Min Keng Tan

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Min Keng Tan is a robotics and intelligent systems researcher whose work spans multi-robot coordination, motion control, neural network optimization, and autonomous navigation. With a career stretching from foundational biomimetic robotics to sophisticated multi-agent systems, Tan has made lasting contributions to the field of robotic intelligence and control. His most influential work, "Multicriteria Optimization for Coordination of Redundant Robots Using a Dual Neural Network" (2009, 113 citations), introduced a groundbreaking neural-network-based framework for coordinating kinematically redundant multi-robot systems, generalizing prior single-robot performance criteria into a powerful multicriteria formulation. Complementing this, his backstepping-based trajectory tracking algorithm for closed-chain five-bar robots (2012, 83 citations) demonstrated elegant integration of approximation methods with mechanical design principles. Tan's research breadth is equally impressive — from pioneering biomimetic robot fish motion control and underwater sensor network architectures to RSSI-based wireless navigation and human-robot interaction through bimodal intent inference. His later work on hierarchical task allocation and ant colony optimization for swarm robotics reflects a sustained commitment to scalable, resource-aware multi-robot systems. Collectively, his publications have accumulated hundreds of citations, cementing his reputation as a versatile and impactful contributor to modern robotics research.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Multicriteria Optimization for Coordination of Redundant Robots Using a Dual Neural Network

   113 citations · 2009
2. 2
   Tracking Control of a Closed-Chain Five-Bar Robot With Two Degrees of Freedom by Integration of an Approximation-Based Approach and Mechanical Design

   83 citations · 2012
3. 3
   A multi-robot coordinated hunting strategy with dynamic alliance

   27 citations · 2009
4. 4
   An Optimal Task Allocation Approach for Large-Scale Multiple Robotic Systems With Hierarchical Framework and Resource Constraints

   25 citations · 2017
5. 5
   Basic motion control of a free-swimming biomimetic robot fish

   23 citations · 2004
6. 6
   RSSI-based mobile robot navigation in grid-pattern wireless sensor network

   17 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Inferring user intent to interact with a public service robot using bimodal information analysis

   12 citations · 2019
8. 8
   A survey on path planning algorithms in robotic fibre placement

   8 citations · 2015
9. 9
   Research on architecture for reconfigurable underwater sensor networks

   8 citations · 2005
10. 10
    Enhancement of Ant Colony Optimization in Multi-Robot Source Seeking Coordination

    6 citations · 2019

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