Gim Song Soh
Papers
60
Total Citations
912
H-Index
16
About
Gim Song Soh is a robotics and mechanical engineering researcher whose work spans miniature robotics, bio-inspired systems, additive manufacturing, and autonomous multi-robot exploration. Based on his most-cited publications, Soh has made particularly significant contributions to piezoelectric-driven miniature locomotion, pioneering kinematic models and novel actuator configurations that enable small legged robots to achieve bidirectional motion, steering, and bounding gaits using single lightweight actuators — work that has collectively attracted over 180 citations. His research on gecko-inspired dry adhesives (100 citations) demonstrated how hierarchical micro-nanoscale structures can be engineered for practical climbing robot applications, bridging materials science and robotics. Soh has also advanced aerial robotics through a samara-inspired single-actuator craft capable of autorotation and diving, reflecting his creativity in bio-inspired mechanical design. His contributions extend into industrial automation, including robotic wire arc additive manufacturing with model-based reinforcement learning (49 citations) and agile robotic welding systems for large pipe structures. More recently, his multi-AGV temporal memory-based exploration framework (41 citations) highlights growing expertise in autonomous multi-robot systems. Across these diverse domains, Soh's research consistently emphasizes elegant, minimalist mechanical design combined with rigorous modeling, making his work highly relevant to engineers developing next-generation small-scale and autonomous robotic systems.
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- 5Multi-AGV's Temporal Memory-Based RRT Exploration in Unknown Environment41 citations · 2022
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