Ji-Sang Sun

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Total Citations

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Ji-Sang Sun’s research lies at the intersection of multi-robot systems, autonomous control, and nonlinear dynamics, with a focus on making robotic teams both intelligent and manageable. His most influential work, "Managing autonomy in robot teams" (97 citations), tackles a fundamental challenge in human-robot interaction: how a single operator can effectively supervise multiple robots. Sun proposed dynamically adjusting each robot’s autonomy level based on workload and environmental changes, a concept that has shaped modern human-swarm interaction paradigms. In parallel, his experimental studies on nonlinear tracking control for nonholonomic mobile robots (31 citations) provided critical validation for controllers that handle input constraints—work directly applicable to fixed-wing UAVs flying at constant altitude. Sun’s 2007 paper on autonomous control systems (18 citations) further demonstrated a complete pipeline for waypoint navigation, threat avoidance, and real-time trajectory generation on a physical mobile robot platform. By grounding theoretical advances in rigorous experiments, Sun has bridged the gap between control theory and practical deployment. His contributions remain essential reading for researchers designing scalable, human-supervised autonomous systems.