Papers
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Total Citations
118
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About
Shixiong Wang is a robotics researcher whose work bridges the gap between dynamic manipulation and agile locomotion. His key research areas include bimanual non-prehensile manipulation, humanoid locomotion, and novel mechanical design for mobile robots. Wang’s most notable contribution is his pioneering work on robot cooking, specifically the art of stir-fry, where he developed a bimanual system capable of performing the highly dynamic, coordinated movements required for this Chinese culinary technique—a task notoriously difficult even for human chefs. This work, published in 2022, has already garnered 78 citations, highlighting its significant impact on the field of robotic manipulation. Beyond the kitchen, Wang has made substantial contributions to robot mobility, including the mechanical design and control of a wheel-leg hybrid robot for stair climbing (13 citations) and the development of under-actuated omnidirectional mobile robots using a special coupling drive system. His research also extends to humanoid walking, where he has proposed fuzzy logic-based algorithms for adaptive, omnidirectional gait planning. Wang’s work is characterized by its practical, application-driven approach, tackling real-world challenges from cooking to navigation on unstable surfaces like ship decks.
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- 5Humanoid robot's omnidirectional walking5 citations · 2015
- 6A novel fuzzy omni-directional gait planning algorithm for biped robot5 citations · 2016
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