Guoteng Zhang
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About
Guoteng Zhang is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans quadruped locomotion, legged manipulation, and novel robot morphologies. His landmark 2021 survey on quadruped robot development, which has garnered 86 citations, established him as a key synthesizer of the field, mapping joint configurations, dynamic control methods, and mobile manipulation approaches across modern platforms. His foundational 2015 contribution on virtual model control for trotting quadrupeds (45 citations) demonstrated elegant solutions for torso stabilization and toe trajectory generation that influenced subsequent locomotion research. Zhang's work consistently pushes boundaries in robot design, evidenced by the SDUHex hexapod—a limb-multiplexing platform where legs double as manipulators—and SKATER, a wheeled-bipedal robot engineered for high-speed turning and terrain adaptability. His research into nonprehensile manipulation combined with legged locomotion addresses some of robotics' most challenging underactuated control problems. More recently, his frameworks for whole-body control, proprioceptive disturbance rejection, and compliant legged manipulation reflect a maturing research vision that bridges mechanical ingenuity with sophisticated control theory. With over 300 cumulative citations, Zhang's contributions are shaping the next generation of versatile, field-deployable robotic systems.
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- 10A person-following method based on monocular camera for quadruped robots15 citations · 2022