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Rasim Alizade is a pioneering figure in the structural synthesis of robot manipulators, with a career dedicated to advancing the theoretical foundations of parallel and serial mechanisms. His primary research areas include the structural design of platform manipulators, Euclidean robot systems, and lower-class manipulators under general constraints. Alizade’s major contributions lie in developing novel analytical methods for synthesizing manipulator architectures, particularly through the use of screw theory and variable-pitch screws. His most cited work, “Structural synthesis of serial platform manipulators” (2006, 45 citations), established foundational frameworks for designing serial platforms, while his 2008 study on Euclidean platform robots (23 citations) expanded these principles to systems with variable general constraints. More recently, his 2021 investigation into lower-class manipulators with general constraint one (11 citations) explored mobility numbers and higher kinematic pairs, offering new insights into sphere–sphere and sphere–plane combinations. Alizade’s 2019 paper on screw-based synthesis (11 citations) introduced innovative structural formulas for parallel robots, enhancing systematic design approaches. With a career spanning over two decades, his work has significantly influenced robot kinematics and mechanism design, providing essential tools for engineers and researchers in robotics and mechanical systems.