Zhangxing Liu
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Total Citations
168
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About
Dr. Zhangxing Liu is a leading roboticist whose work bridges the frontiers of kinematic control, dynamic parameter identification, and novel actuator design. His research focuses on enabling robots to operate with greater autonomy and adaptability in complex, time-varying environments. Dr. Liu’s most impactful contribution is a real-time kinematic control strategy for redundant manipulators, which achieves fast tracking of moving objects while simultaneously avoiding multiple dynamic obstacles—a method that has garnered 75 citations for its practical significance. He has also pioneered a dynamic parameter identification method for flexible joints that eliminates the need for additional sensors, a technique cited 47 times for its efficiency in improving estimation accuracy. Beyond these core contributions, Dr. Liu has designed and optimized the "Rolling-Wolf" wheel-legged robot (24 citations) and developed a novel torsion spring-based actuator (TSA) with adjustable stiffness, enabling precise stiffness regulation for safer human-robot interaction. His work on friction dynamics, using a quadratic approximation of the LuGre model, further advances the fidelity of robotic control systems. With a portfolio that spans from underactuated unicycle robots to adaptive control, Dr. Liu’s research is essential reading for engineers seeking to push the boundaries of robotic dexterity and resilience.
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- 3Design and optimization of wheel-legged robot: Rolling-Wolf24 citations · 2014
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