Papers
40
Total Citations
1,430
H-Index
15
About
Victor Barasuol is a leading robotics researcher specializing in legged locomotion, quadruped robot design, and control systems for dynamic robotic platforms. His work has fundamentally advanced the field of hydraulically actuated robots, most notably through his contributions to the HyQ robot family. His 2016 paper presenting HyQ2Max, a rugged and powerful evolution of the HyQ quadruped, has garnered over 260 citations and remains a landmark in robot hardware design. Barasuol's research spans a remarkably broad scope: from reactive locomotion controllers and active impedance control — which together have accumulated over 340 citations — to probabilistic contact estimation, sensor fusion, and slip detection for robust real-world operation. His 2015 work on versatile legged robots through impedance control has proven particularly influential, demonstrating how mechanical and control complexity can be harnessed to produce genuinely capable robotic systems. More recently, Barasuol has pushed the frontier of perception-driven locomotion, integrating convolutional neural networks for foothold adaptation and extending whole-body control frameworks to handle soft and deformable terrains. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 1,100 across his most prominent works, his research offers students and engineers an essential foundation for understanding modern legged robotics.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Design of the Hydraulically Actuated, Torque-Controlled Quadruped Robot HyQ2Max261 citations · 2016
- 2Towards versatile legged robots through active impedance control175 citations · 2015
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- 6Fast and Continuous Foothold Adaptation for Dynamic Locomotion Through CNNs70 citations · 2019
- 7STANCE: Locomotion Adaptation Over Soft Terrain68 citations · 2020
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- 10Slip Detection and Recovery for Quadruped Robots40 citations · 2017