Publications
2026
![]() | Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review. Y. Liang, J. An, X. Zheng, D. Wang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhu, J. Pei, S. Li, J. Paripurana, Y. Han, Z. Tang, X. Gan, Q. He, and X. Ma. Advanced Robotics Research, e202500095, 2026 |
2025
![]() | Shared Object Manipulation with a Team of Collaborative Quadrupeds. Shengzhi Wang, Niels Dehio, Xuanqi Zeng, Xian Yang, Lingwei Zhang, Yun-Hui Liu, and K. W. Samuel Au. arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.00682, 2025; accepted to the American Control Conference (ACC), 2026 |
![]() | A Dexterity and Exploration Enhanced Quadruped Robot With a Multi-Functional Retractable Variable Stiffness Manipulator. Xuchen Wang, Yiying Liang, Shengzhi Wang, Jing Shu, Wenkai Lai, Zhanpeng Huang, Puchen Zhu, Jiajun An, Jianshu Zhou, and Xin Ma. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 30(4): 3028–3036, 2025 |
![]() | Bio-Inspired Soft Variable-Stiffness Prehensile Tail Enabling Versatile Grasping and Enhancing Dynamic Mobility. Jiajun An, Huayu Zhang, Shengzhi Wang, Zelin Li, Han Lin, Zihan Oliver Zeng, Qing Wen, Xingming Gan, Dongming Gan, Upinder Kaur, and Xin Ma. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10(6): 5753–5760, 2025 |
![]() | Dual-Quadruped Bimanual Teleoperation with Camera-Frame Control. Shengzhi Wang, Vincent Schorp, Chen Song, Yuni Fuchioka, Andrei Cramariuc, Marco Hutter, and K. W. Samuel Au. IROS Workshop on Augmentative Human-Robot Interaction: From Human Augmentation to Human-Inspired Collaboration, 2025 |
2024
![]() | Visual Exploration-Enhanced Quadruped Robot with Active-Passive Composite Telescope Mechanism. Xuchen Wang, Shengzhi Wang, Yiying Liang, Jiajun An, Puchen Zhu, Weibing Li, Jianshu Zhou, and Xin Ma. International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Automatic Control (IRAC), pp. 198–202, 2024 |
![]() | From Behavior to Bio-Inspiration: Aerial Reorientation and Multi-Plane Stability in Kangaroo Rats, Computational Models, and Robots. Xiangyu Chu, M. Janneke Schwaner, Jiajun An, Shengzhi Wang, Craig P. McGowan, and K. W. Samuel Au. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 64(3): 661–673, 2024 |
2023
![]() | Legged Robot Running on Rough Terrains Based on Norm Regulation of Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Model. C. H. David Lo, C. Y. Giselle Wong, Wee Shen Ng, Shengzhi Wang, Xiangyu Chu, and K. W. Samuel Au. IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), pp. 1–8, 2023 |
![]() | Combining Tail and Reaction Wheel for Underactuated Spatial Reorientation in Robot Falling With Quadratic Programming. Xiangyu Chu, Shengzhi Wang, Raymond Ng, Chun Yin Fan, Jiajun An, and K. W. Samuel Au. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(11): 7783–7790, 2023 |
![]() | Model-Free Large-Scale Cloth Spreading With Mobile Manipulation: Initial Feasibility Study. *Xiangyu Chu, *Shengzhi Wang, Minjian Feng, Jiaxi Zheng, Yuxuan Zhao, Jing Huang, and K. W. Samuel Au. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2023 |
![]() | Towards Exact Interaction Force Control for Underactuated Quadrupedal Systems with Orthogonal Projection and Quadratic Programming. Shengzhi Wang, Xiangyu Chu, and K. W. Samuel Au. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 |
![]() | Towards Safe Landing of Falling Quadruped Robots Using a 3-DoF Morphable Inertial Tail. Yunxi Tang, Jiajun An, Xiangyu Chu, Shengzhi Wang, Ching Yan Wong, and K. W. Samuel Au. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1141–1147, 2023 |
2021
![]() | Online Virtual Repellent Point Adaptation for Biped Walking using Iterative Learning Control. Shengzhi Wang, George Mesesan, Johannes Englsberger, Dongheui Lee, and Christian Ott. IEEE-RAS 20th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2021 |
![]() | Robot in the Mirror: Toward an Embodied Computational Model of Mirror Self-Recognition. M. Hoffmann, S. Wang, V. Outrata, E. Alzueta, and P. Lanillos. KI – Künstliche Intelligenz, 2021 |
* Equal authorship














