Zhenhua Pan

Beijing Institute of Technology

Papers

12

Total Citations

680

H-Index

10

About

Zhenhua Pan is a leading researcher in multi-robot systems, with a focus on path planning, formation control, and obstacle avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and bio-inspired snake robots. His most influential work, "An Improved Artificial Potential Field Method for Path Planning and Formation Control of the Multi-UAV Systems," has garnered 378 citations, establishing him as a key contributor to the field. Pan has pioneered the integration of artificial potential fields with adaptive control algorithms, enabling efficient coordination and collision-free navigation in complex environments. His research extends to underwater robotics, where he has developed novel control algorithms for multi-joint snake-like robots using immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann methods and improved serpenoid curves. With over 700 total citations across his top-cited papers, Pan's work addresses critical challenges in multi-robot coordination, including trajectory tracking, sideslip elimination, and fluid dynamics adaptation. His notable achievements include the MRCDRL framework for deep reinforcement learning-based multi-robot coordination and virtual spring methods for formation control. Pan's contributions are essential for advancing autonomous systems in applications ranging from search-and-rescue missions to environmental monitoring.

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H-Index
12
Papers
680
Total Citations
57
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
An Improved Artificial Potential Field Method for Path Planning and Formation Control of the Multi-UAV Systems
378 citations · 2021
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2021 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 24
🏛 Institutions: Beijing Institute of Technology

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