Zhenlin Jin
Papers
10
Total Citations
299
H-Index
4
About
Zhenlin Jin is a robotics and mechanical engineering researcher whose work spans parallel manipulators, biomimetic robotics, multi-agent systems, and autonomous robot design. His most influential contribution, "Optimum Design of 3-DOF Spherical Parallel Manipulators with Respect to the Conditioning and Stiffness Indices" (2000), has garnered 245 citations and remains a foundational reference in the field of parallel mechanism optimization, addressing critical performance metrics that guide the design of high-precision robotic systems. This early work established Jin's expertise in spherical parallel mechanisms, a thread that continues throughout his career in research on biomimetic hip joints and hybrid humanoid robot arms that integrate parallel manipulators with serial configurations for enhanced workspace and dexterity. His more recent scholarship broadens into intelligent control, including robust finite-time consensus algorithms for multi-agent Euler–Lagrange systems under uncertain and switching network topologies, as well as path-guided formation control for nonholonomic mobile robots. Jin has also contributed practical engineering solutions, from six-legged firefighting robot design to sensor calibration and wall-climbing robots, demonstrating a productive balance between theoretical rigor and real-world application across more than two decades of research.
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Top Papers
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- 3Dynamics analysis of leg mechanism of six-legged firefighting robot12 citations · 2018
- 4Design and Dynamic Analysis of a Novel Biomimetic Robotics Hip Joint4 citations · 2015
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- 6Kinematic analysis of leg mechanism of six-legged walking robot3 citations · 2016
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- 9Design of a Vacuum Adsorption Wall Climbing Robot2 citations · 2020
- 10Novel decoupled and isotropic 6-axis force/torque robot sensor2 citations · 2000