Papers
25
Total Citations
329
H-Index
10
About
Liquan Wang is a robotics engineer and researcher whose work spans marine robotics, biomimetic systems, and intelligent manipulation, with a particular focus on robots designed to operate in challenging aquatic environments. Over more than two decades of research, Wang has made significant contributions to the design and development of underwater and amphibious robotic platforms. His early work on a centimeter-scale robotic fish (2008, 42 citations) demonstrated sophisticated biomimetic locomotion mimicking crucian carp, while his crablike multi-legged robot (2013, 56 citations) advanced biologically inspired locomotion for complex terrain navigation. Wang's development of the HEU Hand II dexterous underwater robotic hand (2006, 33 citations) addressed a critical gap in underwater manipulation capabilities, pushing beyond simple claw-based end effectors. His more recent contributions include an ambitious manned seabed walking robot concept for depths up to 500 meters, marine fouling cleaning robots, and reinforcement learning approaches for quadruped locomotion. A notable collaboration on differentiable grasp synthesis (2022, 53 citations) highlights his engagement with cutting-edge learning-based methods. Wang's cumulative body of work, spanning biomimetics, underwater dexterity, and autonomous locomotion, reflects a consistently impactful career advancing the frontiers of marine and field robotics.
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- 3Design and realization of a remote control centimeter-scale robotic fish42 citations · 2008
- 4Dexterous Underwater Robot Hand: HEU Hand II33 citations · 2006
- 5Concept Design of the Underwater Manned Seabed Walking Robot15 citations · 2019
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- 8A novel deepwater structures pose measurement method and experimental study13 citations · 2012
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- 10Investigation of the hydrodynamic performance of crablike robot swimming leg10 citations · 2018