Ping‐Yu Hsu

San Jose State University, University of California, Berkeley

Papers

Total Citations

214

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About

Ping‑Yu Hsu is a pioneering researcher in robotic manipulation, whose work has fundamentally shaped how multifingered robot hands grasp, slide, and regrasp objects. His key research areas span dynamic control, grasp planning, and coordinated manipulation—critical foundations for dexterous robotics. Hsu’s most influential contribution, the 1992 paper “Dynamic control of sliding by robot hands for regrasping” (159 citations), introduced a groundbreaking framework for controlling fingertip sliding on object surfaces during regrasping tasks. This work bridged a critical gap between static grasp theory and real‑world dynamic manipulation, enabling robots to adjust grips fluidly without losing control. His 2003 paper “On grasping and coordinated manipulation by a multifingered robot hand” (55 citations) further advanced the field by integrating grasp stability and manipulability into a unified control structure, using point contact models to simplify complex coordination. Together, these contributions have informed subsequent research in industrial automation, prosthetic hands, and space robotics. Hsu’s work remains a cornerstone for engineers designing adaptive, human‑like robotic hands, demonstrating how theoretical elegance can solve practical challenges in dexterous manipulation.