Runze Ding
Papers
8
Total Citations
143
H-Index
7
About
Runze Ding is an innovative robotics researcher specializing in hybrid locomotion systems, aerial robotics, and bioinspired robot design. His work sits at the fascinating intersection of aerial and terrestrial mobility, pushing the boundaries of what small autonomous vehicles can achieve in complex, cluttered environments. Ding's most celebrated contributions involve developing multirotor robots capable of seamlessly transitioning between flight and ground-based movement. His 2022 quadrotor featuring a passively reconfigurable airframe — enabling a flying robot to roll through gaps narrower than its own diameter — has garnered 38 citations and represents a landmark advance in resilient aerial navigation. This thread continued with his agile monopedal hopping quadcopter (2024, 31 citations), which draws inspiration from nature's multimodal locomotion strategies to fuse hopping and flight in a compact nano-scale platform. Beyond locomotion, Ding has made meaningful strides in energy-efficient perching (22 citations), aerodynamics-driven collision-free navigation (14 citations), and passive wall-tracking using proximity aerodynamic effects (13 citations). His work on cooperative aerial payload transport further demonstrates his breadth across swarm robotics and applied aeromechanics. Collectively accumulating over 140 citations, Ding's research is shaping the future of versatile, efficient, and intelligent micro-aerial vehicles.
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- 2An agile monopedal hopping quadcopter with synergistic hybrid locomotion31 citations · 2024
- 3Energy efficient perching and takeoff of a miniature rotorcraft22 citations · 2023
- 4Quadrolltor: A Reconfigurable Quadrotor With Controlled Rolling and Turning17 citations · 2023
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- 8A High-Payload Robotic Hopper Powered by Bidirectional Thrusters1 citations · 2025