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About
Pu Xu is a roboticist whose work bridges dynamic manipulation and autonomous exploration, pushing the boundaries of how robots interact with their environments. Her research centers on nonprehensile manipulation—moving objects without grasping—and safe navigation in unstructured terrain. In her highly cited 2022 paper, Xu introduced the "rock-and-walk" manipulation method, which uses passive rolling dynamics and periodic active control to locomote objects across surfaces, offering a novel approach for tasks where traditional grasping fails. Building on this, her 2023 work on high-speed scooping demonstrated rapid object pickup from support surfaces through stiffness control and direct-drive actuation, achieving dynamic picking by exploiting hidden contact points. Most recently, her 2024 framework, PARE (Plane-Assisted Autonomous Robot Exploration), addresses the critical challenge of traversability perception in unknown, uneven terrain, reducing ambiguity to enable safer autonomous navigation. With over 20 citations across these foundational studies, Xu’s contributions are shaping the future of robotic dexterity and field autonomy, making her a rising voice in manipulation and exploration robotics.
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