Shoulin Xu
Papers
16
Total Citations
254
H-Index
9
About
Shoulin Xu is a robotics researcher whose work spans advanced control theory, continuum robotics, bioinspired systems, and human-robot interaction. His research addresses some of the most pressing challenges in modern robotics, including safe and reliable control under uncertainty, compliant robot design, and multimodal sensory perception for humanoid systems. Xu's most impactful contribution is his development of a robust adaptive fuzzy fault tolerant control framework for robot manipulators, which tackles actuator faults, uncertain dynamics, and external disturbances simultaneously — a paper that has garnered 68 citations since 2023, reflecting its immediate relevance to the field of safe robotics. His sustained focus on continuum robots is equally notable, with multiple publications exploring hybrid position/force control, stiffness modeling using screw theory, and adaptive approximation tracking under complex nonlinearities. These works collectively advance the deployment of continuum robots in delicate applications such as medical surgery and human-robot interaction. Beyond control, Xu has made contributions to bioinspired locomotion through kinematics and stability analyses of wall-climbing hexapod robots, soft actuator simulation, and a closed-loop sim-to-real learning framework for autonomous skill acquisition. His 2022 review on vision-tactile fusion perception further underscores his breadth, bridging biological inspiration with humanoid robot design. With over 220 cumulative citations, Xu's diverse yet cohesive research portfolio marks him as a significant voice in intelligent and compliant robotics.
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- 4Research on Kinematics and Stability of a Bionic Wall-Climbing Hexapod Robot19 citations · 2019
- 5Mobility properties analyses of a wall climbing hexapod robot19 citations · 2018
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