Dr. Amar Salehi | Microrobotics | Editorial Board Member
South China University of Technology | China
Amar Salehi is a multidisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of microrobotics, machine learning, biosensing, and intelligent control systems. His research advances the design, simulation, and real-world implementation of magnetic microrobots, focusing on intelligent navigation, bioinspired control, deep reinforcement learning, and multimodal micro/nanosystems for biomedical and environmental applications. He contributes to emerging microrobotic platforms aimed at targeted therapy, microplastics removal, environmental remediation, and autonomous on-chip diagnostic systems. His work integrates smart materials, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and data-driven modeling to solve complex microscale challenges in biomedicine, biofluidics, and agricultural biosystems. He has also explored microfluidic-spintronic biochips, electrochemical biosensors, and AI-assisted agricultural trait prediction, demonstrating a broad systems-level approach. His publications have appeared in reputable journals in microrobotics, intelligent systems, computational fluid dynamics, and biosystems engineering. According to Google Scholar, he has over 30 citations, with an h-index of 3 and an i10-index of 2; Scopus-indexed documents also contribute to his scholarly visibility through peer-reviewed publications in Advanced Intelligent Systems, Micromachines, and CFD Letters. His conference contributions include work on deep learning-enhanced imaging for microrobots and AI-enabled micro/nano-robotic systems. Overall, his research combines advanced control algorithms, machine learning, and microscale engineering to develop next-generation autonomous robotic platforms for healthcare, agriculture, and environmental sustainability.
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Featured Publications
Salehi, A., Hosseinpour, S., Tabatabaei, N., Soltani Firouz, M., & Yu, T. (2024). Intelligent navigation of a magnetic microrobot with model-free deep reinforcement learning in a real-world environment. Micromachines, 15(1), 112.
Ghiasi, P., Salehi, A., Hoseini, S. S., Najafi, G., Mamat, R., & Balkhaya, B. (2020). Investigation of the effect of flow rate on fluid heat transfer in counter-flow helical heat exchanger using CFD method. CFD Letters, 12(3), 98–111.
Salehi, A., Hosseinpour, S., Tabatabaei, N., Soltani Firouz, M., Zadebana, N., & Yu, T. (2024). Advancements in machine learning for microrobotics in biomedicine. Advanced Intelligent Systems.
Zhu, B., Salehi, A., Xu, L., Yuan, W., & Yu, T. (2025). Multi-module micro/nanorobots for biomedical and environmental remediation applications. Advanced Intelligent Systems.
Salehi, A., Hosseinpour, S., Tabatabaei, N., & Soltani Firouz, M. (2024). Smart control of a microrobot for navigation on fluid surface and simulation of its application in microplastics removal. Iranian Journal of Biosystems Engineering.