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Weihai Chen is a prominent robotics and human-machine interaction researcher whose work spans legged locomotion, brain-computer interfaces, rehabilitation robotics, and autonomous perception systems. His contributions to hexapod robot locomotion are foundational — his studies on central pattern generators for smooth gait transitions (74 citations) and chaotic CPG-based malfunction compensation (52 citations) have significantly advanced bio-inspired control strategies for multi-legged robots. Perhaps his most impactful contributions lie at the intersection of neuroscience and rehabilitation engineering: his brain-controlled lower-limb exoskeleton for gait training (68 citations) and EEG-based movement onset decoding work (70 citations) represent pioneering efforts to restore motor function through active neural participation, keeping humans meaningfully in the control loop. His earlier theoretical work on singularity analysis for planar parallel robots (49 citations) demonstrates a strong grounding in fundamental robotics mechanics. Chen has also made notable strides in robot perception, with research on 3D environmental modeling using Kinect sensors, visual terrain classification, and robust loop closure detection for SLAM systems. Collectively, his publications have amassed hundreds of citations, reflecting substantial influence across rehabilitation robotics, autonomous systems, and intelligent locomotion control.

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H-Index
103
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1,418
Total Citations
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Smooth transition between different gaits of a hexapod robot via a central pattern generators algorithm
74 citations · 2012
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2017 (10 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 173
🏛 Institutions: Beihang University, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Anhui University, Singapore Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Shandong University of Science and Technology

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