Papers
7
Total Citations
46
H-Index
4
About
Zhaoyang Cai is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on enhancing the locomotion, manipulation, and safety of humanoid and quadruped robots. His key research areas include biomimetic mechanism design, agile manipulation, and fall protection strategies. Cai’s most notable contribution is a friction-driven strategy for agile steering wheel manipulation by humanoid robots (2023, 21 citations), which enables rapid rotation in confined spaces like vehicle cabs—a critical step toward high-speed obstacle avoidance. He has also designed a felid-inspired humanoid foot (2022, 6 citations) that improves walking stability through shock absorption, and a biomimetic upper limb mechanism (2017, 6 citations) that provides shock resistance during forward falls. His work on self-protect falling trajectories (2023) and falling forwards protection (2018) further underscores his commitment to robot safety. More recently, Cai has explored behavior-controllable motion control for quadruped robots (2025), integrating user commands with adversarial motion priors. With a career marked by innovative, application-driven designs, Cai is advancing the robustness and versatility of legged robots in real-world environments.
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Top Papers
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- 2Design of a Felid-like Humanoid Foot for Stability Enhancement6 citations · 2022
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- 4Self-protect falling trajectories for humanoids with resilient trunk4 citations · 2023
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- 6A Falling Forwards Protection Strategy for Humanoid Robots3 citations · 2018
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