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Wenqi Zhang is a robotics researcher specializing in the design and locomotion analysis of robots engineered for extreme and unstructured environments, with a particular focus on lunar surface exploration. Zhang's most notable contribution centers on the development of an innovative crawling-rolling integrated robot capable of navigating the Moon's challenging terrain. This pioneering work introduces a six-legged robotic system that dynamically transitions between crawling and rolling locomotion modes, offering both rapid traversal capability and strong environmental adaptability — qualities essential for planetary exploration missions. Zhang's research demonstrates rigorous technical depth, encompassing single-leg forward and inverse kinematic modeling, foot-trajectory-based gait planning for linear and in-place turning maneuvers, and constraint-based analysis of maximum slope-climbing angles and obstacle-crossing heights in rolling mode. Simulations conducted in ADAMS software, validated through physical prototype testing, confirm the robot's robust performance across both locomotion modes. While Zhang's published work currently reflects an early career stage — with cited work accumulating 3 citations — the research addresses a critical frontier in space robotics, positioning Zhang as an emerging contributor to the field of planetary rover design and multi-modal mobile robot systems.
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