gavin Paul is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans robotics, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing, with particular strength in bridging these fields to solve real-world engineering challenges. He has made significant contributions to 3D printing of construction materials, most notably through his highly cited investigations into nozzle geometry and fibre reinforcement in 3D printed mortar, which have collectively attracted over 200 citations and helped establish best practices for extrusion-based additive manufacturing in construction. Equally influential is his work in autonomous robotic systems, where he has developed exploration and mapping strategies for robot manipulators operating in complex 3D environments, with direct applications in infrastructure inspection, including climbing robots designed for steel bridge assessment. Paul has also advanced the field of robot learning, contributing a model-based reinforcement learning approach for manipulating deformable linear objects — a notoriously difficult problem in industrial robotics. His more recent scholarship addresses the evolving definition and scope of collaborative robots, encouraging the research community to think more broadly about human-robot collaboration beyond traditional manufacturing contexts. With over 460 cumulative citations, Paul's body of work reflects a consistently practical and impactful research vision.
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- 6Approaches for Efficiently Detecting Frontier Cells in Robotics Exploration30 citations · 2021
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- 8Climbing robot for steel bridge inspection: design challenges30 citations · 2014
- 9Radial slicing for helical-shaped advanced manufacturing applications26 citations · 2020
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