Papers
7
Total Citations
83
H-Index
4
About
Huiyu Sun is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on the design, modeling, and control of novel leg-wheel hybrid robots for unstructured environments. Their most significant contribution is the development of the Transleg robot, a wire-driven leg-wheel platform that uses a compliant spine and a transformable leg-wheel mechanism to simplify structure and reduce weight—a novel approach in the field. This work, published in 2016 and 2017, has garnered over 30 citations, establishing Sun as a key innovator in bio-inspired locomotion. Sun also advanced modular self-reconfigurable robots with enhanced locomotion, achieving 19 citations, and explored turning strategies for bounding quadruped robots with active spines, highlighting the spine's role in agile maneuvers. Their research extends to bilateral teleoperation of mobile robot groups for cooperative tasks and step-climbing maneuvers in wheeled mode, demonstrating practical applications for real-world terrains. With a portfolio of seven papers and a recent 2023 design of STransleg, Sun’s work bridges mechanical simplicity and dynamic performance, offering foundational insights for students and researchers in robotics, particularly in hybrid locomotion and adaptive mobility systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Design and Implementation of a Leg–Wheel Robot: Transleg30 citations · 2017
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- 3Transleg: A wire-driven leg-wheel robot with a compliant spine17 citations · 2016
- 4Turning strategies for the bounding quadruped robot with an active spine9 citations · 2018
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- 6Step-climbing maneuver for transleg in the wheeled mode2 citations · 2017
- 7Design, Control and Simulation of a Leg-Wheel Robot: STransleg2 citations · 2023