Guifang Qiao
Papers
37
Total Citations
568
H-Index
14
About
Guifang Qiao is a robotics researcher whose work spans bio-inspired locomotion, mobile surveillance systems, and human-robot interaction. Best known for his pioneering contributions to jumping robot technology, Qiao has advanced the design, modeling, and simulation of agile robots capable of navigating complex, cluttered environments — a challenge that conventional wheeled and tracked platforms consistently struggle to overcome. His most-cited work, "A Bio-Inspired Jumping Robot" (2013, 89 citations), alongside an earlier study on jumping robots for indoor security surveillance (75 citations), established him as a leading voice in legged and hybrid locomotion systems. Qiao has also made significant strides in leg-wheel hybrid platforms, including the Transleg robot and wheel-legged designs featuring active waist joints, broadening the versatility of mobile robotics. His research extends into modular self-reconfigurable robots, autonomous sensor network repair, battery management for home robot systems, and gesture-based human-machine interaction using the Kinect sensor. Collectively, his body of work — spanning over 360 cumulative citations — reflects a consistent drive to push mobile robots beyond laboratory constraints and into real-world, adaptive applications across security, service, and search-and-rescue domains.
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Top Papers
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- 2An indoor security system with a jumping robot as the surveillance terminal75 citations · 2011
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- 4Design and Implementation of a Leg–Wheel Robot: Transleg30 citations · 2017
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- 8Self-righting, steering and takeoff angle adjusting for a jumping robot22 citations · 2012
- 9Wheeled robot control based on gesture recognition using the Kinect sensor19 citations · 2013
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