Papers
10
Total Citations
148
H-Index
7
About
Murat Reis is a pioneering roboticist whose work centers on energy-efficient, vibration-based locomotion for legged and amphibious robots. His core research explores how free vibration of elastic curved beams can replace complex, high-torque actuators and sophisticated control schemes, enabling simple, lightweight, and low-cost robots. Reis’s most influential contribution is the design of a hopping robot that uses a vibrating elastic curved beam as its leg structure, achieving stable locomotion with minimal energy input—a concept detailed in his highly cited 2013 paper (60 citations). He has extended this principle to multi-gaited robots, amphibious platforms that walk on water, and under-actuated bounding mechanisms, demonstrating remarkable versatility. His work on morphological computation shows how robot body dynamics can simplify control, while his recent smart handheld welding torch device (2022) applies vibration principles to industrial laser welding. With over 140 total citations, Reis is recognized for advancing bio-inspired, resonance-based robotics that bridge the gap between animal efficiency and machine performance.
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Top Papers
- 1An Energy-Efficient Hopping Robot Based on Free Vibration of a Curved Beam60 citations · 2013
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- 3Vibration-Based Locomotion of an Amphibious Robot16 citations · 2021
- 4Hopping robot based on free vibration of an elastic curved beam11 citations · 2011
- 5Resonance based multi-gaited robot locomotion11 citations · 2012
- 6Vibration Based Under-Actuated Bounding Mechanism8 citations · 2015
- 7A Smart Handheld Welding Torch Device for Manual Spot Laser Welding7 citations · 2022
- 8Legged robot locomotion based on free vibration5 citations · 2012
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