Zhaoyuan Cao
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About
Zhaoyuan Cao is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, terramechanics, and multibody dynamics, with a focused expertise in the locomotion of hexapod robots on deformable terrain. His primary research area addresses a critical challenge in field robotics: how to prevent robots from sinking into soft soil. Cao’s major contributions involve the systematic analysis of foot shape and its interaction with granular media. In his most cited work, "Influence of hexapod robot foot shape on sinking considering multibody dynamics" (2020, 7 citations), he developed sophisticated numerical models to quantify how different foot geometries affect subsidence. His earlier foundational study, "Soil arching effect analysis and structure optimization of a robot foot sinking in soft soil" (2017, 4 citations), employed the advanced arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) method in ABAQUS to model foot-soil interactions, revealing the critical role of soil arching. By optimizing foot cross-sectional shapes, Cao’s research provides actionable design principles for improving the mobility and stability of walking robots in unstructured environments like agricultural fields or disaster zones. His work bridges computational mechanics and practical robotics, offering a rigorous framework for engineers seeking to enhance robot performance on challenging surfaces.
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