Xun Chai
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6
Total Citations
171
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About
Xun Chai is a leading researcher in bio-inspired robotics, with a primary focus on the locomotion and autonomy of six-legged robots. His work centers on enabling hexapod platforms to navigate complex, unstructured, and unknown environments—a critical challenge for applications in search-and-rescue and field robotics. Chai’s major contributions include developing novel obstacle avoidance and motion planning schemes, such as those demonstrated on the "Octopus-III" hexapod, which has garnered 74 citations. He has pioneered methods for adaptive, force-sensor-free gaits inspired by human behavior, allowing robots to step over obstacles using indirect force estimation. His research also addresses the integration of perception and action, notably through a novel methodology for identifying coordinate relationships between 3D vision systems and legged robots, a key step toward fully autonomous terrain mapping and locomotion planning. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 170, Chai’s work has significantly advanced the practical deployment of legged robots in challenging, real-world settings.
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- 2Obstacle avoidance for a hexapod robot in unknown environment28 citations · 2017
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