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Yan Gu

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1988

Publications

85

Citations

874

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
AI-generated

Yan Gu's research focuses on legged robots—such as humanoid and quadruped machines—and how they estimate their own position and balance, especially when walking on moving or unstable surfaces like ship decks or vehicles. Work includes state estimation methods, control strategies for stable bipedal and quadrupedal walking, and evaluation of commercial robot platforms. Note that the provided publication list also contains several titles on unrelated topics (biology, agriculture, economics), which appear to be data attribution errors rather than this PI's actual work.

Legged robot locomotion and controlState estimation for robots in non-inertial (moving) environmentsBipedal and quadrupedal walking dynamicsRobotic mechanisms and mobile robot controlHuman/robot biomechanics and gait

Publication output grew from a handful of papers per year in 2017-2018 to a peak in 2025, with some fluctuation (a dip around 2023-2024) in between.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 12 publications12252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics×5
  • Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control×4
  • International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications×4
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×4
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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