Mohammed Abdessamad Bekhti

Shizuoka University

Papers

4

Total Citations

47

H-Index

3

About

Mohammed Abdessamad Bekhti is a leading researcher in autonomous mobile robotics, specializing in terrain traversability analysis for off-road and unstructured environments. His work addresses a critical challenge in field robotics: enabling robots to autonomously navigate unknown, rough terrains by predicting ground conditions from sensor data. Bekhti’s major contributions include developing cost-efficient methods that leverage 2D image textures to assess traversability, as demonstrated in his most-cited paper (19 citations), which reduces reliance on expensive hardware. He pioneered multi-sensor data correlation techniques (15 citations) to characterize near-to-far terrain, and introduced vibration-based prediction models (11 citations) for both structured and natural environments. His research further extends to predicting robot motion over obstacles using 3D reconstruction and running information. With a cumulative impact of over 47 citations across his key works, Bekhti’s innovations have advanced autonomous navigation in remote exploration, search-and-rescue, and agricultural robotics. His integrated approach—combining visual, vibrational, and geometric data—provides a robust framework for real-world deployment, making him a notable figure in terrain-aware autonomous systems.

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Key Achievements

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H-Index
4
Papers
47
Total Citations
12
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Regressed Terrain Traversability Cost for Autonomous Navigation Based on Image Textures
19 citations · 2020
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2020 (1 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 2
🏛 Institutions: Shizuoka University

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