J. Rogelio Guadarrama-Olvera

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J. Rogelio Guadarrama-Olvera is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of tactile sensing, humanoid locomotion, and whole-body control. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to artificial robot skin, co-authoring "A Comprehensive Realization of Robot Skin" (2019), which has garnered 192 citations and remains a landmark reference for multimodal, large-area tactile sensing systems. His research has consistently advanced how robots perceive and respond to physical contact, developing pressure-driven compliance controllers and whole-body active compliance frameworks that enable humanoid robots to interact safely within human environments. A recurring theme in his work is the application of plantar tactile feedback to biped locomotion, demonstrating how distributed sole sensing dramatically improves balance and adaptability on unknown terrain — contributions reflected across multiple publications between 2018 and 2022. His 2021 survey on inertial parameter identification, accompanied by the open-source BIRDy toolbox, has accumulated 95 citations and underscores his commitment to reproducible, benchmarked research. His exploration of physical human-robot interaction, including leader-follower haptic control enabling robot dance, further illustrates the breadth and creativity of his contributions. Guadarrama-Olvera's body of work makes him an important voice in next-generation humanoid robot development.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A Comprehensive Realization of Robot Skin: Sensors, Sensing, Control, and Applications

   192 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Inertial Parameter Identification in Robotics: A Survey

   95 citations · 2021
3. 3
   Enhancing Biped Locomotion on Unknown Terrain Using Tactile Feedback

   30 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Whole-Body Active Compliance Control for Humanoid Robots with Robot Skin

   29 citations · 2019
5. 5
   Whole‐Body Multicontact Haptic Human–Humanoid Interaction Based on Leader–Follower Switching: A Robot Dance of the “Box Step”

   23 citations · 2021
6. 6
   Plantar Tactile Feedback for Biped Balance and Locomotion on Unknown Terrain

   19 citations · 2019
7. 7
   Evaluation of a Large Scale Event Driven Robot Skin

   16 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Preemptive Foot Compliance to Lower Impact During Biped Robot Walking Over Unknown Terrain

   15 citations · 2022
9. 9
   Pressure-Driven Body Compliance Using Robot Skin

   15 citations · 2019
10. 10
    Optimal Order Pick-and-Place of Objects in Cluttered Scene by a Mobile Manipulator

    14 citations · 2021

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