Chin‐Wang Tao

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Chin-Wang Tao is a robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans intelligent control, multi-robot coordination, and autonomous systems. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to fuzzy sliding-mode control frameworks applied to complex robotic environments, particularly his highly cited 2011 paper on fuzzy sliding-mode formation control for multirobot systems, which has garnered over 100 citations and established a foundational approach to decentralized formation control under external disturbances and system uncertainties. Tao's research consistently addresses the challenge of making multi-robot systems robust and adaptive. His work on fault-tolerant control, adaptive dynamic surface methods, and terminal sliding-mode techniques demonstrates a commitment to handling real-world imperfections such as actuator failures and time delays. He has extended these ideas into bilateral teleoperation and mobile manipulator systems, broadening the practical relevance of his theoretical contributions. Beyond multi-agent coordination, Tao has explored vision-based obstacle detection and humanoid robot cooperation, reflecting an interest in bridging perception and control. His 2022 work on biped robot cooperation for transportation tasks exemplifies this interdisciplinary reach. Collectively, his research has shaped robust intelligent control strategies for autonomous robotic systems, making him a notable contributor to the field of applied fuzzy and sliding-mode control theory.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Formation Control for Multirobot Systems: Design and Implementation

   103 citations · 2011
2. 2
   Adaptive dynamic surface control for fault-tolerant multi-robot systems

   13 citations · 2013
3. 3
   Leader-following formation control of multi-robot systems with adaptive fuzzy terminal sliding-mode controller

   8 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Vision-Based Obstacle Detection for Mobile Robot in Outdoor Environment.

   7 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode formation control for second-order multi-agent systems

   7 citations · 2010
6. 6
   Design of a fuzzy trajectory tracking controller for a mobile manipulator system

   6 citations · 2023
7. 7
   The Design and the Development of a Biped Robot Cooperation System

   3 citations · 2022
8. 8
   Interval fuzzy sliding-mode formation controller design

   3 citations · 2016
9. 9
   Fuzzy sliding mode control design for bilateral teleoperation system

   2 citations · 2017

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