Papers
10
Total Citations
74
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About
Shubham Vyas is a robotics researcher whose work spans the frontiers of underactuated locomotion, space robotics, and dynamic motion control. His primary research areas include brachiation robotics, underactuated system control, and robotic manipulation for space debris mitigation. Vyas’s most notable contribution is the development of AcroMonk, a minimalist underactuated brachiating robot that replicates the dynamic swinging maneuvers of primates—a platform that has garnered 19 citations and opened new deployment possibilities for humanoid and animaloid robots. He also created the open-source Dual-Purpose Acrobot and Pendubot platform (15 citations), providing the research community with a standardized benchmark for testing control algorithms. In the space domain, Vyas has advanced active debris removal through post-capture detumble trajectory stabilization (13 citations), addressing the critical challenge of stabilizing space debris after robotic capture. His work on robot dance generation using music-based trajectory optimization (7 citations) demonstrates a creative application of control theory to human-robot interaction. With additional contributions to model predictive parkour control for legged robots and adaptive control for quadrupeds, Vyas has established himself as a versatile roboticist whose open-source tools and innovative platforms are accelerating progress across multiple subfields of robotics.
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- 1AcroMonk: A Minimalist Underactuated Brachiating Robot19 citations · 2023
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- 5Robot Dance Generation with Music Based Trajectory Optimization7 citations · 2022
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- 8Momentum based classification for robotic active debris removal2 citations · 2022
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