Amornphun Phunopas

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Dr. Amornphun Phunopas is a robotics researcher specializing in mobile robot locomotion, control systems, and agricultural automation. Her work addresses critical challenges in robotic mobility, particularly for omnidirectional and legged platforms. Her most cited paper, "Motion Improvement of Four-Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robots for Indoor Terrain" (2018, 13 citations), tackles slip and ground-contact issues in omnidirectional robots, proposing solutions that enhance stability and maneuverability. She also contributed to legged robotics with "A Four-legged Robot's Soft Feet Structural Design and Walking Gait Generated from Inverse Kinematics" (2018, 9 citations), which integrates soft robotics and kinematic modeling to improve locomotion. Dr. Phunopas has explored fuzzy-PID control for gait optimization and designed an automatic Cartesian farming robot, bridging robotics with precision agriculture. Notably, her team’s iRAP robot won the World RoboCup Rescue Championship 2016 and the Best in Class Mobility Award, demonstrating real-world impact in disaster response. With over 40 citations across her work, Dr. Phunopas continues to advance practical, robust robotic systems for challenging environments.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Motion Improvement of Four-Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robots for Indoor Terrain

   13 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Motion Improvement of Four-Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robots for Indoor Terrain

   9 citations · 2017
3. 3
   A Four-legged Robot's Soft Feet Structural Design and Walking Gait Generated from Inverse Kinematics

   9 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Gait Control of A Four-legged Robot with Fuzzy-PID Controller

   3 citations · 2020
5. 5
   Design and Modeling of an Automatic Cartesian Farming Robot

   3 citations · 2020
6. 6
   iRAP Robot: World RoboCup Rescue Championship 2016 and Best in Class Mobility Award

   3 citations · 2017

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