Zhang Rui-le

Nanjing University of Science and Technology

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Zhang Rui-le is a robotics researcher whose work centers on the critical challenge of multi-robot coordination, with a particular focus on formation control in complex and unstructured environments. His research addresses the fundamental problem of enabling teams of nonholonomic mobile robots—vehicles with movement constraints, like cars or differential-drive robots—to maintain precise geometric formations. In his most-cited work, "Formation control for a kind of nonholonomic mobile robots" (2013, 4 citations), Zhang tackled the realistic issue where a robot’s wheel-axle center does not align with its geometric center, proposing a novel coordination algorithm that uses a parameter matrix to define formation shape and generates virtual robots as reference points. He extended this work in "Formation control for multi-robot system in complex terrain" (2014, 3 citations), where he developed a three-dimensional formation model for rugged, undulating environments, simplifying the system to enable robust coordination on uneven ground. While his citation counts are modest, Zhang’s contributions are notable for their practical focus on real-world constraints—non-coincident centers and complex terrain—that are often overlooked in idealized formation control studies. His research provides foundational insights for applications in search-and-rescue, exploration, and autonomous navigation in challenging outdoor settings.