Papers
23
Total Citations
273
H-Index
8
About
Gan Ma is a leading roboticist whose research spans humanoid robotics, disaster-response locomotion, and medical robotics. Ma’s most influential work includes the design and development of the BHR-5 humanoid robot (62 citations), a comprehensive platform for investigating fast, responsive motion control under unforeseen circumstances. Ma also contributed to the WAREC-1 four-limbed robot (44 citations), which demonstrates exceptional versatility in locomotion across disaster-site environments such as rough terrain, narrow spaces, and vertical ladders. In space robotics, Ma developed a hand-eye servo and impedance control system (27 citations) to safely capture target satellites, minimizing arm damage during contact. Ma’s research further addresses fundamental challenges in humanoid locomotion, including yaw torque compensation for fast walking (21 citations) and bio-inspired falling motion control (15 citations) to prevent robot damage. Notably, Ma designed a humanoid ping-pong player robot with redundant joints (19 citations) and a socially interactive system for BHR-4 (7 citations). More recently, Ma has advanced medical robotics with a robot-enabled uterus manipulator for laparoscopic hysterectomy (14 citations), incorporating soft remote center of motion constraints. With over 230 total citations, Ma’s work continues to push the boundaries of humanoid and medical robotics.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Design and Development of the Humanoid Robot BHR-562 citations · 2014
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- 5Design of a humanoid ping-pong player robot with redundant joints19 citations · 2013
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- 7Bio-inspired falling motion control for a biped humanoid robot15 citations · 2014
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- 10Human-like walking patterns with pelvic rotation for a humanoid robot6 citations · 2014