Leon Bonde Larsen
Papers
12
Total Citations
163
H-Index
6
About
Leon Bonde Larsen is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics, bio-inspired design, and precision agriculture. His work fundamentally advances how robots perceive, move, and interact with complex environments. Larsen’s most influential contribution, with 51 citations, is his 2014 work on an open software platform for field robots in precision agriculture, which laid the groundwork for more sustainable and competitive crop production through supervised navigation and implement control. He has also made significant strides in bio-inspired locomotion, developing flexible spiking central pattern generators (CPGs) for hexapod walking (34 citations) and a framework for designing bio-inspired robot morphologies (20 citations). His research on high-bandwidth active impedance control for compliant robotics (20 citations) is critical for safe human-robot interaction. Larsen’s work uniquely bridges biological principles and engineering, as seen in his dung beetle-inspired robotic model and his integration of non-spiking interneurons into spiking neural networks. Beyond technical innovation, he is dedicated to workforce development, leading extracurricular programs to train engineers in precision agriculture. With a total of over 150 citations across his top papers, Larsen is shaping the future of adaptive, compliant, and field-ready robotic systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Towards an Open Software Platform for Field Robots in Precision Agriculture51 citations · 2014
- 2Flexible Spiking CPGs for Online Manipulation During Hexapod Walking34 citations · 2020
- 3Framework for Developing Bio-Inspired Morphologies for Walking Robots20 citations · 2020
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- 5Integrating Non-spiking Interneurons in Spiking Neural Networks12 citations · 2021
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- 8ROS-Enabled Hardware Framework for Experimental Robotics4 citations · 2019
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