Papers
8
Total Citations
81
H-Index
7
About
An Mo is a robotics researcher whose work spans two critical domains: universal robotic grippers and bio-inspired legged locomotion. In grasping, Mo pioneered the development of pin-array grippers, introducing designs like the Pin Array Hand with ellipse-contour pins (2017) and the Concentric Rotation Pin Array (CRPA) gripper (2018). These innovations address a fundamental challenge—enabling robots to adaptively grasp diverse, unstructured objects without complex sensing or control. The CRPA gripper, in particular, achieves universal grasp capability through rotating pin arrays, a concept that has garnered over 30 citations across related publications. In legged robotics, Mo’s contributions focus on energy-efficient, animal-inspired locomotion. Their work on diaphragm ankle actuation (2022) and gastrocnemius-soleus spring-tendon mechanisms (2022) demonstrates how biological principles—like series elasticity and impulsive ankle push-off—can enable fast, human-like walking and hopping in bipedal robots. These studies, accumulating over 20 citations, highlight a trade-off between robustness and efficiency, as explored in their 2023 paper on slack-based tunable damping. Mo’s research is notable for bridging mechanical design and biological insight, offering practical pathways to more versatile, resilient robots.
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Top Papers
- 1Pin array hand: A universal robot gripper with pins of ellipse contour17 citations · 2017
- 2A universal robot gripper based on concentric arrays of rotating pins13 citations · 2019
- 3Diaphragm Ankle Actuation for Efficient Series Elastic Legged Robot Hopping11 citations · 2022
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- 5A novel robot hand with the magneto-rheological fluid solidification10 citations · 2015
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- 8Concentric Rotation Pin Array Gripper for Universal Grasp6 citations · 2018