Juanjuan Zhang
Papers
12
Total Citations
596
H-Index
8
About
Juanjuan Zhang is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans exoskeleton design, human-robot interaction control, and rehabilitation robotics. She is perhaps best known for her foundational contributions to ankle exoskeleton engineering, including the design of two lightweight, high-bandwidth torque-controlled ankle exoskeletons (127 citations) and a landmark experimental comparison of nine torque control methods during human walking (120 citations) — work that has become essential reference material for the field. Her research rigorously examines how wearable robots can enhance human mobility, reduce metabolic cost, and assist gait rehabilitation, as demonstrated by her studies on lower leg muscle activity during exoskeleton-assisted walking (62 citations). Zhang has also made significant strides in upper-limb rehabilitation robotics, addressing stability and passivity challenges in human-robot interaction control (103 citations) — critical considerations for safe clinical deployment. More recently, her work on human-in-the-loop optimization (105 citations) reflects a forward-looking vision of personalized, adaptive exoskeleton control that accounts for dynamic human-robot coadaptation. Collectively, her publications have amassed hundreds of citations, establishing her as an influential voice bridging biomechanics, control theory, and assistive robotics for both healthy individuals and neurologically impaired patients.
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Top Papers
- 1Design of two lightweight, high-bandwidth torque-controlled ankle exoskeletons127 citations · 2015
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- 3On human-in-the-loop optimization of human–robot interaction105 citations · 2024
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- 10Towards systematic controller design in rehabilitation robots3 citations · 2017