Papers
16
Total Citations
308
H-Index
9
About
You-Liang Gu has pioneered foundational advances in robotic system dynamics and control, with a career spanning space robotics, under-actuated mechanisms, and intelligent control. His most influential work, "Dual-number transformation and its applications to robotics" (114 citations), revolutionized coordinate transformation in 3D Cartesian space, offering an elegant alternative to traditional homogeneous transformations. Gu’s research on space robot systems, including adaptive control of free-floating platforms and robust control for satellite-mounted manipulators, has been critical for autonomous space operations. He introduced a normal form augmentation approach for adaptive control of space robots (57 citations) and explored dynamic interaction in under-actuated robot systems (16 citations), enabling more efficient, lightweight manipulators. Gu also contributed to control system modeling through canonical transformations and compact Lagrangian formulations, simplifying complex robot dynamics. His work extended to weapon pointing systems using robotic formulations (16 citations) and learning control approaches, including neural network invertibility and fuzzy learning algorithms. With over 290 citations across his top papers, Gu’s research remains essential for students and engineers working in robot dynamics, space robotics, and adaptive control systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Dual-number transformation and its applications to robotics114 citations · 1987
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- 3Learning control in robotic systems29 citations · 1989
- 4Under-actuated robot systems: dynamic interaction and adaptive control16 citations · 2002
- 5Control of Weapon Pointing Systems Based on Robotic Formulation16 citations · 1992
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- 8Robust control of free-floating space robot systems11 citations · 1995
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- 10A fuzzy learning algorithm for kinematic control of a robotic system8 citations · 2002