Papers
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Total Citations
254
H-Index
5
About
Changan Zhu is a robotics researcher whose work has made significant contributions to multi-robot coordination, motion planning, and autonomous systems. His most influential research centers on the challenge of coordinating multiple mobile robots moving in formation — a complex problem requiring simultaneous management of velocity and acceleration constraints, collision avoidance, and structural formation requirements. His landmark 2010 paper, "Coordinated Motion Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots Along Designed Paths With Formation Requirement," has accumulated 121 citations, establishing him as a notable voice in cooperative robotics. Building on this foundation, Zhu introduced dynamic priority strategies for decentralized motion planning, addressing critical issues such as deadlock and disorder that arise as robots converge into formation — work that garnered 72 citations in its 2014 iteration. Beyond formation control, his research portfolio reflects admirable breadth: he has explored biologically inspired robotics through hydrodynamic simulation of a robotic tuna, developed adaptive obstacle detection systems combining color segmentation and stereoscopic vision, and investigated passivity-based control for elastic joint manipulators. Together, his contributions offer a cohesive body of work advancing the autonomy, coordination, and practical deployment of robotic systems across diverse environments.
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- 4Motion planning of multiple mobile robots with formation requirement15 citations · 2010
- 5Hydrodynamic Analysis and Simulation of a Swimming Bionic Robot Tuna10 citations · 2007
- 6Coordinated motion planning of multiple mobile robots in formation5 citations · 2010
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- 8Motion planning of multirobot formation4 citations · 2010
- 9A decentralized local constraint path planner for multiple mobile robots3 citations · 2009
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