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Dongming Gan

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1974
Robotic Mechanisms and DynamicsSoft Robotics and ApplicationsRobot Manipulation and LearningPiezoelectric Actuators and ControlProsthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics

Publications

162

Citations

2,626

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
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Dongming Gan's research is in robotics engineering, focusing on the design and control of mechanical systems such as variable-stiffness grippers and actuators, cable-driven parallel robots (robots controlled by cables instead of rigid arms), and mobile robots for tasks like pipeline inspection and construction equipment operation. The work combines mechanical design, control theory, and increasingly machine-learning methods for sensing and control tuning. Prospective students would likely engage in projects spanning robot mechanism design, control algorithms, and applied robotics for industrial or construction settings.

Variable-stiffness actuators and grippersCable-driven parallel robotsRobot control theory (sliding mode, disturbance rejection, Lyapunov/barrier functions)Mobile and construction roboticsLearning-based sensing and control (reinforcement learning, event-based vision)

Publication output has been steady over the last decade, rising from low levels in 2017 to a consistent output of roughly 13-15 papers per year since 2018.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 15 publications15202021: 14 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 14 publications232024: 15 publications15242025: 14 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics×11
  • IEEE Access×5
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×5
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters×3
  • Mechanisms and machine science×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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