Kun Tang

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Kun Tang is a robotics researcher whose work centers on the design, control, and perception systems of amphibious spherical robots — a niche yet increasingly vital area bridging underwater exploration and terrestrial mobility. His most influential contribution, "Modeling and experimental evaluation of an improved amphibious robot with compact structure" (2017, 101 citations), established a foundational framework for next-generation amphibious platforms, demonstrating how mechanical ingenuity can yield robots capable of operating seamlessly across challenging environments. Tang's research spans an impressive range of technical domains, including structural fatigue analysis, multi-robot cooperative localization using RGB-D cameras and IMU fusion, and advanced visual detection and tracking systems tailored to ecological observation and intelligent surveillance applications. His work on Kalman filter-based navigation, fuzzy PID motion control, and underwater pipeline tracking reflects a comprehensive approach to making autonomous amphibious robots practically deployable. With over 300 cumulative citations across his key publications, Tang has made a measurable impact on autonomous underwater vehicle research and multi-modal robotics. His sustained focus on real-world applicability — from quadruped gait design to adaptive visual tracking — makes his body of work particularly valuable for researchers developing robots destined for complex, unstructured amphibious environments.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Modeling and experimental evaluation of an improved amphibious robot with compact structure

   101 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Modal and fatigue analysis of critical components of an amphibious spherical robot

   56 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Robust RGB-D Camera and IMU Fusion-based Cooperative and Relative Close-range Localization for Multiple Turtle-inspired Amphibious Spherical Robots

   49 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Visual Detection and Tracking System for a Spherical Amphibious Robot

   45 citations · 2017
5. 5
   Kalman Filter-based navigation system for the Amphibious Spherical Robot

   11 citations · 2017
6. 6
   An underwater pipeline tracking system for amphibious spherical robots

   11 citations · 2017
7. 7
   A fuzzy PID control method for the underwater spherical robot

   10 citations · 2017
8. 8
   Design and evaluation of quadruped gaits for amphibious spherical robots

   9 citations · 2016
9. 9
   Vision locating method based RGB-D camera for amphibious spherical robots

   7 citations · 2017
10. 10
    An adaptive compressive tracking algorithm for amphibious spherical robots

    4 citations · 2016

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