Ran Liang

Carnegie Mellon University, Beihang University

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Ran Liang is a robotics researcher whose work centers on the design and development of specialized climbing robots for industrial inspection, with a particular focus on glass curtain walls. His major contributions lie in creating lightweight, low-cost, and highly maneuverable wall-climbing robots that utilize negative pressure adsorption. Notably, Liang pioneered a double-chamber structure that allows robots to traverse grooves on glass surfaces, and he designed an innovative docking mechanism enabling two child-robots to combine into a single mother-robot or operate independently. His most cited paper, "A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains" (2014, 8 citations), showcases his emphasis on optimizing chamber shape and number to reduce weight while maintaining reliable adsorption. Through rigorous static and kinetic analyses, as detailed in his 2013 work "Design, modeling and analysis of a climbing robot used for inspection of glass curtain walls" (5 citations), Liang has advanced the reliability and stability of these systems. His research addresses critical challenges in building maintenance, offering practical solutions for automated inspection of high-rise structures.