Sunan Sun

University of Pennsylvania

Papers

1

Total Citations

4

H-Index

1

About

Dr. Sunan Sun is a roboticist specializing in learning from demonstration and control theory, with a focus on enabling robots to perform complex manipulation tasks safely and reactively. Their key research areas include dynamical systems-based motion generation, stability-guaranteed control, and geometric methods for robot learning. Sun’s major contribution is the development of **SE(3) Linear Parameter Varying Dynamical Systems (LPV-DS)**, a groundbreaking framework that extends classical LPV-DS from Euclidean spaces to the full six-degree-of-freedom pose of a robot’s end-effector. This work allows robots to encode demonstrated trajectories as autonomous first-order dynamical systems that respond instantaneously to perturbations while guaranteeing global asymptotic stability at the target—a critical requirement for safe human-robot interaction. The paper, published in 2024, has already garnered 4 citations, signaling its rapid impact on the field. By bridging geometric control theory with practical robot learning, Sun’s research paves the way for more dexterous and reliable robotic systems in manufacturing, healthcare, and service robotics. Their work is essential reading for anyone interested in stable, reactive motion generation for real-world robots.

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Papers
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Total Citations
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
SE(3) Linear Parameter Varying Dynamical Systems for Globally Asymptotically Stable End-Effector Control
4 citations · 2024
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2024 (1 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 1
🏛 Institutions: University of Pennsylvania

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