Bingtuan Gao
Papers
24
Total Citations
514
H-Index
11
About
Bingtuan Gao is a leading researcher in bio-inspired robotics, specializing in miniature jumping robots and cable-driven parallel mechanisms. His most impactful contribution is the development of the "MSU Jumper" (167 citations), a single-motor-actuated miniature steerable jumping robot inspired by small animals like frogs and grasshoppers, designed to overcome large obstacles relative to its size. Gao has advanced the field through continuous jumping robots (45 citations) and self-stabilization jumping robots (40 citations), enabling mobile sensors to navigate rugged terrain with unprecedented agility. His work extends to cable-driven parallel robots with spring spines (40 citations), flexible parallel humanoid neck and arm joints (28 and 16 citations), and omnidirectional 3D sensors using line laser scanning (33 citations). Gao has also contributed to industrial robot calibration systems (16 citations) and high-accuracy visual/PSD hybrid servoing (13 citations). With over 400 total citations across his most-cited works, Gao's research bridges fundamental mechanics and practical robotics, offering innovative solutions for mobility, manipulation, and sensing in challenging environments.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1MSU Jumper: A Single-Motor-Actuated Miniature Steerable Jumping Robot167 citations · 2013
- 2Development of a controllable and continuous jumping robot45 citations · 2011
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- 4Development of a miniature self-stabilization jumping robot40 citations · 2009
- 5An omnidirectional 3D sensor with line laser scanning33 citations · 2016
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- 7Design and testing of a controllable miniature jumping robot26 citations · 2010
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- 10High-accuracy visual/PSD hybrid servoing of robotic manipulator13 citations · 2008