Papers
18
Total Citations
403
H-Index
8
About
William Singhose is a prominent robotics and control systems researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of vibration suppression in mechanical and robotic systems. Best known for his extensive contributions to **input shaping** — a control technique that modifies reference commands to minimize residual vibrations — Singhose has applied this methodology across a remarkable range of platforms, from flexible robotic manipulators to helicopters carrying suspended loads. His most cited work, examining command shaping in two-link flexible robots (82 citations), established foundational principles that he later extended to parallel manipulators, wearable supernumerary robotic arms, and humanitarian demining robots. Particularly notable is his research on helicopter sling-load operations, where combining input shaping with model-following control (55 citations) demonstrated meaningful safety and performance improvements in one of aviation's most hazardous tasks. Beyond vibration control, Singhose has contributed to human motion capture research, comparing Kinect and Vicon systems (48 citations) to enable more effective human-mimicking robotics. With citations spanning industrial manipulation, aerial systems, wearable robotics, and mine detection, his research portfolio reflects both technical depth and genuine humanitarian motivation, making him an influential figure for students working at the intersection of dynamics, control, and real-world robotic applications.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Command Shaping in Tracking Control of a Two-Link Flexible Robot82 citations · 1998
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- 5Reducing swing of model helicopter sling load using input shaping47 citations · 2011
- 6Endpoint Vibration Control of a Mobile Mine-Detecting Robotic Manipulator25 citations · 2007
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- 8Design of Vibration Absorbers for Step Motions and Step Disturbances14 citations · 2005
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