Wei Xu
University of Hong Kong, University of Auckland, Massey University, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Dalian University of Technology, National University of Defense Technology, City University of Hong Kong, The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Purdue University West Lafayette, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, University of Toronto, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tsinghua University, Southeast University, South China Normal University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
Papers
176
Total Citations
3,518
H-Index
34
About
Wei Xu is a versatile robotics and systems engineer whose research spans an impressive breadth of disciplines, including SLAM and sensor fusion, cable-driven parallel robots, brain-machine interfaces, and soft robotics. His most-cited contribution, **FAST-LIVO** (2022, 195 citations), represents a landmark advance in autonomous navigation, proposing a tightly coupled LiDAR-Inertial-Visual Odometry system that delivers fast, robust pose estimation for real-world robotic deployment. His foundational work on fuzzy reactive navigation (1999, 90 citations) and nonholonomic tracking control (2000, 81 citations) established early theoretical underpinnings for intelligent mobile robotics, while his visual dead-reckoning framework for Mecanum-wheeled robots further demonstrated practical ingenuity. Xu has also made notable contributions to medical and assistive robotics, including tendon-sheath actuator modeling (88 citations), a biologically inspired chewing robot (87 citations), and a soft force feedback glove (70 citations). His work on EEG-based motor imagery decoding (89 citations) reflects a commitment to bridging neuroscience and robotics. Collectively accumulating nearly 1,000 citations across two decades, Xu's career exemplifies rare interdisciplinary range, consistently translating theoretical innovation into tangible robotic systems.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1FAST-LIVO: Fast and Tightly-coupled Sparse-Direct LiDAR-Inertial-Visual Odometry195 citations · 2022
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- 6Visual dead-reckoning for motion control of a Mecanum-wheeled mobile robot88 citations · 2004
- 7Design of a Biologically Inspired Parallel Robot for Foods Chewing87 citations · 2008
- 8Vibration control for a flexible-link robot arm with deflection feedback84 citations · 2002
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