Pravin Dangol
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Total Citations
79
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About
Pravin Dangol is a robotics researcher specializing in legged locomotion, bipedal robot control, and hybrid aerial-terrestrial robotic systems. His work centers on one of the field's most persistent challenges: enabling bipedal and quadrupedal robots to navigate rough terrain reliably while maintaining stability and satisfying contact force constraints in real time. Dangol is perhaps best known for his contributions to the Harpy robot project at Northeastern University, a thruster-assisted bipedal platform that merges the mobility of legged systems with the stabilizing power of aerial thrusters. Across multiple influential publications, he has developed feedback control frameworks, reduced-order models, and optimization-free methodologies that address the computational bottlenecks limiting real-world deployment of legged robots. His most cited work, "Rough-Terrain Locomotion and Unilateral Contact Force Regulations With a Multi-Modal Legged Robot" (2021, 18 citations), exemplifies his drive to push beyond the fragility inherent in conventional bipedal designs. Notably, Dangol has championed optimization-free control paradigms for both bipedal and quadrupedal systems, making robust locomotion feasible without expensive onboard computing. With a growing body of work accumulating nearly 80 citations, his research offers practical pathways toward more resilient, versatile robots capable of operating in unstructured real-world environments.
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- 2Performance satisfaction in Midget, a thruster-assisted bipedal robot16 citations · 2020
- 3Control of Thruster-Assisted, Bipedal Legged Locomotion of the Harpy Robot12 citations · 2021
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- 6Performance satisfaction in Harpy, a thruster-assisted bipedal robot5 citations · 2020
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