Papers
28
Total Citations
769
H-Index
15
About
Guoliang Zhong is a robotics researcher whose work spans soft robotics, legged locomotion, and advanced control systems — areas that collectively address some of the most demanding challenges in modern robotics. His most influential contribution, "Soft Robotic Manipulators: Designs, Actuation, Stiffness Tuning, and Sensing" (2021, 216 citations), has become a key reference in the field, synthesizing the design landscape for continuum robots that can safely interact with humans and navigate complex environments. Alongside this, Zhong has made substantial contributions to hexapod robot locomotion, developing biomimetic control strategies inspired by central pattern generators, novel radially distributed leg architectures, and hybrid dynamic control frameworks — a body of work that has collectively earned over 200 citations and demonstrated real-world relevance for disaster rescue applications. His expertise extends into intelligent control theory, including fuzzy adaptive PID controllers for redundant manipulators and fractional calculus-based sliding mode approaches. Zhong has also investigated tactile sensing for robotic hands, particularly initial slip detection to enable stable grasping. With over 590 total citations across his published work, Zhong represents a versatile and productive voice in robotics research, bridging theoretical control design with practical, bio-inspired mechanical systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Soft Robotic Manipulators: Designs, Actuation, Stiffness Tuning, and Sensing216 citations · 2021
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- 5Dynamic Hybrid Control of a Hexapod Walking Robot: Experimental Verification51 citations · 2016
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- 7Initial Slip Detection and Its Application in Biomimetic Robotic Hands27 citations · 2016
- 8Object carrying of hexapod robots with integrated mechanism of leg and arm25 citations · 2017
- 9A Performance Oriented Novel Design of Hexapod Robots25 citations · 2017
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