Papers
10
Total Citations
528
H-Index
8
About
E. Cheung is a pioneering robotics researcher whose career has been defined by a sustained focus on sensor-based motion planning, collision avoidance, and the development of "sensitive skin" technologies for robot arm manipulators. Working primarily from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s, Cheung made foundational contributions to enabling robots to operate safely in uncertain, unstructured environments — a challenge of enduring importance in both industrial automation and space robotics. Cheung's most influential work, "Real-time collision avoidance in teleoperated whole-sensitive robot arm manipulators" (1993), has accumulated 216 citations and addressed the critical challenge of guaranteeing collision-free motion across the entire body of a robotic arm in real time. This research laid the groundwork for safer human-robot collaboration in teleoperation contexts. Complementing this, Cheung developed sensitive skin systems — arrays of infrared proximity sensors covering robotic arms — enabling robots to detect and react to nearby obstacles dynamically, work that spanned nearly two decades of refinement. Cheung's research also extended to space applications, including orbital replacement unit docking using capaciflector sensing technology. With a body of work accumulating over 500 citations, Cheung's contributions remain relevant to researchers working on autonomous manipulation, human-robot interaction, and safe robotic operation in complex environments.
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Top Papers
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- 3A sensitive skin system for motion control of robot arm manipulators50 citations · 1992
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- 5Motion planning for a whole-sensitive robot arm manipulator37 citations · 2002
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- 7Motion planning for robot arm manipulators with proximity sensing32 citations · 2003
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- 9Using Capaciflectors for ORU Docking3 citations · 2005
- 10Real-time motion planning for whole-sensitive robot arm manipulators2 citations · 1991