Md Rasedul Islam
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Papers
19
Total Citations
426
H-Index
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About
Md Rasedul Islam is a prominent robotics and rehabilitation engineering researcher whose work sits at the intersection of biomedical engineering, human-robot interaction, and assistive technology. With a focus on developing innovative robotic systems for post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation, Islam has made substantial contributions to both the theoretical foundations and practical design of exoskeleton robots. His landmark 2017 review on upper extremity rehabilitation exoskeletons (93 citations) bridged the critical gap between research prototypes and commercially viable devices, becoming an essential reference in the field. His subsequent work includes designing a dual-functionality upper limb rehabilitative robot (57 citations), a 7-DOF exoskeleton featuring fractional sliding mode control (42 citations), and an ergonomically optimized robotic shoulder system. Islam has also advanced telerehabilitation through NAO robot-based cooperative training and Kinect-controlled teleoperation frameworks, and pioneered portable solutions like the Flexohand and IoT-based wrist rehabilitation devices that extend therapy into home settings. Collectively accumulating over 360 citations, his research addresses a pressing global healthcare challenge — the shortage of physical therapists relative to the growing population of stroke survivors — through scalable, intelligent, and patient-centered robotic interventions.
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- 7NAO robot for cooperative rehabilitation training24 citations · 2019
- 8Flexohand: A Hybrid Exoskeleton-Based Novel Hand Rehabilitation Device20 citations · 2021
- 9Kinect Controlled NAO Robot for Telerehabilitation17 citations · 2020
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