Pik Kong Yue
Papers
8
Total Citations
114
H-Index
5
About
Pik Kong Yue is a leading figure in humanoid robotics, with a career dedicated to creating autonomous, dynamically stable robots capable of complex interaction. His foundational work centers on bipedal locomotion and control architecture, most notably through his leadership in developing the *Robo-Erectus* platform—a low-cost, autonomous humanoid soccer robot. His most cited paper, "Dynamically stable gait planning for a humanoid robot to climb sloping surface" (38 citations), pioneered the use of optimization algorithms to satisfy critical constraints like Zero-Moment Point (ZMP) for stable walking on uneven terrain. This work directly enabled the Robo-Erectus team to compete successfully in the RoboCup Humanoid League. Yue’s major contributions include a modular, distributed embedded control architecture for soccer robots, detailed in papers with over 14 and 12 citations, which allowed for scalable and robust behavior control. Beyond soccer, his research extends to rehabilitation robotics, exploring how virtual emotional expression systems can improve human-robot interaction for disabled users. By bridging the gap between theoretical locomotion planning and practical, competition-ready hardware, Yue has significantly advanced the field of autonomous humanoid robotics, demonstrating that complex dynamic tasks can be achieved with cost-effective, modular systems.
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- 2Robo-Erectus: a low-cost autonomous humanoid soccer robot36 citations · 2004
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- 4A Distributed Embedded Control Architecture for Humanoid Soccer Robots12 citations · 2007
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