Papers
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Total Citations
301
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About
Zeyu Ren is a robotics researcher whose work spans mobile manipulation, legged locomotion, compliant actuation, and robotic hand design, with a particular focus on building robust platforms capable of operating in real-world and disaster-response environments. He is best known for his central contributions to the CENTAURO project, a hybrid legged-wheeled robot designed for high-payload manipulation in hazardous settings. The 2019 paper introducing the CENTAURO platform has accumulated 170 citations, reflecting its significance as one of the field's most capable disaster-response systems, while a companion evaluation paper garnered an additional 71 citations. Ren has also advanced the design of underactuated robotic hands, notably the HERI II system, which introduced a modular, reconfigurable finger architecture suited to diverse manipulation tasks. His work on energy-efficient legged mechanisms, including series-parallel compliant actuator designs for the eLeg prototype, demonstrates a deep interest in making articulated robots more practical and sustainable. Beyond hardware, Ren has explored optimization-based control strategies for compliant robots and stylized humanoid teleoperation. His early recognition at RoboCup 2014 as part of the ZJUNlict champion team signals a career-long engagement with competitive, applied robotics challenges.
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- 1CENTAURO: A Hybrid Locomotion and High Power Resilient Manipulation Platform170 citations · 2019
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- 6On the efficient control of series-parallel compliant articulated robots5 citations · 2020
- 7ZJUNlict: RoboCup 2014 Small Size League Champion3 citations · 2015
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